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Report of the Inspector General U.S.: do not know the fate of two billion dollars of Iraq reconstruction funds
MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 00:00
Deputy chief financial officer at the Pentagon blamed the intended records management Baghdad Faleh Hassan panic report released by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction said U.S. Defense Department can not confirm the fate of billions of dollars the interim Iraqi government in 2004 gave permission to act in order to pay the expenses of contracts had been concluded by the Coalition Provisional Authority. showed reports of the government auditing in the office of U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction said U.S. Defense Department can not confirm the accounts of about two billion U.S. dollars had been granted to cover expenses related to activities in Iraq. The report of 179 pages divided in 4 sections. The Iraqi government has given the Pentagon in 2004, the ability to dispose of about $ 3 billion to pay the bills some contracts, and the Defense Ministry can only explain what happened to about a third of this amount, according to the said Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. revealed report that, despite the fact that the Pentagon was available on the "internal procedures and control" to follow up on payments, but that "the greater part of the records missing," adding that the ministry is currently looking for. The Audit Committee in the Office of U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction The other documents are also missing, including monthly reports documenting the expenditures. The commission said in its report "from July 2004 until December 2007, he was the U.S. Defense Department to provide 42 reports per month, but not be able to now only to locate the first four reports." and the development of Stuart Bowen, the inspector general, in the report message dowry his signature, and supervised the Audit Committee Glen Forbash Assistant Inspector General for audits. In response to the report included also, the Vice Minister of Defence Mark Easton recognition of the existence of a "problem in the management of records." said the Audit Committee that it believes that the blame lies with the management of records, it was "a persistent problem for the Pentagon in Iraq. By all accounts, the Ministry of defense of good internal controls to control the accounts and the drafting of the report "the money that was given after the dissolution of the Coalition Provisional Authority. and where there were records, they match with other records and contain "documentation of good financial supports single payments," and that there is "sufficient evidence" that the the required monthly reports were sent to the Government of Iraq, despite not being able to find them, and said to the Audit Committee. and the Audit Committee to deal with a certain timing when the Iraqi government in transition. The Coalition Provisional Authority ran Iraq for 14 months from 2003 to 2004. During this period, the Authority was granted many decades. When dissolved in 2004, gave the Iraqi government and the U.S. Defense Department authorization act to 3 billion dollars to pay bills contracts were awarded by the Coalition Provisional Authority. and made the U.S. Defense Department in its mission which carried the signature of Easton, deputy chief financial officer in the ministry, thanks to the Office of the Inspector General "to his collaborator and fitness professional" in a series of measures during the audit. The Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has set up in 2004 to continue to oversee Iraq's reconstruction programs. The Office shall provide quarterly reports to Congress on reconstruction efforts in Iraq, and the current report, which was obtained by "the world" a copy of which is the first in 2012.
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