SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION 

October 15, 2010 

LETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

SUBJECT: Guidance Needed for Use of Residual Iraqi Vested and Seized Asset Funds 

(SIGIR 11-002) 

This letter addresses the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction’s (SIGIR) review of 

U.S. government agencies’ accounting for the $2.651 billion in vested and seized asset funds and 

planned uses for at least $47.4 million in unobligated funds remaining in accounts within the 

U.S. government. The Department of Defense (DoD) has generally maintained an accurate 

accounting of the funds; however, there is a difference of $10.7 million between the Army’s and 

Department of the Treasury’s accounting systems for seized assets. Neither the vested nor seized 

asset funds have been used since at least 2007 and DoD does not have plans to use the funds that 

remain in these accounts. 

Vested assets are defined as those Iraqi funds that had been frozen in U.S. bank accounts since 

the first gulf war and then later transferred to U.S. government accounts. Seized assets are 

defined as those Iraqi assets obtained from non-U.S. banks and from certain Iraqi state or 

regime-owned property confiscated by Coalition forces and transferred to U.S. government 

accounts. U.S. government agencies received about $2.651 billion of these funds comprising 

about $1.724 billion from vested assets and about $0.927 billion from seized assets. DoD was 

responsible for planning and accounting for the use of these funds consistent with Presidential 

direction that they be used to assist the Iraqi people and support the reconstruction of Iraq. 

The Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) 

provided written comments to a draft of this report. The Deputy Chief Financial Officer 

concurred with the report and its recommendations. The Comptroller’s office agreed to 

(1) direct the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) to work 

with the Department of Treasury to reconcile differences in seized asset account balances and 

(2) issue guidance concerning the final use and ultimate disposition of remaining vested and 

seized asset funds. 

Background 

In separate decisions made between March 20, 2003, and April 30, 2003, DoD was granted 

authority to use and account for vested and seized Iraqi assets. In an Executive Order dated 

March 20, 2003, the President officially confiscated and vested the blocked and previously 

frozen Iraqi funds held in U.S. bank accounts to the Department of Treasury (Treasury).1

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was about $1.724 billion of assets vested by this order. On April 10, 2003, the Secretary of the 

Treasury, using the authority in the Executive Order, delegated responsibility for determining 

 

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 Executive Order 13290: “Confiscating and Vesting Certain Iraqi Property.” 
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appropriate uses of vested funds and making payments from the vested asset account proceeds to 

the Secretary of Defense. Later, a Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense dated 

April 30, 2003, assigned authority to the Secretary to seize, sell, and administer former state- and 

regime-owned Iraqi property including cash, artwork, and jewels confiscated by coalition 

forces.2

 Both the Executive Order and the Memorandum specified that vested and seized asset 

funds were to provide assistance to the Iraqi people or support Iraq reconstruction. 

On May 29, 2003, the Deputy Secretary of Defense delegated the authorities in the Executive 

Order and Presidential Memorandum for administering and accounting for vested and seized 

Iraqi property to the Administrator, Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) for a one-year period. 

An attachment to the Deputy Secretary’s Memorandum stated that the assets were to be 

administered and accounted for under controls equivalent to those applicable to U.S. 

appropriated funds. Appropriated funds generally have a specific period during which time 

obligations3 can be made. Any funds that are unobligated after this period expire and cannot be 

used for new obligations, but instead can be used to pay for increases in other existing 

obligations for an additional period of time that is designated in the appropriation. After this 

second period ends, U.S. agencies return any remaining funds to the Treasury. However, the 

vested and seized funds were available for obligation over an indefinite period and consequently 

have no defined timeline for returning unused funds either to the Treasury or the Iraqi 

government. 

On July 31, 2003, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) issued implementing guidance 

entitled “Appendices for Procedures Applicable to Vested and Seized Iraqi Property” that 

assigned the CPA responsibility for identifying projects benefiting the Iraqi people. The CPA 

was directed to work with Iraqi authorities to identify these projects. The Under Secretary’s 

guidance also assigned responsibilities for managing these funds to the Department of the Army 

(Army). Specifically, it authorized the Army Budget Office to distribute and oversee the funds 

and assigned the Army Central Command (ARCENT) responsibility for establishing necessary 

financial management and reporting controls over these assets. The Defense Finance and 

Accounting Service (DFAS) assumed responsibility for maintaining the accounting database and 

preparing necessary financial reports. Treasury inputs this information into its Government 

Wide Accounting system to track and report on monetary assets of U.S. government agencies. 

The authorities delegated to the CPA expired one year later on May 29, 2004. The CPA 

disbanded in June 2004. ARCENT continued to monitor how the funds were obligated and 

expended, and DFAS continued to report on the status of Iraqi vested and seized asset funding. 

See Appendix B for a chronology of key dates leading to the availability of Iraqi vested and 

seized asset funds. 

 

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 Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense: “Certain State- or Regime-owned Property in Iraq.” 3

 Obligations are generally established when an agent of the federal government enters into a legally binding 

agreement to purchase specific goods and services. As bills are received and payments are made, the recorded 

obligation is reduced by the amount of the payment, and the amounts paid are considered expended. 
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Uses of Vested and Seized Asset Funds 

About 98% of the funds from the vested and seized accounts have been spent on various relief 

and reconstruction activities. Most of the funds, about $2.5 billion (94%), were spent by 

September 30, 2004. About $105 million was spent between October 1, 2004 and July 31, 2010. 

Figures 1 and 2 show the breakdown of how the vested and seized money was used. As shown 

in Figure 1, the vested funds were primarily used to pay Iraqi civil servant salaries and ministry 

operations. The remainder was used for reconstruction projects. 

Figure 1—Vested Funding Expenditures by Sub-category ($ in millions) 

Source: SIGIR analysis of DoD data as of July 31, 2010 

As shown in Figure 2, the largest single category of expenditure from the seized asset funding 

was non-ministry reconstruction projects. The second largest category was ministry operations 

and the remainder was used to support the Commander’s Emergency Response Program4 and for 

fuel purchases. 

 

4 In 2004, the Commander’s Emergency Response Program was funded with seized asset funds as well as 

Development Fund for Iraq and U.S.-appropriated funds. This report updates the amount of seized funds used for 

this program that was previously reported in Management of Commander’s Emergency Response Program for 

Fiscal Year 2004, SIGIR 05-014, 10/13/2005. 

 
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Figure 2—Seized Funding Expenditures by Sub-category ($ in millions) 

Source: SIGIR analysis of DoD data as of Jul 31, 2010. 

The objectives for this report were to determine whether DoD organizations established controls 

to account for and track obligations, expenditures, and remaining unobligated vested and seized 

asset funds; and to determine whether DoD has plans to use unexpended vested and seized asset 

monies. 

Accounts Established To Track and Report on Vested and Seized 

Asset Funding 

The Army established controls to account for the vested and seized asset funds by creating 

separate accounts to track and report on obligations, expenditures, and remaining unobligated 

fund balances. From the beginning, the Army produced monthly accounting reports showing 

balances in each of these accounts. The separate accounts were approved by Treasury, in 

collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 

The Army established a general fund account to track Iraqi vested asset fund obligations and 

expenditures.5

 The account was established and approved by OMB on April 11, 2003, the same 

day the Army received its first cash shipment of vested funds from the Executive Office of the 

President. General fund accounts are normally established to record expenditures of amounts 

appropriated by Congress. According to Treasury and Army representatives, the account was 

established in this instance for the sole purpose of monitoring Iraqi funds that had been 

confiscated and turned over to the U.S. Treasury. 

 

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 Treasury account number 21X2089 was established to account for vested asset funds made available to the Army. 

A separate account—21X1096—also entitled Iraq Relief and Reconstruction, Army, was established to monitor 

receipts, obligations, and expenditures for funds appropriated by the U.S. Congress. SIGIR is currently reviewing 

the status of these appropriations. 
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Similarly, the Army established two deposit fund accounts to record Iraqi seized assets and their 

obligations and expenditures.6 OMB approved the establishment of the deposit fund accounts on 

June 1, 2003. Treasury Financial Manual Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 1500 states that deposit 

fund accounts are used to record funds that do not belong to the Federal government, where the 

government is acting solely as a banker, fiscal agent, or custodian. Since the end of fiscal year 

2003, the Army, with support from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, has produced 

monthly appropriation status reports summarizing obligations, expenditures, un-liquidated 

obligations (i.e. unpaid obligations), and remaining unobligated funding for both the vested and 

seized asset disbursement account. The account transactional data also feeds into Treasury’s 

Government Wide Accounting system, which produces quarterly reports showing account 

balances for the seized and vested asset accounts. 

SIGIR compared the current balances on the Army’s appropriation status reports for vested and 

seized assets to the balances shown in the Treasury Department’s Government Wide Accounting 

system records. SIGIR found that the balances for the vested assets were in agreement but we 

could not reconcile the balances for the seized asset accounts, and neither the Army nor Treasury 

had previously attempted to reconcile these balances. The Army account shows a remaining 

balance of about $47.4 million whereas the Treasury accounts show a remaining balance of 

$10.7 million. Specifically, as shown in Table 1, the Army records show no money in the 

collection account, but Treasury records show $10.7 in that account. Based on SIGIR’s analysis, 

it appears that the problem resides within the Treasury accounts. 

Since the end of Fiscal Year 2004, vested and seized account balances have remained relatively 

constant, with changes generally related to the de-obligation of unused funds and payments of 

outstanding un-liquidated obligations. For example, in June 2010, ARCENT de-obligated vested 

asset funding totaling $900,160 because officials could not find documentation to support that 

these funds were obligated. Also in April 2010, DFAS, at the request of ARCENT, processed a 

$6.8 million payment to the Department of Justice for services provided under a military 

interdepartmental purchase request issued in December 2004.7

 Later in June 2010, the 

Department of Justice returned $932,000. These payments were provided to the Department of 

Justice to reimburse the agency for support it provided to an Iraqi Special Tribunal in exhuming 

bodies from several mass grave sites and for building a forensic laboratory. Officials told us the 

longstanding claims had not been paid due to mistakes in the detailed accounting codes and 

difficulties identifying correct locations of bill paying offices that were relocated after work on 

the purchase request had been completed. 

No Plans for Spending Remaining Vested and Seized Asset Funds 

SIGIR found that the Army has no plans in place to spend the $47.4 million remaining in the 

vested and seized accounts as of July 31, 2010. There was a process in place giving the CPA 

 

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Deposit fund account number 21X6095 was established to record and account for collection of assets seized by the 

coalition forces, and deposit fund account number 21X6098 was established to record obligations and expenditures 

of funds made available to U.S. agencies in support of Iraqi assistance projects. 

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 The Economy Act 31 U.S.C. section 1535 provides authority for DoD components to purchase goods and services 

from other federal agencies. 
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responsibility and authority to identify projects for using vested and seized assets. During the 

tenure of the CPA, Iraqi Ministry officials and Coalition commanders were responsible for 

requesting funding from the Vested and Seized Asset accounts to accomplish CPA projects. 

Requests for funding were submitted to a Program Review Board that would prioritize and make 

recommendations to the CPA Administrator. When the CPA was disbanded, no new 

organization was designated to identify new projects and spend remaining funds. Therefore, 

vested funds have not been used since Fiscal Year 2005, and seized funds have not been used 

since Fiscal Year 2007. 

The remaining $47.4 million in unobligated funds is available for new projects. An additional 

$2.2 million is being held to pay expenditures from existing obligations. While these unspent 

funds remain available for obligation over an indefinite timeframe, Army Budget Office officials 

told us they have no plans to use any of the remaining Iraqi funds. Army Budget Office 

representatives also stated that they are currently working with ARCENT to validate and 

complete payment on remaining un-liquidated obligations. After the remaining un-liquidated 

obligations are satisfied, the Army plans to seek guidance from the DoD and the Office of 

Management and the Budget in the Executive Office of the President regarding the use and final 

disposition of the remaining Iraqi funds. Table 1 provides a breakdown of remaining funds for 

each account. 

Table 1—Funds Remaining in Army Vested and Seized Accounts 

Account 

Symbol Description 

Unpaid 

Obligations Unobligated

Remaining 

Balance 

21X2089a

Vested Asset 

Expenditure $209,000 $33,390,000 $33,599,000 

21X6095b

Seized Asset 

Collection $0 $0 C

21X6098b

Seized Asset 

Expenditure $1,958,000 $14,021,000 $15,979,000 

Total $2,167,000 $47,411,000 $49,578,000 

Notes: 

a

 Treasury general fund account number. 

b

 Treasury deposit fund account number. 

c Treasury accounts show a balance of $10.7 million, Army accounts do not. 

Source: SIGIR analysis of DoD and Department of Treasury documentation as of July 31, 2010. 

Conclusions 

DoD established controls over the vested and seized assets but has not issued guidance on how to 

use remaining funds. Collectively, the general fund account established for the vested asset 

funds and the deposit fund accounts established for the seized asset funds provide key financial 

management controls over the account balances. This enabled the Army to maintain accurate 

accountability and routinely report on the obligation and expenditures of vested and seized asset 

funding. However, the Treasury’s Government Wide Accounting system shows $10.7 million in 

the Seized Asset Collection account that is not shown in Army accounts. It appears that the 
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problem resides within the Treasury accounts, but SIGIR was unable to determine the underlying 

cause of the difference. 

However, at least $47.4 million has remained in these accounts for at least two years or more—

since 2005 for vested assets and 2007 for seized assets—and according to Army budget officials, 

there are no plans to spend these funds. Guidance established by the President in 2003 requiring 

that these funds be used to assist the Iraqi people and/or support the reconstruction of Iraq has 

not been modified since the dissolution of the CPA and remains in effect. However, DoD has 

not designated another organization nor established a process for working with the Iraqi 

ministries to identify new projects for funding in order to spend the remaining balances. 

Therefore, it is not clear that the funds remaining in these accounts are needed, given the limited 

usage of these funds over the last two years, and the funds could remain in these accounts 

indefinitely. There are a number of alternative uses of these remaining funds including 

identifying projects to help the Iraqi people or returning the funds to the Iraqi government. 

Recommendations 

SIGIR recommends that the Secretary of Defense direct the: 

1. Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to reconcile the differences in seized asset account 

balances between the Army and Treasury. 

2. Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) to either issue new guidance to work with the 

Government of Iraq to use the remaining funds to benefit the Iraqi people or seek new 

guidance from the Office of the President to clarify the disposition of these funds, to include 

the possibility of returning these funds to the Iraqi government. 

Management Comments and Audit Response 

The Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) 

provided written comments to a draft of this report. The comments are reprinted in their entirety 

in Appendix E. The Deputy Chief Financial Officer concurred with our recommendations and 

sited specific actions the DoD plans to take. For example, the Deputy Chief Financial Officer 

will direct the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) to work 

with the Department of the Treasury to reconcile differences in seized asset account balances. In 

addition, the Deputy Chief Financial Officer agreed to work with the Under Secretary of Defense 

(Policy) and other U.S. agencies as appropriate to determine if there is a foreseeable need for 

remaining funds, establish a date after which no new obligations can be created against the 

vested and seized asset accounts, and authorize procedures for returning residual funds to the 

Government of Iraq. The Deputy Chief Financial Officer stated that all actions would be 

completed by March 2011. SIGIR believes the identified actions, if implemented as planned, 

will address SIGIR’s concerns. 

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We appreciate the courtesies extended to the SIGIR staff. For additional information on the 

report, please contact Glenn D. Furbish, Assistant Inspector General for Audits (Washington, 

DC), (703) 604-1388/ glenn.furbish@sigir.mil or Jason Venner, Principal Deputy Assistant 

Inspector General for Audits (Washington, DC), (703) 607-1346/ jason.venner@sigir.mil. 

Stuart W. Bowen, Jr. 

Inspector General 

cc: U.S. Secretary of State 

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq 

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 

Commander, U.S. Central Command 

Commanding General, U.S. Forces-Iraq 
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Appendix A—Scope and Methodology 

In May 2010, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) initiated Project 

1016, as part of a series of audits concerning the effectiveness of the Department of Defense’s 

(DoD) procedures to account for and report on the status of Iraqi funds. Our objectives for this 

report are to determine whether DoD organizations established controls to account for and track 

obligations, expenditures, and remaining vested and seized asset funding; and whether DoD has 

plans to use unexpended vested and seized asset monies. This audit was performed under the 

authority of Public Law 108-106, as amended, which also incorporates the duties and 

responsibilities of inspectors general under the Inspector General Act of 1978. SIGIR conducted 

its work from May 2010 through September 2010 primarily in the Washington, D.C. area, with 

site visits to Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) activities in Rome, New York and 

Indianapolis, Indiana. 

To accomplish our objectives we held discussions and analyzed documents provided by officials 

from the U. S. Department of the Treasury, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), 

the Army Budget Office under the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and 

Comptroller), the Army Central Command (ARCENT) and the DFAS. We also reviewed prior 

audit reports regarding vested and seized asset funding and guidance specified by an Executive 

Order dated March 20, 2003 and a Presidential Memorandum dated April 30, 2003. We did not 

examine the extent to which the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and its predecessor 

administrative and contracting organizations handled and safeguarded cash that came under their 

control or the manner in which initial funds from vested and seized asset accounts was 

distributed and expended on specific humanitarian assistance and reconstruction projects. 

Instead we relied upon the comments and conclusions in prior audit reports which revealed past 

problems with regard to funding accountability. 

The audit was conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. 

Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain sufficient and appropriate 

evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit 

objective. We believe that the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our findings 

and conclusions based on our audit objective. 

Use of Computer-processed Data 

To identify the amount of vested and seized asset funding remaining in DoD’s accounts, we 

obtained and reviewed a variety of computer-generated reports. We reviewed appropriation 

status reports generated by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) for account 

symbols 21X2089 and 21X6098 and account balance information for the 21X6095 seized asset 

collection account generated by the Treasury Department’s Government Wide Accounting 

system. We then cross checked these reports against the balances of ARCENT’s accounts and 

DFAS’s supporting documentation. Although we did not independently verify the detailed 

computer-generated information, we held discussions with responsible Army representatives 

who ensured us that the computer-processed data was the best available source of information for 

tracking vested and seized asset funds. We concluded that the computer-generated reports were 

sufficiently reliable to support our audit objectives. 
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Internal Controls

In conducting this audit, we reviewed DoD’s internal management and financial controls for 

administering and reporting on the status of vested and seized asset funds. For example, we 

reviewed administrative and management control procedures specified by executive order and 

Presidential Memorandum. Nevertheless, we concluded that controls governing the process for 

regular and routine reporting on vested and seized asset funding status were sufficiently reliable 

to identify remaining balances of vested and seized asset funds. We presented the results of our 

review on internal controls in the body of this report as appropriate. 

Prior Coverage 

We reviewed the following audit reports issued by SIGIR, DoD, and the U.S. Army Audit 

Agency: 

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction 

Development Fund for Iraq: Department of Defense Needs To Improve Financial and 

Management Controls, SIGIR 10-020, 7/27/10. 

Development Fund for Iraq: Policy Guidance Needed To Enhance Accountability of USACEmanaged Funds, SIGIR 10-006, 10/29/2009. 

Management of Commander’s Emergency Response Program for Fiscal Year 2004, 

SIGIR 05-014, 10/13/2005. 

Coalition Provision Authority Control Over Seized and Vested Assets, SIGIR 04-008, 7/28/2004. 

Department of Defense 

Internal Controls Over Payments in Iraq, Kuwait and Egypt, Department of Defense, Inspector 

General, Report No. D-2008-098, 5/22/2008. 

U.S. Army Audit Agency 

Accounting for Seized Assets and Development Fund for Iraq Balances, USAAA, Audit Report: 

A-2008-0109-FFM, 5/22/2008. 
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Appendix B—Key Dates Leading to Availability of 

Iraqi Vested and Seized Asset Funding 

Table 2—Key Dates Leading to Availability of Vested and Seized Funds 

Date Description 

August 3, 1990 Executive Order 12722 blocks Iraqi property held within the U.S. 

March 20, 2003 Executive Order 13290 confiscates and vests blocked funds in the Department 

of the Treasury. Order specifies that funds are to be used to assist the Iraqi 

people and the reconstruction of Iraq. 

April 10, 2003 Secretary of the Treasury designates the Secretary of Defense to determine 

appropriate uses of vested funds and make payments from the proceeds. 

April 11, 2003 OMB approves general fund account 21X2089 to track distribution of vested 

funds. New account title was assigned as Iraq Relief and Reconstruction, 

Army. First shipment of $20 million in U.S. currency sent to Iraq. 

April 30, 2003 Presidential Memorandum assigns authority to Secretary of Defense for 

seizure, sale, and administration of state- or regime-owned Iraq property and 

provides direction to establish procedures to ensure all such property is properly 

accounted for, audited, and used only to assist the Iraqi people. 

May 28, 2003 OMB approves deposit fund accounts 21X6095 to account for collections of 

seized asset funds and 21X6098 to account for disbursements of seized asset 

funds. 

May 29, 2003 Deputy Under Secretary of Defense delegates authority for seizure, sale, and 

administration of state- or regime-owned Iraq property to the Administrator of 

the Coalition Provisional Authority for a one-year period. 

July 31, 2003 Under Secretary of Defense issues implementing guidance entitled “Appendices 

for Procedures Applicable to Vested and Seized Iraqi Property.” 

May 5, 2003 through 

October 19, 2003 

Cash shipments of U. S. currency to Iraq continue for combined total of about 

$1.7 billion. Note: about $986.1 million (57.2% of the total) had been shipped 

to Iraq before the Under Secretary issued the implementing guidance.

June 4, 2003 

through July 30, 

2004 

Funding authorizations to expend seized asset funds totaling $836.8 million 

provided to Army Central Command and $90 million to the Army Corps of 

Engineers. Note: about $490.2 million (about 52.9% of the total) had been 

authorized before the Under Secretary issued implementing guidance.

Note: 

OMB = Office of Management and Budget 

Source: SIGIR analysis of DoD documents as of July 31, 2010. 
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Appendix C—Acronyms 

Acronym Description 

ARCENT Army Central Command 

CPA Coalition Provisional Authority 

DFAS Defense Finance and Accounting Service 

DoD Department of Defense 

SIGIR Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction 
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Appendix D—Audit Team Members 

This report was prepared and the audit conducted under the direction of Glenn D. Furbish, 

Assistant Inspector General for Audits, Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq 

Reconstruction. 

The staff members who conducted the review and contributed to the report include: 

Benjamin H. Comfort 

M. Glenn Knoepfle 

James F. Shafer 

Jason G. Venner 

L. Michael Welsh 
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Appendix E—Management Comments 
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Appendix F—SIGIR Mission and Contact Information 

SIGIR’s Mission Regarding the U.S. reconstruction plans, programs, and 

operations in Iraq, the Special Inspector General for Iraq 

Reconstruction provides independent and objective: 

 oversight and review through comprehensive audits, 

inspections, and investigations 

 advice and recommendations on policies to promote 

economy, efficiency, and effectiveness 

 deterrence of malfeasance through the prevention and 

detection of fraud, waste, and abuse 

 information and analysis to the Secretary of State, the 

Secretary of Defense, the Congress, and the American 

people through Quarterly Reports 

Obtaining Copies of SIGIR 

Reports and Testimonies 

To obtain copies of SIGIR documents at no cost, go to 

SIGIR’s Web site (www.sigir.mil). 

To Report Fraud, Waste, and 

Abuse in Iraq Relief and 

Reconstruction Programs 

Help prevent fraud, waste, and abuse by reporting 

suspicious or illegal activities to the SIGIR Hotline: 

 Web: www.sigir.mil/submit_fraud.html 

 Phone: 703-602-4063 

 Toll Free: 866-301-2003 

Congressional Affairs Hillel Weinberg 

Assistant Inspector General for Congressional 

Affairs 

Mail: Office of the Special Inspector General 

for Iraq Reconstruction 

 400 Army Navy Drive 

 Arlington, VA 22202-4704 

Phone 703-428-1059 

Email hillel.weinberg@sigir.mil 

Public Affairs Deborah Horan 

Director of Public Affairs 

Mail: Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq 

Reconstruction 

 400 Army Navy Drive 

 Arlington, VA 22202-4704 

Phone: 703-428-1217 

Fax: 703-428-0817 

Email: PublicAffairs@sigir.mil