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Army reimburses more than $1 million to Iraq reconstruction

July 28, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Army News Service, July 28, 2005) – To provide fiscal reconstruction support in Iraq, the Army presented its first reimbursement payment July 25.

Maj. Gen. Daniel Long, director of the Iraq project and contracting office, presented Jasim M. Jaa’far, Iraqi minister of construction and housing, with a check for $1,548,795 under an Army program to provide fiscal support for the reconstruction of select Iraq infrastructure

The agreement allows the Iraqi minister of construction and housing to hire contractors and manage the projects themselves. No U.S. contractors are on site.

This agreement realized a 34 percent savings over traditional U.S. contracts. The money will be used to build key bridges and roadways. Programs such as this are central to the reconstruction effort, and provide the first step in building a foundation for the transfer of control of completed facilities to Iraqi management.

The Iraq project and contracting office mission includes contracting for and delivering services, supplies and infrastructure identified within the Iraqi relief and reconstruction fund and is aligned under the Assistant Secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology to provide contracting and project management support.