I received an email from Alex Bronstein-Moffly – the Director of Public Affairs Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) that he has published a report looking at spending for the Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP) in Afghanistan from 2004-2014.
The CERP report notes :
–The Department of Defense (DoD)could only provide financial information for 40% of $2.2 billion in CERP funds.
–Current financial and project management systems used by DOD in tracking CERP projects do not contain sufficient data relating to obligations and disbursements or comprehensive information relating to the actual costs of projects.
–Since 2004, Congress has appropriated nearly $3.7 billion for CERP. Of this amount, DOD has disbursed nearly $2.26 billion.
–About one third of all CERP funds were likely spent on projects implemented in Kandahar ($288.6 million) and Helmand Provinces ($153.4 million).
–The largest amount of CERP dollars (estimated cost) went to transportation, unknown, education and electricity projects.
–CERP projects over $500,000 account for over half the value of all CERP funds obligated by DOD.
CERP Report: https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/special%20projects/SIGAR-15-49-SP.pdf
See video: How CERP Funding works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vqv_uHKUSQ and CERP allows for quick solutions in Afghanistan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VJ0ipUnsKA
See reference: Commander’s Emergency Response Program http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/call/docs/09-27/ch-4.asp