Security Assistance; and Logistics - Federation of American Scientists

Appendix A. Scope, Methodology andAcronymsWe conducted this assessment from February 13, 2008 to September 26, 2008 and visitedsites in Iraq from April 26, 2008 to May 17, 2008. We performed this assessment inaccordance with the standards established by the President’s Council on Integrity andEfficiency published in Quality Standards for Inspections, (January 2005). We plannedand performed the assessment to obtain sufficient and appropriate evidence to provide areasonable basis for our observations and conclusions, based on our assessmentobjectives. We believe that the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for ourrecommendations, based on our assessment objectives.We reviewed documents such as Federal Laws and regulations, including the NationalDefense Authorization Act, National Defense Appropriations Act, EmergencySupplemental, Bridge Supplemental, and the Security Assistance Management Manual,and appropriate USCENTCOM, MNF-I, MNC-I, and MNSTC-I guidance.The scope of our assessment in Iraq applied to five areas:• Follow-up on the recommendations made during our initial assessment onmunitions accountability and control to determine the status of implementation.• Determine the current status of munitions accountability and control.• Determine whether security assistance processes were responsive to ISFequipment requirements. Specifically, we examined the organizational structureand processes used to execute security assistance programs during wartimeoperations and for Foreign Military Sales to Iraq.• Assess whether the ISF logistics sustainment base was being effectivelydeveloped. We examined the status and effectiveness of planning andimplementation of processes to develop a sustainable Iraqi logistics base.• Assess whether the Iraqi Army health care system and its sustainment base werebeing effectively developed. We examined the status and effectiveness ofplanning and implementation of processes to develop a sustainable Iraqi medicalbase.We examined the delivery processes for U.S.-controlled arms and ammunition flowing toIraqi military forces at the Taji National Depot and to Iraqi police forces at the BaghdadPolice College for those arms and ammunition delivered through the port of entry at theBaghdad International Airport. We examined the process that ISF used to issue weaponsto individual soldiers and police and the delivery process by which the ISF distributedarms and ammunition through subsequent issuance to selected ISF military and policeunits.169