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the warehouse. MNSTC-I trainers were on-site working with their Iraqi counterparts onthis issue.Additionally, MNSTC-I was renovating a number of warehouses at Taji NAD by use of acost sharing program with the Iraqis. Plans to install shelving, as required, in theserenovated warehouses would assist the Iraqis in organizing the warehouses into sometype of central management system. However, the degree of automation that wouldresult from development of a centralized warehouse management system for the Iraqiswas yet undetermined. There was some Iraqi resistance to automating such a system, asthey are more familiar and comfortable with a paper system. Recommendation I.1.cremains open pending resolution of these issues.Recommendation I.2We recommended that the Commander, MNSTC-I advise and assist MoI to constructsufficient capacity for arms and ammunition storage at BPC and other sites as necessaryfor the anticipated volume of arms and ammunition shipments.Management Comments to Recommendation I.2MNF-I concurred. The MoI was constrained for storage space at BPC for inboundweapons and ammunition and employed a 3-pronged approach to alleviate this problem.The first step was to increase the rate of throughput to subordinate organizations. Thesecond step was to use temporary container storage in the newly constructed containeryard. The third step was to divert ammunition to the Abu Ghraib warehouse complex,where MoI had planned to establish a permanent workforce.The Coalition was funding the construction of 12,000 square meters of storage space onBPC and this work was estimated to be completed by May 28, 2008. Once completed, allof the hardened warehouses at BPC were to be freed up for ammunition storage.Status of Implementation of Recommendation I.2MoI had stationed five personnel at Abu Ghraib warehouse to assist in the organizationand temporary storage of items, to include ammunition, destined for MoI organizations.MNSTC-I had placed two of their trainers at Abu Ghraib warehouse to assist the MoIpersonnel. Construction had been completed on seven new warehouses at BPC, fundedby MNSTC-I, and provided approximately 11,600 square meters of additional storagespace. These additional warehouses should solve the near-term problems of storage atBPC. We closed this recommendation.Recommendations J.1, J.2, and J.3These recommendations were classified. See the classified version of DoD IG ReportNo. SPO-2008-001, “Assessment of the Accountability of Arms and AmmunitionProvided to the Security Forces of Iraq,” July 3, 2008.Management Comments to Recommendations J.1, J.2, and J.3The management comments to these recommendations were classified.17