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94 personnel). The proposed JMD also reflected a net increase of five personnel withinthe MNSTC-I Office of the Inspector General, to include an internal review function.Status of Implementation of Recommendations L.1.a and L.1.bThe actions taken by MNF-I and MNSTC-I met the intent of recommendations L.1.a andL.1.b. We have closed these recommendations.Recommendations L.2.a and L.2.bWe recommended that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commander,USCENTCOM expedite:a. Approval of the proposed MNSTC-I JMD and request the necessary funding toaccomplish the actions cited in recommendations L.1.a. and L.1.b.b. Assignment of personnel with the requisite skills, experience level, and rank to fillthe positions designated in the JMD for the MNSTC-I logistics function, the Office ofInspector General, and the Office of Internal Review.Management Comments to Recommendations L.2.a and L.2.bUSCENTCOM concurred, noting that they received the MNF-I out-of-cycle request tomodify the MNSTC-I JMD in March 2008. USCENTCOM staff was in the process ofvalidating the MNSTC-I JMD for submission to the Combatant Commander for approval.USCENTCOM expected to submit an approved document to the Joint Staff not later thanJune 1, 2008.The Joint Staff concurred, noting that they actively pursue the staffing of all JMDs thathad been validated and forwarded by the combatant commands. The Joint Staff reportedthat MNSTC-I was currently manned at 95 percent. As a subset of that manning, theMNSTC-I individual augmentation billets show a Service commitment to sourcing of 94percent.Status of Implementation of Recommendations L.2.a and L.2.bUSCENTCOM forwarded the out-of-cycle MNSTC-I JMD to the Joint Staff on July 14,2008. These recommendations remain open.Recommendation M.1We recommended that the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) appoint a DoD ExecutiveAgent for the Iraqi FMS program. Consideration should be given to designating theSecretary of the Army as the Executive Agent. The Executive Agent will activate a JointProgram Management Office that will focus full-time on support for ISF, seven days perweek to:a. Integrate, expedite, coordinate and drive the Iraqi FMS program in the UnitedStates, increase the responsiveness of the support effort for the U.S. commanders, and20