SIGIR Special Reports
The purpose of SIGIR's Special Reports series is to provide insight into unique aspects of Iraq reconstruction not covered in SIGIR audits, investigations, lessons learned or quarterly reports.
The first of these reports is Reconstruction Leaders' Perceptions of the Commander's Emergency Response Program in Iraq, released in April, 2012. Two other Special Reports planned for release in FY 2012 are The Human Toll of Reconstruction and Stabilization During Operation Iraqi Freedom and Measuring Reconstruction Effectiveness in the Rusafa Political District.
Special Report Number 1: Leaders' Perceptions of the Commander's Emergency Response Program in Iraq
In April 2012, SIGIR released its first Special Report: Leaders' Perceptions of the Commander's Emergency Response
Program in Operation Iraqi Freedom. This report provides results of a survey SIGIR administered to former Army battalion commanders who
served in Iraq about their experiences with the Commander's Emergency Response Program. It also includes perceptions from Marine
Corps battalion commanders, US Army Corps of Engineers officers, Provincial Reconstruction Team leaders, and USAID personnel on
PRTs who also nominated, executed and monitored reconstruction activities in Iraq.
SIGIR sought information about the processes for project nomination, implementation, management, evaluation and results of CERP
projects. Specifically, SIGIR examined the extent to which commanders used CERP; the outcomes commanders tried to achieve with
CERP; the measures of effectiveness commanders used to assess projects; the effectiveness of coordination between commanders,
their higher headquarters, and other U.S. government agencies involved in reconstruction; and the severity of fraud and corruption in CERP projects.
Special Report Number 2: The Human Toll of Reconstruction or Stabilization during Operation Iraqi Freedom
In July 2012, SIGIR released its second Special Report: The Human Toll of Reconstruction or Stabilization during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
This report gathers together all available data regarding the human toll of U.S. reconstruction or stabilization efforts during
Operation Iraqi Freedom. SIGIR contacted the Department of Defense (DoD); the Departments of the Army, Air Force, and Navy; the
Department of State (DoS); the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); the Department of Labor (DoL); the United States
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); and several insurance carriers and private companies for casualty information. SIGIR focused on the
3,479 hostile deaths and not the 930 non-hostile deaths (those who died because of accident, suicide, or natural causes).
| Lessons in Inspections | File Size | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Human Toll of Reconstruction or Stabilization during Operation Iraqi Freedom | 636KB PDF | 7/27/2012 |
| Front Cover (High Resolution) | 100KB JPG | 7/27/2012 |
