March 2013 SIGR Report: Government Agencies Cannot Fully Identify Projects Financed with Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds

Introduction

Following the 2003 intervention in Iraq and the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, the United States initiated a major relief and reconstruction program to stabilize the country, rehabilitate the economy, provide a secure and safe environment by recruiting and training Iraq police and military forces, and provide for humanitarian and emergency relief, among other objectives.

Over the last nine years, the United States provided billions of dollars for thousands of projects funded and managed by multiple federal agencies.1