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Commanders on the ground draw their money from CERP (Commander's Emergency Response Program) funds. CERP funds are meant to cover everything from condolence payments to water and electricity infrastructure improvements. They also can give out micro-grants to neighborhood patrol and checkpoint contracts. The CERP budget for fiscal year 2007 was $750 million and while no cutbacks are expected for 2008 the money hasn't been authorized yet by Congress, which means the army's top brass is playing it safe and tightening its belt. According to Lt. Col. Gerry Messmer, A U.S. civil military operations officer in Baghdad...
Another line of CERP funding is supposed to provide Willig with $10,000 from which to draw up to $1,000 at a time to pay Iraqis whose property has been damaged during operations. Two families seeking damages - one for $400 and one for $450 for windows blown out and walls broken down during different operations have been waiting for months because Willig's funding has run dry. "I've been telling them to come back later - I haven't had [this line of CERP funding] since October. There's bureaucracy involved and reviews and allocation at different levels...
...trends from previous years’ competitions are any indication, we should be able to avoid one to ten percent of FAS’ greenhouse gas emissions this year,” said Antje Danielson, Go Cold Turkey organizer and FAS Computer Energy Reduction Program (FAS-CERP) manager. “This could amount to $140,000 in savings which could be used to fund more campus sustainability initiatives...
...this year’s competition, CERP planned to use results from residences’ electric meter readings as one half of the tally and pledge numbers as the other half, Danielson said...
...metering has generated several results that CERP plans to examine further...