VA Plans, Budget, and Performance Home
Thank you for visiting the VA’s performance webpage. Below you will find links to various reports on VA’s goals and performance as well as budgetary and financial data.
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The VA Strategic Plan articulates VA’s long-term vision as expressed through strategic goals, objectives and planned initiatives. VA’s current plan covers the FY 2006-2011 time period. |
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Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) VA’s PAR describes our progress towards providing America’s veterans with the best in benefits and health care. The PAR is VA’s report card to the American people showing specific results against annual performance targets. The PAR is submitted to the President and Congress, and is available to the public. The latest PAR is for fiscal year 2009 that ended on September 30, 2009. |
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Annual Budget Submission and Performance Plans The Department prepares a budget request and a performance plan that is submitted to Congress each year. Together the plan and budget articulate what VA plans to achieve with the resources requested. |
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VA’s financial statements provide a detailed analysis of VA’s financial position. VA’s financial statements undergo a yearly independent audit by an outside firm. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, VA received an unqualified opinion. The statements are published each year in the PAR. |
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Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) The PART tool was developed to assess and improve the performance of Federal programs to achieve better results. A PART review helps identify a program’s strengths and weaknesses and informs funding and management decisions aimed at making the program more effective. Each of VA’s 10 programs has undergone at least one PART review. VA-specific PART results can be found at the Office of Management and Budget's ExpectMore web site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/agency/029.html. |
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Government Accountability Office (GAO) High-Risk Improvement Plans The U.S. GAO identifies government-wide High-Risk areas. VA’s responses are to our high-risk areas are shown in the PAR and can be accessed via the "picture-link" on the left. The PAR describes key actions taken as well as key actions planned by VA to address each of these high-risk areas. By accessing GAO’s home page at www.gao.gov, you may locate other GAO reports on VA programs. |
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Information and Technology Strategic Plan VA’s IT Strategic Plan establishes the vision and direction necessary to guide, manage, and implement the Office of Information and Technology’s (OI&T’s) operations and investments in support of the Department’s obligation to meet the needs of veterans and their dependents. VA’s current plan covers the FY 2006-2011 time period. |
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Inspector General Audits and Investigative Reports The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is an independent oversight organization operating under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452). OIG audits and evaluations, health care inspections, administrative investigations, contract reviews, and Combined Assessment Program (CAP) reviews recommend improvements to VA programs and operations. OIG criminal investigations enforce Federal criminal laws to bring individuals and entities engaging in criminal activity against Veterans and VA to justice. The OIG’s audits and investigative reports can be accessed at www.va.gov/oig/. The OIG also provides VA leadership an annual update, Major Management Challenges, on the most serious management problems facing the Department. These challenges are described in the Department’s PAR. |