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106485 1 (1978-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxrg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION JUN 3 0 1978 Mr. Allan L. Reynolds Inspector General - Veterans Administration Dear Mr. Reynolds: The General Accounting Office has completed a review of the Veterans Administration's (VA) implementation of program evaluation and related data collection efforts as required by Public Law 93-508, approved December 3, 1974, Vietna. Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, (Section 219, Title 38 U.S.C.). Historically, nei..ier the Congress nor independent study groups have been able to determine how wisely taxpayers' money was being spent on veterans' benefits programs. This condition resulted primarily because of a lack of meaningful data on the extent to which the programs were achieving their intended goals and objectives, particularly in terms of impact on the programs' target population. This made it difficult for congressional committees to carryout their oversight function and consider various alternatives for futtre legislation. Section 219 required, among other things, that VA evaluate on a continuous basis all title 38 veterans' benefits programs. In June 1975, VA's Office of Planning and Program Evaluation (OPPE) initiated pilot program evaluation studies in the Nursing Home Care program and the Educational Assistance program. The evaluation on the Educational Assistance program was completed in June 1977. Our review was concentrated on the evaluation of the education program because of the increasing coucern of the Congress and the Executive Branch in the effectiveness 7f major Federal education programs. Our observations are summarized below:

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