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HEHS-00-124R 1 (2000-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalpl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Health, Education, and Washington, DC 20548 Human Services Division B-285520 June 30, 2000 The Honorable Fred Thompson, Chairman The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman, Ranking Member Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Subject: Observations on the Department of Veterans Affairs' Fiscal Year 1999 Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2001 Performance Plan As you requested, we have reviewed the 24 Chief Financial Officers Act agencies' fiscal year 1999 performance reports and fiscal year 2001 performance plans required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). In essence, under GPRA, annual performance plans are to establish performance goals and measures covering a given fiscal year and provide the direct linkage between an agency's longer term goals and day-to-day activities. Annual performance reports are to subsequently report on the degree to which those performance goals were met. This letter contains two enclosures responding to your request concerning key program outcomes and major management challenges at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Enclosure I provides our observations on VA's fiscal year 1999 performance and fiscal year 2001 planned performance for the key outcomes that you identified as important mission areas for the agency. These key outcomes are (1) veterans are provided high-quality health care at a reasonable cost to the government, (2) veterans' benefit claims are processed timely and accurately, (3) disabled veterans acquire and maintain suitable employment, and (4) reduced availability and/or use of illegal drugs. Enclosure II lists the major management challenges facing the Department that we and VA's Inspector General (IG) identified, how VA's fiscal year 1999 performance report discussed the progress the Department made in resolving these challenges, and the applicable goals and measures in the fiscal year 2001 performance plan. Results in Brief Overall, VA's fiscal year 1999 performance showed progress in providing quality health care at a reasonable cost. The performance goals were objective, measurable, quantifiable, and generally results-oriented. Although VA did not meet all of its fiscal year 1999 performance goals, it met one of its most important goals-to reduce the GAO/HEHS-00-124R VA's FY 1999 Performance Report and FY 2001 Performance Plan Page 1

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