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             UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING  OFFICE
                     WASHINGTON,  D. C.  20548

                                     FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                     Expected at 8:30 a.m., EST.
                                     Tuesday, December 14, 1982

                            STATEMENT OF
          ROBERT A. PETERSON, SENIOR ASSOCIATE  DIRECTOR
                     HUMAN RESOURCES  DIVISION

                           BEFORE THE
                  COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS
                     HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                ON

                  THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION'S
                  MEDICAL  CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM


     Mr. Chairman and Members of .the Subcommittee, I am pleased

to be here this morning to discuss the views of  the General

Accounting Office on the medical construction program of  the

Veterans Administration.  Our work has generally dealt with  three

of the most important issues of any medical construction project:

Is the the project justified?   How big should  it be? Can  it be

built for less?  I would like to review for you several reports

we have issued over the past 5 years and then discuss our current

audit of VA's construction program.

     We have recently issued two reports on the planning criteria

and processes VA uses to justify proposed nursing home

construction projects.

     In October 1981 we reported that VA had not been effectively

planning and coordinating the construction or use of VA, State

home, and contract community nursing homes.  We concluded that VA

and State home facilities may be built in areas having too many






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