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089387 1 (1975-11-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvja0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITEb STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 07q 317 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MANPOWER AND WELFARI NOV i1 9 DIVISION Mr. Wallace E. Busbee Director, Internal Audit Service Veterans Administration Dear Mr. Busbee: We surveyed the death benefit programs administered by the Veterans Administration (VA) National Cemetery System (NCS), and ,/7 the program of reimbursement of veterans burial expenses as 17 , administered by VA's Department of Veterans Benefits (DVB). We made our survey at the NCS central office, the VA Regional Office x(VARO) in Washington, D.C., and the National Cemetery Supervising Office (NCSO) in Atlanta, Georgia. Our survey indicated four potential problem areas: (1) long- term planning for NCS; (2) possible overpayments on cash death benefits by DVB; (3) an apparent lack of adequate financial control over non-expendable property by the Atlanta NCSO; and (4) weaknesses in certain physical inventory procedures of the Atlanta NCSO. Presently, we do not plan to initiate a review in any of these four areas: NEED FOR LONG-TERM PLANNING BY NCS For some time now, the question of the future direction and scope of NCS has been an issue of concern both in the Congress and the executive branch of the Government. According to several NCS officials, however, the National Cemeteries Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-43) was taken by NCS as a mandate by the Congress to significantly expand the system through construction of several new cemeteries and the further development and expansion of many existing ones. During our survey we sought to determine whether NCS has developed a comprehensive plan which establishes specific measurable short and long-range goals, and defines the long-term scope, size, and cost of the system. We ascertained that three separate documents are considered by NCS to comprise its comprehensive plan. These are:

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