United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-04-20 monographic deposited born digital 17 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-572T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-572T P0b002ee180386014 f:d05572t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-572T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-572T GAO-05-572T Disabilities Employee assistance programs Employment of the disabled Evaluation criteria Evaluation methods Information technology Internal controls Performance management Performance measures Persons with disabilities Program evaluation Program management Veterans Veterans benefits Veterans employment programs Vocational rehabilitation VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program Testimony A22037 The Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program has taken on heightened importance due, in large measure, to the number of servicemembers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq with serious injuries and their need for vocational rehabilitation and employment assistance. This statement draws on over 20 years of GAO's reporting on VA's provision of vocational rehabilitation and employment assistance to American veterans and focuses primarily on the results of two recent GAO reports. The first, issued in June 2004, commented on the report of the VA-sponsored VR&E Task Force, which performed a comprehensive review of VR&E activities and made extensive recommendations that, if implemented, would affect virtually every aspect of VR&E's operations. The second, issued in January 2005, focused on the steps VA has taken and the challenges it faces in providing services to seriously injured veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-572T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-572T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-572T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-572T.pdf GAO-05-572T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-572T Testimony GAO-05-572T; Vocational Rehabilitation: VA Has Opportunities to Improve Services, but Faces Significant Challenges; Disabilities Employee assistance programs Employment of the disabled Evaluation criteria Evaluation methods Information technology Internal controls Performance management Performance measures Persons with disabilities Program evaluation Program management Veterans Veterans benefits Veterans employment programs Vocational rehabilitation VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program