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 2006-09-20 monographic deposited born digital 37 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-958 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-958 P0b002ee1803a01e7 f:d06958 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-958 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-958 GAO-06-958 Appropriated funds Budget administration Budgeting Congressional oversight Financial analysis Monitoring Presidential budgets Reporting requirements Strategic planning Veterans Veterans' medical care Financial reporting Timeliness Other Written Product A61190 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) estimates it will serve 5.4 million patients in fiscal year 2006. Medical services for these patients are funded with appropriations, after consideration by Congress of the President's budget request. VA formulates the medical programs portion of that request. VA is also responsible for budget execution--using appropriations and monitoring their use for providing care. For fiscal years 2005 and 2006, the President requested additional funding for VA medical programs, beyond what had been originally requested. GAO was asked to examine for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (1) how the President's budget requests for VA medical programs were formulated, (2) how VA monitored and reported to Congress on its budget execution, and (3) which key factors in the budget formulation process contributed to requests for additional funding. To do this, GAO analyzed budget documents and interviewed VA and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) officials. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-958/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-958.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-958/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-958.pdf GAO-06-958 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-958 Other Written Product GAO-06-958; VA Health Care: Budget Formulation and Reporting on Budget Execution Need Improvement; Appropriated funds Budget administration Budgeting Congressional oversight Financial analysis Monitoring Presidential budgets Reporting requirements Strategic planning Veterans Veterans' medical care Financial reporting Timeliness Volume 110 Page 3177 110 Stat. 3177 Volume 113 Page 1545 113 Stat. 1545 Volume 115 Page 2446 115 Stat. 2446 Volume 117 Page 2042 117 Stat. 2042 Volume 119 Page 2372 119 Stat. 2372 Public Law 106-117 Public Law 107-135 Public Law 108-170