VA Plans, Budget, and Performance Home

Thank you for visiting the VA's performance webpage. Below you will find links to various reports on VA’s goals and performance as well as budgetary and financial data.

Strategic Plan

The VA Strategic Plan articulates VA’s long-term vision as expressed through strategic goals, objectives and planned initiatives. VA’s current plan covers the FY 2006-2011 time period.

Access the current Annual Performance Plan

Annual Budget Submission and Performance Plans

Each VA office prepares a budget request and a performance plan that is part of the Department's annual budget submission to Congress. Together the plan and budget articulate what an office will achieve assuming its budget request is fulfilled.

Access the current Performance and Accountability Report

Performance and Accountability Report (PAR)

VA’s PAR describes our progress towards providing America’s veterans with the best in benefits and health care. The PAR is VA’s report card to the American people showing specific results against annual performance targets. The PAR is submitted to the President and Congress, and is available to the public. The latest PAR is for fiscal year 2007 that ended on September 30, 2007.

Financial Statements

VA’s financial statements provide a detailed analysis of VA’s financial position. VA’s financial statements undergo a yearly audit by an outside firm. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, VA received an unqualified opinion. The statements are published each year in the PAR.

Access the current Program Assessment Rating Tool results and status as published in the PAR

Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)

The PART tool was developed by the Administration to assess and improve the performance of Federal programs to achieve better results. A PART review helps identify a program’s strengths and weaknesses and informs funding and management decisions aimed at making the program more effective. Each of VA’s 10 programs has undergone at least one PART review. The results as well as our ongoing improvement efforts are detailed in the PAR and can be accessed via the link on the left. Also, VA-specific PART results can be found at the ExpectMore web site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/agency/029.html.

Access President’s Management Agenda Initiatives status and progress as published in the PAR

President’s Management Agenda (PMA) Initiatives

The PMA, which was launched in 2001, is an aggressive strategy for improving the management of the federal government focusing on key areas where management can be improved. OMB issues status reports quarterly and uses a “stoplight” scorecard to show progress made by each federal agency. The PAR provides VA’s progress and status as of September 30, 2007.

Access Government Accountability Office High-Risk Improvement plans as plans as published in the PAR

Government Accountability Office (GAO) High-Risk Improvement Plans

The U.S. GAO identifies government-wide High-Risk areas. VA’s responses are to our high-risk areas are shown in the PAR and can be accessed via the link on the left. The PAR describes key actions taken as well as key actions planned by VA to address each of these high-risk areas. By accessing GAO’s home page at www.gao.gov, you may locate other GAO reports on VA programs.

Access status of Inspector General-identified major management challenges as published in the PAR

Inspector General Audits and Investigative Reports

The Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is an independent entity that evaluates VA’s programs and operations. The OIG’s audits and investigative reports can be accessed at www.va.gov/oig/. In addition, each year OIG provides VA leadership with an update on the most serious management problems facing the Department. In the PAR, for each challenge area, VA provides a summary of key actions taken as well as key actions planned to address cited problems. The link on the left provides access to this section of the PAR.