Accession Number:

AD1105993

Title:

Veterans' Affairs and Military Health Care Issues: Issue Area Plan for Fiscal Years 1998-2000

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC WASHINGTON DC United States

Personal Author(s):

• Backhus,Stephen P.
• Blair,Michael T.
• Brier,Daniel M.
• Chu,Irene P.
• Drake,Shelia D,
• Guthrie,Ronald J.
• Layton,Bruce D.
• Poindexter,George F.
• Reynolds,Paul R.

Report Date:

1998-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

As the investigative arm of the Congress and the nations auditor, the General Accounting Office is charged with monitoring the expenditure of the federal dollar. Reflecting stringent standards of objectivity and independence, GAOs audits, evaluations, and investigations promote a more efficient and cost-effective government expose waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in federal programs help the Congress target budget reductions assess financial and information management and alert the Congress to developing trends that may have significant fiscal or budgetary consequences. In fulfilling its responsibilities, GAO performs original research and uses hundreds of databases or creates its own when information is unavailable elsewhere. To ensure that GAOS resources are directed toward the most important issues facing the Congress, each of GAOs 33 issue areas develops a strategic plan that describes the significance of the issues it addresses, its objectives, and the focus of its work. Each issue area relies heavily on input from congressional committees, agency officials, and subject-matter experts in developing its strategic plan.

Descriptors:

• military medicine
• health care
• health services
• accountability
• management
• department of veterans affairs
• lessons learned
• military hospitals
• military personnel

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE