Download or read book Financial Management written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VA Financial Management System written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Veterans Administration Financial Management Profile written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Management written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to a congressional request, GAO reported on the Veterans Administration (VA) financial management processes to: (1) identify and describe the major VA financial management processes and the primary information on which they rely; (2) identify and assess the major financial management implications of any weaknesses in this information; (3) determine if and how VA ranks veterans' needs with service-connected health care problems in its medical care and construction planning; and (4) identify and assess the processes VA uses to rank major construction projects. GAO found that, although VA has a basically sound financial management process, it does not have reliable, timely, and useful cost and work-load information to support this process because: (1) it has not set realistic, measurable goals for its medical care and construction programs and lacks the information to assess results against such goals; (2) its financial management systems design is inadequate; (3) its automatic data processing system has problems; (4) its health care planning and programming process has not yet produced a realistic, national health care strategy for establishing both budget and construction priorities; (5) its major construction planning and prioritization process has no clear focal point of accountability below the Administrator; and (6) the data from the planning process and from the facility engineer's assessment of each facility's physical condition are inadequate. GAO also found that VA systems do not provide the per-patient clinical and cost information required to allocate hospital operating budgets based on the types of patient illnesses, and consequently: (1) hospitals lack information about their actual costs of treating specific patients or illnesses to help identify ways to control those costs; (2) VA cannot readily track patient drug usage and doctor prescription patterns, making it difficult to manage drug usage and costs; and (3) the primary medical program cost reports that VA uses for planning, budgeting, and budget execution are based on unreliable quarterly estimates.
Download or read book Auditing and Financial Management written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Veterans Administration's (VA) financial management systems to: (1) identify and describe the automated financial management systems; (2) identify internal control and automatic data processing (ADP) problems in selected systems; (3) review VA initiatives to strengthen financial management; and (4) rank the importance of the automated financial system projects now being developed. GAO found that: (1) VA managers were not getting reliable financial information needed to effectively carry out and report on the financial aspects of VA program and administrative operations; (2) VA did not maintain a consolidated agencywide ledger; (3) the systems that support planning for medical facility construction projects did not produce timely, accurate information needed to develop effective plans; and (4) budget development timeframes precluded the use of the actual financial results of the preceding year's program. GAO also found that: (1) VA financial management systems did not support effective internal controls; (2) general ADP controls did not support the accurate processing of financial information; (3) tests of new or modified computer programs were not adequate to ensure that programs were implemented properly; (4) controls over information received for processing could not ensure that all information was actually processed; and (5) VA planned a 5-year ADP and telecommunications project for the development of 52 major automated systems and 5 major procurements of computer and other ADP equipment.
Download or read book Financial Management written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO reviewed the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) financial management systems, focusing on how VA could improve internal accounting controls and financial management. GAO found that VA: (1) made significant progress in preparing its consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, although statements did not always agree with underlying accounting systems and general ledger balances and had undocumented or poorly supported consolidation and closing procedures; (2) did not adequately implement internal controls for medical care cost recovery; (3) lacked automated system internal controls to ensure complete and accurate processing of compensation, pension, and education benefit payments data; (4) did not obtain proper authorization for releasing payments over threshold amounts; (5) did not meet requirements in such areas as timely collection on accounts receivable, recognition and recording of liabilities, and prompt and accurate accumulation and reporting of obligational data on all appropriated funds; (6) improved principal controls in its housing credit assistance area, although remaining weaknesses included the lack of an established system for recognizing losses on guaranteed loans, lack of reconciliation between the general ledger control account and subsidiary ledger balances, and improper documentation and approval of journal vouchers; (7) lacked effective payroll system controls for implementing proper pay changes for all employees, resulting in incorrect payments; and (8) did not perform pay verifications and reconciliations to ensure correct processing of payroll data.
Download or read book Veterans Administration Financial Management Profile written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Veterans Administration's (VA) financial management systems to: (1) identify and describe the automated financial management systems; (2) identify internal control and automatic data processing (ADP) problems in selected systems; (3) review VA initiatives to strengthen financial management; and (4) rank the importance of the automated financial system projects now being developed. GAO found that: (1) VA managers were not getting reliable financial information needed to effectively carry out and report on the financial aspects of VA program and administrative operations; (2) VA did not maintain a consolidated agencywide ledger; (3) the systems that support planning for medical facility construction projects did not produce timely, accurate information needed to develop effective plans; and (4) budget development timeframes precluded the use of the actual financial results of the preceding year's program. GAO also found that: (1) VA financial management systems did not support effective internal controls; (2) general ADP controls did not support the accurate processing of financial information; (3) tests of new or modified computer programs were not adequate to ensure that programs were implemented properly; (4) controls over information received for processing could not ensure that all information was actually processed; and (5) VA planned a 5-year ADP and telecommunications project for the development of 52 major automated systems and 5 major procurements of computer and other ADP equipment.
Download or read book Information Technology written by Valerie C. Melvin and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2005, the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been undertaking an initiative to develop an integrated financial and asset mgmt. system known as the Financial and Logistics Integrated Technology Enterprise (FLITE). This report :(1) determined the status of pilot system development; and (2) evaluated key program mgmt. processes, including VA's efforts to institute effective human capital mgmt., develop a reliable program cost estimate, use earned value mgmt. (a recognized means for measuring program progress), establish a realistic program schedule, employ effective requirements development and mgmt., and perform independent verification and validation. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.
Download or read book VA Financial Management written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implementing cost accounting at the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Labor written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department of Veterans Affairs written by Susan Ragland and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In FY 2008, the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) identified three material internal control weaknesses over financial reporting ¿ financial management system functionality, IT security controls, and financial management oversight. VA is developing a new financial system, but full implementation is not expected until 2014. This report addresses: (1) the nature of the internal control weaknesses identified in the VA FY 2008 financial audit report and how long they have been outstanding; (2) whether VA had plans appropriately focused on near-term corrective actions; and (3) whether VA had appropriate oversight mechanisms in place to help assure that near-term corrective action plans are implemented on schedule. Charts and tables.
Download or read book United States Code written by United States and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The United States Code is the official codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States of America. The Code was first published in 1926, and a new edition of the code has been published every six years since 1934. The 2012 edition of the Code incorporates laws enacted through the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session, the last of which was signed by the President on January 15, 2013. It does not include laws of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, enacted between January 2, 2013, the date it convened, and January 15, 2013. By statutory authority this edition may be cited "U.S.C. 2012 ed." As adopted in 1926, the Code established prima facie the general and permanent laws of the United States. The underlying statutes reprinted in the Code remained in effect and controlled over the Code in case of any discrepancy. In 1947, Congress began enacting individual titles of the Code into positive law. When a title is enacted into positive law, the underlying statutes are repealed and the title then becomes legal evidence of the law. Currently, 26 of the 51 titles in the Code have been so enacted. These are identified in the table of titles near the beginning of each volume. The Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives continues to prepare legislation pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 285b to enact the remainder of the Code, on a title-by-title basis, into positive law. The 2012 edition of the Code was prepared and published under the supervision of Ralph V. Seep, Law Revision Counsel. Grateful acknowledgment is made of the contributions by all who helped in this work, particularly the staffs of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel and the Government Printing Office"--Preface.
Download or read book Financial Management written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Management written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to a congressional request, GAO described and assessed the Veterans Administration's (VA) major financial management processes. These descriptions provide a basic outline of the major steps in the VA financial management processes for fiscal year 1986, and serve as the basis for understanding changes in the processes since that time.
Download or read book Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Under 38 U S C written by United States. Dept. of Veterans Benefits and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Status of VA Financial Management Business Transformation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Technology Modernization and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Veterans Affairs written by Valerie C. Melvin and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through its Financial and Logistics Integrated Technical Enterprise (FLITE) initiative, the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) is developing a new system that is intended to fulfill the critical need for a modernized and integrated financial and asset management capability. FLITE is the successor to an earlier initiative that the dept. undertook -- the Core Financial and Logistics System (CoreFLS) -- which was discontinued in 2004. This report determines: (1) the department¿s overall plan for developing FLITE; (2) the status of its dev¿t. efforts; (3) VA oversight of this initiative; and (4) whether lessons learned from the CoreFLS initiative have been considered and incorporated into the plan for developing FLITE. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.
