Fiscal Year 2007 Performance and Accountability Report
Published November 15, 2007

Purpose of the Report

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) provides results on VA’s progress towards providing America’s veterans with the best in benefits and health care.

The PAR contains performance targets and results achieved during FY 2007.  As such, it is VA’s report card and, in this context, strives to communicate to you, the American people, how well VA has done, the tangible public benefits VA has produced, the impacts we have had, and the forward-looking strategies we are employing to achieve and maintain excellence.

VA’s PAR Highlights communicates the Department’s most important performance results, financial statements, and other information in an easy-to-read, shorter document.

• Introduction and TOC  (1.33mb)
• Secretary's Letter  (1.17mb)
• Part I: Overview of VA  (1.2mb)
• Part II: Performance  (3.23mb)
• Part III: Financials  (1.08mb)
• Part IV: Report Officials  (783kb)

Secretary's Letter  (1.23mb)

Table of Contents (TOC)  (792kb)

Part I. Management Discussion and Analysis  (9.86mb)

• Performance Scorecard  (842kb)
• Department Overview  (1.67mb)
• Performance Summaries by Strategic Goal  (25.3mb)
• Most Important Achievements and Current Challenges  (1.08mb)
• The President's Management Agenda  (1.57mb)
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Reviews  (1.24mb)
• Performance Shortfalls  (0.99mb)
• Financial Highlights  (816kb)
• Management Controls, Systems, and Compliance with Laws and Regulations  (1.68mb)

Part II. Performance Section  (119mb)

• Performance Summaries by Strategic Objective  (963kb)
• Strategic Goal 1 - Restoration and Improved Quality of Life for Disabled Veterans  (2.36mb)
• Strategic Goal 2 - Smooth Transition to Civilian Life  (1.65mb)
• Strategic Goal 3 - Honoring, Serving, and Memorializing Veterans  (3.37mb)
• Strategic Goal 4 - Contributing to the Nation's Well-Being  (2.90mb)
• The Enabling Goal - Applying Sound Business Principles  (3.02mb)
• Assessment of Data Quality  (1.07mb)
• Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Quality Assurance Program (Millennium Act)  (1.02mb)
• Key Measures Data Table  (1.43mb)
• Performance Measures Tables  (2.28mb)
• Table 1 - By Strategic Goal and Objective  (1.37mb)
• Table 2 - By Organization and Program  (1.57mb)
• Major Management Challenges--Office of Inspector General (OIG)  (2.91mb)
• High Risk Areas--Government Accountability Office (GAO)  (1.52mb)

Part III. Financial Section  (32.1mb)

• Letter from the Chief Financial Officer  (881kb)
• Consolidated Financial Statements  (1.05mb)
• Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  (2.82mb)
• Independent Auditors' Report  (2.30mb)
• Required Supplementary Stewardship Information (Unaudited)  (0.98mb)
• Required Supplementary Information (Unaudited)  (805kb)

Part IV. Additional Information  (6.80mb)

• Summary of Financial Statement Audit and Management Assurances  (810kb)
• Improper Payments Information Act Reporting Details  (1.96mb)
• Definitions  (1.59mb)
• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms  (891kb)
• Key Report Officials  (804kb)

Full PAR in one consolidated file  (38.6mb)

Published Reports:

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