United States Department of Veterans Affairs

2012 VA Performance and Accountability Report
Published November 15, 2012

Cover Graphic of the 2012 VA Performance and Accountability ReportPurpose 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 Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 performance targets and results achieved against those targets during FY 2012.  As such, the PAR 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, and the forward-looking strategies we are employing to achieve and maintain excellence.



Secretary’s Letter (41.2kb)

PAR Covers (2.44mb)

Web Links (142kb)

Table of Contents (TOC) (141kb)

Part I.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis (2.11mb)

Part II.  Performance Results (2.86mb)

Part III.  Financial Statements (8.79mb)

Part IV.  Other Accompanying Information (1.11mb)

Data Map - Annex I (603kb)

Full PAR in one consolidated file (14.6mb)

For additional information about the Office of Inspector General’s reports and studies (including the Major Management Challenges shown in the Performance and Accountability Report (PAR), please access the OIG’s homepage at:  http://www.va.gov/oig/.

Questions about this report should be directed to VA’s Office of Performance Management at (202) 461-7387.

2012 Highlights
for the Citizen

The Highlights is based on the full PAR and communicates the Department’s most important performance results, financial statements, and other information in an easy-to-read format.  (3.73mb)

Published Reports:

The above archive files are zipped (compressed) files of previous years’ reports.

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