Impoundment Control: Deferral of Budget Authority in the Department of Veterans Affairs

OGC-91-12 Published: Oct 02, 1991. Publicly Released: Oct 02, 1991.

Highlights

GAO reported a deferral of budget authority in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) major construction appropriation that should have been, but was not, reported to Congress.

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Topics

Veterans

Appropriated fundsConstruction contractsContract authorityDeferral of budget authorityGovernment facility constructionHospital planningImpoundmentReporting requirementsSource selectionConstruction