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        OMB Scorecard Shows VA Is On Track in Meeting Goals

        WASHINGTON (February 3, 2003) - The President's Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) today released a "scorecard" showing the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) is on track to meeting all five initiatives in the
President's Management Agenda.

        OMB gave VA "green lights," indicating successful progress towards
implementation in all five categories of the President's agenda -- strategic
management of human capital, competitive sourcing, improving financial
performance, expanding electronic government and budget and performance
integration.  The scorecard rated VA's performance as of Dec. 31, 2002.

        "I am very proud that OMB has recognized VA's hard work towards
achieving the President's management goals," said Secretary of Veterans
Affairs Anthony J. Principi. "Our progress in meeting the goals means we can
provide better service to our veterans."

        The President's Management Agenda is a strategy for improving the
management and performance of the government.  The scorecard rates each
agency's progress in performance of goals set jointly by the agency and OMB.
Green is the highest rating OMB awards.

        In the previous scorecard, released Sept. 30, 2002, VA received
"green lights" in two of the five areas - human capital and budget
initiatives.  Two other initiatives -- financial performance and electronic
government -- were given "yellow lights," indicating mixed results. The
competitive sourcing initiative showed the most improvement, moving up from
a "red light" for unsatisfactory performance at the end of September to a
"green light" for successful performance in December.


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