# Presentation: 681163

## Hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center 

**2007**
**“****Striving for Health Care Contracting **
**Excellence” **
**Industry  Conference**

**Welcome to the **

## 	         Agenda- VA Strategic Plan - Our Reorganization- Organizational Mission and Vision for the Way Ahead

## 	   Mission StatementTo fulfill President Lincoln’s promise-“To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s veterans.

## VA’s Vision

-    To provide veterans with world-class benefits and services they have earned – and to do so by adhering to the highest standards of compassion, commitment, excellence, professionalism, integrity, accountability, and stewardship.

## Goal 1:	Restore the capability of veterans with disabilities to the greatest extent possible, and improve the quality of their lives and that of their families.
Goal 2: Ensure a smooth transition for veterans from active military service to civilian life.
Goal 3:	Honor and serve veterans in life, and memorialize them in death for their sacrifices on behalf of the Nation.
Goal 4:	Contribute to the public health, emergency management, socio-economic well-being, and history of the Nation.

**Goal 2: Ensure a smooth transition for veterans from active military service to civilian life.**
**Goal 3:****	****Honor and serve veterans in life, and memorialize them in death for their sacrifices on behalf of the Nation.**
**Goal 4:****	****Contribute to the public health, emergency management, socio-economic well-being, and history of the Nation.**

- Strategic Goals

## Statistics...

_***Veteran Population by Period of Service***_
***Peacetime******	******	******	******	****** 6,142,000***
***World War II******	******	******	******	****** 3,151,000***
***Korea******	******	******	******	****** 3,086,000***
***Vietnam******	******	******	******	****** 7,956,000***
***Gulf War******	******	******	******	****** 4,647,000***
_***Veteran Demographics***_*** –***
***Projected US Veteran Population:  ******	******	******      23,977,000***
***	******	******Female Veterans:******	******	******	******        1,731,000 ***
***	******	******(7.2% of total veterans)***
***Projected # of Living WWII Veterans (******as of 9/30/06)******:       3,151,000***
***# of WW II Veterans Pass Away per Day: ******	******              1, 025***

## More Statistics....

_**About VA**_
**Number of VA employees:****	****	****    247,585**
**Number of VA medical centers (VHA):****	****	****153**
**Number of Outpatient Clinics:****	****	****	****718**
**Number of VA Vet Centers:****	****	****    ****	****207**
**Number of Veteran Benefit Administration **
**    ****(VBA) Regional Centers:****	****  ****	****	****  57**
**Number of VA National Cemeteries (NCA):****	****125**
- 				(Source:  VA reports compiled by Office of Policy and Planning (008))

## Appropriations

- FY 06 (Actual)–
- VA:  $73.6B	VHA: $31B	VBA$1.08B	NCA: $150M
- FY 07 (Enacted)–
- VA:  $80.2B	VHA: $34.5B	VBA: $1.17B	NCA: $161M
- FY 08 (Request) –
- VA: $86.4B	VHA: $36.6B	VBA: $1.20B	NCA: $167M

## Organization

- Secretary

- Asst Secretary for Management

- Deputy Asst Secretary

- ADAS for Finance, Logistics &Business Svc

**ADAS for **
**Acquisitions **

- ADAS for Acquisition and Logistics Programs & Policy

- NAC

- CAI

## Office of Acquisition & Logistics (OA&L) Business Lines

- Acquisition
- Logistics
- Policy

## OA&L Mission & Vision

- Mission – “To be the premier provider of innovative solutions.”
- Vision – To support our nation’s veterans and other government customers, we provide acquisition, logistics, and financial solutions.
- People–Commitment–Excellence-Integrity

## Thank You