“The Office of Inspector General (OIG) requests $207 million and 1,000 FTE in 2020 to fulfill statutory oversight requirements and sustain the investments made in people, facilities, and technology during the last three years. The 2020 budget supports FTE targets envisioned under a multi-year effort to grow the OIG to a size that is more appropriate for overseeing the approximately 380,000 VA personnel and the Department’s steadily rising spending on new complex systems and initiatives. These include a new electronic health record system, which is expected to cost more than $16 billion over the next ten years, and VA’s expanding care in the community programs. The 2020 budget request will also provide sufficient resources for the OIG to continue to timely and effectively address the increased number of reviews and reports mandated through statute…”
“The 2020 request is based on consideration of onboard staff hired to date with enacted funds and the level of stakeholder support to include recent 2019 appropriation action…”
Source: Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2020 – May 1, 2019. VA OIG.
