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[Question Concerning Delays in Obligating VA Funds]

B-221412 Published: Feb 12, 1986. Publicly Released: Feb 12, 1986.
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GAO reviewed a Veterans Administration (VA) report on certain contract award delays and concluded that, although VA had not met the time limitations imposed by its appropriation acts, this did not constitute budget authority impoundment because VA intends to award most of these contracts in the near future.

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