Audit 002

Source Gate

Volume II rests on a bounded source library, not general impressions about VA. This page gives ordinary readers the source-gate status before they enter individual claims.

Evidence MapClaimsLimitationsAudit Landing

Archive manifest v2 ingested

42 archived sources, 1 failed attempt, 46 total library rows.

Gate Complete

The uploaded package contains a source library of 46 rows and an ingested archive manifest of 43 rows. The author gate records 42 archived sources and one attempted capture failure. Some source-library rows remain outside the ingested manifest and should be treated as staging or non-core until reconciled.

Primary source classes
Congress, CRS, VA, VA OIG, GAO, OMB, CBO, HUD, eCFR.

Core rule
No audit claim should be stronger than the cited source and archive trail supporting it.

Known cleanup
v1.1 should reconcile non-core source rows and expose the complete CSV as a downloadable asset.

Key source groups

Budget / appropriations

S-0001 through S-0007, S-0107, S-0108

VA budget submissions, appropriations acts, explanatory statements, and CRS reports underpin the FY2025/FY2026 budget structure and shortfall findings.

Financial statements

S-0008, S-0009, S-0026, S-0110

Agency financial reports and OIG-contracted audits support the clean-opinion-plus-weaknesses finding.

Staffing / VHA operations

S-0025 and related VHA records

The FY2025 severe occupational staffing-shortage determination supports the measurement-integrity finding and its agency-dispute boundary.

Suicide prevention

S-0101 plus program records

The 2025 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report supplies the reach-boundary finding, including the VHA-user and non-user distinction.

EHR modernization

S-0103 and related oversight records

GAO’s dated testimony and recommendation status support the EHR modernization finding with an explicit currency watch.

Community care

S-0111 through S-0116

GAO reports support community-care findings around access, network adequacy, behavioral health records, facility/community integration, referrals, and provider oversight.

Reader warning

Source counts do not prove a conclusion by themselves. A claim is valid only if the cited source says what the claim says, the pinpoint is usable, and the limitation does not swallow the claim. That is why Audit 002 keeps limitations visible beside the findings.