It said it expects the review to be done by June, after which "VA will initiate Department-wide RIF actions," using an acronym for "reduction in force." In a response to a request for comment ...

Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over the Department of Veterans Affairs’s (VA) plans to cut roughly 80,000 employees in the coming months, decrying the lack of ...

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What had been a list of 875 VA contracts scheduled for termination a little over a week ago has now become 585 canceled contracts, the VA said Monday. The about-face is a rare public retreat by ...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said he hopes to speed up plans to get more VA medical centers onto the department's new electronic health records system this year. (Stock photo ...

The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top-level officials at the agency Tuesday that it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000.

The memo, sent by VA Chief of Staff Christopher Syrek to undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, and other top officials at the apartment, sets out a goal to return its staffing to 2019 levels of ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut approximately 72,000 jobs, roughly 15 percent of its current workforce, VA Secretary Doug Collins confirmed Wednesday. Collins said in a video ...

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In an internal memo, VA chief of staff Christopher Syrek outlined goals to return the department to its 2019 staffing levels to “resize and tailor the workforce to the mission and revised ...

Veterans Affairs leaders on Monday announced revised plans to eliminate nearly 600 professional service contracts. (Veterans Affairs) Veterans Affairs leaders on Monday scaled back massive cost ...

Backed by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, VA loans are zero-down-payment mortgages available to active-duty service members and veterans. They come with other benefits, too — including ...