The decision to cut about 300 medical center payroll jobs and move about 300 more are part of broader efforts to reduce the size of the VA workforce.

The number of job cuts projected for the agency has come in significantly lower than the original DOGE target of 80,000.

The VA, so far this fiscal year, has sharply rolled back its use of recruitment, retention and relocation (3R) incentives.

That’s apparently good enough to reach VA’s workforce goals. The reductions come through normal attrition, early retirements, deferred resignations and the federal hiring freeze.

VA has begun holding meetings with representatives from across the department to discuss its workforce reduction plans after standing up a Reorganization Implementation Cell.

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In anticipation of a surge in claims from newly eligible veterans, the VA significantly ramped up hiring, with the Veterans Health Administration expanding its workforce by 5.5% in 2023.

VA Press Secretary Peter Kasperowicz said in an email that it is currently reviewing all departments within the agency, intending to cut the workforce to about 398,000 employees, down from its ...

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Committee Chairman Mike Bost, R-Ill., and other Republicans pushed back on Democrats’ claims about VA workforce reductions and spending cuts, saying that efforts to enhance the department’s ...

Veterans Affairs leaders plan to cut hundreds of payroll workers in coming months as part of efforts to downsize the department’s workforce and increase efficiency in agency operations. The ...