The VA reportedly wants to cut more than 80,000 workers, according to Reuters, who cited a March 6 memo that directs the agency's human resources team to focus on firing civil servants.

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 ...

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Were Bulgaria to hold parliamentary elections now, Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB-UDF coalition would again win by far by the largest share of votes, 22.6 per cent among those who would vote, ...

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 ...

The 1,400 workers laid off on Monday were all "bargaining-unit probationary employees" in "non-mission critical roles," including "DEI-related positions," the VA said in a statement. Responders ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Wednesday paused an effort to terminate hundreds of contracts after pressure from Democrat lawmakers, according to Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee ...

The pause affects hundreds of VA contracts that Secretary Doug Collins a day earlier described as simply consulting deals, whose cancellation would save $2 billion as the Trump administration ...

Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in planned contract reductions after lawmakers and veterans' organizations ...

Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat and the ranking member of the Senate VA committee expressed concerns following the administration's sweeping cuts. "Doug Collins continues to put the ...

"We were taking in millions of dollars in contracts to create things like PowerPoint slides and meeting minutes," VA Secretary Doug Collins said on Tuesday. "Millions of dollars in contracts for ...