Veterans Administration (VA) is planning for a massive -scale .News that will begin in June, According to To Reuters, who reviewed the internal official memo.
The March 6 memo has directed the VA Department of Human Resources to review the agency’s operations by June. Once the review is completed, the “VA department will start RIF measures,” referring to a reduction in power.
At least 25 % of the VA’s 470,000 employees are former soldiers, so if the agency reduces more than 80,000 jobs according to the plan, about 20,000 former soldiers can lose their federal job. Last month, VA had 2,400 federal employees.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins told veterans that change is coming, “So make it a habit” Video The X was posted on the former Twitter and the veterans were emailed.
“Right now, the biggest problem of VA is that its bureaucracy and disqualification are being taken on the path of customer facilities and services of veterans,” Collins said last week. VA is known to wait longer than long -lasting veterans to seek health care, though it is in Improved in recent years. Biden Administration Services were obtained Tens of thousands of new VA employees, including 61,000 in FY 2023 alone. It is unclear how to save a quarter of the manpower, how to improve the long -awaited periods or other defects.
The billionaire Elon Musk, who is leading Trump’s so -called department’s government’s performance, has already deducted a deep deduction in the federal manpower, which has reduced the number of employees to about 100,000 through the promises of sale.
Alina Habba, a close ally of Trump and president of the president, had harsh words for veterans last Tuesday, saying that some left the weights. It may be “unable to get a job … or ready to work.”
“It is our financial responsibility to use taxpayers to use taxpayers who actually work,” Habba said. “This does not mean that we forget our ex -soldiers in any way. We are going to take care of them properly, but they are probably unable to get a job right now or willing to come to work.
A veteran who works for VA as a physician Told She is afraid for her future: “The last time I felt that this level of fear was in fighting.”
“At least in the battle, I knew my mission. I was supported by my team’s colleagues, through my leadership, and I had an agency. I had a weapon. I can fight against a solid enemy.” Now it’s just a hidden cloud of fear. “
