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 ...

FILE - The seal is seen at the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) ...

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 ...

(VA) Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect a change in position by Veterans Affairs leadership. Veterans Affairs leaders this week touted $2 billion in savings for department ...

The warning comes from Jonathan Kamens, who led cybersecurity efforts for VA.gov—an online portal for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits and services used by veterans, their caregivers and ...

The workers -- more than 3.3% of the department's probationary employees -- were union members considered to have "non-mission critical" positions, according to a VA news release Monday evening.

The VA said the individuals dismissed were “non-mission critical” probationary employees who have served less than two years, according to a department statement. The agency defined the non ...

“I want this to be heard clearly by every organization, but especially by those inside the VA walls and the VA workforce: We will not settle for anything less,” Collins told Disabled American ...

“They’re doing this with people’s lives,” said one VA researcher who lost their job this month. “There’s no, like, ‘OK, we’ll build a new spaceship and put it back on the launch pad.