Timeline: How Trump will reorganize the government by 2018

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Protestors demand VA oppose Trump efforts to trim federal workforce

Several dozen union members and VA employees rallied outside the department headquarters amid fears of staff cuts and funding reductions for the agency.
VA secretary tapped to temporarily lead 2 federal oversight offices

VA Secretary Doug Collins will lead the Office of Government Ethics and the Office of Special Counsel until new directors are named.
VA leaders working with DOGE but say veterans’ personal info is secure

An employee from the controversial new department will review VA contracts and IT system operations, VA officials confirmed.
More than 300k VA health jobs exempted from White House hiring freeze

About two-thirds of Veterans Affairs jobs will be excluded from a White House order blocking new hiring.