VA planners want to speed the rollout of their controversial electronic health records overhaul project with more than a dozen new sites in 2026.
Advocates praised defense leaders for excluding shipyard workers and other key readiness jobs from a department-wide hiring freeze.
“It’s going to be kind of a disaster,” one military official said about the lack of a full budget, which means more limits on how the Pentagon spends.
Thousands of federal employees could be reinstated to their government jobs following the ruling.
