An internal memo instructs top-level Veterans Affairs staff to prepare for an agency-wide reorganization in August. In the last week, department leaders have revised plans to cancel hundreds of contracts in a cost-saving move. Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 3, 2025. About 2,500 VA workers have been forced out of their jobs in the last few weeks. More than 2 million federal workers received an email over the weekend threatening firing if they can't justify their work performance by Monday night. The Defense Department, which is the largest government agency, says it's reducing its civilian workforce by 5% to 8%. President Donald Trump nominated Paul Lawrence to serve as the second-highest leader in the Department of Veterans Affairs. VA Secretary Doug Collins will lead the Office of Government Ethics and the Office of Special Counsel until new directors are named. The move to end telework at VA follows instructions from the White House to return most federal employees to their pre-pandemic duty stations. The president on Thursday suggested that programs to hire workers with disabilities may have lead to the aircraft collision that killed 67 people. Load More
