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VA to speed up health records system rollout, with new sites this year

A previous plan to deploy the controversial health records system to more VA hospitals in mid-2026 was short-sighted and slow, the new VA secretary said.
VA secretary insists massive staff cuts needed to refocus department

Secretary Doug Collins confirmed leaders are looking at trimming 80,000 workers to slim down the growing VA bureaucracy.
VA Secretary Doug Collins discusses looming department staff cuts

The VA secretary confirmed plans to slash his department’s workforce by roughly 80,000 jobs in coming months, saying the moves are needed to reform the agency.
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 VA employees, memo says

An internal memo instructs top-level Veterans Affairs staff to prepare for an agency-wide reorganization in August.