Veterans Affairs Department scales back DOGE-led plan for over 76,000 layoffs

Source: USA Today

July 8, 2025, 11:15 a.m. ET


WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs has massively scaled back a DOGE-backed plan to sack more than 76,000 employees, saying it had "eliminated the need" for the huge workforce cut.

A leaked memo from VA leadership obtained by USA TODAY and other outlets in March outlined a plan to shed more than 76,000 workers as part of the Trump administration's widespread efforts to reduce the federal workforce. The VA has now abandoned that goal, it said in a July 7 announcement.

The Department is "on pace to reduce total VA staff by nearly 30,000 employees by the end of fiscal year 2025, eliminating the need for a large-scale reduction-in-force," it said.

Nearly 17,000 VA employees left their jobs from the beginning of the year through June 1, and the department expects almost 12,000 more to leave by the end of September, according to the announcement.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/08/va-veteans-abandons-doge-goal-layoffs/84503161007/

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Chaos. Enough to cause vertigo.

Every CUT *must have* a rescission document since the funding for that staff had already been approved (and approved again with the C.R.), and they have refused to do any of those, except for a select few rescission submissions to claw back money for entities like the CPB & PBS, etc.