‘Heartless and dangerous’: Proposal to automate VA call centers part of aggressive layoff plan, sources say
The call centers that America’s military veterans rely on to schedule appointments and arrange medical care may no longer ...
Sen. Ruben Gallego pledges to block VA nominations in protest of Trump-led workforce cuts
Ariz., will use a Senate procedure called a "hold" to delay the VA appointments in protest of Trump's federal government cuts ...
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House Dems ‘extremely concerned’ VA workforce cuts will further hit researchers
Ten members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee are calling for VA Secretary Doug Collins to provide additional ...
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Spending and workforce cuts will harm VA’s modernization work, Democrats say
Calif., said cuts across VA are forcing the department “to decide between keeping staff on the floor, and investing in ...
Van Hollen calls VA layoffs a ‘betrayal.’ VA says the cuts aren’t mission-critical.
As the Department of Veterans Affairs gears up to cut 80,000 employees, an agency spokesman says government jobs should be ...
With federal employees being laid off, are Chillicothe VA employees safe?
Carissa Gregory, president of American Federation of Government Employees [AFGE] Local 1631, said seven employees were furloughed in early March ...
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VA employees are being called to work in the office. But some say there isn't room
quote "VA is no longer a place where the status quo for employees is to simply phone it in from home." He went on to say VA would make space accommodations in order to ensure veterans' access to care ...
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Overtime Pay Delayed for Roughly 9,600 VA Employees as a Result of Software Problems
VA officials did not say why the department's Time and Attendance System, or VATAS, experienced problems this week.
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‘Heartless and dangerous’: Proposal to automate VA call centers part of aggressive layoff plan, sources say
While many of those agency proposals remain under wraps, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins acknowledged in an interview with Fox News earlier this month that laying off 80,000 VA employees ...