The March 6 memo instructs the VAs human resources department to review agency operations by June.
Once the review is complete, VA will initiate Department-wide RIF actions, referring to a reduction in force.
Last month the VA laid off 2,400 federal employees.
Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2025.Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images
The Biden administrationhiredtens of thousands of new VA employees, including 61,000 in fiscal year 2023 alone.
At least in combat, I knew my mission.
I was supported in it by my teammates, by my leadership, and I had agency.
I had a weapon.
I could fight against a tangible enemy, he said.
Now its just an invisible cloud of dread.
