VA Reduces IT Workforce and Reorients Tech Funding Amid Modernization Efforts
TL;DR
The Department of Veterans Affairs is reducing its IT workforce by nearly 12% through voluntary separations, reallocating over $89 million of its budget to other priorities, and pausing new IT procurements to focus on core missions and improve efficiency, while seeking legislative flexibility to enhance agility in IT spending.
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