{"id":78122,"date":"2025-02-06T14:41:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/02\/06\/va-leaders-working-with-doge-but-say-veterans-personal-info-is-secure\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:45:15","slug":"va-leaders-working-with-doge-but-say-veterans-personal-info-is-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2025\/02\/06\/va-leaders-working-with-doge-but-say-veterans-personal-info-is-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"VA leaders working with DOGE but say veterans\u2019 personal info is secure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/02\/03\/va-will-end-remote-work-status-for-thousands-of-staffers-this-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Affairs officials<\/a> confirmed Wednesday that they are working with officials from the Department of Government Efficiency on ways to reform agency operations, but insisted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/01\/29\/va-benefits-wont-be-halted-under-white-house-funding-freeze-order\/\" target=\"_blank\">veterans\u2019 medical and benefits<\/a> data is not being shared with any outside offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement from a VA spokesperson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/01\/30\/va-leaders-dismiss-directors-of-offices-for-women-minority-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\">department leaders<\/a> confirmed that the department has one employee from the controversial government efficiency office \u201cwho is specifically focused on identifying wasteful contracts, improving VA operations and strengthening management of the department\u2019s IT projects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news came amid rumors throughout the veterans community about DOGE \u2014 and its leader, billionaire Elon Musk \u2014 scanning VA systems and advising on potential program cuts even before new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/02\/04\/collins-becomes-first-post-911-vet-to-be-confirmed-as-va-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\">VA Secretary Doug Collins<\/a> had taken his new office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA officials pushed back on those claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2025\/02\/04\/collins-becomes-first-post-911-vet-to-be-confirmed-as-va-secretary\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25021594170762.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Collins becomes first post-9\/11 vet to be confirmed as VA secretary<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The former Georgia congressman was easily confirmed to lead the nation&#039;s delivery of veterans benefits and health care.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe DOGE employee will be solely focused on improving VA performance and efficiency and will not have access to veterans\u2019 or VA beneficiaries\u2019 data,\u201d according to the department\u2019s statement. \u201cVA looks forward to working with DOGE to improve services to veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday and sworn into office late Wednesday morning. In his introductory statement to VA workers, he did not specifically mention the Department of Government Efficiency, but did promise to \u201cchallenge the status quo in order to find new and better ways of helping VA beneficiaries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also said he would \u201ccelebrate the vast majority of VA employees who do a great job every day and hold employees accountable when they fall short of the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials on Wednesday blasted media reports that operatives from the new government efficiency agency have covertly installed outside servers on federal finance systems to monitor employees and improperly accessed classified material without appropriate clearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DOGE senior advisor Katie Miller said in a statement that the accusations were \u201cmade up tall tales from uninformed career bureaucrats who probably telework.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in recent days, administration officials have moved quickly \u2014 and, critics argue, illegally \u2014 to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of Education, as part of efforts to shrink the footprint of the federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee ranking member Mark Takano, D-Calif., urged VA employees to not \u201cfall for Elon\u2019s scam\u201d and accept buyout offers from the administration designed to cull tens of thousands of jobs from the federal payroll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cElon Musk said the same thing to Twitter employees, and he scammed them too. He didn\u2019t pay any of the severance he promised them,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cCivil servants are his next target, and Donald Trump is egging him on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA leaders have already placed about 60 department employees focused on diversity and inclusion programming on administrative leave, and last week dismissed the heads of the Center for Women Veterans and the Center for Minority Veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collins, in his confirmation hearing, promised that \u201cI will be the biggest cheerleader for every VA employee out there who is out there getting up every morning, doing it right, making sure we\u2019re taking care of our veterans.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he also said that the department must focus on accountability and efficiency to ensure taxpayer funds aren\u2019t being wasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department currently employs about 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