{"id":79112,"date":"2025-07-07T20:07:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T20:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/07\/07\/va-expects-30k-voluntary-job-cuts-by-october-erasing-need-for-layoffs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:04:46","slug":"va-expects-30k-voluntary-job-cuts-by-october-erasing-need-for-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2025\/07\/07\/va-expects-30k-voluntary-job-cuts-by-october-erasing-need-for-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"VA expects 30K voluntary job cuts by October, erasing need for layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Voluntary retirements and resignations are expected to trim 30,000 Veterans Affairs<\/a> workforce positions by the end of September, forgoing plans for potential forced resignations this fiscal year to meet administration goals to reduce the size of government, department leaders announced Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already, about 17,000 VA jobs have been vacated since Jan. 1 through a combination of deferred resignations, retirements, normal attrition and department hiring freezes, officials said. Another 12,000 posts are expected to be cleared out over the next two and a half months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

VA Secretary Doug Collins<\/a> in a statement said that because of those significant workforce reductions \u2014 equalling a 6% decrease in the roughly 484,000 VA workforce last fall \u2014 department leaders are no longer discussing the idea of a department Reduction In Force process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince March, we\u2019ve been conducting a holistic review of the department centered on reducing bureaucracy and improving services to veterans,\u201d Collins said in a statement. \u201cAs a result of our efforts, VA is headed in the right direction \u2014 both in terms of staff levels and customer service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t