The Department of Government Efficiency announced on Wednesday that it just discovered the Department of Veterans Affairs was paying around$ 380, 000 per quarter for “minor site changes”.
In a post on X, previously Online, the Department of Government Performance celebrated the” great work” by the Department of Veterans Affairs after it made a major change to how modifications are made on the agency’s website.
“VA was originally paying ~$ 380, 000/month for small website adjustments”, the Department of Government Efficiency tweeted. ” That deal has not been renewed, and the same job is now being executed by 1 inside VA software engineer spending ~10 hours/week”.
According to Detroit Free Press, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins confirmed during an occasion at American Legion Post 141 near Howell, Michigan, on Monday that President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to reduce the size of the Department of Veterans Affairs by roughly 80, 000 people.
Collins said,” We’ve got a lot of transform coming up, it’s putting the former first”.
While the Veterans Affairs director indicated that the district’s aim is to reduce its workforce by about 80, 000 jobs, he acknowledged that the department does not reduce all 80, 000 jobs.
” If we get it, great”, Collins said. ” But we may not get there”.
In February, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that over 1, 000 employees had been fired amid the Trump administration’s efforts to lower government spending and raise federal efficiency. At the time, the ministry said it would be “refocusing on its core vision” of providing” the best possible care and advantages” to U. S. servicemen and to the families, caregivers, and victims of U. S. veterans.
The Department of Veterans Affairs stated,” The personnel moves will save the department more than$ 98 million per year, and VA will redirect all of those resources back toward health care, benefits and services for VA beneficiaries”.
In addition to the discontinuation of the$ 380, 000 per month contract for “minor website modifications” at the Department of Veterans Affairs on Wednesday, the Department of Government Efficiency also shared a government” contract update” on social media.
In a post on X, the Department of Government Efficiency wrote,” Contract update! Agencies cancelled 47 wasteful contracts today with$ 87.5M ceiling value and$ 30.2M in savings, including a$ 3.4M @StateDept management consulting contract for’ aviation advisors in Kenya.'”
