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Lawmakers press VA on staffing cuts, RIF rubrics, privacy and outreach limits
Summary
Committee members questioned VA witnesses about proposed workforce reductions, supervisors' rubrics for RIF exemptions, privacy concerns after return‑to‑office orders, and allegations that field staff were barred from community outreach.
Members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations pressed Department of Veterans Affairs officials about staffing plans, a supervisor rubric used for proposed reductions in force (RIF), workspace privacy for telehealth, and reports that field staff were prevented from conducting outreach.
Ranking Member Veronica Ramirez showed the committee a rubric supervisors were required to fill out to justify why employees should not be subject to a RIF; she described that requirement as “absurd” and said some supervisors reported filling it out for more than 300 employees. Ramirez said the rubric asked supervisors to provide “1 to 2 sentences” explaining clinicians’ special skills, and questioned…
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