The Department of Veterans Affairs will lose 30,000 employees through resignations and retirements by October 2025, eliminating the need for mass layoffs.

Agency says it is on pace to reduce its total staff by nearly 30,000 employees by the end of this fiscal year through retirements, attrition and deferred resignations after previously saying it would need to cull 83,

Veterans Affairs abandons plan to fire 76,000 workers after massive backlash. Department scales back DOGE-led layoffs as employee cuts face fierce opposition