VA Secretary warns more staff to be furloughed if shutdown continues

VA Secretary warns more staff to be furloughed if shutdown continues

The vast majority of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs keep working during a government shutdown. But in a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), VA Secretary Doug Collins said more than 30,000 of the department’s employees have been furloughed. That’s about double what the VA outlined in its latest contingency plans. Collins said the VA will have to furlough more staff from VA’s central office next week if the sh…