A cybersecurity expert who until recently led efforts to protect sensitive veterans data on VA.gov warns that sensitive information for millions could be at risk after DOGE suddenly fired him.

More than 1,000 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs were fired amid the Trump administration's broad layoffs last week.

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The emergency voicemail said the "expectation" is VA employees would respond to Musk's demand for an email detailing the work they did last week.

The union representing workers at the Togus Veterans Medical Center in Augusta say some employees have been fired by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

Protesters gathered in Sparta on Monday to voice their opinions on President Trump's federal funding cuts. The group expressed their frustration with cuts to the VA and Department of Education. They also voiced their concerns over billionaire Elon Musk's role in the government.

Paul Lawrence, the Trump administration's nominee for deputy secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, pledged Wednesday to look into recent firings at the VA and ensure that veterans' health and benefits information is protected from incursions by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

Reporters, workers and now judges across the country are disputing the cost-cutting claims of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which has targeted federal employees across multiple sectors with firings,

"The best employees are starting to look elsewhere," the official told NBC News. "I can't overemphasize that enough."

More than 2 million federal workers received an email over the weekend threatening firing if they can't justify their work performance by Monday night.