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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T22:46:02.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "All News",
    "Congress",
    "Hiring/Retention",
    "Management",
    "Reorganization",
    "Veterans Affairs",
    "Workforce",
    "Delia Ramirez",
    "Department of Veterans Affairs",
    "Doug Collins",
    "Greg Goins",
    "House Veterans Affairs Committee",
    "Mariannette Miller-Meeks",
    "Mark Engelbaum",
    "Mark Takano",
    "Merit Hiring Plan",
    "Mike Bost",
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  "textContent": "The Veterans Health Administration took 108 days to hire employees in May 2025. But in the following months, time-to-hire fell by more than 50%.",
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