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The Department of Veterans Affairs\u2019 IT shop is preparing for budget cuts across some of its priority areas next year \u2014 but not for its growing workforce.\nVA\u2019s Office of Information and Technology (VA OIT) is requesting $7.6 billion for IT systems and telecommunications support in its FY 2025 budget proposal.\xa0The department\u2019s tech office would also receive $1.4 billion to modernize IT systems through the Toxic Exposures Fund authorized by the PACT Act. Its FY 2025 budget request amounts to a $49 million, or 0.6%, cut from enacted levels.\nKurt DelBene, VA\u2019s assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer, said the 2025 budget request reflects the overall federal spending caps the Biden administration and congressional Republicans agreed to, as part of a deal to lift the federal debt ceiling last year.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices