Deputy Commissioner Nomination Moves Forward

     The Senate Finance Committee has scheduled a hearing for May 9 on two nominations. One of the nominations is for David Fabian Black to become Deputy Commissioner of Social Security. Here's the biographical information given by the White House when Black's nomination was announced:

Mr. Black currently serves as the White House Senior Advisor at the Social Security Administration.  He served as SSA’s General Counsel from October 2007 until July 2015.  From 2004 through 2007, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.  Mr. Black is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve where he deployed to both Afghanistan and Iraq in support of the Global War on Terrorism and earned a Bronze Star Medal.   Mr. Black holds a J.D. from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. in political science, summa cum laude, from the University of North Dakota.