From the Baltimore Sun:
… Martin O’Malley has been called to testify before the House Oversight Committee next month about an agreement he signed to allow some Social Security employees to work remotely through 2029.
O’Malley signed the agreement in late November, two days before leaving his Social Security Administration position.
James Comer, a Republican representative from Kentucky who serves as the chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, wrote in a letter to O’Malley that his agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees to guarantee a minimum amount of telework for 42,000 Social Security employees through 2029 “will tie the hands of your successor at SSA for the duration of the next administration, and beyond.”
7 comments:
The Republicans are not on a revenge tour! They only want to dot the i's and cross the t's. The last time I checked, the House of Representatives have a small majority and will have difficulty passing any meaningful legislation without the Democrats. Put this on Santa’s list in the wishful thinking category.
Legal issue as to overturning the agreement. It is however clearly a bad faith decision against the new administration and an example of the deep state mentality that will not help the Dems in the long run.
Of course it can be overturned. The signing was next to criminal by O'Malley. Who in their right mind gives away the agency's right to determine where employees work at the highest levels?
O'Malley should face additional scrutiny as he only gave telework to union-represented employees, and to my knowledge gave nothing to non-union employees. Even though I believe in maximum telework, no administration should be able to bind the next administration in such a fashion, and that goes for BOTH parties. Merry Christmas to Charles and the commenters.
Productive SSA workers that do not work directly with the public should be able to work where they want. Non Productive, back to work.
Manager here. Or maybe praise needs to go to AFGE for being on the ball to ask for the adjustments. If the other bargaining units didn’t ask… It isn’t AFGE’s fault. And it seems AFGE did give up some ground in the adjudication time MOU so these two things combined can be seen as a give and take.
O'Malley doesn't work at SSA anymore and the deal is already done. It's a waste of time and taxpayer dollars for Rep. Comer to have hearings to complain about it.
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