Martin O’Malley, who served as Joe Biden’s head of the Social Security Administration, will now reportedly be questioned by the House Oversight Committee over the reasons he signed an agreement that allowed employees to telework into the year 2029, just a few days before he actually resigned from his position.
“[T]he hearing will address existing agreements between federal agencies and federal employee unions that purport to prevent incoming executive branch officials appointed by President Trump from telling their own employees – and those of the American people – to show up to work,” Rep. James Comer wrote in a recent letter addressed to O’Malley.
Keeping telework at levels that were established during a global epidemic appeared to be outside of the interests of even the administration of Joe Biden, which has stated on multiple occasions that government employees should return to the office in order to give the highest possible level of service to taxpayers.
Due to the fact that unions hold a significant amount of power inside the Democratic National Committee, the letter made the suggestion that O’Malley may have thrown away government benefits in order to enhance his personal ambitions to head the party.
According to the letter, nearly all Social Security employees are qualified to work from home and have been spending less than half of their time in the office.
This is despite the fact that indicators such as the rate at which disability applications are processed have become more difficult to measure.
A potential obstacle for President Trump’s efforts to restructure the federal workforce, which includes bringing workers back to the office, is the presence of unions.
There are as many as 94% of government employees who are currently working from home, according to a report from the Senate.
In spite of the fact that taxpayers spend sixteen billion dollars annually on facilities, the occupancy rate in federal office buildings is barely twelve percent.
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