{"id":2383217,"date":"2024-12-23T19:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T00:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-to-invite-ex-social-security-administration-chief-to-testify-over-telework-changes-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T19:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T00:40:07","slug":"comer-to-invite-ex-social-security-administration-chief-to-testify-over-telework-changes-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-to-invite-ex-social-security-administration-chief-to-testify-over-telework-changes-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Comer to invite ex-Social Security Administration chief to testify over telework changes &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcomer-to-invite-ex-social-security-administration-chief-to-testify-over-telework-changes-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2383217&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content appears to be related\u2064 to a news article about an upcoming event where House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer will invite the former\u2064 chief of the Social Security Management to \u200ctestify\u200b regarding changes\u200b to telework policies. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">context suggests scrutiny<\/a> or investigation into how \u200dthes policy changes may affect operations or services.\u200b The article may delve into specifics\u2063 surrounding the invitation and \u2062the implications of telework in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dominion-used-a-version-of-the-solorwinds-orion-platform-which-provides-backdoor-access-into-their-voting-machines\/\" title=\"Dominion Used a Version of the SolorWinds Orion Platform Which Provides Backdoor Access Into their Voting Machines\">government agencies<\/a>.\u2062 However, the full details are not provided in the excerpt.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Comer to invite ex-Social Security Administration chief to testify over telework changes<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_882646\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">James Comer <\/a>(R-KY) sent a letter to former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Social Security Administrator<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/martin-omalley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Martin O&rsquo;Malley<\/a> requesting that he testify on telework standards he set for the agency just before his departure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The hearing will focus on the relationship between the rising number of hours that SSA employees are working from home and the delays and decrease in the agency&rsquo;s productivity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The SSA consists of 58,785 employees, and nearly all of them are eligible to work from home for some portion of time. However, Comer asserts in his letter that these federal employees are abusing this privilege, pointing to a report from the Biden administration that found that SSA employees have been spending less than half their time in the office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This failure to show up runs parallel to failures at SSA to accomplish its mission,&rdquo; Comer wrote. &ldquo;SSA is failing to adequately serve the American people, as SSA disability determination processing times on average have increased since fiscal year 2020.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Comer noted how President-elect Donald Trump ended telework privileges for some SSA employees in October 2019 upon recognition that service delivery was lagging, but the Biden administration reversed those policies.<\/p>\n<p>Just last month, O&rsquo;Malley signed an agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees that guaranteed 42,000 SSA employees a minimum level of telework hours through 2029. He signed the agreement just days before stepping down from his role, right after declaring that he was running for chairman of the Democratic National Committee.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your&nbsp;motive for signing such an agreement is unclear, nor is it clear why the public interest is served by having a departing official of a lame duck Administration determine the work arrangements to&nbsp;occur at an agency for years after he is gone,&rdquo; Comer wrote. &ldquo;Democracy is best served when an incoming, duly elected President and his appointees are empowered to actually manage the workforce they are charged with overseeing.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Dec. 6, Comer and incoming Department of Government Efficiency Subcommittee Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-and-greene-demand-biden-administration-stop-signing-new-labor-deals-that-entrench-the-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sent letters to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-urges-probe-into-govt-telework-amid-fears-govt-workers-somehow-doing-less-work-than-before\/\" title=\"Watchdog: Probe into Govt Telework in Fear of Govt Workers Doing Less Work Than Ever Before\">24 federal agencies<\/a><\/a>, including the SSA, calling on them to stop all actions to &ldquo;Trump-proof&rdquo; themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Comer said the Oversight Committee &ldquo;will be as active as ever as it works with President Trump to empower Department of Government Efficiency proposals, hold the federal workforce accountable, institute regulatory reforms, and root out waste, fraud, and abuse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_882646\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"882646\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comer invites ex-SSA chief to discuss telework changes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2383218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/James-Comer.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7734,47326,47327,8676,32076],"class_list":["post-2383217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-comer","tag-social-security-administration","tag-telework-changes","tag-testimony","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/James-Comer.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2383217"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2383221,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383217\/revisions\/2383221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2383218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2383217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2383217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2383217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}