In the fading hours of arguably the worst administration since Herbert Hoover, Joe Biden’s Social Security Commissioner, former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed a five-year contract with the American Federation of Government Employees guaranteeing continued work-from-home, or telework, for up to four days per week for the agency’s workers.
“This deal will secure not just telework for SSA employees, but will secure staffing levels through prevention of higher attrition, which in turn will secure the ability of the agency to serve the public,” he said. “This is a win for employees and for the American public.”
Not everyone was quite as enthusiastic.
The news was less celebrated among congressional Republicans and a co-leader of President-elect Donald Trump’s planned government efficiency commission, Vivek Ramaswamy. Elon Musk and Ramaswamy…
