Social Security Boss Canceled Telework For Others But Wouldn t Come To The Office
Labor and advocacy groups want Joe Biden to get rid of Trump holdover Andrew Saul.
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Social Security head Andrew Saul, a Donald Trump appointee, canceled a popular telework program in 2019, but was working from New York himself and at one point hadn t logged into his work Skype account for more than two months.
Social Security Administration Commissioner Andrew Saul upset many agency staff when he canceled a popular teleworking program in 2019.
“A time of workload crisis is not the time to experiment with working at home,” Saul said when he announced the policy, citing a need to reduce wait times for Social Security claimants.
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Biden withdraws 3 nominations to Federal Thrift board
President also withdraws controversial selection of Judy Shelton to join Fed
President Joe Biden on Thursday withdrew 32 nominations that his predecessor made to various posts.
President Joe Biden withdrew the nominations of three Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Washington, nominees and one nominee to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
In total, Mr. Biden late Thursday withdrew 32 nominations that President Trump had made to various posts on Jan. 3, the same day the 117th Congress was sworn in.
As expected, Mr. Biden pulled the nominations of Christopher Bancroft Burnham, John M. Barger and Frank Dunlevy to the five-member Thrift board, which administers the $709.6 billion Thrift Savings Plan, the retirement system for 6.2 million federal employees and members of the uniformed services. Mr. Trump originally nominated them in May and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in September
By Natalie Alms
Thrift Savings Plan participants used special withdrawal options passed into law in the first pandemic relief package at relatively steady rates in the final months of last year before the program ended in December.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed last March, provided TSP participants to make a one-time withdrawals of up to $100,000 without meeting age or the usual financial hardship qualifications.
Instead, participants had to meet one out of several pandemic-related qualifications, such as being diagnosed with COVID-19 or experiencing financial hardship because of the participant or their family being quarantined, laid off or unable to work due to child care requirements.