As President Trump tries to reopen the country, Democrats say the government’s top human resources office is stonewalling their efforts to understand how and when the federal government itself will return to normal
As President Donald Trump tries to reopen the country after more than a month of lockdown, Democrats say the government’s top human resources office is stonewalling their efforts to understand how and when the federal government itself will return to normal.
“Congressional oversight isn’t an optional exercise to be left up to the Trump administration,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly . | Alex Wong/Getty Images “Now as conditions warrant across each state, federal agencies will be able to return operations to normal,” said a spokesperson for the Office of Management and Budget. “This administration remains committed to serving the American public. Our federal workers have shown tremendous fortitude in keeping the U.S. strong.”
OPM is currently headed up by acting director Mike Rigas, who assumed the role in mid-March after the abrupt resignation of Dale Cabaniss, who Nesterczuk had been Trump’s first choice to head up OPM but withdrew in August 2017 after criticism from federal employee unions who didn’t like the role he played in trying to enact a pay system based on performance at the Defense Department and raised questions about his work for the Ukranian government. He served two stints at OPM during both the Reagan and George W. Bush administrations and has also worked on Capitol Hill and at the Departments of Transportation and Defense.
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