President Joe Biden nominated former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley to be the commissioner of Social Security on Wednesday.
“As Mayor of Baltimore and Governor of Maryland, he adopted data and performance-driven technologies to tackle complex challenges facing the communities he served — and I saw the results firsthand when we worked together during my time as Vice President. As Governor, he made government work more effectively across his administration and enhanced the way millions of people accessed critical services,” the president said in a statement before the nomination was sent to the Senate.
The Social Security Administration has been operating without a Senate-confirmed commissioner since the president fired Andrew Saul, a holdover from the administration of former President Donald Trump, in July 2021. The commissioner regularly serves a six-year term.
