Social Security nominee promises 'top-to-bottom' review of IT modernization plan

Federal News Radio: President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Social Security Administration says he’ll take a top-to-bottom look at the agency’s five-year IT modernization plan, and will reexamine its growing disability backlog.

Andrew Saul, the administration’s nominee for Social Security commissioner, told lawmakers at his confirmation hearing Tuesday that, if confirmed, he’d rely on his prior experience as chairman of Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.

He added that his time on the board, which manages the Thrift Savings Plan, is the part of his resume he’s most proud of.

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