WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee with jurisdiction over the U.S. Postal Service, highlighted a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that details the declining state of the Postal Service’s vehicle fleet and the Postal Service’s difficulty managing and modernizing its fleet due to its current financial challenges. The […]
Bill to address current financial problems with long-term solutions WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) introduced the Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation (POST) Act of 2011. The POST Act addresses the current budget issues plaguing the U.S. Postal Service by proposing a series of provisions including: easing postal employee pension and retiree health costs; […]
PMG Pat Donahoe yesterday announced the selection of two new vice presidents. Kelly Sigmon, currently vice president, Engineering Systems, will become vice president, Channel Access, effective June 1. Meanwhile, Michael Amato is set to become the new vice president, Engineering Systems. Sigmon joined the Postal Service in 1989 as an industrial engineer professional specialist trainee […]
The projected accumulation toward the ninth and final contract COLA under the 2006-2011 National Agreement stands at $832 following the May 13 release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March. This final COLA of the National Agreement will be based on the July 2011 CPI. 2012 Retiree COLA: 2.9% The projected accumulation for the […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service at 3200 Summit Blvd. in West Palm Beach for eight alleged safety violations following a November 2010 inspection. Proposed penalties total $164,200. Six repeat violations with penalties totaling $155,200 include failing to appropriately mark […]
(Washington, D.C.- May 13, 2011) – Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus met with the U.S. Postmaster General this week urging him to listen to Montanans before finalizing any decisions to close facilities or reroute service in the state. During the high profile meeting, Baucus showed Postmaster Patrick Donahoe a map of Montana and outlined […]
PMG Pat Donahoe has announced the appointment of Tim O’Reilly as vice president, Controller. O’Reilly has served as acting vice president, Controller, since February. Among his duties is responsibility for certifying financial filings. He also manages Corporate Accounting, Accounting Services, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Management Controls and Integration, and the Corporate Audit Response Group. O’Reilly reports to […]
“A Fresno woman claims her food donation was ripped off Saturday. A U.S. postal worker was supposed to pick up the groceries as part of the nation’s Stamp out Hunger campaign. Instead, someone in a random vehicle reportedly took the bag of food. Stamp out Hunger is the largest one-day food drive in the country […]
From the Detroit News A U.S. Postal Service manager now accused of accepting bribes, free dates with a hooker and erectile dysfunction pills from a contractor was shot in a 1993 post office rampage — and blamed by some coworkers for the attack. Brownstown Township resident Bruce Plumb’s ties to the 1993 shooting — one […]
WASHINGTON — On Saturday, May 14, the U.S. Postal Service will join forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) to provide assistance to America’s families struggling to put food on their tables every day. Last year the Stamp Out Hunger food drive collected a record 77.1 million pounds of food donations, pushing the […]