Press Release from the Oversight and Government Reform January 13, 2010 WASHINGTON – Chairman Edolphus “Ed” Towns today requested an investigation into an incident involving significant delays in the delivery of pension checks in New York. The Chairman is calling on David Williams, the United States Postal Service Inspector General, to investigate the thousands of […]
Congressional Research Service Report Summary President George W. Bush signed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA; P.L.109-435; 120 Stat. 3198) on December 20, 2006. The PAEA was the first broad revision of the 1970 statute that replaced the U.S. Post Office with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), a selfsupporting,independent agency of the executive branch. […]
This upcoming holiday season, thousands of gift parcels will be sent to various homes and business throughout the Florida Keys. To ensure the timely delivery of these items, the men and women of the Key West post office will work extended hours during the week and on holidays. I would like to praise this tremendous […]
Washington, DC— Today, Congressman Paul Hodes called on the United States Postal Service to present a plan to fully reimburse postal workers for the wages they have lost as a result of managers manipulating their timecards. Several weeks ago, an investigation uncovered a scheme at five New Hampshire postal stations to manipulate workers’ timecards, and […]
Highlights of GAO testimony to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives on November 5, 2009 Financial Challenges Continue, with Relatively Limited Results from Revenue-Generation Efforts The U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) financial condition and outlook deteriorated significantly during fiscal year 2009. […]
Postal Service has developed new products and services to address its financial challenges FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday November 4, 2009 CONTACT: Bruce Fernandez (202) 225-5147 Bruce.Fernandez at mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:00am in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and […]
APWU News At long last! After a protracted campaign, postal and federal workers who retire under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) will receive credit for sick leave when they retire. The new benefit was included among a number of pay and retirement provisions in a compromise version of the 2010 Defense Authorization bill, which […]
RE-EMPLOYED ANNUITANT AND FERS SICK LEAVE BILLS IN FINAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION NARFE, October 7, 2009 National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) President Margaret L. Baptiste today praised Senators Carl Levin, D-MI, and John McCain, R-AZ, and Reps. Ike Skelton, D-MO, and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, R-CA, (the chairs and ranking members of their […]
NAPS Leg/Reg Update – October 1, 2009 Just hours before the end of the fiscal year, the Senate late yesterday approved emergency financial relief for the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service, reducing its obligation to pre-fund future retiree health benefits by $4 billion in FY 2009. The postal relief was included in a government-wide stopgap funding […]
From Federal Times The clock is ticking on a host of measures pending in Congress that would have a big impact on are of high interest to high-impact items affecting federal managers and employees. Finally, one measure that has virtually no chance of passing this fall would: • Allow the Postal Service to cut back […]