The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill to allow government employees within the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to credit unused sick leave toward time-in-service pension calculations. The sick-leave language was added to the Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act of 2009, which the House approved June 25 by a unanimous, 404-0 vote. The […]
According to Postcom.org: At today’s business meeting of the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee on the mark up of H.R. 22, ³United States Postal Service Financial Relief². H.R. 22, it was recommended that chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code be amended to allow the United States Postal Service […]
Press Release Census Should Partner With Post Office, Not ACORN “We already have a workforce that goes to every home” WASHINGTON D.C.–Today Rep. Jason Chaffetz announced he will introduce legislation requiring the Commerce Department’s execution of the 2010 Census to be conducted in partnership with the United States Post Office. The Census previously announced […]
Legislation—H.R. 704 (and the identical H.R. 2126) and H.R. 707—has been introduced in the 111th Congress to establish a free-mail-to-troops postage benefit. Each of these bills would provide members of the Armed Forces serving overseas with free-postage vouchers every month. Recipients of these vouchers would be able to transfer them to family members or other […]
From the National Association of Postmasters of the US Last week, House Republican Leaders John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) sent President Obama a budget proposal outlining approximately $375 billion in cuts over the next five years. Among the proposed reductions was changing the formula for calculating Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) […]
Press Release (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — U.S. Congressman Jason Altmire (PA-04) and U.S. Senators Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Bob Casey (D-PA) announced today that they have sent a letter to the U.S. Postmaster General John E. Potter urging him to keep the New Castle Mail Processing Facility open. On April 10, 2009, the United States Postal […]
From the National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) Legislative & Regulatory Update The House postal oversight subcommittee yesterday postponed approval action on emergency legislation to provide financial relief to the Postal Service. The delay is due to continued wrangling by Congressional supporters of the relief legislation with the Congressional Budget Office over how much the […]
PR note: Correction from yesterday’s post. The House postponed the hearing to markup HR 22 and HR 1345 and not the hearing noted below. Sorry for the confusion. WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service […]
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia -United States House of Representatives “The Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia’s business meeting on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, to markup H.R. 22 and H.R. 1345, has been […]
from NAPS Update The Postal Service is expected to announce its latest thinking on plans to cut operations and network costs on Wednesday, May 20, when the House postal oversight subcommittee holds a hearing on the hard choices and tradeoffs that underlie the preservation of the nation’s mail system. The hearing, “Nip and Tuck: […]