The Mailers Council, the nation’s largest coalition of mailers and mailing associations, has published a new white paper that warns of United States Postal Service insolvency without significant new legislative reform. The paper suggests other non-legislative steps to avoid collapse of the nation’s postal system. The white paper is available on the Mailers Council’s website. […]
Burrus Says Postal Reform Act (PAEA) was clearly a colossal blunder Burrus Update Are Their Profits Sacred? Postal unions realize that Congress’ vote last month to give the USPS just a one-year reprieve from a crushing financial obligation means additional legislative action will be needed to help the Postal Service remain viable. So it was […]
Burrus Update Advocates of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) — legislation that has brought the USPS to the brink of insolvency — are now asserting that labor agreements are a major contributor to the agency’s expected deficit of $7 billion in Fiscal Year 2009. Such a suggestion would be laughable if the stakes […]
PMG Jack Potter today testified before a Senate panel responsible for USPS oversight, stressing the need for a “fundamental restructuring” of the Postal Service’s legislative and regulatory framework. He said such changes are “critical to future growth” of the organization. Potter said the Postal Service supports efforts on Capitol Hill to approve S. 1507, a […]
According to the US Postal Service Office Of Inspector General: see full report here The work of U.S Postal Service Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) actuarial consultant,Hay Group, determined that the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) assumption that the annual health care cost inflation rate will average 7 percent annually for all future years is […]
APWU News APWU President William Burrus has asked President Bush to appoint a Postal Service Advisory Council, noting that the appointment of the panel is required by federal law. “The Postal Service is required to ‘consult with and receive the advice of the Advisory Council regarding all aspects of postal operations,’” Burrus wrote in an April […]
Story from Linn’s Stamp News WASHINGTON WATCH Big pay increases approved for top Postal Service officers BY BILL MCALLISTER Postmaster General John E. “Jack” Potter and seven other senior United States Postal Service officers have been granted large raises, by the Postal Service board of governors. The increases were disclosed by the Postal […]
From the Federal Register On Monday, September 24, 2007, the [Postal Regulatory]Commission will host two public meetings related to implementation of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) of 2006. Information obtained at these events will assist the Commission in meeting statutory requirements for consultation with the Postal Service on development of modern service standards. […]
On August 2, 2007 at 10 a.m., the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security will hold a hearing titled: Service Standards at the Postal Service: “Are Customers Getting What They Paid For?” According to the announcement: The hearing will examine the […]
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security will hold a hearing titled “Views from Postal Workforce on Implementing Postal Reform” today at 3:00 p.m. The hearing will be the second this year at which the subcommittee has taken testimony on the implementation of […]