USPS Statement on Introduction of Bipartisan Senate Legislation

We thank Sens. Lieberman, Collins, Carper and Brown for introducing new bipartisan legislation to address critical Postal Service issues. We look forward to working with them and other members of the Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee as this bill makes its way through the legislative process. We are currently reviewing the provisions included […]

Senators to Announce Bipartisan Agreement to Save the U.S. Postal Service

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators will announce plans to reform and bring savings to the United States Postal Service tomorrow, November 2 at 11:30am. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., and Ranking Member Scott Brown, […]

Alaska Lawmakers Question USPS On Possible Closures of Fairbanks Post Offices

Lawmakers say post office closures will have impact on military members and their families…. Asks Postmaster General for explanation of information used to consider Fort Wainwright, Eielson closures The Alaska Congressional Delegation is expressing concern over the decision to move forward on possible closure of the post offices on Alaska’s Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air […]

USPS to Sell 2011 White House Ornament

The White House Ornament has been on sale at select post offices since October 13, 2011. Press Release from USPS WASHINGTON — The Postal Service has teamed with one of the nation’s leading companies producing decorative and commercial products to sell the 2011 White House Holiday Ornament at approximately 7,000 Post Offices across the country. […]

Colorado Congressmen meet with PMG to discuss impact of post office closures

From the office of Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO-3rd) October 25, 2011 WASHINGTON D.C. – As the United States Postal Service considers closing 71 offices in Colorado, Reps. Gardner and Tipton are urging its chief executive to keep in mind possible alternatives. During a joint meeting with Post Master General Patrick Donahoe yesterday, Gardner and Tipton’s […]

Statement from Postmaster General on the Tenth Anniversary of the Anthrax Crisis

Ten years ago America experienced the unthinkable when anthrax was sent through the U.S. Mail and caused the death of five individuals, including two postal employees, and caused illness in others. In the decade since this tragedy, the Postal Service decontaminated and renovated affected facilities, deployed state-of-the-art technology to detect and protect against potential threats […]

Ohio Lawmakers Express Concern Over USPS Lack Of Transparency in Toledo Mail Processing Plant Study

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) are asking U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donohoe to give further review to a study of the Toledo Processing & Distribution Center (P&DC). Brown and Kaptur, in a letter to Donohoe sent last week, expressed concern over the lack of transparency in the study, […]

Letter Carriers Bring in Top Financial and Policy Experts to Advise upon Postal Reforms

Aim is to Continue High Quality Universal Postal Service and Middle-Class Jobs WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2011 – The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) today announced the retention of investment bank Lazard Group, LLC and former assistant to President Barack Obama for Manufacturing Policy, Ron Bloom, as financial advisors in connection with issues relating to […]

Ohio Lawmakers Urge USPS to Consider Utilizing Ex-DHL Facility To Sort Mail

The office of Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), joined by Republican Representatives Mike Turner (OH-3) and Jean Schmidt (OH-2), sent a letter to the Postmaster General encouraging the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to consider utilizing Wilmington Air Park in its effort to […]

NALC President Rolando’s seven-point proposal to the ‘super-committee’

President Rolando has written a letter to the members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the “super committee.” He outlines seven proposals the NALC urges the committee to consider. “Americans are begging you to act in a bipartisan manner to address the nation’s problems,” he wrote. “Bolstering the Postal Service, […]