The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued the following press release: WASHINGTON D.C. – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today approved H.R. 2309, the Oversight Committee Postal Reform Act of 2011 which will return the United States Postal Service (USPS) to sustainability and profitability without a taxpayer bailout. The Issa-Ross […]
Senator also introduces bipartisan bill to prevent rural closures Wednesday, October 12, 2011 (U.S. SENATE) – Blasting a “lack of transparency” within the U.S. Postal Service, Senator Jon Tester is demanding straight answers from the organization as he introduces new bipartisan legislation to prevent the closures of post offices in rural communities across Montana. Tester […]
This news release and video suggests that the entire House Committee On Oversight and Government Reform and all Senators support the Issa-Ross-McCain Postal Reform Bill as well as the views on the USPS overpayment. However, only one member of the Committee has signed on as a co-sponsor for HR 2309. Very misleading on all fronts.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Jeanette P. Dwyer, a 30-year career postal employee, has been elected the first female national president in the 108-year history of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA). The election was held during the union’s 107th National Convention in Savannah, GA. Dwyer, a native of Waccamaw, NC, […]
LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 10, 2011 – Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today said it will not rename its DVD-by-mail service and that its U.S. members will continue to go to the Netflix website for both unlimited streaming and unlimited DVDs. Netflix said in a September 18 blog post that its DVD-by-mail service would operate at […]
The following is a press release from John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN 2nd district): Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. in a letter this week urged the Congressional “Super Committee” tasked with finding trillions of dollars in savings in the federal budget to put a stop to early federal retirements.
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that Victor Manual Pena (42, Bronx, New York) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft or receipt of stolen mail. Pena faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. In addition, Carmelo Rosado, Jr. (40, Orlando) has signed a plea agreement, whereby […]
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) issued the following press release: The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or the Board) began posting on its website nonprecedential orders issued on or after October 1, 2011. Nonprecedential decisions were not previously on the MSPB website. A nonprecedential order is one that the Board has determined does […]
ERIE, Pa. – A resident of Titusville, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to one year probation and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1,339.94 on her conviction of misappropriation of postal funds, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Senior United States District Judge Maurice B. Cohill, Jr. imposed the […]
(Washington, D.C.) – (Oct. 3, 2011) Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus sent the following letter to Post Master General Patrick Donahoe today in response to initial closure notices being issued for Post Offices in Galata, Dupuyer, and Melrose. “You have previously assured me that decisions to close post offices would come after significant and […]