Popular usps.com tool redesigned for overall improved shipping experience WASHINGTON , April 4, 2012– Last week the U.S. Postal Service launched its latest redesign of the popular Click-N-Ship online tool, making it easier and faster for customers to manage and ship their domestic and international packages. Customers using Click-N-Ship will see a cleaner, more streamlined design […]
USPS OIG Audit on Unauthorized Overtime WHAT THE OIG FOUND: The Postal Service has established procedures to monitor and control unauthorized overtime. However, managers and supervisors did not always follow the prescribed procedures, as we identified issues relating to Postal Service (PS) Form 1017-B, Unauthorized Overtime Record; PS Form 3996, Carrier – Auxiliary Control; Time […]
NAPS Leg/Reg Update – April 2, 2012 Senate and House lawmakers are now home for their two-week recess. The Senate headed home last week for the Easter/Passover holiday period after a week of fits and starts on postal legislation, including a failed cloture vote. When lawmakers return to the nation’s capital on April 16, they […]
“NALC 82 (Portland, Oregon) organizing committee members Willie Groshell, Brad Melland, and Tom Richardson defend our postal service on local cable access show.” “Portland Oregon Public Access program, “A Growing Concern,” featuring a discussion about the current attempts to privatize the US Postal Service. Three guests, two letter carriers and one retired letter carrier, speak […]
Mail Carrier Obtained U.S. Citizenship Under Stolen Identity and Then Stole Identities of Over 85 Victims on Her Mail Route ATLANTA, GA – A jury in federal district court returned a guilty verdict late yesterday against OPEOLUWA ADIGUN, age unknown, and CHUKWUKA ONYEKABA a/k/a Gabriel Onyekaba, 34, both of Marietta, Georgia on charges of stealing […]
New Flexibility and Advertising Opportunity for Commercial Mailers WASHINGTON, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Postal Service is planning to revise its mailing standards and has recently filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission to allow commercial mailers to include logos, trademarks, brand images or other kinds of marketing designs in the permit imprint indicia […]
APWU Web News Article 026-2012, March 30, 2012 The APWU is asking state and local organizations to participate in two nationwide activities in April: Lobbying your senators at their home offices during the Easter recess, and informational leafleting on Tax Day, April 17. [Download two-sided flyer – PDF] “Time is running out for Congress to […]
March 28, 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Kathy Hochul (D-NY) yesterday was joined by Representatives Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Kristi Noem (R-SD) in introducing the bipartisan Postal Executive Accountability Act, which limits compensation for executive officers of the United States Postal Service to the same level of pay as the President’s Cabinet. “I was proud […]
From the American Postal Workers Union: Healthcare Expert Rejects Claim of Cost Savings Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe urged lawmakers to take postal employees out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) at a House hearing on March 27, claiming such a move would save the USPS $7 billion annually. The PMG said the […]
From the office of Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley: March 28, 2012 WASHINGTON, DC – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today announced that he will be offering an amendment to major legislation overhauling the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to save rural post offices now targeted for closure. Merkley’s amendment would require that a post office closure cannot […]