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 […]
A 10-year employee of the U.S. Postal Service filed a lawsuit Monday accusing the agency of selling the personal information of its workers to credit card and other companies without consent. Lance McDermott, a mechanic for mail-processing equipment, said in the U.S. District Court complaint that he has been inundated with credit card, cell phone […]
PRC Commissioner Goldway discusses changes in the USPS | Audio (WTOP) Ruth Goldway, Commissioner of the United States Postal Rate Commission, discusses new changes in the Postal Service, options and special services to help consumers save money, and other important consumer issues associated with mail service in the U.S
Post Office in Waldo, Kansas 67673. Open only from 9:30 a.m. to 11: 30 a.m. Monday-Saturday. Flickr Photo
(Press Release) Congressman Steve King announced his support for a recently released report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding the process used by the United States Postal Service to identify possible consolidation opportunities within its nationwide network. The report, undertaken at the request of Congress, highlighted several problems with the Postal Service’s Area Mail […]
From eNAPUS Legislative& Political Bulletin On Wednesday, at a Senate subcommittee hearing that was abbreviated by a small fire in one of the Senate office buildings, NAPUS and other postal employee groups discussed the implementation of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, PL 109-435. Speaking on behalf of the 40,500 members of NAPUS, President Goff […]
Tennessee AMP Study Terminated APWU News The APWU has been notified that a proposed consolidation that would have resulted in a mail-processing shift approximately 90 miles across southwest Tennessee will not occur. “After review, it has been determined that there are currently no significant opportunities to improve efficiency and/or service through consolidation of certain mail processing […]
Excerpts from GAO’s Report – U.S. POSTAL SERVICE:Progress Made in Implementing Mail Processing Realignment Efforts, but Better Integration and Performance Measurement Still Needed Several major changes have affected USPS’s mail processing operations, including marketplace changes, declining First-Class Mail volume, increased competition, increased mail processing by mailers, automated operations, and population shifts. These changes have led […]
APWU News The USPS “has begun to travel resolutely down the road of privatization,” APWU President William Burrus told a Senate subcommittee on July 25, “without authorization from Congress” — or the American people. The subcontracting of postal work, he warned, “is just one aspect of a dangerous trend: the wholesale conversion of a vital public […]
This unique mailbox was discovered in Westborough, MA. click picture for larger view