According to an APWU article: APWU initiated a national dispute in 2006 over the Postal Service’s revisions to the AS-805 handbook governing Information Security. The revised handbook restricted employees from bringing personal information resources (e.g. laptops, notebooks, PDAs, handheld computers and USB port devices such as flash memory sticks) into postal facilities. The union expressed concerned […]
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The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet in Washington, DC, at Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. The Board’s closed session, is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. The Board is expected to discuss the following items: Tuesday, March 4 at 11 a.m. (Closed) […]
President George W. Bush announced today his intention to nominate Nanci E. Langley, of Virginia, to be “Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission for the remainder of a six-year term expiring 11/22/12. Ms. Langley currently serves as Director of the Office of Public Affairs & Government Relations at the Postal Regulatory Commission. Prior to this, she […]
Editorial By Postal Worker Dan Sullivan The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing revised regulations governing the Family and Medical Leave Act which would give employers formidable new weapons to use against the very workers the law was designed to protect. The new rules, if adopted, will require employees and doctors to provide more […]
USPS Press Release Postmaster General Jack Potter announced two new officer selections today. Ross Philo was named Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) and George Wright was named Vice President, Information Technology Operations. “The long-term success of the Postal Service as we work to grow our business in an extremely competitive marketplace is […]
MSPB: “removal of an [postal] employee with 45 years of unblemished federal service exceeds the bounds of reasonableness.” The following are excerpts from the MSPB decision: The agency removed the appellant from his position of City Letter Carrier effective March 23, 2007, for unacceptable conduct. In its notice of proposed removal, the agency stated that […]
Shortly after agreeing to expand leave for military families, the Bush administration proposed new regulations that would weaken employees’ medical privacy protections and make it more difficult for workers to use leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Regulations proposed by the Department of Labor on Feb. 11, 2008, have caused concern among […]
Press Release from The United States Attorney,Middle District of Alabama MONTGOMERY, ALA. – A former Dothan, Alabama United States postal union secretary-treasurer, Bridgett Cardall Hooks, age 35, has pleaded guilty to embezzlement of the union’s funds, Leura G. Canary, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, announced today. In a hearing before United […]
From FedBizOpps: This Request for Proposal outlines the functional and performance requirements for TCP/IP-based video surveillance systems to be installed in a number of United States Postal Service facilities nation-wide. These systems will be managed by the Joint Criminal Investigative System Program Group (CISP) comprised of representatives of the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) […]