President George W. Bush has made Friday, December 26, a day off for federal employees. However, the Executive Order excuses most Executive Branch employees from duty on December 26. “The day off does not affect Postal Service workers, nor does it include Executive Branch employees whose agencies determine they cannot be excused for reasons of […]
Press Release Allegedly Used Loans Obtained in Fraud Scheme to Buy Two Porsches Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury indicted Lorita Frazier, age 47, of Westminster, Maryland, on charges of bank fraud, wire fraud and embezzling over $74,000 of postal funds, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. The […]
APWU News APWU President William Burrus met with Stephen Crawford, a member of President-Elect Obama’s Transition Team, at the union’s national headquarters on Dec. 8, where the two “engaged in a thoughtful conversation about the future of the U.S. Postal Service and postal workers.” “Mr. Crawford impressed me as a highly intelligent individual, who is extremely […]
From National League of Postmasters December 10, 2008 – Freeze Announced As information, the following message was just sent to the Area V.P.s and to the field from Tony Vegliante: Staffing changes will be made in the Field beginning early 2009. Due to these changes, effective immediately all Area and District job postings are frozen […]
USPS Press Release WASHINGTON — Postmaster General John Potter has appointed Jean Picker Firstenberg, former director and chief executive officer of the American Film Institute, chairman of the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC), beginning in January 2009. “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Jean Firstenberg as chairman of the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee,” […]
From National League of Postmasters VER effective date change, you can elect to change the original effective date from March 31, 2009 to December 31, 2008, or January 31, 2009 or February 28, 2009. December 9, 2008 The following message is for all EAS eligible employees who received a VER Offer Letter dated November 28, […]
USPS News Link BELATED ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE Based on information just received from the Office of Personnel Management regarding changes in Blue Cross/Blue Shield Standard Health Plan provisions, belated elections for all plans within the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program will be accepted beyond […]
Herbert Baron [pictured at left] retired at Boston P&DC on November 7,2008. He had 50 years of service. A story of dedication Herbert Baron retired at the P&DC in Boston after 50 years of service. His favorite job was the loop mail to which he was very dedicated in getting to the right address. He […]
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Press Release Chairman Danny K. Davis Responds to Enrollee Outrage Over BCBS 2009 Changes Rep. Davis’ (D-IL) and Members of the Subcommittee requested that the Office of Personnel Management extend the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Open Season for millions of federal employees Washington D.C. – On Wednesday, December 3, 2008 the Subcommittee on Federal […]