The elephant in the room January 27, 2010 One or two misleading and one-sided editorials about the Postal Service’s financial situation might simply be chalked up to a bad day or a steep learning curve, but the editorial page of The Washington Post has used up its quota of excuses several times over. Today’s editorial […]
Press Release from the United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio (January 27, 2011) Former postal employee Norman J. Motko, Jr., 61, of Cleveland, was sentenced to five months imprisonment and ordered to pay $116,980.34 in restitution after previously pleading guilty to worker’s compensation fraud, Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District […]
The Voice of the Employee (VOE) survey was revised last year to measure employee engagement. What is significant about employee engagement? Employee engagement fosters and drives discretionary behavior, eliciting employees’ best ideas and their genuine commitment to the success of our organization. Engaged employees feel valued, understand how they contribute to the organization’s success, and […]
“Three Philadelphia mail carriers are off the job and there’s a major shake-up in a city post office where they worked. It’s a direct result of a Fox 29 Investigation.” MyFoxPhilly.com Fox 29 Investigates: Drinking Postmen : MyFoxPHILLY.com
USPS review process examined approximately 3,300 stations and branches in urban and suburban areas across the country As a result of a study started in 2009, the U.S. Postal Service has made the decision to close the Cumminsville Finance Station, 4122 Hamilton Ave., the East End Finance Station, 3923 Eastern Ave., and the Reed Hartman Finance Station, […]
The Postal Service has announced that retail operations at the Strip Station office, located at 3100 Industrial Road in Las Vegas, will close as of end of the business day on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. The Post Office Box operation will still remain in operation for the immediate future, but the plans are to close […]
LOVELAND, CO –Love once again is in the mail and bound for Loveland and Colorado! It’s the 65th year of the popular Loveland Valentine Postmark Re-mailing program. The Loveland Post Office, Chamber of Commerce and senior citizen volunteers annually have stamped its special love-themed postmark, love verse and cupid cachet artwork on the front of […]
From the National Association of Postmasters of the US (NAPUS): In the first visit by a Postmaster General to the NAPUS national office in more than 23 years, yesterday’s meeting with PMG Pat Donahoe was less celebratory than the 1988 appearance by former PMG’s Tony Frank, William Bolger and Paul Carlin. The 1988 appearance of […]
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe talks with Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe about the challenge of bringing cuts, change and fresh ideas to the nation’s second-largest civilian employer.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management which oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following statement regarding the Postal Service’s announcement [link added by PostalReporter.com] that its “Lean Green Teams” generated over $27 million in savings and revenue: “By embracing a culture of thrift and conservation, […]