Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announced today the full list of Oversight and Government Reform Committee membership and subcommittee assignments. Full Membership of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Republicans Darrell Issa (CA), Chairman Dan Burton (IN) John L. Mica (FL) Michael R. Turner (OH) Patrick T. McHenry (NC) Jim Jordan (OH) Jason Chaffetz (UT) […]
Savings and Revenue Surpass $27 Million WASHINGTON — Lean Green Teams helped the Postal Service reduce energy, water, solid waste to landfills and petroleum fuel use, saving the agency more than $5 million in 2010. They also helped the Postal Service recycle more than 222,000 tons of material — an increase of nearly 8,000 tons […]
The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe reports: After years of using a confusing and laborious 21-month process panned by customers and Congress as too secretive and inconsistent, the mail agency is now relying on a computerized system that enables officials to review and determine a location’s fate in no more than five months. If plans succeed, […]
Reading Area Mail Processing (AMP) Study Public Meeting WHAT: Postal Service managers will give an overview and gather community input regarding a proposal to move some mail processing operations from the Reading Processing & Distribution Facility (P&DF) into the Harrisburg & Lehigh Valley Processing & Distribution Centers (P&DC). WHO: Kevin McAdams, District Manager, Central PA […]
Highlights from the USPS OIG Audit Report – City Delivery Efficiency Review – Northern Virginia District Background Delivery operations are the Postal Service’s largest operational function, accounting for approximately 45 percent of salary expenses and workhours. Despite an annual increase of approximately 1 million delivery points, delivery operations used 36.5 million fewer workhours in […]
Closing post offices can be tricky—and has already landed the U.S. Postal Service in hot water. The Postal Regulatory Commission expects to rule “very soon” on its investigation into whether the postal service has been improperly using reasons such as lease expirations to suspend service and to close many small, rural post offices, Norman Scherstrom, […]
The union is “deeply disappointed” by the Postal Service’s announcement — via the Wall Street Journal — that it plans to close as many as 2,000 post offices beginning in March, APWU President Cliff Guffey said Monday. The Postal Service did not specify the locations under consideration for closure, but said it is currently looking […]
Consumers Should Contact the Mailer, Not Their Carrier The Postal Service wishes to clarify erroneous information in at least two recent news articles regarding requests for non delivery of mail with simplified addressing. Consumers who do not wish to receive mail with a simplified address must make the request through the mailer, not their carrier. […]
The U.S. Postal Service will begin the process of closing as many as 2,000 postal offices in March and will review 16,000 more — half of all existing post offices — that are losing money, according to the The Wall Street Journal. The U.S. Postal Service plays two roles in America: an agency that keeps […]
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) spoke with Bob Schieffer on “Face the Nation” yesterday on how the government has reshaped itself in the two years since President Obama took office and cites certain areas where spending can be cut back in order to lower the country’s deficit. McCain Said, “The Post Office- a model of inefficiency- […]