APWU Web News Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who likes to portray himself as a fierce opponent of wasting taxpayers’ money, has created a slick, high-tech Web site that bashes the Postal Service, using – you guessed it – taxpayers’ money. The Web site, a production of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is […]
Patented Protection of USPS Data The U.S. Patent Office has issued a patent for the Postal Service’s “Methods and systems for determining privacy requirements for an information resource,” also known as the Business Impact Assessment — BIA. The BIA was developed jointly by the Privacy Office and the Corporate Information Security Office (CISO) as a […]
NALC sent out the following message to its members about Rep. Darrell Issa using taxpayer money to fund a website in his war against postal workers. It was brought to my attention today that, under the direction of Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, an anti-USPS website […]
Americans deserve the truth On the same day that letter carriers, along with other labor organizations, are picketing his district office, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has posted a misleading web page on his committee’s website that attacks the Postal Service (and its employees). Note: This is on […]
From the National Association of Postal Supervisors: August 31, 2011 Dear Member of the United States Senate: I write on behalf of the nearly 32,000 members of our association, many of whom work and vote in your District. The United States Postal Service faces an unprecedented crisis. It is projected to run out of cash […]
Gov. Branstad today released two letters he has sent to United States Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe regarding the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) plan to close rural post offices and processing centers in Iowa. Gov. Branstad has asked Postmaster General Donahoe to consider numerous options as they seek to overcome financial challenges.
The President of the National Association of Postal Supervisors, Louis M. Atkins, will testify before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Sept. 6 about the Postal Service’s financial crisis and the plans that the Postal Service has proposed to remedy this problem. Atkins will be representing the collective interests of the […]
On the same day that unions are picketing his Vista, CA office, Congressman Darrell Issa launches Postal REform website WASHINGTON. D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today launched SavingThePostalService.com, an interactive portal filled with information, resources and videos on the United States Postal Service and […]
NAPUS has received complaints from members of the Post Office Preservation Committee that some postal officials are in a hurry- up mode to schedule community meetings to discuss possible post office closings. In some areas, customers from more than one community are told to travel to another location where several community meetings are being held […]