Month: March 2012

Mar 19th

Senator Collins Calls For Bipartisan Postal Reform

U.S. Senator Susan Collins today, from the Senate floor, outlined the importance of the bipartisan postal reform bill she has cosponsored with Senators Joe Lieberman (I/D-CT), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Scott Brown (R-MA). The text of Senator Collins’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, is below: The Majority Leader has indicated that the Senate may soon […]

Mar 19th

Video: USPS Medical Delivery Drill

How ironic that a story about USPS delays in prescription drugs comes out around the same time as the video “USPS Medical Delivery Drill” People across the Western Slope are still waiting for their prescription drugs to be delivered. The post office says distribution problems with pharmaceutical companies are to blame.The Montrose Post Office has […]

Mar 18th

USPS Seeking Contractors to Operate Central Repair Facility In Topeka, Kansas

Earlier this month Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) reported that USPS has decided to keep the Topeka (Kansas) Central Repair Facility open. Sen. Moran also reported : Northrop Grumman Corporation is currently under contract to provide depot-level repairs as well as inventory and ordering system management at CRF. Following the expiration of the current contract, USPS […]

Mar 18th

NAPUS To Postmasters: Don’t Be Misled By Invitation to Join Postal Supervisors Organization

From The National Association of Postmasters of the US: During the past week, many Postmasters have contacted the NAPUS National Office concerning a letter they received from the National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS.)  The letter invites Postmasters to become a member of NAPS, and suggests Postmasters can be represented by NAPS. The Postal Service […]

Mar 16th

NAPUS: No “Official” Announcement from USPS on VER Or Incentives

Rumors and a Message from President Rapoza March 16, 2012 The NAPUS National Office has been hearing from many Postmasters concerning rumors on Voluntary Early Retirements (VERs) and retirement incentives for those who are eligible to retire.  The rumor mill is alive and well, and while many of the things that have been published may […]

Mar 16th

Maryland Senators outraged over lack of transparency or public input on mail center closing

March 16, 2012 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today sent a strongly worded letter to Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe expressing their outrage over the “total disregard for a transparent and public process for consideration of the closure and consolidation of the Easton mail processing center to the […]

Mar 15th

Video: Postal Worker’s Bone Marrow Saved Life Of British Cancer Patient

New York Postal Clerk meets British cancer patient for the first time: New York, NY – When Audrey Pollard joined the national bone marrow registry in 2003, she didn’t think she would be contacted, or that she would be anyone’s ‘exact’ match. Mark Worrall is glad Pollard was wrong. Worrall, who’s from Birmingham, England, was […]

Mar 14th

Postal Supervisors: Congress is Causing the Postal Service’s Problem

From the National Association Of Postal Supervisors: March 14, 2012 A new survey by the National Association of Postal Supervisors shows that managers and supervisors in the United States Postal Service believe that Congress is the foremost problem standing in the way of the Postal Service, either because Congress has interfered too much in postal […]