Grumman claims USPS owes them $$millions -misunderstanding over $412 million contract discount PR note: I will update this article in a few hours. Law360, New York (May 07, 2012, 3:19 PM ET) — Northrop Grumman Corp. on Friday sued the federal government for allegedly breaching an $874 million U.S. Postal Service contract by improperly delaying […]
BOSTON – A former United States Postal Inspection Service inspector was sentenced today in federal court for perjury and obstruction of justice. Joseph M. McGonagle, III, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Nathaniel M. Gorton to one year and one day in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release and a $4,000 […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, one of the lead sponsors of bipartisan, comprehensive postal reform, received praise for her leadership on the issue from the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General. David C. Williams wrote to Senator Collins to express his appreciation for her work to put the Postal Service on a financially viable path. […]
PMG: We Never Used the Word ‘Closure’ In an interview televised on C-SPAN on April 27, Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe down-played the threat of post office and mail processing plant closures and suggested no major changes would take place anytime soon. “‘Closure’ is a word we’ve never used,” he said. Really? How about a […]
(05/04/12) The APWU and USPS agreed to job descriptions for new Lead Clerk positions on May 4, and agreed to the process for posting and bidding the new positions. The new positions were negotiated as part of the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The process for establishing the new positions in outlined in series of Questions […]
Remarks by the Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman and Postmaster General The following comments were made by Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman Thurgood Marshall, Jr. and Postmaster General & CEO Patrick R. Donahoe during today’s open session meeting of the Board of Governors. Remarks as delivered may vary from prepared text. Thurgood Marshall, […]
PR note: Debbie is a very talented individual. USPS did not post a photo to showcase her artwork. Hopes Her Pictures are Worth a Thousand Food Donations WALNUT CREEK, CA — As an artist, Letter Carrier Debbie Gruwell knows that a picture is worth a thousand words. She is hoping that her painted windows will […]
Press Release from the office of Senator Joe Manchin Manchin Urges Postal Service to Extend Moratorium Preventing Post Office Closures Without action, the moratorium ends on May 15 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today joined a bipartisan group of 43 Senators in a letter urging the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to extend […]
Corker, McCain, Coburn Urge Postmaster General to Move Forward with Cost-Saving Changes WASHINGTON – Noting the unlikelihood that Congress will reach an agreement on postal system reforms anytime soon and that the postal service is on track to lose $21 billion annually by 2016 without changes to its business model, U.S. Senators Bob Corker, John […]
May 15th is Approaching, So What Happens Next? As we approach the deadline of May 15, 2012 on the Postal Service’s self-imposed moratorium on closings and consolidations, there is much uncertainty as to what happens next. The Postal Service has indicated that there will be “no wholesale big changes” on May 15. That is a […]