Postal Service Faces Financial Shortfall Unless Congress Addresses Mandates WASHINGTON — The postmaster general told a Senate subcommittee today that despite significant cost cutting and revenue generation, the Postal Service finds itself in dire financial straits. Statutorily mandated payments due to the government at the end of September will not be paid, he said, unless […]
Increasing the value of mail – Postmaster General at National Postal Forum As it continues to redesign internal activities to meet its four business strategies, the Postal Service also will focus on perfecting its core function of delivering — to make sure the value that businesses get from using the mail is strengthened and improved, […]
Postmaster General, Governors, Testify before House Committee WASHINGTON — The tentative labor agreement the U.S. Postal Service has reached with the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is a “responsible” pact that is the “best possible outcome we could have achieved” under current law, Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe testified today before the House Committee on […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has produced a thorough and comprehensive review of the Postal Service proposal to move to a five day per week delivery schedule. We are pleased to see they agree that the Postal Service is likely to achieve significant cost savings if this change were to be effected and that much […]
The following is a press release from USPS on reaction of Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe regarding PRC’s Advisory opinion on 5-day delivery We have received the Commission’s advisory opinion on our proposal to move to a five-day delivery schedule. We have been awaiting the document and look forward to studying the views expressed by […]
PMG Pat Donahoe speaks to National Association Of Supervisors members at the 2011 Legislative Training Seminar held March 20-23, 2011 in Washington, DC. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbDFHiZqO8I[/youtube] Part 2 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgO7BaSxHAc[/youtube]
Washington – Senator Kent Conrad met today with Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe to discuss his concerns about the fate of North Dakota’s rural post offices as the United States Postal Service contemplates widespread closures to cover budget shortfalls. “The U.S. Postal Service is facing serious budget shortfalls and is being forced to shutter post […]
On January 25th the three management organizations met with PMG Pat Donahoe, COO Megan Brennan, and VP Labor Relations Doug Tulino. This is the second time we have met with the PMG and, as mentioned in my Advocate article, we have very open discussions. This is a welcomed relief at a time that it is […]
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.