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 and disrupting the company’s work to install machines that help sort mail. The company says that since the Postal Service awarded the fixed-price […]
NAPUS Executive Director Charlie Moser and Government Relations Director Bob Levi attended the USPS Board of Governors (BOG) meeting today in Washington, D.C. Postal officials reported that service performance scores reached record high levels in some categories and all Customer Experience Measurement indicators reflected improvement. First Class and Standard mail volume was down, but there […]
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 […]
In late April, the Senate approved an important bill to reform the U.S. Postal Service. Though the bill was not perfect, it makes important changes to help the Postal Service adapt and thrive in the 21st century. And it includes an amendment that I helped write that I believe will help protect postal facilities in […]
BAUCUS, TESTER URGE ACTION ON POSTAL REFORM AS MAY 15 DEADLINE APPROACHES Senators Call on Postmaster General to Extend Closure Moratorium So House Can Consider Senate-Passed Plan to Protect Rural Offices May 3, 2012 (Washington, D.C.) – Montana’s U.S. Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester are urging (PDF) the U.S. Postmaster General to extend the current […]
May 3 2012 – 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 McCain, and Tom Coburn today wrote to Postmaster […]
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 quote from the PMG. There may be some […]
Explaining the change, Southern Area Vice President Jo Ann Feindt notes, “With territory that spans the entire Gulf Coast and other southern states, we felt Southern Area was our most accurate description.” Southern Area will use the acronym “SA.” Employees working in Southern Area should order new stationery and business cards only after existing supplies […]
Last week, the Senate overwhelmingly passed bipartisan postal relief legislation (S. 1789). Now, the Senate-passed bill moves across Capitol Hill to the House of Representatives, where it is already receiving an icy-cold reception from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrel Issa, who is promoting his own bill (H.R. 2309). Issa’s legislation faces numerous […]
May 01 2012 Senate Postal Leaders Urge House Leadership to Act Quickly on Postal Reform Legislation WASHINGTON – Today, the lead sponsors of bipartisan, comprehensive postal reform sent a letter to the leadership of the House of Representatives urging them to promptly consider critical postal reform legislation. In their letter to Speaker of the House […]