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March 12, 2010
Postal Service Seeks Change in Service Classification
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today is filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to change the designation of some Post Office Boxes from monopoly to competitive designation – a move to allow greater flexibility to meet the needs of customers.
The Postal Accountability and [...]
PHYSICIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD OFFENSE
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has investigated many fraudulent workers’ compensation claim cases. Most of these investigations involve postal employees scamming the system. But, employees aren’t the only ones who abuse the system. Sometimes, medical providers used by postal employees injured on the job, defraud and abuse [...]
3.10.10
For a viable Postal Service: USPS must have flexibility to manage its workforce efficiently
The Postal Service has been named the most trusted government agency for five consecutive years. This annual survey of Americans found that the ranking is tied directly to the trust customers place in their letter carriers.
But the changing face of the Postal [...]
3/10/10
As you have heard, the OIG, in Janaury 2010, found that USPS overfunded the CSRS retirement fund by some $75 billion. As a retired CSRS employee I was curious as to whether or not there was ANY possiblity that postal CSRS contributors could have somehow been overcharged as well. So, I wrote the OIG and the [...]
March 3, 2010
Five-Day Postal Delivery Hurts Rural Areas
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (MO-08) responded to an announcement that the U.S. Postal Service will seek to drop one day of home delivery in an effort to offset budget shortfalls. Emerson, who represents the mostly-rural Eighth Congressional District in Southern Missouri, says the reduction of [...]
3/06/10
The following article/opinion was submitted to Postal Employee Network anonymously and does not necessarily reflect our views or opinion.
I am a letter carrier and a shop steward for the NALC. I have some knowledge of the inner workings of the Postal Service and served on the MIARAP process both as a local office contact as well as [...]
A study just released by the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) shows that the current system of funding the Postal Service’s Civil Service Retirement System pension responsibility is inequitable and has resulted in the Postal Service overpaying $75 billion to the pension fund. The OIG estimates that if the overcharge was used [...]
Postal Service v. APWU Miami, Florida
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee,
v.
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, Miami Area Local (MAL), Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Defendant,
ONE SEVEN TWO HOLDING ASSOCIATION, INC., (“172″), Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Cross-Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Defendant,
UNITED NATIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY, INC., (“UNLA”), Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-12287.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
March 3, 2010.
Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, FAY, Circuit Judge, and EDENFIELD,[ 1 ] District Judge.
PER CURIAM:
The United National [...]
USPS Seeks Flexibility on Operations, Delivery; Possible 2011 Price Increase
WASHINGTON — Facing unprecedented volume declines and a projected, cumulative $238 billion shortfall during the next decade, Postmaster General John E. Potter today outlined an aggressive plan of cost cutting, increased productivity, and an array of legislative and regulatory changes necessary to maintain a viable United [...]
Posted February 28, 2010
U.S. Postal Service Statement for Response to Media Inquiries Only
Regarding the National Reassessment Process
The non-tax supported U.S. Postal Service views the safety and well being of its employees as its top priority. In situations where employees have been injured on the job, we make every attempt to provide necessary work that meets [...]
Surgeon Tried to Get Easy Money in the Big Easy
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson says Five-Day Delivery Hurts Rural Areas
OIG Says Postal Service Could Do a Better Job Controlling Absenteeism
FORMER POST MASTER PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT
Postal service employee sentenced for stealing mail
USPS DPMG DISCUSSES DELIVERY PERFORMANCE WAIT TIME IN LINE
Postmaster General Appoints Award-Winning Poet and Designers