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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 [...]
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 [...]
Excerpts from the USPS OIG Audit Report – Postal Service Absenteeism:
Conclusion
The Postal Service’s total absenteeism rate for major benefits is comparable to the total absenteeism rate of the federal sector, but higher than that of the civilian sector. We identified two potential causes for the difference between the Postal Service and the civilian sector absenteeism [...]
February 2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that NANCY R. SCIOLINO, 52, of Lodi, pleaded guilty to felony embezzlement this morning before United States District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr.
The case was investigated by the United States Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General.
According to Assistant United States Attorney Michelle Rodriguez, who [...]
February 10, 2010
A former United States Postal Service (“USPS”) employee was sentenced today in federal court for stealing mail. In Minneapolis, United States District Court Judge David S. Doty sentenced Timothy J. Krolick, age 30, of Minneapolis, to eight months in prison on one count of theft of mail. Krolick also agreed to pay $1,350 [...]
Commentary by postal employee Ronald Williams, Jr.
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The American Workplace
I like the quote by Milton Berle “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” I believe if we work together we can use the rough spots of the workplace to move to the next level of [...]
First-quarter service performance scores and improving Wait Time in Line (WTIL) are the subjects of DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe’s latest Field Updates video.
The performance scores include expanded service reports on all market-dominant classes of mail, including First-Class Mail, Standard Mail and Periodicals, Package Services (including single-piece Parcel Post) and Special Services.
First-quarter results show service [...]
Commentary by
Rick Owens – Postal Employee Network
January 18, 2010
Ruth Y. Goldway (D) is the current Chairman of the Postal Rate Commission (PRC).
In 2004, for a guest commentary with Citizens Against Government Waste, Ms. Goldway stated…
“…while neither the political climate nor the capital markets make such a transformation feasible now, the ultimate goal–USPS privatization– needs to [...]
TO PROTECT PROGRAM INTEGRITY
OIG, USPIS LAUNCH WORKERS’ COMP FRAUD INITIATIVE
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have launched a joint year-long initiative to combat workers’ compensation fraud.
This effort, building on last year’s prevention and awareness campaign launched by the OIG (see original article below), will commit increased investigative resources to [...]
PAY PROBLEM FOR 4,370 RURAL CARRIERS
PLEASE NOTE: The following article was posted to our Rural Carrier Forum on January 05, 2010. We cannot verify the contents of same or provide any further information. Please verify through your union or postal official.
Unfortunately, a programming error has occurred in PP 01/10 payroll processing. Approximately 4,370 rural routes will [...]
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