Georgia Congressman Sanford Bishop has joined more than 40 other members of Congress asking PMG Donahoe to delay closing of USPS mail processing until spring of 2014.
Congressman Bishop stated in his letter to the PMG…
“We urge you to recognize the disastrous impact that the elimination of overnight delivery standards and closings of Area Mail Processing Centers [...]
May 22, 2013 | Posted in
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5/20/2013
Significant progress
USPS raises revenue and cuts costs
In his latest “Dollars and ¢hange” video, CFO Joe Corbett discusses the good news surrounding the financial headway USPS made during the first six months of 2013.
“We made significant progress in increasing revenues and cutting costs for all the areas where we have the legal and commercial flexibility to [...]
May 20, 2013 | Posted in
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May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013
Senate and House postal oversight leaders have agreed to a package of undisclosed “principles” to guide the shaping of similar, but not necessarily identical, Senate and House comprehensive postal reform bills, according to Congressional sources.
While the agreement does not clear the way for immediate action in either chamber, it reveals incremental [...]
May 18, 2013 | Posted in
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Activists vow to escalate the pressure on USPS
“I suspect the authorities dropped the charges because they were afraid of us,” said Rev. John Schwiebert, one of the “Forever Five” arrestees (so named for the “forever” stamp and to protect “forever” the postal service). “They knew we were planning to plead not-guilty to criminal trespass and [...]
May 16, 2013 | Posted in
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As a prelude to National Dog Bite Prevention Week, the Postal Service released its dog attack city rankings today and urged pet owners to help reduce the incidence of dog bites to letter carriers.
“If our letter carriers deem your loose dog to be a threat, you’ll be asked to pick up your mail at the [...]
May 15, 2013 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON — The day before Mother’s Day, make mom proud by contributing non-perishable foods to help Stamp Out Hunger.
On Saturday, May 11, the U.S. Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers will deliver for America by conducting the nation’s largest single-day food drive. Other partners of the food drive include the National Rural [...]
May 8, 2013 | Posted in
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USPS has launched a pilot program to provide automatic replenishment of stamps, money orders and stamp products at select Post Offices with Point of Service (POS) terminals.
The online program — Solution for Enterprise Asset Management (SEAM) — is being tested at offices in Alaska, Portland, Seattle and Salt Lake City districts. These districts are serviced [...]
May 7, 2013 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON — From the heights of sunny summer to the snowy depths of winter, the American Flag never looked more beautiful than on the U.S. Postal Service’s A Flag for All Seasons Forever stamps.
Dedicated today at the Spellman Museum of Stamp and Postal History in Weston, MA, Old Glory is illustrated in four different stamp [...]
May 4, 2013 | Posted in
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05-02-2013
USPS has awarded UnitedHealthcare a contract to offer a health benefits plan to qualified non-career employees as defined by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
Approved by Congress in 2010, PPACA requires employers with 50 or more employees to offer qualifying employees — those who are paid for an average of 30 hours per [...]
May 3, 2013 | Posted in
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Non-career employee health benefits
Plan to be in effect for January 2014
USPS has awarded UnitedHealthcare a contract to offer a health benefits plan to qualified non-career employees as defined by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
Approved by Congress in 2010, PPACA requires employers with 50 or more employees to offer qualifying employees — those [...]
April 30, 2013 | Posted in
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