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Retiree Health Benefits Causing Financial Strain on Employers
January 10, 2012
Kansas City, Kan.— It’s no surprise that companies have struggled over the past few years to provide the level of benefit coverage they were offering their employees five years ago. One of the most expensive components of some organizations’ benefits plan is the offering of health [...]
Legislative Update: Saving Our Local Post Offices
Ross Urges Postal Service to Explore Other Cost-Cutting Alternatives
January 9, 2012
Washington – Last year, the United States Postal Service dramatically increased its attempts to close post offices around the country in order to help save the agency money, primarily those in rural areas. In fact, almost 200 postal facilities [...]
CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON SUPPORTS THE POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION REPORT ON USPS CLOSURES
Washington, DC – (Thursday, January 5, 2012) –Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson acknowledged her support for the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Report on the Postal Service’s Retail Access Optimization Initiative (RAOI). The report outlined significant miscalculations in the USPS’s methodology for indentifying over [...]
U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and one of the authors of bipartisan postal reform legislation, today issued the following statement regarding the Postal Regulatory Commission’s advisory opinion on the U.S. Postal Service’s plan to close almost 3700 post offices and other retail facilities. The Postal [...]
Aderholt Introduces Rural Postal Service Preservation Act
Legislation Would Ensure the United States Postal Service Continues Delivery Service to Rural Regions
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04), today released the following statement after introducing H.R. 3744, the Rural Service Preservation Act in the United States House of Representatives:
“As the United States Postal Service’s financial picture continues to [...]
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following statement on the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement regarding moving forward on the closure of the Hares Corner Processing Center.
The U.S. Postal Service originally scheduled a public meeting regarding the announcement for January 4, 2012. [...]
Press Release
December 23, 2011
PRC Advisory Opinion Finds USPS Proposal for Retail Closures Lacks Proper Analysis
Washington, DC –The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued its Advisory Opinion in Docket N2011-1 on the Postal Service’s Retail Access Optimization Initiative (RAOI), a program that identified more than 3,600 post offices and other retail facilities for possible closure this year.
The [...]
From the National Association of Postmasters
Akaka Introduces Postal Investment Act of 2011
Today, Senator Daniel Akaka (D) introduced legislation that would help the Postal Service save money and innovate. (The Senate Clerk has yet to assign a bill number to the legislation.) Provisions included in the bill may be offered as amendments to the Committee-passed bill, [...]
CAGW Condemns Political Interference in USPS Closure Decisions
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste slammed Congress for once again meddling in the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) management decisions and delaying the closures of 3,700 post offices and 250 mail processing facilities across the country. USPS recorded losses of $8.5 billion in fiscal year [...]
PEN Ed: Below is the latest from the Issa-Ross pair of non-postal pundits.
Postmaster General Cave-in on Postal Reform Paves Way for Taxpayer-Funded Bailout
WASHINGTON- Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Oversight Postal Subcommittee Chairman Dennis Ross, R-Fla., issued the following statement on today’s announcement that USPS would be delaying necessary cost-cutting reforms:
Statement [...]
Congressman Carter Calls for Post Office Closings Review
USPS Celebrates Alabama’s 14th Football National Championship
Thurgood Marshall, Jr. Elected Chairman of USPS Board of Governors
Battle Over USPS Future Enters Critical Period
USPS to Sell 2011 White Christmas Ornament
GAO Says USPS Mail Trends Highlight Need to Fundamentally Change Business Model
Congressman Kucinich Issues Statement of Support for United States Postal Service Employees