Progress Has Been Hindered by Longstanding Information Technology Management Weaknesses
GAO-12-430T, Feb 1, 2012
What GAO Found
In a series of reviews, GAO found that OPM’s retirement modernization efforts were hindered by weaknesses in key management practices that are essential to successful IT modernization projects. For example, in 2005, GAO made recommendations to address weaknesses in the following [...]
February 1, 2012 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service wants to make sending your Valentine some love as quick and easy as a stop at your local Post Office, where the new “In the Mailbox Love Bear” and other lovely gifts await.
The limited edition “In the Mailbox Love Bear” comes ready to ship — the furry guy [...]
February 1, 2012 | Posted in
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Last year’s sales figures from Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) were so encouraging the Postal Service has set far grander plans for the product this year.
Introduced by the Postal Service last April, EDDM already has grown to a $270-million-a-year product. Vice President, Sales, Cliff Rucker has stated USPS is aiming for $1 billion in 2012 [...]
January 24, 2012 | Posted in
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As one motivational speaker said “at the end of life there are those who wish they did, and those that are glad they did.”
Down here on Trench Street the “occupy together” hand signals for speaking and feeling are clear. The raised hand signifies “want to talk” and the raised arm with a closed fist symbolizes [...]
December 12, 2011 | Posted in
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As we get closer to the Postal Service implosion (?) it is also an opportunity to listen to what employees in the trenches have to say about what is going on inside our troubled agency. None of the politicians ever want to hear from the T-shirt wearing people at the bottom of the organization underrepresented [...]
PEN received the following today, September 02, 2011. We cannot answer questions regarding this class action – please address your questions to the email address provided.
CLASS ACTION CONFERENCE MEETING !!!
DATE: September 1, 2011
TO: POSTAL WORKERS NATIONWIDE – ALL CRAFTS
FROM: SANDRA SUTTON – Advocate
RE: CLASS ACTION ~ POSTAL WORKERS NATIONWIDE !
Come and meet the Attorneys who [...]
September 2, 2011 | Posted in
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Open up a newspaper, surf the web, or even check out the daily headlines on Postal Employee Network and you will read about the growing chatter surrounding the state of the U.S. Postal Service. Our business services are under a powerful magnifying lens in Washington, D.C. surrounded by insiders, outsiders, and the general public-at-large. Motivational [...]
Postal Employees Keep Pace with Technology
Inside the U.S. Postal Service we work with doohickeys like the Flat Sequencing System (FSS), Advanced Facer Canceller System (AFCS), Automated Package Processing System (APPS), Automated Airline Assignment (AAA) system, Delivery Bar Code Sorters (DBCS), and hand-held Scanners to minimize amount of time required to process mail and maximize our [...]
June 26, 2011 | Posted in
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Pick up any newspaper or read online articles to get a reality of the transformation U.S. mail is going through. Our delivery team continues to adapt to a changing information age landscape filled with the convenience of electronic and digital forms of communication. Internet shoppers and home-based businesses need a delivery platform more than ever [...]
A Changing U.S. Postal Service Workplace
By Ronald Williams for Postal Employee Network
There are many unexpected and proposed changes on the plate of the U.S. Postal Service right now. Initiatives to control costs, cut work-hours, match employees with workloads, cut delivery days, declining mail volumes, new technology and more…
I recently read an article online that talked [...]
