Federal Employees’ Compensation Act – Case Examples Illustrate Vulnerabilities That Could Result in Improper Payments or Overlapping Benefits
What GAO Found
GAO found examples of improper payments and indicators of potential fraud in the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) program, which could be attributed, in part, to oversight and data-access issues. GAO found examples of claimants’ receiving [...]
May 4, 2013 | Posted in
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National Association of Postal Supervisors President Louis M. Atkins today applauded Sen. Mark Pryor (AR) and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11) for their leadership in introducing legislation that assures fairness to all mid-level managers in the United States Postal Service.
Senator Pryor and Rep. Connolly on April 9 introduced the “Postal Employee Appeal Rights Amendments Act” [...]
April 10, 2013 | Posted in
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The USPS Board of Governors met April 9 to discuss this action, and has directed the Postal Service to delay implementing the new delivery schedule. The delay will continue until Congress and the president approve a law that will allow USPS to make changes that would include the authority to adjust its delivery schedule. This [...]
April 10, 2013 | Posted in
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As a result of consultations between the Postmaster associations and representatives at Postal Headquarters, the temporary 2% salary cap on POStPlan promotions to EAS-18 Postmaster positions has been lifted. The Postal Service has cancelled the temporary POStPLan Promotional Salary Policy for Postmasters that capped salary increases resulting from promotions to an EAS-18 Postmaster position at [...]
The theme of this year’s LTS is 2013 CONNECT WITH CONGRESS. The passage of postal reform legislation in 2013 is a “must” to assure the Postal Service remains solvent. The Senate and the House will be considering postal reform legislsative proposals while we are on the Hill.
This will make our time on the Hill very [...]
First Round Consideration Limited to All EAS Career Postmasters
More than 1,000 career 6-Hour Postmaster vacancies have been posted, with first consideration being given to all career EAS postmasters, including A-E (EPM 51-55) postmasters.
The initial posting period for these offices will be from March 5-20, 2013. Afterwards, remaining vacancies will be posted to all career EAS [...]
Top college football recruit Alvin Kamara made headlines last year when he received a mailbox-full of recruitment letters from the University of Alabama.
During the National Signing Day announcement earlier this month, Kamara demonstrated just how powerful a letter — or 100 — can be by announcing his decision to play for the University of Alabama [...]
February 20, 2013 | Posted in
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“The Postmaster General should be fired. The Congress needs to block these cuts and closures. The President should issue an executive order,” said Jamie Partridge, a retired letter carrier and west coast organizer with Communities and Postal Workers United, in response to the announcement that Saturday delivery would end in August. The CPWU is calling [...]
February 7, 2013 | Posted in
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Posting Timeline Released for 2013 PTPO/RMPO Offices
Today, the Postal Service notified NAPUS of plans to post additional vacant offices that are scheduled to become 6-hour POStPlan offices. Offices on the next posting list will include those where POStPlan is implemented, making them 6 –hour offices on February 9, February 23, and March 9, 2013. The [...]
January 25, 2013 | Posted in
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Postal Headquarters Responds to Management Association’s Concerns
In response to concerns raised by the three management associations (NAPUS, NAPS and the League,) Postal Headquarters officials announced adjustments to the DUO process, which will be rolled out this Thursday, January 24, 2013. Adjustments will include changes to the DUO Financial Worksheets in CSDC, as well as an [...]
January 22, 2013 | Posted in
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