Quicksort Agrees To Pay $4.2 Million To USPS

WASHINGTON – California-based companies Quicksort Inc., Quicksort LA Inc. and Quicksort Sacramento Inc. have agreed to pay the United States $4.2 million to settle allegations that Quicksort violated the False Claims Act by falsely representing the level to which it had pre-sorted mailings in order to obtain discounted postage rates from the U.S. Postal Service, [...]

USPS Overtime Trick or Treat

United States Postal Service Postmaster General Jack Potter recently urged employees to do whatever it takes to grow revenue, cut costs and continue to offer good service to close the financial gap.
Deputy Donahoe says with its focus on managing work hours, controlling overtime and improving productivity, the Postal Service continues to realize cost reductions…
Excerpts of [...]

New USPS Instructions for Reemploying Former or Retired Postal Employees

From USPS Postal Bulletin
October 10, 2010
New USPS Instructions for Reemploying Former or Retired Postal Employees
Management Instructions
Management Instruction EL-500-2010-4, Contracting With Individuals or Rehiring Into Career Nonbargaining Positions
Management Instruction (MI) EL-500-2010-4, Contract­ing With Individuals or Rehiring Into Career Nonbargaining Positions, is now available on PolicyNet and is effective immediately.
This MI provides guidance on the reviews and [...]

USPS Should Set a Good ‘Postal’ Example

October 07, 2010
By Rick Owens – PEN
USPS Should Set a Good ‘Postal’ Example
It believe USPS should set a good ‘postal’ example by immediately stopping their practice of fully paying the cost of health insurance premiums for their executives. In fact, they should pay no higher portion of these costs than they do for any other [...]

USPS Operation Appreciation

USPS Operation Appreciation
At the United States Postal Service there is a problematic trend with the way employee recognition programs are administered. Supervisors and managers at the lowest levels are tasked with deciding which employees to publicly acknowledge for performance above and beyond expectations. Do they put the most emphasis for selection on employees they like? [...]

USPS focuses on strong start in FY 2011

USPS focuses on strong start in FY 2011
9/29/2010
With its focus on managing workhours, controlling overtime and improving productivity, the Postal Service continues to realize cost-reductions in mail processing, customer service, delivery and supervisory/administrative areas, according to DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe.
Preliminary figures through August show total mail volume continues to decline — 3.8 percent below [...]

Scripted or Encrypted

Scripted or Encrypted
by Ronald Williams, Jr.
Postal Employee
Businesses spend millions of billions of dollars on products and services. If the delivery system is defective their organization doesn’t have a chance at success. Let’s put some cards on the table and figure out how they could have an impact on our business. With a little luck, which [...]

The Real Forever Stamp

Real Forever Stamp
Today there is so much talk and worry about a troubled Postal Service from employees on the workroom floor, and discussed by many in the general public. Pundits say many factors will impact the future of our business, including but not limited to labor crafts in the midst of contract re-negotiations, management officials [...]

THE STORY BEHIND POSTAL SERVICE’S UNOFFICIAL MOTTO

ETCHED IN STONE
THE STORY BEHIND POSTAL SERVICE’S UNOFFICIAL MOTTO
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers
from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
The Postal Service has no official motto. The popular belief that it does is a tribute to America’s postal workers. The words above, thought by many to be [...]

Confessions of a Former Postal Station Manager

Confessions of a Former Station Manager – Congressional Response
by Guy Nohrenberg

Surely your boss would never falsify or engage in fraud or schemes in order to get undeserved raises and bonuses. If they did, there is section of Federal Law called Title 18, which includes criminal penalties such as fines, and imprisonment of up to 5 [...]