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May 21, 2012
The Postal Service’s announcement last Thursday regarding its modified, two-phase plan to consolidate its mail processing network, coupled with its May 9 POStPlan to keep rural post offices open (but with limited operating hours), is likely to move the House of Representatives closer to bringing postal legislation to the floor some time [...]
May 22, 2012 | Posted in
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The possibility that the House of Representatives could consider H.R. 2309 towards the end of June or beginning of July has generated renewed interest in the bill, and, how the House Leadership will deal with the controversy relating to a number of its provisions. The week’s eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin seeks to put into [...]
May 20, 2012 | Posted in
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May 18, 2012
This morning, Postal Service headquarters released a list of Post Offices that will be upgraded under the new Post Office Structure Plan (POStPlan.) More than 4,600 lower level offices will be upgraded to EAS 18 offices. The list also includes Level 51 -53 offices that will be upgraded to career 6 hour offices. [...]
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The Postal Service’s announcement that there are no immediate plans to offer incentives or VERA to EAS employees will be received by some as a mixed message. We are aware that some EAS employees have been waiting for some time to take advantage of an incentive. On the other hand, there are other EAS employees [...]
May 17, 2012 | Posted in
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In a meeting today at USPS headquarters, an agreement was reached between NAPUS, the League of Postmasters and Postal Service representatives that POStPlan related questions from Postmasters will be forwarded to postal headquarters. A response to each question will be posted on the NAPUS website and on the USPS HR page on LiteBlue.
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May 17, 2012 | Posted in
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In order to better address the many phone and email inquiries that members have about the Post Office Structure Plan and VER related issues, the NAPUS website will add a dedicated link for the POStPlan program. The link will include postings of questions and answers, updates on POStPlan, and detailed information on VERs, incentives and [...]
May 10, 2012 | Posted in
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May 09, 2012
Nat. League of Postmasters
PMG Announces POStPlan at Media Briefing
As you are aware, this morning, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe and Chief Operating Officer Megan Brennan held a press conference regarding the Postal Service’s plan to keep rural post offices open while addressing the declining mail volumes and declining revenue. This new program is called [...]
Today, the Postal Service announced a final Postmaster Pay Package for FY- 2011-2015. After spending more time consulting on the extended pay talks than was spent on the original consultation process, improvements to the previously announced package were achieved. While the original pay package offered no assurances for PFP rating applications to salaries, the new [...]
NAPUS Executive Director Charlie Moser and Government Relations Director Bob Levi attended the USPS Board of Governors (BOG) meeting today in Washington, D.C.
Postal officials reported that service performance scores reached record high levels in some categories and all Customer Experience Measurement indicators reflected improvement. First Class and Standard mail volume was down, but there was [...]
Last week, the Senate overwhelmingly passed bipartisan postal relief legislation (S. 1789). Now, the Senate-passed bill moves across Capitol Hill to the House of Representatives, where it is already receiving an icy-cold reception from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrel Issa, who is promoting his own bill (H.R. 2309). Issa’s legislation faces numerous [...]
