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NAPS Executive Vice President pens commentary on behalf of Federal-Postal Coalition
Are Federal and Postal Employees Taken For Granted?
We take so much for granted in America today. From clean water, to consistent electric power to a safe food supply; we go about our daily lives without a care about these everyday services. Sure, we are concerned [...]
Media mail eligibility
Revenue protection is everyone’s business
It’s more important than ever to make sure the Postal Service collects all postage due.
Retail associates can help protect postal revenue by decreasing the rate of fraudulent Media Mail. One way to do this is by verifying that customers send only eligible products by Media Mail.
“By making customers aware [...]
PMG Pat Donahoe has announced the appointment of Tom Marshall as the Postal Service’s new general counsel and executive vice president.
Marshall will succeed Mary Anne Gibbons, who announced her retirement last month. He currently is serving as the Postal Service’s deputy general counsel and will assume his new duties — including joining the Executive Leadership [...]
Starting this quarter, non-bargaining employees selected to participate in the Voice of the Employee (VOE) survey will be completing it online.
Non-bargaining employees chosen for the quarter 3 survey are receiving an invitation by email this week from “USPS Voice of the Employee” with a link to the online survey. Like its paper counterpart, the online [...]
March 28, 2013
MINNEAPOLIS—A federal indictment unsealed late yesterday charges a former employee of the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) with embezzling approximately $10,365.57 from the Brooklyn Park Post Office. The indictment, which was filed on March 12, 2013, charges Kathleen M. Warner, age 52, of Otsego, with one count of misappropriation of postal funds. The [...]
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 [...]
Above: Alabama District’s commemorative envelope honoring the University of Alabama’s BCS football championship.
Alabama District is offering limited-edition double-matted artwork — suitable for framing — and a commemorative envelope to celebrate the University of Alabama’s second straight Bowl Championship Series football victory.
Each collectible envelope is available for $10, and the artwork is available for $25. Customers [...]
USPS has released a general operating policy and holiday planning guidance memorandum for the 2013 President’s Day holiday (Monday, Feb. 18). Click here to read the memorandum distributed Feb. 5 by the Network Operations and Delivery and Post Office Operations vice presidents.
Embracing differences – USPS launches diversity and inclusion website
As part of its efforts to attract and retain high performing diverse talent to improve organizational performance, USPS has launched a Diversity and Inclusion website on LiteBlue.
“Fostering diversity and inclusion is vitally important to the future of the Postal Service,” said Employee Resource Management VP Deborah Giannoni-Jackson. [...]
December 19, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Wanda Jackson, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 4065 (located in Plano, Tex.), was sentenced to 18 months of incarceration, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $41,246.95 in restitution and a $100 [...]
Underused Postal Resources Could Benefit Postal Service and U.S. Citizens
Senator Webb to Postmaster General: Keep Post Offices Open Until Reform is Enacted
Senator Levin Says Reform Bill an Important Step in Preserving Postal Service
Senators Call on Postmaster General to Extend Closure Moratorium So House Can Consider Senate-Passed Plan to Protect Rural Offices
Eleven New Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Representatives or Officers
Senator Tester is ‘going after the high salaries of top Postal Service executives’
Senator Baucus Postal Service Work Day In Missoula