The House Republican Leadership, spearheaded by Chairman Issa, has been developing a plan to end six-day delivery and in turn, use the projected cost savings to fund a Shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund. We have attached a statement where NAPS vehemently opposes this proposal. The Highway Trust fund is an account, funded by fuel […]
June 04, 2014 Washington D.C. – Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement in response to Republican leadership recommending that USPS eliminate delivery on Saturdays and the funds saved from this move would be used as funding for the Highway Trust Fund: Senator Boxer statement: Late Friday, […]
EPA Settlement with U.S. Postal Service Helps Protect Soil and Groundwater from Underground Storage Tank Leaks in Virginia PHILADELPHIA (June 3, 2014) – Through a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has certified that five of its facilities in Virginia are currently in compliance with federal and state underground storage […]
Courtesy of USPS – 6/3/14 Eddie Meneses, Santa Ana, CA Posted 6/2/14 Today’s hero is a full-length story, ‘Just doing my job’ Warren Malphrus, Walterboro, SC Posted 6/3/14 Walterboro, SC, Rural Carrier Warren Malphrus became concerned when he noticed a customer hadn’t collected mail in several days. Her car was in the driveway, so he […]
May 22, 2014 – National Association of Postal Supervisors The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today approved cost-savings legislation that would require the Postal Service to convert door delivery at 15 million homes and businesses to lesser expensive delivery options over the next ten years. The approval of the “Secure Delivery for America Act” […]
Witness and Testimony Documents Mr. James P. Cochrane Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President U.S. Postal Service Mr. David C. WilliamsInspector General U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General Mr. Will Davis Chief Executive Officer Outbox, Inc. Mr. Seth Weisberg Chief Legal Officer Stamps.com Mr. Patrick Eidemiller Director Engineering and Technology M-pack Systems Mr. […]
May 20, 2014 Washington, DC – Today the Postal Regulatory Commission introduced modernized rules to respond to Postal Service requests for Advisory Opinions on major changes to postal services. Under these new rules, the Commission would seek to issue future advisory opinions in 90 days or less while still meeting the requirements of the Administrative […]
May 20, 2014 – The I-Team is tracking slow and unreliable mail service and putting the U.S. Postal Service to the test. Video will load below. Read More
CLINTON, Miss. – News Channel 12 received this video from a viewer. In the clip you can see a woman throwing packages on the back of a United States Postal Service truck. An employee at the East Lawson Street post office in Clinton confirmed with us that the person in the video is a supervisor. Video […]
USPS – May 20, 2014 Most consumers want to continue receiving mail because it’s free and easy to manage, according to Mike Porter, president of Print/Mail, an independent consulting firm. By a 5 to 1 margin, consumers in the United States still prefer to receive bills and similar documents on paper, Porter says. Even in the […]