PEN: The following comes to us from OPM – we cannot answer questions regarding health care cost of rates. For 2027, enrollees in the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) program will be paying an average of 8.2% more toward their premiums. It follows an average increase of 12.3% for 2026, and 11.1% for 2025. Did […]
October 06, 2026 Final defendant of three in post office burglary ring sentenced to prison – PEN Know the Facts About Fentanyl Semipostal Stamp Issued – PEN USPS can deny requests for commercial information – PEN Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Importing, Selling, and Mailing Plutonium from Russia – PEN Dolly Parton left a […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that the 2026 Federal Benefits Open Season will run from November 9 through December 14, 2026. The rates and benefits for the 2027 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program, and Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program […]
Carrier-reported results include recoveries, actual savings, and estimated prevented losses across the FEHB and PSHB Programs WASHINGTON, DC — The White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud and the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today announced more than $500 million in anti-fraud savings for calendar year 2025. The results cover the Federal Employees Health […]
OIG – 9/29/26 – The Delivering for America (DFA) plan, released in 2021, outlines the Postal Service’s 10-year strategy to improve service and achieve financial sustainability. In 2024, DFA 2.0 provided an updated blueprint for its path forward. Since the release of the DFA plan, the Office of Inspector General has integrated independent and objective […]
They forged and deposited 125 U.S. Treasury checks worth $4.5 million USPS News Link 9/30/26 – A U.S. Treasury check-stealing scheme at the Postal Service’s New York International Service Center at John F. Kennedy Airport has landed two former USPS employees in prison. In 2023, a U.S. bank reported that 1,500 checks it had mailed […]
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – 9/22/26 – A North Carolina man will spend the next two years behind bars for attempting to receive a package containing nearly 2 pounds of fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Jaquan Marquis Brock, 29, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison. U.S. Postal Inspectors […]
OIG: Postal Service Workforce Composition Background 9/25/26 – The U.S. Postal Service categorizes staff-level employees into two primary groups: career and pre-career. Career employees are considered permanent and are entitled to a full range of benefits, while pre-career employees do not have permanent status or receive full employee benefits. Since fiscal year (FY) 2021, the Postal […]
9/28/26 – David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BRADLEIGH RIVAL, 23, of Stamford, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with offenses stemming from his alleged role in a conspiracy involving the theft, altering, and negotiating of U.S. Treasury checks stolen from the U.S. Mail. As alleged […]
PEN: No voting fraud, right? Today, the Justice Department announced charges and guilty pleas involving 12 individuals, including three illegal aliens, in connection with illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes across the country. The cases include voting by aliens in federal elections, false claims of U.S. citizenship to register or vote, false […]