WASHINGTON, DC — From PEN – The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today announced a new series of initiatives to combat fraud, waste, and abuse across the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program. OPM is undertaking this effort as part of its ongoing work with the White House […]
[Article edited by PEN] – OPM manages two health insurance programs on behalf of federal employees and retirees – the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB) and the Postal Services Health Insurance Program (PSHB). These programs are administered by traditional third-party insurance carriers – e.g., Aetna, Blue Cross, etc. – who collect annual premiums from […]
TRENTON – 6/18/26 – Legislation sponsored by Senate President Nick Scutari and Senator James Beach that would help ensure mail-in ballots are counted by educating voters about postal service postmark procedures and ballot return options was approved today by the Senate. The bill, S-3815, would require the Secretary of State to inform voters about federal […]
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – 6/17/26 – A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for unlawful possession of a machinegun, robbery of property, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. According to court documents, on July 11, 2024, a masked individual approached a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier on […]
GREAT FALLS – 6/17/26 – A Bainville woman who used a system of recording fake USPS money orders that she then cashed out to herself was sentenced today to time-served, followed by three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said. She was also ordered to repay USPS the amount of money […]
WASHINGTON, DC — 6/15/26 – As the United States Postal Service (USPS) continues to face a severe financial crisis, Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Subcommittee Chairman Pete Sessions (TX-17), and Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led a bipartisan letter to Postmaster General David Steiner pressing USPS to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) sent a letter to United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General David Steiner expressing his opposition to their decision to terminate the postal contract for the Hunt Silver Lake Postal Station in Rochester. The letter urges USPS to reconsider their decision, conduct a thorough investigation on the impact on the […]
This Missouri carrier technician helped a crime ring steal mail USPS News Link – A former carrier technician in Missouri was recently sentenced to one year in federal prison and ordered to repay nearly $22,000 for stealing checks and selling her arrow key to a criminal organization. An arrow key — which allows access to […]
BOSTON – 6/16/26 – A former United States Post Office employee pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to failing to deliver approximately 14,700 pieces of mail to U.S. Postal customers in Brighton, Dorchester and Mattapan. Khalea Turner, 29, of Hull, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of mails. A sentencing hearing will […]
SAN JOSE – 6/15/26 – Richard Tillman was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for arson. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila handed down the sentence. Tillman, 45, was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 7, 2025. Tillman pleaded guilty to one count of Malicious Destruction of Government Property by Fire […]