Employee of the United States Postal Service Found Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court for Operating $10 Million Illegal Gambling Ring PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JANICE K. FEDARCYK, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and JANE HUGHES, the […]
PLEASE NOTE: As in all criminal cases, each defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. On September 23, 2010, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Donald Kister, former President of National Postal Mail Handlers Local 307 (located in Detroit, MI), was charged in a two-count […]
United States Postal Service Postmaster General Jack Potter recently urged employees to do whatever it takes to grow revenue, cut costs and continue to offer good service to close the financial gap. Deputy Donahoe says with its focus on managing work hours, controlling overtime and improving productivity, the Postal Service continues to realize cost reductions… […]
A second airline has “paid up” as part of an anti-trust investigation into a price-fixing scheme involving air cargo. Northwest Airlines (NWA) pled guilty to one count of price fixing and was sentenced to pay a $38 million criminal fine, with ten percent of that fine to be paid directly to the U.S. Postal Service. […]
EXPLORING INNOVATION USPS LOOKS TO STAKEHOLDERS FOR NEW IDEAS When PMG Jack Potter last March announced the Postal Service’s plan for what he termed a “leaner, more market responsive Postal Service that can thrive far into the future,” he challenged anyone with a vested interest in a viable postal system to put forth ideas to […]
October 08, 2010 Feds Get Ready to Grad and Store YOUR Health Information On October 5, 2010 the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published in the Federal Register their intentions to build a national database of health care claims data that will cover tens of millions of individuals covered, or soon to be covered, […]
September 04, 2010 PMG Jack Potter today urged employees to start the new fiscal year by building on last year’s record levels of delivery, productivity and customer service. “Through your hard work, the Postal Service reached new record levels in every service category that we measure,” Potter said in a video to employees. “You delivered […]
USPS Operation Appreciation At the United States Postal Service there is a problematic trend with the way employee recognition programs are administered. Supervisors and managers at the lowest levels are tasked with deciding which employees to publicly acknowledge for performance above and beyond expectations. Do they put the most emphasis for selection on employees they […]
September 30, 2010 WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate subcommittee with jurisdiction over the U.S. Postal Service, released the following statement in response to the Postal Regulatory Commission’s (PRC) decision to reject the latest postal rate hike: “I’d like to thank the members of the Postal Regulatory Commission and their […]
Statement of Postmaster General on PRC Ruling, Fully Paying Retiree Health Benefit Mandate We are disappointed to learn that the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has denied our price filing. But we are encouraged by their acknowledgment and understanding of the larger financial risk we face through the mandated prefunding of Retiree Health Benefits. Clearly, the […]