Please note: We received the following information from a credible source – we cannot confirm nor deny this report at this time. USPS is eliminating seven (7) districts as follows: 1) Big Sky is going to the Dakotas District. 2) Southeast New England is going to Greater Boston and Connecticut Valley. 3) South Georgia is […]
PMG ANNOUNCES REDESIGNED POSTAL SERVICE VOLUNTARY EARLY RETIREMENT, INCENTIVE PROGRAMS OFFERED Postmaster General Pat Donahoe today announced a newly redesigned Postal Service, one that is better positioned for growth, reflects further alignment within the organization to achieve core business strategies and, when fully implemented, by March 2012, will eliminate almost $750 million in costs to […]
Postal Service Negotiates Tentative Contract with Major Union Contract Requires Union Membership Ratification WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service and the American Postal Workers Union AFL-CIO (APWU), reached a tentative four-and-a-half-year contract today. Upon ratification by union membership, which is expected to take place within two months, the agreement will run through May 20, 2015, […]
March 08, 2011 Today USPS submitted a notice to the PRC that in part states “…the content of an administrative record, or whether an administrative record exists at all, has no bearing on whether the Commission has subject matter jurisdiction to hear an appeal of a station discontinuance.” In question is the decision by USPS to close […]
Postal Service Cuts $9 Billion in Costs Congressional Help Still Needed to Relieve Fiscal Strain WASHINGTON — The Postmaster General told a congressional subcommittee Wednesday that despite taking aggressive steps to reduce costs, the U.S. Postal Service will not survive as a self-financing entity without significant changes to current law. Testifying before the Subcommittee on […]
Return Mail, Inc. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against US Postal Service March 2, 2011 — Return Mail, Inc. filed a lawsuit on February 28, 2011,against the federal government alleging that the United States Postal Service is using the company’s patented process for handling undeliverable mail without permission. The lawsuit seeks compensation for unauthorized use of […]
Post and Parcel tells us that “Congressman Dennis Ross, the chairman of the subcommittee, said in his opening remarks to the hearing that modifying pre-funding requirements for USPS retiree pension and benefit funds “do not address the long-term systemic problems and solvency issues” the Postal Service faced. He said work force reductions had to be […]
HALFWAY THERE 50 PHASE 1 FSS MACHINES NOW IN OPERATION The Postal Service now has 50 flats sequencing system (FSS) machines in operation — half of the 100 machines scheduled to become operational during phase 1 of FSS implementation. According to FSS Executive Director Rosa Fulton, the 50th machine, located in San Jose, CA, became […]
February 11, 2011 Honorable Ruth Goldway Chairman, Postal Regulatory Commission 901 New York Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. Dear Chairman Goldway: The United States Postal Service (USPS) has commenced an aggressive nationwide effort to close rural and small town post office. In the view of the National Association of Postmasters of the United States’ Committee on […]
February 18, 2011 – Legislative Council Bob Brinkmann’s overview of President Obama’s budget proposal. Obama’s Budget and the Postal Service Earlier this week, the President released his budget. For the first time, it deals directly with the Postal Service’s financial situation, and specifically with the overpayment situation. It does not, by any means, go far […]