FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – from PostCom House and Senate Joint Hearing to Discuss USPS’ Future Financial Viability Hearing will examine proposed USPS operational strategies and reforms from the perspective of customers and employee/management groups WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. in room G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, the […]
Senators ask for field hearings in Hawaii and Alaska on proposal to reduce mail delivery to five days a week U.S. Senators Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mark Begich (D-Alaska) today urged the Postal Regulatory Commission to hold field hearings in Hawaii and Alaska on a Postal Service proposal to […]
June 10, 2010 Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that an information was filed charging Tim Prioleau, age 47, of Cleveland, Ohio, with delay of newspapers by a postal employee. The information charges that on January 13, 2010, Prioleau, a city letter carrier assigned to the Newburg […]
A CHALLENGING YEAR – USPS FOCUS REMAINS ON REDUCING WORKHOURS With the Postal Service facing another challenging year, employees must continue to focus on reducing workhours and operating expenses, according to DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe. And to help USPS achieve its FY 2010 budget, one of the primary goals is to cut 93 million […]
Witness List for the Postal Regulatory Commission Field Hearing Chicago, Illinois Monday, June 21, 2010 Panel 1 John Seebeck – Direct Marketing Business Director, Crate and Barrel – Northbrook, IL Chris Luthin – Executive V.P. of Operations, Caremark Pharmacy Services – Northbrook, IL Dan O’Brien – Director of Postage Strategy, First Data – Omaha, NE […]
ENSURING A VIABLE FUTURE BOARD CHAIRMAN STRESSES NEED FOR FLEXIBILITY, SPEED USPS Board of Governors Chairman Louis Giuliano last week discussed the Postal Service’s 10-year action plan with major business mailers from across the country. “Speaking for the Board of Governors, I fully support management’s plan in its entirety,” said Giuliano. “It’s a balanced, comprehensive […]
On June 8, 2010 the Whitehouse announced the withdrawal of the nomination of Paul Steven Miller to the USPS Board of Governors. There was no explanation given for this withdrawal of nomination. Harvard Law School writes: “For much of his career, Paul Steven Miller ’86 has advocated for “those people,” whether they be black, Latino, over 40, […]
USPS Board Will Hold Closed Session in Louisville June 21 and 22 Times and Dates: 4 p.m., Monday, June 21, 2010; and 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Place: Louisville, Kentucky, at the Brown Hotel, 335 West Broadway. Status: (Closed). Matters To Be Considered: Monday, June 21, at 4 p.m. (Closed) 1. Strategic Issues. 2. Financial […]
Former Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing United States and District of Columbia Treasury Checks from Mail June 2, 2010 WASHINGTON – Shareen Wilson, 42, a former mail carrier with the United States Postal Service (“USPS”), pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and […]
US Labor Department’s OSHA fines US Postal Service nearly $300,000 for exposing workers to electrical hazards at Pittsburgh, Pa., facility PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for workplace safety violations related to electrical hazards found at the Pittsburgh mail processing facility located […]