December 14, 2009 U.S. Postal Service Updates Station and Branch Consolidations WASHINGTON—Fewer than 170 offices remain under review for possible consolidation under the U.S. Postal Service station and branch consolidation initiative. Today’s announcement updates a review process begun earlier this summer that initially examined about 3,300 stations and branches in urban and suburban areas across […]
Managers and supervisors who are responsible for reporting workplace injuries and accidents soon will have a new online resource to streamline and manage that process — the Employee Health and Safety (EHS) system. Why is this significant? This online system automates accident reporting and injury claims management. It’s all electronic, makes better use of resources […]
One Hundred and Nine Mailers Sent 11,000 Mailings With Intelligent Mail Barcode WASHINGTON—One hundred and nine commercial mailers can’t be wrong. That’s the number of mostly high-volume mailers who helped the U.S. Postal Service deliver one billion pieces of mail using Full Service Intelligent Mail. The milestone mailing entered the distribution network on Dec. 4, […]
November 25, 2009 Changes to the internal management of mail transport equipment (MTE) — an initiative to reduce costs — is the subject of DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe’s latest Field Updates segment. According to Donahoe, the Postal Service this fiscal year is changing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for MTE handling and distribution, and reducing […]
Negotiations between NAPS USPS has resulted in Postal Service Headquarters agreeing to eliminate the requirement for ASP training for impacted individuals who are applying for initial level positions in Phase Three. NAPS’ stated that since USPS halted the ASP program it should not hold impacted employees to the requirement for ASP training as a requirement […]
(07/14/09) In response to a letter from the Postal Service stating that the APWU’s FMLA forms are not equivalent to the Department of Labor’s FMLA forms, the union has written the Postal Service clarifying our position on the use of the forms. Some managers have interpreted the USPS’s comments to mean that the APWU’s FMLA […]
July 15, 2009 Change is coming: FSS improves efficiency In his latest Field Updates video, DPMG and COO Pat Donahoe discusses the ongoing deployment of flats sequencing system (FSS) equipment and how this technology will revolutionize the way USPS sorts and delivers flat-sized mail. The Postal Service installed FSS equipment at the Dulles, VA, P&DC […]
June 30, 2009 USPS filed their ON ROLLS AND PAID EMPLOYEE STATISTICS with the PRC recently. The results of this report indicates that the decline in the number of postal employees continues. Due to automation and the decline in volume the clerk craft is losing the greatest number of employees. From June 2008 to June […]
June 24, 2009 The subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia marked up H.R. 22 today and passed it by a unanimous vote. This legislation will allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants’ health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits […]
June 17, 2009 Job vacancies for Phase II District Customer Service Offices and mail processing organizational changes opened yesterday and remain available online through July 1. Employees who received a general RIF notice, who are in an impacted position, and who didn’t get a job during the Phase I postings are encouraged to apply for […]