Revenue growth exceeds forecasts According to recent quarterly and year-to-year numbers, Express Mail is showing consistent revenue growth. Express Mail revenue increased going into the third quarter of this fiscal year — up slightly from the same time last year and up 6.5 percent compared to recent forecasts. In fact, Express Mail has one of […]
DPMG promotes ‘culture of customer service’ Treating customers well is key to revenue generation and keeping USPS competitive, Deputy Postmaster General (DPMG) Ron Stroman told Chicago District employees last week. The DPMG also called for tapping into the “reservoir of trust” USPS has earned as the most trusted government agency to establish a culture of […]
7.30.12 USPS has scheduled a major software upgrade of its national financial system that will impact payments and reporting for a period from Aug. 9 through Aug. 27. The software upgrade is scheduled to occur from the evening of Aug. 9 through Aug. 20. Catch-up processing will be performed from Aug. 20 through Aug. 27. […]
Race to the top Battle for excellence continues as districts and areas swap rankings National end-to-end scanning results remained strong during the week ending July 13, with a performance score of almost 94 percent. At the area level, Southern maintained its first-place spot with a score of 94.7 percent. Capital Metro jumped from fourth to […]
The Postal Service is granting a waiver from repayment of relocation expenses to employees taking the fiscal year (FY) 2012 voluntary early retirement (VER) offer, accepting Optional Retirement or resigning with incentive on July 31, August 31 or September 30. This applies only to those employees who have not completed their service requirement — one […]
Supervisor was issued a 7-day suspension for leaving a Postal Service Voyager Card at the service station The OIG initiated an investigation into suspicious Postal Service Voyager credit card transactions at a Pennsylvania Post Office location, after being advised that excessive charges were discovered while reconciling Voyager card expenses. The reconciliation showed that the suspicious […]
Additional Postmaster Jobs Will be Posted From June 6 Through June 12. Today, the Postal Service mailed the following letter to all Postmasters: Regarding the Special Incentive Offer announced to you May 9, 2012; the separation date is July 31, 2012. However, based on operational requirements and at management’s discretion, two alternate separation dates (August […]
Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Officers 2012 On April 9, 2012, in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Michael Martin, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 3093 (located in Norwalk, Conn.), was sentenced to five years of probation, the first six months of which Martin must spend […]
New employee deal Southern New Hampshire University offers tuition discount 5/8/12 at 3:35 p.m. Thinking about pursuing a college degree or enrolling in a certificate program? Postal employees and their families receive a 10-percent tuition discount off more than 120 undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs through Southern New Hampshire University, an accredited institution offering both […]
Explaining the change, Southern Area Vice President Jo Ann Feindt notes, “With territory that spans the entire Gulf Coast and other southern states, we felt Southern Area was our most accurate description.” Southern Area will use the acronym “SA.” Employees working in Southern Area should order new stationery and business cards only after existing supplies […]