Postal Plan Addresses Insurance, Other Employment Issues
The Postal Service’s newly announced reorganization plan seeks relief from several employment-benefits related funding obligations and further seeks to shift …More
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USPS Reorganization Features Some Early Outs but Not Buyouts
The Postal Service has announced a limited early retirement opportunity effective April 30 for certain non-bargaining unit employees at headquarters, …More
Postal Reform Effort to Focus on Financial Relief, Transparency
The outlines of the latest postal reform effort on Capitol Hill are starting to take shape, with the House Oversight …More
Due Diligence Not Just for First Contract, Postal IG Says
Due diligence “shouldn’t end after a contract is awarded” but should continue through all further contracting actions with that provider, …More
Audit of Three Postal Facilities Finds Safety, Security Issues
An inspector general audit of three Postal Service facilities in the Baltimore area found safety issues at all three and …More
Both USPS Management, Employees Fell Short in Pandemic Response, Says IG
Actions the Postal Service took at the outset of the pandemic “likely saved lives and certainly increased employee safety,” but …More
USPS Overpaying Some FECA Claimants, Audit Finds
The Postal Service has been overpaying some claimants under the Federal Employees Compensation Act, says an inspector general report on …More
Postal IG Charts Increase in Overtime at USPS
Overtime for Postal Service employees increased by a third over 2014-2019 with the number of employees earning more in overtime …More
Vote on Postal Bill to Be Last Action in Congress for Weeks; USCIS Furloughs Postponed
The House’s passage on Saturday of a Postal Service bill likely will be the last action by Congress on pandemic-related …More
Opinion | Commentary
Three Ways Strange Bedfellows Can Strengthen the U.S. Postal Service
Paul Steidler, Lexington Institute The U.S. Postal Service is being whipsawed like a child in a nasty custody case as …More
Postal Initiatives to Reduce FECA Costs Showing Some Results, Says IG
Several USPS initiatives designed to reduce workplace illness and injury-related costs have shown results, an IG report has said, while …More
USPS Announces Management Hiring Freeze, Other Steps as Losses Continue
The Postal Service has announced a hiring freeze on management positions and has said it will ask OPM for permission …More
Audit Faults Handling of Informal Grievances at USPS
The Postal Service is “not effective” in managing informal grievances, whose numbers and costs have been increasing in recent years, …More
Opinion | Commentary
Congress Should Deliver Postal Reform – Not Gimmicks – in the Next 12 Months
The U.S. Postal Service needs to be fixed. Its management and Board of Governors agree. The U.S. Government Accountability Office …More
House GOP Leaders Balk at Need for Postal Subsidy
Key Republican leaders in Congress have raised further doubts as to whether the USPS will receive the financial help it …More
IG: Leased Postal Facilities Behind on Repairs
The Postal Service IG has said that landlords of leased postal facilities are not performing repairs as required by their …More
Opinion | Commentary
Principled Proposals for Postal Reform are not a Bailout
The impending death of the U.S. Postal Service has been proclaimed so many times in the last decade that it …More
USPS: Don’t Speak to Press, Watch What You Say to Customers
The USPS has issued several directives to employees on speaking with news media and the public and posting on their …More
USPS Funding, Federal Benefits are Sticking Point for 5th Relief Bill
After four Coronavirus-relief measures were quickly enacted into law, controversies are arising that threaten to thwart passage of a fifth …More
Postal Service Remains Most Favorably-Viewed Agency
The Postal Service remained the most favorably-viewed federal agency in a recent annual poll by the Pew Research Center. In …More
Postal Supervisor Turnover Low but So Is Engagement, IG Says
An IG report has found that turnover among first-line USPS supervisors is notably low but that about two-thirds of them …More
Dems Want Financial Lifeline for USPS, Without Strings
Democratic leaders of committees overseeing the Postal Service have urged the Treasury Department to quickly make available to the USPS …More
USPS: COVID-19 Unlikely to Arrive in the Mail
The Postal Service has stated that so far it has experienced only minor operational impacts as a result of the …More
Safety Issues Again Cited at Postal Facilities
The Postal Service inspector general’s office has said it is continuing to see “deficiencies” in building maintenance, safety and security …More
USPS Non-Career Turnover High, Dissatisfaction With Supervisors Cited
Turnover among non-career employees at USPS fell slightly over 2018-2019 from 42.8 to 38.5 percent but that is still above …More
House Passes Bills on Improper Payments, Cloud Computing, USPS Finances
The House has joined the Senate in passing S-375, to improve efforts to identify and reduce governmentwide improper payments and …More
2.1 Million Non-USPS Feds: Rise at DHS, Drop at SSA, EPA
Overall numbers of federal employees and the numbers of those who left the government remained stable in the most recently …More
USPS Overstated Savings of Workforce Shift While Turnover Increased
The Postal Service over-stated savings from shifting to lower-paid and less tenured employees and reducing services, and did not account …More
Same-Day Delivery Services Not Now Significant to USPS, Says Report
Same-day delivery of goods ordered online is growing rapidly but is still too small to represent either a significant threat …More
Report Sees Potential, Limits for Expanding USPS Services
The Postal Service could leverage its facilities and daily activities to provide more services but that “would not likely significantly …More
