Press Release Postmaster General Testifies on Capitol Hill, Urges Congress to Act WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service today presented to Congress a comprehensive strategy for ensuring its long-term viability, despite recent sharp declines in mail volume caused by the current economic environment Postmaster General John E. Potter, in testimony before the House Subcommittee on […]
Excerpts of Postmaster General John Potter’s testimony to House Subcommittee examining the US Postal service. As the nation’s economy stabilizes, our business will stabilize along with it. But stability, by itself, cannot be our goal. A stability based on today’s conditions simply means that we have halted the slide. Success demands more than that. It […]
Subcommittee Holds Hearing to Address the Financial Stability of the U.S. Postal Service The Subcommittee will discuss the short and long term strategies to reduce costs and improve efficiency. WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal […]
Press Release from the U.S. Department of JusticeMarquette, Michigan – Jeffrey William Bess, 43, of Ishpeming, Michigan, was sentenced to 2 months in prison for unlawfully opening U.S. Mail, U.S. Attorney Donald A. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell also directed Bess to serve one year of supervised release after his prison […]
ALL EMPLOYEES except Electronic Technicians (ET); Maintenance Mechanics, Mail Processing Equipment (MPE); Part-time Postmasters. The Postal Service recently received approval from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to offer voluntary early retirement to eligible employees nationwide. Automation and technological advances coupled with mail volume reductions has the Postal Service continuing to look for ways to […]
Press Release March 20, 2009 U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today sent a letter to John E. Potter, the Postmaster General of the United States, urging him to consider the impact on small businesses of reducing the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) delivery […]
From National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) The Postal Service has informed President Young that city letter carriers will be included in its new Voluntary Early Retirement offer. The timing for VER applications and deadline for action has not been set, but it will have the same terms as the 2008 “early out” program, Young […]
U.S. Postal Service Press Release With no signs of economic recovery in sight, the U.S. Postal Service is taking bold actions in response to its ongoing financial crisis. Today the Postal Service announced it would be closing six of its 80 district offices, eliminating positions across the country and offering another early retirement opportunity. These […]
Here is a copy of the notice posted in today’s Federal Register Times and Dates: 6 p.m., Monday, March 30, 2009; 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 31, 2009; and 9:45 a.m., Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Place: Potomac, Maryland, at the Bolger Center for Leadership Development. Status: Closed. Matters to be Considered: Monday, March 30 at 6 […]
Organizational Changes – March 20, 2009 • The Postal Service is closing 6 of the 80 district offices, eliminating 521 positions across the country and offering early retirement to nearly 150,000 employees nationwide (excluding Electronic Technicians, MPE Maintenance Mechanics, Part-time Postmasters) • For the remaining 74 districts across the country, there will be a 15% reduction in […]