Comments on: DOL Will Recover $1.8 Million In Back Wages From USPS Mail Hauling Contractor http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/01/14/dol-will-recover-1-8-million-in-back-wages-from-usps-mail-hauling-contractor/ Postal News, Postal Articles and Information Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:38:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Comerford http://www.postalreporternews.net/2010/01/14/dol-will-recover-1-8-million-in-back-wages-from-usps-mail-hauling-contractor/comment-page-1/#comment-7203 Mark Comerford Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:10:00 +0000 http://www.postalreporternews.com/?p=1296#comment-7203 Sirs, Concerning " early retirement offers ", having the history of the " VER " offer by the USPS in 1992, I would have to say that the USPS should allow another federal agency to operate and oversee any future operation of this nature. Even in the historical account it reads like chaos and inepititude as from the original idea of reducing the management complement, to having a modicum of control, it failed. The diplomatic efforts of the GAO writers in reporting the effects and results could not disguise to the reader the remarkable lack of control and planning that lead to the loss of service standards and strain on the mail system. I would suggest that another system of oversight be considered for the USPS as the current ability of the Service to manage itself has been found wanting Sirs, Concerning ” early retirement offers “, having the history of the ” VER ” offer by the USPS in 1992, I would have to say that the USPS should allow another federal agency to operate and oversee any future operation of this nature. Even in the historical account it reads like chaos and inepititude as from the original idea of reducing the management complement, to having a modicum of control, it failed. The diplomatic efforts of the GAO writers in reporting the effects and results could not disguise to the reader the remarkable lack of control and planning that lead to the loss of service standards and strain on the mail system.
I would suggest that another system of oversight be considered for the USPS as the current ability of the Service to manage itself has been found wanting

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