Oversight Committee Approves Issa-Ross Postal Reform Bill

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued the following press release: WASHINGTON D.C. – The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today approved H.R. 2309, the Oversight Committee Postal Reform Act of 2011 which will return the United States Postal Service (USPS) to sustainability and profitability without a taxpayer bailout. The Issa-Ross […]

Politicizing postal bargaining

“Keeping politics out of postal bargaining has served the parties, the American people and the mailing public very well for 40 years” April 7, 2011: This week’s unprecedented congressional hearing on a negotiated agreement between the U.S. Postal Service and one of its craft unions shows just what letter carriers and the rest of the […]

Video: USPS Needs Systemic Changes to Efficiently Manage Operating Costs

Video from today’s Oversight hearing on USPS and APWU Contract Agreement Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, delivers his opening statement explaining the need for the United States Postal Service to bring its operating costs in line with its declining revenues.   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BdMD566upE[/youtube]

Oversight Hearing Preview And Testimony: Are Postal Workforce Costs Sustainable?

Chairman  Darrell Issa’s  Hearing Preview Statement: Tuesday’s hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, entitled “Are Postal Workforce Costs Sustainable,” will continue the Committee’s ongoing effort to monitor the fiscal condition of the United States Postal Service and the affordability of USPS’s workforce compensation expenses. One pressing question remains at the forefront of […]

GOP Chairman Issa Announces Full List Of House Oversight Committee

Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announced today the full list of Oversight and Government Reform Committee membership and subcommittee assignments. Full Membership of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Republicans Darrell Issa (CA), Chairman Dan Burton (IN) John L. Mica (FL) Michael R. Turner (OH) Patrick T. McHenry (NC) Jim Jordan (OH) Jason Chaffetz (UT) […]

GOP Chairman Issa Formally Announces House Oversight Subcommittee Structure

Names Chairmen and Vice Chairmen Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued the following press release: WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced today the members who will serve as Subcommittee Chairmen and Vice […]

House Oversight Committee Will Hold Hearing To Examine Financial Viability of the Postal Service

The following is a press release from the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: GAO to release report at hearing on Postal Service business model WASHINGTON – Chairman Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY) today announced that the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing on Thursday, April 15, […]