WASHINGTON – The four authors of Senate postal reform legislation Tuesday released a letter they sent to the Postmaster General asking him to delay the closing of post offices and mail processing facilities until reform legislation is signed into law. In a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, the four Senators asked that he extend […]
21ST CENTURY POSTAL SERVICE ACT OF 2012 with additional views Some highlights: TITLE I: POSTAL WORKFORCE MATTERS Section 101—Treatment of surplus contributions to Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) This section requires a calculation of the Postal Service’s FERS balance each year, and directs any overpayment to be transferred to the Postal Service, upon request of […]
From the eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin: Earlier this week, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved H.R. 3813, legislation that would slash postal and federal retirement benefits by $44 billion over the next decade. The provisions included in the Committee-approved bill were hastily inserted in H.R. 7, a highway construction bill, and will […]
Post Com.org summary (non-verbatim) of comments offered at the markup of S1789, The 21st Century Postal Service Act Senator Carl Levin: Amendment: On the transparency of contracts between the USPS and contractors. I was told I can’t look at the contracts the USPS has with UPS and Fedex. The only person who can see the […]
U.S. Postal Service in Crisis: Proposals to Prevent a Postal Shutdown -Live video will not be available until approximately 15 minutes prior to the scheduled hearing start time. Tuesday, September 6, 2011 02:00 PM Dirksen Senate Office Building, room SD-342
From National Association of Postmasters of the United States (NAPUS) e-newsletter On Tuesday afternoon, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) intends to conduct a hearing on legislative proposals that seek to avert a “Postal shutdown.” This is the first time in recent memory that the full Committee, rather than its […]
Guffey to Senate Subcommittee: Legislators Must Apply Pension Overpayments to Pre-Funding Bill APWU News Bulletin 09-2011, May 17, 2011 In testimony before a Senate Subcommittee on May 17, APWU President Cliff Guffey urged legislators to take immediate action to restore financial stability to the cash-strapped agency. “This is not a request for a subsidy or […]
Documents submitted by PostalReporter reader shows the Postal Service’s History of requesting 5-day delivery to relieve its financial woes. The 94th and 95th Congresses Representative Tom Corcoran stated at a congressional hearing that the Postal Service took its first formal step toward eliminating one delivery day per week in 1976 when it conducted a study […]
On Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia and the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Management, Government Information, Federal Service, and International Security will hold a joint hearing entitled, “Having Their Say: Customer and […]
Washington, DC – Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway today cautioned against deciding on major cuts in universal mail service until Congress considers possible changes to Postal Service funding of employee pensions and future retiree health benefits. In remarks before the Senate postal oversight subcommittee, Goldway said, “These are two unresolved issues that could […]