PMG Pat Donahoe has announced the selection of David Fields as Vice President, Area Operations, Capital Metro Area. Fields has been acting in this position since January. Fields began his USPS career in 1981 as a letter sorting machine operator in Bristol, TN. Prior to his current assignment, he served as District manager of the […]
Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Ruth Goldway in a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe wrote: During service performance consultations earlier this year, you discussed the internal Postal Service schedule for improving the process of reviewing retail facilities to evaluate whether closing them was appropriate. You explained that new procedures would be developed and then applied […]
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two years ago Thursday, a postal worker named Art Tilson died at the Minneapolis Post Office Distribution Center. His friends believe his life could have been saved if there had been an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in the building. As they did last year on the first anniversary of Tilson’s death, several […]
Congressman Dennis Ross (R-Florida), Chairman of House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy has scheduled a hearing entitled, “Postal Infrastructure: How Much Can We Afford?” on Wednesday, June 15th, at 1:30 p.m. in room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. This is the third hearing that Ross has scheduled on USPS or […]
and Postmaster Relief (PMR) and Postal Support Employee (PSE Issues On June 7th, NAPUS leaders, along with heads of the League and NAPS met with Postal Headquarters officials to discuss how some of the changes in the new USPS-APWU contract will impact post offices. The discussion included a question and answer session on the recent […]
VSE and WBI to deliver repowered fuel efficient gasoline Long Life Vehicle (LLV) prototype ALEXANDRIA, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–VSE Corporation (NASDAQ: VSEC) announced today that it has received notification from the US Postal Service (USPS) that it will be awarded a contract to deliver a more fuel efficient repowered gasoline LLV prototype delivery vehicle for the existing […]
USPS Audit Report “Conflicts of Interest: Facility Leases and Contract Delivery Services (Report Number DA-AR-11-008) Federal regulations and Postal Service policies seek to minimize conflicts of interest to ensure that every citizen can have confidence in the integrity of the federal government. Postal Service policies encourage employees to avoid creating the appearance that they are […]
USPS OIG Audit Report on “Postal Service’s Innovation Process for Competitive and Market-Dominant Products” To overcome its current financial challenges, the Postal Service must recognize innovation not as the byproduct of an effort to improve operational efficiency only, but as a distinct strategic goal and activity. It must embrace a culture of innovation that begins […]
A few days ago APWU President Cliff Guffey in a message to its members said: “The USPS is under attack by anti-labor politicians and some sectors of the business community..” Guffey provided examples of anti-labor articles written by various news websites. Well, it appears the anti-labor groups are ‘pumping up the volume’ on misleading and […]
More than 1 million iPhone, iPod touch and iPad customers have downloaded the U.S. Postal Service mobile app since it launched in December 2009 (Link, 1/4/2010). The free business app has consistently been one of the top 10 in the App Store. “We’re expanding access to our products and services,” said PMG Pat Donahoe. “We […]