NAPUS Leaders Design Strategy to Stop USPS' Illegal Regulatory Changes

NAPUS President Bob Rapoza briefed the National Executive Board on Thursday, April 7, on strategies to derail an illegal Postal Service attempt to implement regulations that would make it easier to close post offices, deny communities their statutory due process rights, and would violate the existing statutory definition of “Postmaster.”  The meeting, which followed an […]

NAPUS and League Leaders Commit to Joint Effort to Protect Post Offices

NAPUS and League Leaders Meet to Coordinate Strategies to Protect Post Offices Today, NAPUS and League leaders and their legislative staffs met to coordinate strategies to challenge the Postal Service’s proposed regulatory changes, which if implemented, would result in countless communities being denied their rights to protect post offices in rural areas. The Postal Service’s […]

NAPUS Responds To USPS Proposed Changes To Post Office Closing Process

NAPUS Communicating with Congress, and Meeting with Postal Regulators on USPS Proposed Changes to Post Office Closing and Consolidation Process NAPUS President Bob Rapoza and Director of Government Relations Bob Levi are talking with key Members of Congress and postal regulators concerning the Postal Service’s plans to amend postal regulations to streamline the Post Office […]

Carper Next In Line to Chair Senate Government Affairs Committee

From the National Association of Postmasters of the United States (NAPUS) newsletter Senator Daniel Akaka to Retire This week, Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) announced that he would not seek re-election, in November 2012. Senator Akaka was honored as NAPUS Champion, at the 2004 NAPUS Leadership Conference. In addition, he has addressed numerous NAPUS gatherings over […]

NAPUS Committee Requests PRC to Review Post Office Closings

From the National Association of Postmasters of the US (eNAPUS) Legislative & Political Bulletin Last week, NAPUS Post Office Preservation Committee Co-Chair, Retired Postmaster Keva Richardson (Thurman, IA) filed a letter with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), which asks the Commission to review USPS plans to close more than 2,000 Post Offices around the country. […]

USPS, Management Groups Reach Agreement On Salary Protection For DUO Impacted Postmasters

The agreement between USPS and Management Associations covers salary protection for Postmasters and Station Managers who are downgraded as a result of Delivery Unit Optimization Implementation Here is a summary of agreement from the National League Of Postmasters: League President Mark Strong has received a memo from Postal Headquarters stating that a solution and understanding […]

NAPUS Urges President Obama to Recalculate Postal Pension Liability

On January 12, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza forwarded a letter to President Barack Obama that called upon him to use his presidential authority to direct the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to accurately and  fairly calculate the U.S. Postal Service’s pension obligations. OPM is an independent agency of the federal government, tasked with managing the […]

USPS Delivery Unit Program Implementation Scheduled for Jan. 3, 2011

From NAPUS Delivery Unit Optimization (DUO) program December 17, 2010 Today, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza received a written response from Postal Service Vice President of Labor Relations, Doug Tulino to questions and recommendations that were presented by the management associations in the November 30, 2010 consultative-process meeting concerning the Delivery Unit Optimization (DUO) program.  The NAPUS requested moratorium, which has […]

House Committee Under New Management, and Impact of Tax Bill on Postmasters

From the eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin On January 5, Rep, Darrell Issa will take the helm of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee; however, it has yet to determined who will chair the Subcommittee that has jurisdiction over the Postal Service and federal employee benefits. It is a possible that a member of […]

NAPUS President: Washington Post Editorial Misdiagnosed Cause Of USPS Challenges

In a letter to the editor of  the Washington Post,  Robert Rapoza, President of the National Association of Postmasters (NAPUS) wrote: The “Failure to deliver” editorial misdiagnosed the cause of the Postal Service’s challenges and suggested treatment that makes matters worse. The $8.5 billion Postal Service loss that the editorial mentioned stems primarily from a […]