Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe

May 19th

Mayor, Lawmakers Oppose Closure Of New Bedford Post Office Renamed After Retired Judge, who turns 102 this year

New Bedford Mayor Submits Citizen Petition Opposing Post Office Plan To Close Historic Downtown Location Letter from 2 Senators and 1 Congressman request Postmaster General reverse decision to close Post Office Post Office renamed after Historical Retired U.S. District Judge George Leighton (who turns 102 yrs. old in October) New Bedford, Massachusetts—In a strongly-worded letter […]

May 15th

USPS Honors Competitor FedEx With New PMG Award

Superior suppliers USPS honors 14 companies The Postal Service recently honored 14 companies that provide the organization with superior service in technology, transportation and other areas. The winning companies received awards in several categories, including supplier performance and supplier innovation. This year, a Postmaster General’s Supplier Award was introduced. “The Postal Service does business with […]

May 15th

NALC President: A void at the top gives PMG free rein

Fredric V Rolando, NALC President, The Postal Record, May 2014 The Postal Service and much of Washington are caught in a time warp. For some reason, they still think it’s 2009 and that the Postal Service is in terminal decline. The postmaster general’s “shrink to survive” austerity plan was developed in the depths of the […]

May 11th

Why is the Postmaster General Understating Postal Revenue Gains?

In a May 9, 2014 press release, the Postal Service issued another quarterly press release turning an operating profit (of $261 million) into a loss. The supposed loss, an accounting fiction, was caused entirely by the 2006 law which generates a long-term loan to the Federal treasury, under the guise of “pre-funding” employee benefits. In […]

May 11th

Issa’s New Best Friend on Postal Reform — President Barack Obama??

As chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) has dogged the Obama administration since 2011. Issa has tried to tied Obama on reports of IRS bias in tax exemption forms, at the Benghazi attacks of 9/11/12, Healthcare.gov website fiasco, bring down the U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and anything […]

Apr 29th

30 Members of California House Delegation Urge PMG To Reject USPS-Staples Pilot Program

30 California members call for protection of thousands of postal workers WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Alan Lowenthal and 29 other members of the California Delegation sent a letter today urging U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to reject the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) recent pilot program with Staples office supply chain. On November 10, 2013, […]

Apr 24th

Video: PMG reports on legislative reform, PostPlan, load leveling

http://youtu.be/ytMunpXT2VE Recent events on Capitol Hill are signs the Postal Service along with Congress and the Obama Administration are headed down a promising path, says PMG Pat Donahoe. In his latest message to employees, Donahoe reports the White House and key decision makers in the House appear to share support for major reforms. He is […]

Apr 23rd

Video: Postmaster General discusses the future of the Postal Service

(KTVI) – The US Postal Service has been struggling over the past decade, losing billions of dollars because of the decline in mail volume and the rise of the internet and electronic mail. Now there are new strategies and new partnerships in place to keep the US Postal Service going. Randi Naughton talked with US […]