From Postcom.org: Elijah Cummings (D-MD) has provided a draft of his approach to postal legislative reform. Our very quick reading of the draft indicates the following key points: The USPS will appoint a Chief Innovation Officer Procedures will be put in place to ensure he does the job The costs and revenues from innovative […]
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Donnelly (D-IN) took a two-pronged approach to addressing what is an increasing problem around the country: employers needing a better definition of and clarity on “full-time employee” under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Collins said, “The new health care law creates a […]
REP. FARENTHOLD CHAIRS HEARING ON PROCESSING OF FEDERAL WORKER PENSION CLAIMS May 9, 2013 WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Blake Farenthold (TX-27), Chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and the Census, today held a hearing looking at the time it takes the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to process […]
Video: U.S. Postal Service Reform hearing – April 17th, 2013 “Options to Bring the Postal Service Back from Insolvency” Part 1 “Options to Bring the Postal Service Back from Insolvency” Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4zZTLCm3Kw&feature=share&list=UUn8TJ6Tyq2aGvhybME_itDQ
April 17, 2013 — NALC President Fredric Rolando was among those called to testify today on Capitol Hill before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service’s financial situation. The hearing began with several representatives accusing Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman Mickey Barnett of backing away from USPS’s announced plan to […]
Coburn Statement on USPS Board of Governors Decision to Back Away From Modified Delivery (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to the announcement from the United States Postal Service Board of Governors that it has reversed direction […]
“Congress is killing the Postal Service,” President Cliff Guffey declared on April 10. “Its failure to act is pushing the Postal Service to the brink of bankruptcy and threatens to destroy the institution,” he said. “While Saturday mail delivery has dominated recent discussions about the Postal Service, little attention has been paid to other drastic […]
Issa Announces USPS Hearing Next Week WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today announced that he would convene a full committee hearing next Wednesday to examine the future of the United States Postal Service. The hearing will explore a range of options to avoid a multi-billion dollar taxpayer funded […]
“A House Oversight subcommittee will debate possible changes to federal employee health benefits in a hearing Thursday, two months after Congress approved a pay freeze for federal workers. The upcoming event will review the administration of the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and include testimony from Jonathan […]
Mailing Experts Hit Capitol Hill as Lawmakers Negotiate Postal Reform (Govexec) A House oversight subcommittee was set to hear from a wide variety of U.S. Postal Service business partners at a hearing Wednesday, as lawmakers continued to negotiate an overhaul to the agency.