Innovation nation The Postal Service is using technology to adapt to the nation’s fast-changing mailing and shipping needs, CIO Jim Cochrane told congressional lawmakers May 22. “Technology now plays a foundational role in virtually every postal product and service,” Cochrane said in testimony before a House subcommittee that handles postal issues. USPS works with major […]
May 21, 2014—Statement of Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, following the Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s approval of H.R. 4670, the Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014: This irresponsible bill, H.R. 4670, is bad for the American public, bad for businesses, bad for the economy and bad for […]
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has not been able to garner support for his extreme and anti-worker postal reform bill, H.R. 2748. As such, he has adopted a new strategy. He is now is attempting to move his dangerous postal reforms piece by piece. Issa’s first move […]
Act now! Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121, ask to be connected to your House member, and then let your representative know you oppose the “Secure Delivery for America Act.” May 20, 2014—Statement of Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee mark-up of the […]
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is floating a new postal proposal this week, and he intends to put before his committee on Wednesday morning, May 21. Unlike the previous Issa attempt, which replicated President Obama’s postal plan, the latest Issa draft bill would simply phase-out door delivery and replace it […]
The following are excerpts from a United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report requested by Chairman [Congressman] Darrell Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives on “U S Postal Service: Delivery Mode Conversions Could Yield Large Savings, but More Current Data Are Needed.” {note: some paragraphs may be out of sequence} The […]
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 […]
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 […]
So Why is Postal Management Cutting Service? May 9, 2014 – Midway through the fiscal year, the USPS is reporting a $1 billion profit from operations, with $261 million of that amount from the second quarter. But you won’t read that in the mainstream media. Instead, you’ll hear – once again – that the Postal […]
April, 8, 2014—Following today’s release of the U.S. Postal Service’s financial statement for the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2014, which covers January, February and March, NALC President Fredric Rolando released the following statement: The Postal Service today reported a quarterly operating profit of $261 million, which brings the operating profit for the first half […]