NAPS Analysis of Senators Carper and Coburn Postal Reform Bill

The National Association of Postal Supervisors, representing over 28,000 active and retired supervisory and managerial employees of the United States Postal Service, supports the passage of comprehensive postal reform that ends the financial crisis afflicting the Postal Service and provides a foundation for future stability and growth. NAPS believes that comprehensive postal reform should embrace […]

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Postal Reform Bill

WASHINGTON – Last night, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) introduced the bipartisan Postal Reform Act of 2013 (S. 1486).   The financial condition of the Postal Service has been deteriorating for years, but the 2008 economic downturn and the near universal use […]

Senator Coburn Says USPS “succumbed to parochial-minded micromanagers in Congress”

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 […]

Coburn and Issa to USPS BOG: Use Your Authority to Proceed with Modified Six-Day Delivery Plans

WASHINGTON- Senator Tom Coburn, M.D., R-Okla., and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., wrote a joint letter today to the United States Postal Service Board of Governors advising them to resist political lobbying and utilize their legal authority to move forward with the modified six-day delivery plan announced on February 6, 2013. “[T]he Board of Governors has […]