U.S. Postal Worker And Four Others Arrested For Shipping Heroin And Fentanyl Through The Mail

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) in New York, Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Area Field Office of the U.S. Postal Service, Officer of Inspector General (“USPS-OIG”), and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge […]

House lawmakers calling on Biden administration to halt USPS contract with Oshkosh Defense

Kaptur Introduces Resolution Calling for Halt to USPS-Oshkosh Contract in Light of Failure to Meet Electric Vehicle Standards Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and co-Chair of the House Auto Caucus, released the following statement after she introduced a House Resolution calling […]

USPS to Offer Early Out to Non-Bargaining Unit Employees

The Postal Service will consolidate its districts, realign its Logistics and Processing Operations divisions, and offer a voluntary early retirement option to most eligible non-bargaining employees at its headquarters, headquarters-related, area and district offices. Under a plan announced March 3, the organization’s 67 districts will be consolidated into 50. The new territories will align closely […]

Former Onondaga County NY Postal Carrier Sentenced for Obstructing the Mail

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Priscilla Czyz, age 37, of Cato, New York, was sentenced today to 6 months of probation for obstructing the mail, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Special Agent in Charge Matthew Modafferi, United States Postal Service-Office of Inspector General (USPS-OIG), Northeast Area Field Office. In pleading guilty to […]

USPS Announces Next Phase of Organizational Changes Begun in August 2020

Phased organizational changes initiated in August 2020 include District consolidations, centralization of Marketing functions and realignment of Logistics and Processing Operations Will help drive efficiencies and better decision making throughout the organization Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) option to be offered to eligible non-bargaining employees in administrative functions WASHINGTON, DC — Postmaster General and CEO Louis […]

Biden nominates former Deputy PMG, mail voting advocate and former APWU attorney to USPS Board of Governors

President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated three postal experts to the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service, a move that could alter the course of an agency grappling with delivery delays and rumored cuts under its embattled Republican leader. If confirmed by the Senate, the Board of Governors nominees would bring additional Democratic scrutiny […]

U.S. Postal Service Awards Contract to Launch Multi-Billion-Dollar Modernization of Postal Delivery Vehicle Fleet

Oshkosh Defense Will Finalize Design of Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV), Delivering Up to 165,000 of the U.S.-Built Vehicles Over the Next Decade Investment is Part of Soon-to-be-Released, 10-Year Plan to Transform USPS Into the Preferred Delivery Service Provider for the American Public Modernization to Reduce USPS Fleet’s Costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions as Cleaner […]

Parsons Awarded $600M Ceiling U.S. Postal Service Contract

CENTREVILLE, Va., Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) has won a seven-year contract with the  U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Nationwide Program Management Services (PMS) worth a total potential value of $600 million. The deal is the company’s third consecutive with the USPS. The seven-year timeframe assumes all option periods are exercised. “We look forward to continuing our […]

Congressman Jared Huffman: Zero-emission vehicles can help transform USPS

February 17, 2021 The United States Postal Service, our reeling economy and our warming planet all need saving — and we have a unique opportunity to make progress on all three at the same time. Since our nation’s founding, the Postal Service has been dutifully connecting millions of people to each other. It is among […]