(July 7, 2014) Robert M. Williams Jr., president of the National Newspaper Association and publisher of the Blackshear (Ga.) Times issued a statement strongly objecting to forthcoming closures planned by the United States Postal Service. The USPS said it would close or consolidate more than 80 mail-processing facilities after January, and lower service standards for…
(July 7, 2014) Letter writing has received an endorsement from the commander in chief. President Obama went to Minneapolis last month to meet Rebekah Erler, a Minnesota mother of two who wrote to him about her familyâs financial struggles. âIâm pretty sure this is a silly thing to do, to write a president,â Erlerâs letter…
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The Office of Personnel Management in June once again made progress on its retirement claims backlog, cutting the number of outstanding applications to the lowest point in years. OPM processed 8,787 claims in June, cutting the backlog by 15 percent since May to 12,391. This was in part due to about 1,400 fewer former federal…
The U.S. Postal Service fell short of its own goals for customer service last year, according to a new report from the agencyâs regulator. The Postal Regulatory Commissionâs report says that 78.4 percent of the USPSâs customers â either from households or small- to medium-sized businesses â said they were either very or mostly satisfied with…
After starting in selected cities around the country, Amazon and the U.S. Postal Service are closer to rolling out Sunday parcel delivery on a nationwide scale. In recent weeks, Sunday delivery has launched in Seattle and Portland, and various other cities are potentially only weeks from going live â including the Boston area and a…
Teachers Union in Support of Postal Workers Urges Educators and School Staff Not to Purchase School Supplies From Staples â State Teachers Unions Urging a National Boycott Vote at the Biennial AFT Convention in Los Angeles This Week For Immediate Release July 7, 2014 – BOSTON â AFT Massachusetts, which represents teachers, school workers, public…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Each year, the Postal Service must submit to the Commission copies of its most recent Annual Performance Report and Annual Performance Plan. On December 27, 2013, the Postal Service filed its fiscal year (FY) 2013 Annual Performance Report (FY 2013 Report) and FY 2014 Annual Performance Plan (FY 2014 Plan). In this report,…
