During winter storms and other bad weather, USPS posts timely information online about Post Office and plant closures and service disruptions. USPS Service Alerts is updated frequently, with information on specific facilities and ZIP Codes. For example, as of 10 a.m., Jan. 27, the site reported the Northeast blizzard had caused the closure of facilities…
Facilities Services Supplier IDIQ Solicitation Number: 104267-14-A-0001 Agency: United States Postal Service Office: Facilities Purchasing Location: SM Facilities Portfolio (HQ) Contract Award Date: December 22, 2014 The United States Postal Service made Award of Solicitation 104267-14-A-0001 for nationwide Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract for Facilities Services. The Facilities Services Supplier will provide management for equipment…
Jan 26, 2015 As letter carriers are well aware, the price at the gas pump has fallen significantly over the last couple of months. As of Jan. 19, the average price for gasoline in the United States was $2.07 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. In some parts of the country, gas is now down…
(January 27, 2015) When the Postal Service closes a large mail processing plant, it doesn’t just impact postal workers. There can also be significant indirect effects. Other people lose their jobs, business activity slows, tax revenues decline. The loss of postal jobs thus has a multiplier effect that ripples through the economy of the entire…
ISSUE – Not later than June 1, 2012, the Employer will eliminate the usage of 204-B’s except in the absence or vacancy of a supervisor for 14 days or more. The usage of a 204-B in this exception is normally limited to no more than 90 days. AWARD – The Postal Service violated the MOU,…
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow today introduced an amendment that would stop the U.S. Postal Service from continuing the closure of facilities for two years, preventing delays in services that will impact Michigan families and small businesses. Sen. Stabenow joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and 11 other senators in authoring this amendment to legislation currently before…
Audit Report – MI-AR-15-001 – 01/23/2015 Background The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated a U.S. Postal Service-wide series of audits to review the Postal Service’s use of data. These audits included discussions and analyses of the data the deputy postmaster general and the executive vice presidents use. The Postal Service depends…
Web News Article #: 014-2015 01/26/2015 – When Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe retires at the end of the week, he’ll get a retirement package of more than $4 million. Not bad for a “civil servant.” But in his controversial farewell address to reporters at the National Press Club on Jan. 6, Donahoe made clear that…
