Project Title: Insider Threat Program Start Date: Monday, March 13, 2017 Estimated Report Release Date: September 2017 Insider threat is the potential for a current or former employee, contractor, or business partner to accidentally or maliciously misuse their trusted access to harm the organizationâs employees, customers, assets, reputation, or interests. An Insider threat program provides…
By Scott MacFarlane – March 22, 2017 Federal agents have asked to seize more than 100 mail parcels in the Washington, D.C.-area since October, suspecting each was being used by drug traffickers to ship narcotics, the News4 I-Team learned in an investigation into illegal mail shipments of marijuana. The cases are a fraction of a…
USPS is improving the system it uses to produce and assign tray and sack labels. The system, Web Automated Tray Label Assignment System version 3.0 (WebATLAS3), will now feature a more user-friendly interface. The improved system will be available to employees who use ACE workstations and plant kiosks to create and print 24-digit Intelligent Mail…
Web News Article #: 28-2017 03/20/2017 – On March 16, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee âmarked-upâ and approved the Postal Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756). A mark-up is a formal process where a congressional committee can consider and amend a bill before advancing it to the full House of Representatives or Senate. Recognizing the…
By Ellison McCoy – March 17, 2017 On January 27, 2017, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision that provides a cautionary tale to employers about seeking documentation from an employee on intermittent FMLA leave. In Diamond v. Hospice of Florida Keys, Inc., Case No. 15-15716 (11th Circuit, Jan. 27, 217), the Court…
âThe Postal Service is committed to fair treatment of all its employees.â This employee handbook rule is now ELM 673.5. âAll employees are expected to treat coworkers with dignity and respect.â Supervisors are employees, too. This rule was moved to ELM 673.61. These changes were in Postal Bulletin 22462 (3-02-2017). The ELM 870 Employee Assistance…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 16, 2017 Alexandria, VA â The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) is deeply disappointed the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform approved the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017, H.R. 756, without addressing the serious concerns of 76,000 postal retirees who would be forced to enroll…
Background The U.S. Postal Service frequently receives inquiries from members of Congress and their staff. Congressional inquiries might include questions about service or changes in processing facility operations, or they might include complaints about mail delivery or decisions to change facilities. The Postal Service has various processes for handling and coordinating congressional inquiries. Informal inquiries,…
