The Postal Service wants employees to have up-to-date beneficiary forms for life insurance and other benefits. While completing a beneficiary form is not mandatory, doing so allows an employee to choose who will receive payment. If an employee does not name a beneficiary, payment will be made to the next of kin according to a…
Objectives Our objective was to assess Postal Service controls over managing overtime. Overtime pay is a premium that eligible employees receive when they perform work in excess of eight paid hours in a day, or 40 paid hours in a week. Per union contracts, regular overtime is paid at one and one-half times an employeeâs…
Postal worker Ursula Hennessy doesnât just remember the August day 50 years ago when President Richard Nixon signed the landmark Postal Reorganization Act. She was â to borrow a line from âHamiltonâ â in the room where it happened. Hennessy was in her 20s when she joined the Post Office Department in 1969 as the…
Postal Service employees should only display USPS-approved posters in retail spaces âparticularly when it comes to posters that explain the organizationâs safety protocols in response to the coronavirus pandemic. USPS has created posters related to COVID-19 that address the use of face coverings and masks by customers in postal retail lobbies. These posters can easily…
Political and Election Mail are part of a long tradition in American political history. Political Mail is defined as any mailpiece sent for political campaign purposes by a registered candidate, a campaign committee, or a committee of a political party to promote candidates, referendums, or campaigns. Election Mail refers to items such as ballots, voter…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 24, 2020 U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned a six-count indictment charging Anthony Sharp, age 30, of South Euclid, Ohio, with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, money laundering…
“I assumed the role of Postmaster General just over 60 days ago with the goal of preserving and strengthening this great American institution. The Postal Service was established by Congress to fulfill a public service mission of providing prompt, reliable, and universal postal services to the American people, in an efficient and financially self-sustaining fashion….
(8/24/2020) WASHINGTON, DC â Below is the oral statement prepared for delivery by Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman Robert Duncan before todayâs hearing by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. âThank you, Chairwoman Maloney, Ranking Member Comer, and members of the Committee, for inviting me to speak today. My name is Mike Duncan,…
