OPM Releases Approved PSHB Program Carrier Applicants

OPM News Release – March 13, 2024 Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released a list of conditionally approved carrier applicants today to participate in OPM’s new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program for U.S. Postal Employees and their families. The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 requires that OPM establish this new…

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PMG DeJoy Statement on 30-day Sentence for Armed Robbery of USPS Letter Carrier

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy released the following statement regarding a recent 30-day sentence for a criminal involved in the armed robbery of a Postal Service letter carrier in San Francisco: “It is simply unacceptable that a criminal was sentenced to a mere 30-days for threatening a letter carrier at gunpoint and stealing…

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Post Office worker charged with defrauding APWU Central Michigan Area Local 300

March 7, 2024 LANSING — In a four-year span, a local Post Office employee received pay for both his day job and work for his union 14 times, an investigator testified recently. That double dipping, plus 17 other instances when John Greathouse received union pay that he should not have, Kimberly Sellers testified, netted him…

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Oversight Committee Unanimously Approves Connolly’s Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act

Press Release – March 8, 2024 By a vote of 40-0, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability approved the Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to collect, track, and publicly report information related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic…

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APWU Pay Rates Effective March 9, 2024

APWU Rates – Effective March 9, 2024 More information for APWU members about pay and benefits including pay scales, COLA information, promotion charts and leave allowances is available here. Source: APWU

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USPS: IRS Reporting Requirements for Attorney Fees, Back Pay, or Wages

March 7, 2024 The purpose of this notice is to ensure that employees are aware of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) income reporting requirements when attorney fees are awarded. In 2005, the IRS issued regulations that changed how attorney fee awards are to be treated for tax reporting purposes, based upon the Supreme Court’s decision…

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Postal Bulletin covers smishing, vishing

March 7, 2024 Postal Bulletin’s latest edition, published March 7, explains the ongoing threat of smishing and vishing. Updates to the organization’s policies, procedures and forms are also included. Employees can go to usps.com to read and download the latest Postal Bulletin, along with past issues. Source: USPS Postal Bulletin – March 7, 2024

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USPS OIG Report: Variations and Trends in Postal Regulatory Oversight

Unlike most of its international peers, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) only oversees the postal sector rather than multiple sectors. Further, it is unique in that it oversees only one entity, the Postal Service, and not the entire postal sector. The U.S. postal regulatory framework is different in that the national post itself can set…

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