Postal Protesters Meet With Postmaster General

For Immediate Release – Sept. 24, 2015 Contact Jamie Partridge: 503-752-5112 Postmaster General Megan Brennan met briefly with protesters after giving a speech to a conference of Portland mailers yesterday. Rev. John Schwiebert and retired letter carrier Jamie Partridge, leaders of Portland Communities and Postal Workers United, were invited in from the picket line to…

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USPS OIG Report: Postal Inspection Service Mail Covers Program — Phase II

Background A mail cover is an investigative tool used to track criminal activity. During fiscal years (FY) 2010 through 2014, the  U. S. Postal Inspection Service approved 118,577 mail covers requested by postal inspectors and 39,966 requested by external law enforcement authorities. Authorized by the chief postal inspector or a designee, a mail cover involves…

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USPS OIG Audit Report: PASS Functionality and Labor Savings

Background The Passive Adaptive Scanning System (PASS) is a [redacted] scanning system used in delivery units to scan packages and identify associated delivery routes. PASS enables clerks without route knowledge training to sort packages and provides both visual and audible indicators for routing information. PASS was also designed to provide greater package visibility through scanning…

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Hackers stole 5.6 million government fingerprints – more than estimated

By Jose Pagliery – September 23, 2015 It’s becoming painfully clear that the massive theft of federal personnel records is worse than previously thought. On Wednesday, the Office of Personnel Management said hackers stole 5.6 million fingerprints it had on file. That’s significantly higher than the agency’s original estimate of 1.1 million fingerprints. This is…

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Postmaster charged with intimidating subordinates is on leave, Postal Service says

By Jonathan D. Silver – September 22, 2015 The Pittsburgh postmaster arrested last week on charges that he threatened or intimidated four subordinates is “currently in a leave status,” the United States Postal Service has confirmed. But the postal service refused to provide any details about the leave of Daniel P. Davis, 50, of Canonsburg….

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USPS receives high marks from job applicants

The Postal Service has received top marks for turning an experience that’s often intimidating — the job interview — into a positive one. Seventy percent of USPS job applicants have a positive interview experience, according to new research by the career website Glassdoor. The study ranks employers based on “interview experience” ratings that job applicants…

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APWU: Requests for Inclusion to AOI Arbitration Award to Close Oct. 1

Web News Article #: 185-2015 09/22/2015 – Well over 7,000 employees represented by the APWU have been paid as part of the Associate Office Infrastructure (AOI) national arbitration award. A period of time has been granted for anyone who may have been missed to provide the requested information for consideration to be included. The time…

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