The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act capped price increases for Market Dominant products (such as First-Class Mail) at the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). The OIG examined the potential impact on USPS’s price authority, revenue, and inflation cost coverage if, since fiscal year (FY) 2011,…
November 24, 2015 A little-noticed provision in the federal Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 calls for OSHA to increase its penalties to adjust for inflation for the first time since 1990. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act requires OSHA to implement regulations by August 2016 increasing the maximum penalties for OSHA violations first by…
News Service Bulletin – Vol. 44, No. 11 09/16/2014 – The four postal unions are standing together at the national, state and local level to fight the Postmaster General’s plans to again slash the mail processing network, beginning in January. Eighty-two facilities are slated for closure, and service will be degraded further. Thanks in large…
