August 16, 2024 The Postal Service is marking USPS Ethics Awareness Week by reminding employees that nepotism is prohibited in the workplace. Under the rules, USPS employees cannot hire or promote a relative, which is defined as a spouse, parent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, in-law, stepparent, stepsibling or half sibling. Employees are…
Attached are two pages buried in the USPS OIG Spring 2023 Semiannual Report to Congress that may be of interest to some. Whistleblower Reprisal Investigations â 87 allegations received: During this reporting period, there were no substantiated allegations of whistleblower retaliation. Wow. In fact, only four OIG investigations were even initiated. The whistleblower protection promised…
May 3, 2023 The Postal Service has named Ronnie J. Jarriel to a newly created vice president position to oversee fleet modernization and electrification strategy. The new position reports to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who said in a recent memo that this move âwill accelerate the acquisition and development of our new vehicle fleet.â Jarrielâs…
Do you remember the days of postal cronyism? A time when postmasters and managers filled post offices with those who were connected . Getting a job wasn’t about your abilities, but about “who you knew.” You don’t remember those times? Well, neither do I. Â That’s because a long time ago, our union fought to abolish…
I am watching c-span and the question about mismanagement in the post office was asked. The question was side stepped. In our area the people promoted over the years have been craft employees with terrible work histories, friends of the manager choosing the candidates, or boyfriends/ girlfriends of the manager doing the choosing. This is…
This is a repost of a 2010 article from BENEATH THE SPIN ⢠ERIC L. WATTREE (As relevant today as it was back then) The federal law is clear. 18 U.S.C. § 1001 reads as follows: Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch…
