A response to a recent POLITICO article: By Megan J. Brennan – June 14, 2017 The R Street Institute’s trip down memory lane about the U.S. Postal Service (“The lost genius of the Post Office”) gets a few things correct, but on balance is woefully ill-informed and misguided. What the piece’s author, Kevin Kosar, got…
The Postal Service is a national leader in employing veterans, according to a new survey by U.S. Veterans Magazine. The publication polls government agencies, educational institutions and hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies for the annual survey. For the second consecutive year, USPS ranked among top veteran-friendly companies. The Postal Service also ranked among the top…
Effective March 16, 2017, the Postal Service™ issued its Memorandum of Policy (MOP) HR-03-16-2017-2, Postal Service Policy on Workplace Harassment. This policy: Reaffirms the Postal Service’s commitment to providing a work environment free of harassment. Supersedes MOP HR-03-03-2016-2, Postal Service Policy on Workplace Harassment. The Postal Service Policy on Workplace Harassment is available on the…
Effective March 16, 2017, the Postal Service™ issued its Memorandum of Policy (MOP) HR-03-16-2017-1, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement. In accordance with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) Management Directive 715 (MD 715), the policy will be updated annually and prominently posted: In all personnel offices; In EEO offices; On the agency’s internal website; and…
March 8, 2017 In a new “Business Focus” video, PMG Megan J. Brennan thanks employees for making safety “a core value for the Postal Service.” She praises employees for working safely throughout several instances of bad weather that affected operations this winter. “Please continue to practice safe work habits,” the PMG says. Brennan also discusses…
Excluding the effects of a $1.7 billion change in its workers’ compensation liability due to fluctuations in interest rates, the Postal Service has posted a net loss of approximately $200 million for fiscal 2017’s first quarter (Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 2016). USPS also reported that net income for the quarter was approximately $1.4 billion. Controllable income…
The following message is from PMG Megan J. Brennan: Across the entire Postal Service, from Post Offices and Customer Care Centers to processing centers, from vehicle maintenance facilities to administrative and sales offices, from headquarters to every area and district office, everyone is working hard to make this season a success — and we are…
The chief executive of the U.S. Postal Service was paid less than one tenth of what her counterparts at competitors UPS and FedEx received last year. Postmaster General Megan Brennan’s salary during Fiscal Year 2016 was $286,137, the USPS revealed today in a financial statement (Page 72 of this PDF). The total value of her…
