USPS OIG Report: Emergency Preparedness – Winter Storm Elliott

Background The U.S. Postal Service provides customers across the nation mail service six days a week as required by law. In December 2022, Winter Storm Elliott arrived in Western New York, and within minutes, winds went from 10 to 70 miles per hour and brought about 36 inches of snow over four days. During a…

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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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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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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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APWU: Updated Mail Processing Facility Review (MPFR) spreadsheet

From: Charlie Cash <CCash@apwu.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Subject: Updated MPFR spreadsheet Family, You are welcome to share. Attached is the most recent MPFR spreadsheet. We added a new columns that include the date, time, and location of the public meetings. The other updates is the Iron Mountain postponement. Thank-you, Charlie Cash Industrial Relations…

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APWU: 16 Sortation and Delivery Centers (S&DCs) starting up on September 7, 2024

From: Charlie Cash <CCash@apwu.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Subject: September 7, 2024 Sortation & Delivery Centers (S&DC) Union Family, Yesterday while I was traveling, we received official notice on the start up of 16 Sortation and Delivery Centers (S&DCs). The following locations will have S&DCs starting up on September 7, 2024. You may already…

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