April 9, 2024 USPS has notified the Postal Regulatory Commission of mailing services price changes to take effect Sunday, July 14. The proposed adjustments, approved by the Postal Service governors, would raise mailing services product prices approximately 7.8 percent. The commission will review the changes before they are scheduled to take effect. If favorably reviewed,…
From: Lamont Brooks <lbrooks@apwu.org> Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 Subject: Fwd: We Won’t Be Silenced – Finalized Documents – Ready, Set, Spread The Word! Please disseminate to the field. Please contact Sheri if you need further assistance as I am only the messenger of this great ground level movement. ————————————————————— On a separate note, prior…
January 12, 2022 WASHINGTON, DC — During today’s meeting of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, Roman Martinez IV was unanimously elected by his fellow Governors to serve as the 25th chairman of the Board of Governors. The Governors also unanimously elected Anton G. Hajjar to serve as vice chairman. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy…
Objective Our objective was to determine whether fiscal year (FY) 2020 expenditures of the Postal Service Board of Governors (Board) were properly supported, reasonable, and complied with Postal Service and Board policies and procedures. The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, as amended, established the Board which is comprised of nine governors appointed by the president…
January 09, 2018 Over the holidays, the president mentioned the Postal Service in the following tweet: While it is clear that the intended target was Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos (who is also owner of The Washington Post), what is less clear is the reason for the sudden interest in the pricing of packages. It’s probably…
By Kevin Kosar – January 11, 2016 The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors is supposed to have 11 members. It currently has three: one governor, the postmaster-general and the deputy postmaster-general. By law, the board cannot discharge its duties unless it has a quorum, which requires six members be present. The board has been…
(March 17, 2015) President Obama has nominated Stephen Crawford and James Miller III to the Postal Service Board of Governors. Crawford is a research professor at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Miller, a senior advisor at law firm Husch Blackwell, previously served as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Miller served on…
By Candy Woodall – January 30, 2015 Megan Brennan began her career with the U.S. Postal Service in 1986 as a letter carrier in Lancaster County. On Sunday, she will assume the organization’s top office as its 74th postmaster general, becoming the first woman to hold the job. “I am deeply honored and humbled to…
