Chaffetz, PMG Brennan tout bill to sustain USPS

By Bill McAllister – February 15, 2017 Postmaster General Megan Brennan has joined a coalition of mailers and postal unions endorsing a bipartisan postal bill that a House committee chairman wants to get to President Donald Trump. At a Feb. 7 hearing, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, acknowledged the legislation…

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Postal Service Has a New Role: Unwitting Drug Courier

By Eric Katz – June 3, 2016 The U.S. Postal Service is making it easy for drug traffickers to ship their products into the United States, according to the agency’s top congressional overseer, and lawmakers want to know more about what USPS is doing to stop it. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who chairs the House…

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Top Republican: Federal employees deserve pay raise

The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee thinks most federal employees are good workers – and they deserve a pay raise. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, wouldn’t say whether he agrees with President Obama’s proposed 1.3 percent pay raise for 2016, but he did say federal employees should not lose ground as…

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