AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Interim final rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing an interim final rule with comment period to establish and administer the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program pursuant to the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (PSRA). Under the statute, OPM must establish…
By David Shepardson – May 10, 2021 The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday will consider a pair of bills to reform the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service, a document seen by Reuters shows. Representative Carolyn Maloney, the Democrat who chairs the panel, circulated draft legislation earlier this year to address some…
The USPS may finally get the much-needed help itâs been seeking. With HR 2382 now having a majority of support in Congress, Congress has the chance to fix the harm they have created. Although HR 2382 is very vague in its description, it will eliminate the pre-funding that has crippled the USPS. By my estimation…
Legislation to reform the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been introduced early in the 115th Congress in the House. NARFE opposes the bill, H.R. 756, and is aggressively lobbying against the bill in its current form. Postal reform legislation has not yet been introduced in the Senate this Congress. Summary of H.R. 756, The Postal…
Web News Article #: 148-2015 07/27/2015 – On July 30 â the 50th anniversary of Medicare â APWU members will join with others across the country to celebrate the program that has helped more than 53 million seniors and disabled Americans obtain healthcare. âIt is important to commemorate Medicareâs 50th birthday, because this great program…
February 16, 2015 What if your credit card company told you: âYou will charge a million dollars on your credit card during your life; please enclose the million dollars in your next bill payment. Itâs the responsible thing to do.â Doesnât seem quite right, does it? Well, thatâs what the U.S. Postal Serviceâs requirement to…
