Senate Hearing: FY 2022 Budget Request for USPS OIG and USPS Service Issues

Statement of Tammy L. Whitcomb Inspector General, United States Postal Service July 13, 2021 Our Budget The $263 million included in the President’s budget is based on our FY 2022 budget submission last fall. This was before the Postal Service announced its plans to make significant changes, including the following. The Postal Service is dramatically…

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PMG DeJoy advocates Medicare Integration for Retirees as part of reforms

“As the Postal Service has said for years, Congress and the Commission have long delayed much needed legislative and regulatory reforms which would have helped to address the situation. Congress must enact reform legislation that addresses our unaffordable retirement payments. Most importantly, Congress must allow the Postal Service to integrate our retiree health benefits program…

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PMG DeJoy Testifies before Senate on U.S. Postal Service Changes (video and PDF of oral statement)

August 21, 2020 Postmaster General DeJoy testifies before the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee on the U.S. Postal Service operations during COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 election. Oral Statement of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy

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UPMA: Overview of Senate HSGA hearing on Postal Reform

Overview of Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs hearing on Postal Reform By Frank Augustosky – 03/15/19 The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on Tuesday, March 12 to address “A Path to Sustainability: Recommendations from the President’s Task Force on the United States Postal Service.” Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI)…

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Senate Hearing on Postal Task Force – March 12, 2019

A Path to Sustainability: Recommendations from the President’s Task Force on the United States Postal Service Full Committee Hearing March 12, 2019 02:30 PM Location: SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building Witnesses Panel I Gary Grippo Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Finance U.S. Department of the Treasury The Honorable Robert G. Taub Chairman Postal Regulatory Commission…

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Acting Inspector General Whitcomb’s statement on Stopping the Shipment of Synthetic Opioids

Acting Inspector General Tammy Whitcomb’s oral statement during the U.S. Senate hearing before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Stopping the Shipment of Synthetic Opioids: Oversight of U.S. Strategy to Combat Illicit Drugs.

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