Treasury Secretary on Debt Limit: ‘Extraordinary Measures’ for Civil Service Retirement and Disability, Postal Retiree Health Benefits, and TSP G Funds

January 13, 2023 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen sent a letter to all members of Congressional leadership regarding the debt limit. The full text of the letter can be found here and is available below. The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr….

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USPS OIG Report: Bank Secrecy Act Compliance

Objectives To combat money laundering in the U.S., Congress enacted a series of laws, collectively referred to as the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The BSA required financial institutions, including money services businesses, to report suspicious activities to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Under the BSA, the Postal Service is…

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USPS OIG Report: Options to Reduce Unfunded Retirement Liabilities

Objective The Postal Service participates in three retirement plans: the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), and the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits (RHB). The first two are pension plans and the third is set up to fund the Postal Service’s share of RHB premiums. The U.S. Office of Personnel…

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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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U.S. Department of the Treasury releases Postal Task Force Report

Press Release – December 4, 2018 Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the Task Force report on the United States Postal System. The report, United States Postal System: A Sustainable Path Forward, provides a series of recommendations to overhaul the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) business model in order to return…

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