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OPM extends postal open season enrollment and beefs up customer service

The PSHB program, established by the 2022 Postal Service Reform Act, will provide USPS employees, retirees and dependents with their own health insurance exchange in 2025 and officially move them off of the larger Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.

Former Postal Worker Admits Stealing Gifts Cards from the Mail

An investigation conducted by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General revealed that Wilkins, a city carrier at the Cape Carrier Annex in Cape Girardeau, had used the gift cards.

Poplarville postal workers recognized as operations continue without building

Postal workers in Poplarville who have braved extreme working conditions for almost three years were recognized by the community on Tuesday

Postal employees accused of stealing over $1M in business checks

Two U.S. Postal Service employees are accused of stealing over $1 million worth of business checks from the mail in a scheme that lasted over a year, according to federal prosecutors.

DOGE-supporting lawmakers call on USPS to privatize some operations, scrap electric fleet

The Postal Service isn’t meeting its break-even goals under a 10-year reform plan.  But House Republicans are drafting their own efficiency proposals for the agency.

New projected pay tables, entire NALC Tentative Agreement, and Summary of Changes now available online

On Dec. 9, ballots to vote on the proposed 2023-2026 National Agreement between NALC and USPS began being mailed to all NALC regular members who are eligible to vote in the contract ratification election.

House committee piles on criticism of DeJoy’s postal overhaul plans

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, appearing before Raskin and the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, responded that he would give himself a good grade. Later on in the hearing, he said that it would be an “A.”  

USPS mail thefts and robberies – 12/11/24

Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today.

United States Postal Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing Mail

United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jesse L. Anderson (43, St. Petersburg) has pleaded guilty to theft by a postal employee.

Illinois State rep worker falls ill after opening suspicious mail

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating why a state representative’s employee became sick after opening mail on Monday in Aurora.

US Postal Service chief defends plan to buy rising number of EVs

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended plans to buy a rising number of electric delivery vehicles and said he did not plan to return funding earmarked for zero-emission models without legislation from Congress.

Richmond County postal worker sentenced to federal prison for defrauding pandemic relief program

Bausley, was a U.S. Postal Service employee and collecting workers’ compensation benefits when she defrauded the Small Business Administration by using fabricated revenue and expense information about her catering business
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