The USPS has made some improvements in its hiring practices in recent years but it still faces challenges in recruiting—as well as a pending exodus of older employees to retirement
USPS has updated Postal Service Uniform Guidelines, a pictorial guidebook that managers, supervisors and employees can use to ensure uniforms are worn properly.
The Congressional Postal Service Caucus will focus on improving on-time delivery rates, protecting postal employees, and stopping harmful facility consolidations that reduce access in rural and underserved areas.
At the time the first Postal Service Act was signed into law, it cost a fraction of what it does today. Now, according to recent data, the United States Postal Service sends over one hundred billion pieces of mail annually, which is a reminder that it still plays an important role, even in a digital age.
OPM has told federal agencies that they are to “robustly” protect and enforce “each federal employee’s right to engage in religious expression in the federal workplace,” including through displays of religious items and, during work breaks, activities such as prayer and evangelizing—so long as it is not “harassing in nature.”
The meeting, led by U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Springfield, explored why only 59% of local mail is delivered on time. She noted that just seven years ago, 93% was being delivered promptly.