Postal News
USPS OIG – Postal Service Non-Career Turnover Follow-up
While the specific programs resulted in retention improvements at pilot sites, we found schedule flexibility and working too many hours ...
USPS Releases Initial Fact Sheets about the Postal Service Health Benefits Program
USPS and OPM, in consultation with the four Postal Unions, have developed Fact Sheets to provide basic information regarding the ...
OPM outlines plan to migrate 1.7M FEHB enrollees into postal-only insurance marketplace
The Office of Personnel Management is outlining its plan to migrate nearly 2 million individuals covered under the Federal Employee ...
GAO – Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: USPS Should Plan for Potential Workplace Charging
However, USPS has not incorporated the potential for sharing its fleet chargers with employees—or installing additional chargers for employee use—into ...
USPS OIG Works with IRS to Stop Theft of Mailed Refund Checks
Fraud involving theft of checks from the U.S. Mail comes in various forms, from the small and simple to the ...
USPS IG report clears agency’s fleet environmental study central to 3 lawsuits
A watchdog report finds the Postal Service met its legal requirements in estimating the environmental impact of its Next-Generation Delivery ...
OPM: Upcoming Postal Health Program’s Effect on Premiums ‘Highly Uncertain’
In announcing rules for the separate health-care program for Postal Service employees and retirees, OPM said that “At present, there ...
Next Generation Delivery Vehicles – Environmental Impact Statement
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) requires agencies to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) when evaluating major ...
APWU: Arbitrator issued a Supplemental Award addressing the scope of his 2016 decision in the 110 HCR routes case
On March 16, 2023, Arbitrator Shyam Das issued a Supplemental Award addressing the scope of his 2016 decision in the ...
NALC – Rate changes for Step AA part-time flexibles to be implemented
Last April, NALC and USPS settled an interpretive dispute over the Postal Service’s method of calculating overtime pay, Sunday premium ...