Mark Dimondstein

USPS previews ‘massive-scale’ changes, but regulator demands more details

The Postal Service is outlining sweeping changes to its transportation and delivery network across the country, with a focus on growing its shipping and…

Agency Oversight

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Postal FEHB enrollees feel ‘angst’ as OPM builds USPS-only health insurance marketplace

Benefits

USPS sees ‘massive turnover’ in non-career workers as union protests short-staffing

Federal Report

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FILE - In this July 31, 2020, file photo, letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility in McLean, Va. A U.S. judge on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide. The judge called them

USPS vows no layoffs in its ongoing network consolidation effort

Workforce

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USPS reform law sought to ease financial burdens. A year later, what’s changed?

Workforce

Mail handler Rolanda Ramos sorts through mail at the United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005. Today is the busiest delivery day of the year for the postal service, according to Jim Larkin of the USPS, who estimates approximately 15 million pieces of mail being shipped. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

An update from the Postal union at center of the test kit delivery program

Unions

FILE - In this April 8, 2020 file photo, a City of Milwaukee Election Commission worker processes and sorts absentee ballots for Wisconsin's primary election, in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. U.S. Postal Service warnings that it can’t guarantee ballots sent by mail will arrive on time have put a spotlight on the narrow timeframes most states allow to request and return those ballots. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, File)

USPS, exempt from vaccine requirements, sees uptick of employees in quarantine

Workforce

United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on

USPS 10-year plan looks to redefine ‘unachievable’ service standards

Agency Oversight

USPS package surge keeps agency afloat, but puts toll on employees

While the Postal Service fights to stay solvent, its workforce of more than 600,000 employees has encountered a slew of challenges to deliver a volume…

Workforce

In this March 1, 2017 photo, Elon Trustee Louis DeJoy is honored with Elon's Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership in Elon. N.C. DeJoy, a Republican fundraiser and prolific political donor from North Carolina, will be the next postmaster general. DeJoy of Greensboro, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was the unanimous pick of the U.S. Postal Service's Board of Governors, which made the announcement.
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USPS warns staff of temporary mail delays as it cuts ‘soaring’ delivery costs

The Postal Service has warned for years that tough decisions lie ahead when it comes to balancing its delivery service with costs.

Management

USPS urges supervisors to grant ‘liberal sick leave’ during coronavirus pandemic

Agency Oversight

For most of the Postal Service’s 600,000-employee workforce, work continues as usual, but in a heightened state of vigilance.

Mark Dimondstein

USPS previews ‘massive-scale’ changes, but regulator demands more details

Postal FEHB enrollees feel ‘angst’ as OPM builds USPS-only health insurance marketplace

USPS sees ‘massive turnover’ in non-career workers as union protests short-staffing

USPS vows no layoffs in its ongoing network consolidation effort

USPS reform law sought to ease financial burdens. A year later, what’s changed?

USPS flags more than 200 sites where it plans to consolidate delivery functions

Postal unions demand USPS ramp up hiring to address understaffing

USPS reform bill offering ‘much-needed reset’ on its finances passes Senate

An update from the Postal union at center of the test kit delivery program

USPS, exempt from vaccine requirements, sees uptick of employees in quarantine

USPS 10-year plan looks to redefine ‘unachievable’ service standards

USPS package surge keeps agency afloat, but puts toll on employees

USPS warns staff of temporary mail delays as it cuts ‘soaring’ delivery costs

USPS urges supervisors to grant ‘liberal sick leave’ during coronavirus pandemic