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Senators ask USPS to delay post office closings
The four sponsors of postal reform legislation in the Senate are asking the Postal Service to delay closing post offices and mail processing facilities until the new law is in place.
Tags: Joe Lieberman , Susan Collins , Scott Brown , Tom Carper , Darrell Issa , USPS , House , Senate , Congress , budget
USPS plan to set up own health plan faces lawmakers' skepticism
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe testified today before a House subcommittee saying a USPS-sponsored plan would save $7 billion a year. Such a plan, Donahoe said, would offer equal or better coverage to current employees and retirees.
Tags: USPS , pay and benefits , House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , Congress , Stephen Lynch , Darryl Issa , Walton Francis , retirement , FEHBP
USPS supporter in Senate criticizes postmaster general
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a staunch USPS supporter, takes Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to task for pursuing a plan to close thousands of postal facilities in order to save $7.1 billion annually.
Tags: USPS , Postal Service , Susan Collins , Senate , Congress , Jason Miller , Joe Lieberman , Tom Carper
Postal Service plan proposes own health plan, workforce cuts
The Postal Service's strategic five-year plan proposes cutting the workforce by 155,000 by 2016 and creating its own health benefit program for employees and retirees to return to financial stability.
Tags: Joe Corbett , pay and benefits , USPS , FEHBP ,
Post office: $18B loss without cuts, rate increase
In a letter to Congress, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe described an updated five-year cost-cutting plan put together in coordination with Wall Street adviser Evercore Partners Inc.
Postal Service posts $3.3B loss for the quarter
The Postal Service said large losses would continue until the agency can trim its workforce, close some facilities, and restructure its healthcare program. The Postal Service posted a total loss of $5.1 billion in fiscal 2011.
Tags: USPS , Joe Corbett , financial management , Congress , Darrell Issa , Emily Kopp , budget
VIDEO: Protesters interrupt Postmaster General Donahoe's speech
Protesters marched outside the National Press Club Monday before luncheon featuring Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. They shouted, "Hey ho! Donahoe has got to go!" and carried signs that said, "Save America's Postal Service."
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Tweets from Donahoe's address at National Press Club
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe brought the latest news of the Postal Service's future at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday.
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US Postal Service to default on second $5B payment
Tags: USPS , default , Congress , budget
Postal service needs big regulatory changes to survive, experts say
Congress, unions, new Postmaster General all agree current payment structure for retirees is killing chances of USPS survival.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Co , Tom Carper , Tom Coburn , USPS , CSRS , FERS , pay and benefits
