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USPS faces competing interests in path to reform
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said he wants to give the struggling Postal Service more flexibility to act like a private business, including the ability to force retirement-eligible employees to step down. Meanwhile, the Postal Regulatory Commission worries the Postal Service is losing sight of its public mission.
Tags: postal rate commission , Darrell Issa , workforce , management , budget , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , postal reform , Emily Kopp , Ruth Goldway , Heritage Foundation
Foreign Service braces for budget cuts, the likelihood of USPS health plan proposal
Mike welcomes Susan Johnson of the American Foreign Service Association and Steve Losey and Sean Reilly of the Federal Times.
October 5, 2011
Tags: Your Turn , pay and benefits , Mike Causey , Steve Losey , Sean Reilly , Federal Times , budget , continuing resolution , Congress , State , Foreign Service , American Foreign Service Association , susan johnson
Feds have sacrificed enough, federal groups tell supercommittee
Postal workers and federal employees groups are urging the "supercommittee" to reject President Barack Obama's proposed increase in employee retirement contributions and support his cap on contractors' salaries. The Federal-Postal Coalition also wants lawmakers to preserve Saturday mail delivery, despite USPS' wishes.
Tags: Federal-Postal Coalition , unions , NTEU , Colleen Kelley , Barack Obama , workforce , pay and benefits , supercommittee , Emily Kopp
Wednesday morning federal headlines - Sept. 28
On today's Federal Drive: OMB takes a more hands-off approach in giving agencies 2013 budget guidance, two companies dropped their protest of an Interior Department cloud-computing contract and the USPS debt deadline is extended.
Tags: Federal Drive , Federal Drive newscast , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , OMB , budget , Jack Lew , NASA , GSA
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Tags: technology , budget , NetApp , Henry Sienkiewicz , Mike Milazzo , Dale Wickizer , john edgar , HUD , DISA
Congress to extend deadline for Postal Service debt
The Postal Service would get seven more weeks to pay a $5.5 billion debt to the Treasury under the continuing resolution passed Monday by the Senate. A House version includes the same provision. The bill is due on Friday.
Tags: continuing resolution , Congress , Tom Carper , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , budget , Emily Kopp , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , senate homeland security and governmental affairs , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Monday morning federal headlines - Sept. 26
On today's Federal Drive: A shutdown looms larger as the Senate prepares to debate a continuing resolution and DHS officials said they are committed to the headquarters consolidation effort underway at St. Elizabeth's even as funding appears uncertain.
Tags: Congress , budget , NASA , continuing resolution , health IT
McCain brings House GOP USPS reform plan to Senate
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has introduced legislation in the Senate to overhaul the struggling Postal Service. It mirrors the GOP plan approved by a House subcommittee Wednesday. It would let an independent watchdog to seize control of the agency's finances if it were more than 30 days late in paying its bills.
Tags: John McCain , Dennis Ross , Tom Carper , Susan Collins , Emily Kopp
House subcommittee pushes forward GOP plan to repair USPS
A House subcommittee markup of a bill to address the Postal Service's financial problems broke down along partisan lines. Democrats accused Republicans of using this legislation to weaken labor provisions. Republicans said Democrats would prefer bailing out the agency rather than making it sustainable. The bill now goes to the full House Oversight and Governmental Reforms Committee.
Tags: management , workforce , Darrell Issa , Elijah Cummings , Dennis Ross , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Barack Obama , Tom Carper , FERS , budget , Emily Kopp
