USPS

USPS board member urges agency to slow network changes over persistent mail delays

A key member of the USPS Board of Governors is calling on the agency to slow down its network modernization plans, citing persistent mail delays.

Agency Oversight

USPS, delivery network, regulators, USPS OIG

26 senators tell USPS to ‘pause all changes’ to delivery network until regulator’s review

Agency Oversight

USPS, postal service, postal service inspectors

Postal Service fights back against crime

Management

USPS unions, top House Democrat back bill setting harsher sentences for robbing letter carriers

Unions

Exclusive

DeJoy says USPS needs to get ‘better faster’ under reform plan, or risk running out of cash

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump says he's open to an investigation of DeJoy after some of DeJoy's former employees said they felt pressured to donate to GOP candidates.(Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

USPS sees $2B loss for quarter, but DeJoy says agency’s best days still ‘in the future’

Agency Oversight

USPS outlines plan to ‘aggressively’ reduce carbon footprint by 2030

Agency Oversight

With electric postal trucks, logistics are all about charging stations

Agency Oversight

A mailbox is seen in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Postal Service has changed more than you think in the last 20 years

Management

Houston leads nation in dogs biting letter carriers

Federal Newscast

Working Sundays at USPS? Former mail carrier tells SCOTUS that’s against his religion

Workforce

State Department looking to pay college students who speak fluent computer

In today’s Federal Newscast — Special delivery: Louis DeJoy brings joy to postal managers with a 3% pay raise. There appears to be no end in sight trying…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2020 file photo, postal workers load their mail delivery vehicles at the Panorama city post office in Los Angeles. The Nov. 3 election will test California's commitment to voting by mail as the nation's most populous state will offer fewer in-person polling places hoping it will convince more people to cast ballots from the safety of their mailboxes during a pandemic. If it doesn't work, the state could see long lines and frustrated voters on Election Day compounded by coronavirus protocols that will make voting in person slower in a year expected to draw a big turnout. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Postal workers reminded they cannot profit from speeches, articles or books about official duties

In today’s Federal Newscast: It looks like DoD might be underreporting what it’s spending on cloud services. CISA can expect a huge budget increase next year.

Federal Newscast

Five ways to improve FOIA estimated completion dates

Open Data/Transparency

Agency public information officers can take advantage of setting estimated dates of completion to identify unwanted pages and speed up processing times.