USPS

Postal Service fights back against crime

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) recently gave an update on its Project Safe Delivery.

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

(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

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

Federal Newscast

Five ways to improve FOIA estimated completion dates

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

Open Data/Transparency

In this image from video, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks on the House floor, Thursday, July 23, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ocasio-Cortez's objections to a Republican lawmaker's verbal assault on her expanded Thursday as she and other Democrats took to the House floor to demand an end to a sexist culture of “accepting violence and violent language against women.” Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., is seated right. (House Television via AP)

House, Senate Dems want to allow Postal Service to do more banking activities

In today’s Federal Newscast, House and Senate Democrats press the rest of Congress to let the Postal Service get into the banking business.

Federal Newscast