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Postmaster General urges quick action in lame duck session
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe says his number one priority is seeing legislation passed in the upcoming lame-duck session of Congress that will help the U.S. Postal Service get out of debt. In an exclusive interview with Federal News Radio, Donahoe details the latest on the agency's financial situation, buyouts, the consolidation of mail processing centers, and its plan to cut window hours at half of its post offices across the country.
Tags: budget , retirement , POSTPlan , Metro Post , Congress , buyouts , Patrick Donahoe , postal reform , mail processing centers , exclusive , Julia Ziegler
Air traffic controllers and more
Trish Gilbert, executive vice president of the
National Air Traffic Controllers Association,
joins host Mike Causey on today's show. Mike
will also talk about the upcoming elections with
writers from the Federal Times.
October 31, 2012
Tags: pay and benefits , 2012 election , trish gilbert , National Air Traffic Controllers Association , Federal Times , retirement , Mike Causey , Your Turn
USPS aims to deliver mail in DC after Hurricane Sandy
Postal Service employees will attempt to deliver mail the day after superstorm Sandy hit the D.C. region.
Tags: Hurricane Sandy , workforce , closures
Open season means more than choosing health insurance
John Montague talks about life insurance and Sean Reilly discuses the U.S. Postal Service's finances and more this week on Your Turn.
Tags: pay and benefits , Open Season , life insurance , Social Security , Your Turn with Mike Causey , John Montague , Sean Reilly , WAEPA , Federal Times
USPS hits borrowing limit for first time
The U.S. Postal Service hit its $15 billion borrowing limit for the first time late last month, the agency confirmed. The Wall Street Journal first reported earlier this week that the USPS reached the limit on the amount of money it can borrow from the Treasury Department and is now dependent solely on its own revenue to sustain operations.
Tags: budget , Jack Moore , David Partenheimer , Congress , Darrell Issa
USPS pension surplus due to wrong salary assumptions, IG finds
Currently, more than 70 percent of postal craft employees have already reached the top of their pay scale, according to the USPS Office of the Inspector General.
Tags: pay and benefits , retirement , David Partenheimer , Jon Foley , OPM , FERS , Jolie Lee
$hrinking buyouts: An offer you can't refuse?
Do you have something that is shrinking with age? If you are with the Postal Service, its the size of your buyouts, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. They are getting smaller all the time. Is this a trend feds in other agencies need to watch? Is it the precursor of an offer you can't refuse.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , retirement , buyouts , workforce ,
Phased retirement, postal buyouts, VA problems
Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller
and Federal Times Senior Writers Stephen Losey and
Sean Reilly join host Mike Causey to talk about
phased retirements, sequestration and more.
October 3, 2012
Tags: pay and benefits , leave bank , Retirements , phased retirements , feds-feed-feds program , Stephen Losey , Sean Reilly , Federal Times , Department of Veterans Affairs , sequestration , Your Turn , Mike Causey
USPS defaults a second time as legislation stalls
For the second time in as many months, the cash- strapped U.S. Postal Service says it will default on a required payment to fund future postal retirees' health benefits. The announcement comes after the agency similarly missed a $5.5 billion payment last month, and as longterm legislative solutions languish in Congress.
Tags: Congress , budget , postal default , Darrell Issa , Tom Carper , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
USPS agrees to buyout plan with postal workers union
The service will offer $15,000 incentive that would be paid out over two installments to retirement-eligible employees.
Tags: workforce , APWU , retirement , early out , buyouts , Jason Miller
