American Postal Workers Union

FEHB, OPM, GAO costs, Stethoscope and money on wooden table representing health care, FEHB plans.

There’s a catch in USPS insurance program for Medicare-eligible retirees

USPS annuitants who opt out of Medicare Part D will lose underlying prescription drug coverage, according to OPM’s regulations.

Open Season

DeJoy says USPS network needs ‘major’ overhaul. But union, senators wary of impact

Agency Oversight

Postal Service crackdown on theft not delivering

Federal Newscast

USPS previews ‘massive-scale’ changes, but regulator demands more details

Agency Oversight

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Postal FEHB enrollees feel ‘angst’ as OPM builds USPS-only health insurance marketplace

Benefits

USPS sees ‘massive turnover’ in non-career workers as union protests short-staffing

Federal Report

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FILE - In this July 31, 2020, file photo, letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility in McLean, Va. A U.S. judge on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide. The judge called them

USPS vows no layoffs in its ongoing network consolidation effort

Workforce

USPS reform law sought to ease financial burdens. A year later, what’s changed?

Workforce

FILE - A worker carries a large parcel at the United States Postal Service sorting and processing facility Nov. 18, 2021, in Boston. Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation that approached House approval Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

USPS tightens online security after fraudsters steal employees’ paychecks

Pay

USPS, delivery network, regulators, USPS OIG

USPS flags more than 200 sites where it plans to consolidate delivery functions

Agency Oversight

USPS pulls plug on prior impact studies as latest consolidation plan comes into focus

Workforce

Postal unions demand USPS ramp up hiring to address understaffing

The National Association of Letter Carriers and the American Postal Workers Union are calling for USPS to increase hiring, adding that long-term understaffing…

Hiring/Retention

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

USPS, postal union defends check-cashing pilot despite lack of customers

Management

The Postal Service is defending a nearly yearlong check-cashing pilot, despite a quiet rollout and a lack of customers.