Louis DeJoy

USPS falling behind on financial goals for FY 2023, doubles projected losses

The Postal Service’s latest financial report shows a difficult start to the calendar year, considering the agency just wrapped up its busy year-end holiday…

Agency Oversight

USPS commits $1.2B to lay foundation for its mostly electric next-gen fleet

Management

USPS outlines plan to address ‘dramatic escalation’ in letter carrier robberies

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, mail delivery vehicles are parked outside a post office in Boys Town, Neb. The U.S. Postal Service says it has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles. That keeps the Postal Service on track for taking delivery of the first of the electric- and gas-powered delivery vehicles next year. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 that the completion of an evaluation required by the National Environmental Policy Act is an important milestone for postal carriers who’ve soldiered on with overworked delivery trucks that went into service from 1987 to 1994. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

USPS commits to 75% electric vehicles in next-gen fleet with nearly $10B spending plan

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, workers at the Gwinnett County Georgia elections headquarters process absentee ballots for Georgia's Senate runoff election in Lawrenceville, Ga. When voters in Florida and Georgia request mailed ballots next year, they will have to make sure they do one more thing before sending it in: provide proof of identification. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Bill requiring barcodes on ballots sent via USPS gets bipartisan support

Agency Oversight

(AP Photo/David Goldman)

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, file photo, packages wait to be sorted in a Post Office as U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Michael McDonald, gathers mail to load into his truck before making his delivery run, in Atlanta. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 it is revamping its priority mail program as part of its efforts to raise revenue and drive new growth in its package delivery business. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

USPS demand for seasonal workers drops after building up career workforce for holidays

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. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)

USPS expects to fall short of ‘break even’ goal amid high inflation, employee retirement costs

Agency Oversight

A U.S. Postal Service truck makes deliveries next to the Supreme Court on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Washington. President Donald Trump says he's planning an aggressive legal strategy to try prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the three days after the election, a matter that could find its way to the high court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

USPS, ready for 2022 midterm elections, dinged by federal judge for 2020 shortcomings

Agency Oversight

USPS looks to raise first-class stamp price to 63 cents in January 2023

Agency Oversight

The Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters for the State Department, is seen in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

State Department looking to pay college students who speak fluent computer

Federal Newscast

USPS awards 3% pay raise to non-bargaining management employees

Pay

FILE - People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions leftover to pay down federal deficits. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Soon we’ll know how long the Continuing Resolution will be

A government shutdown in three weeks is unlikely, but Congress still has to work out details of a continuing resolution. Then there’s the matter of that…

Congress

Postal inspectors confer outside of a postal facility in Burlingame, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 26. 2018. FBI spokesman Prentice Danner says a suspicious package seized at this facility near San Francisco and addressed to billionaire political activist Tom Steyer has several similarities to 13 explosive devices that were addressed to prominent Democrats across the country. When asked if authorities believe the package found Friday is related to the others, Danner said the

USPS ‘actively defunding’ its police force amid spike in postal crime, associations warn lawmakers

USPS is experiencing a spike in postal crime that further hurts employee recruitment and retention, postal associations told lawmakers.

Workforce

Mail handler Rolanda Ramos sorts through mail at the United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005. Today is the busiest delivery day of the year for the postal service, according to Jim Larkin of the USPS, who estimates approximately 15 million pieces of mail being shipped. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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

Agency Oversight

The Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to consolidate the delivery operations of more than 200 post offices and other facilities into large, regional hubs.