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Agency Oversight

Trump revisits plan to privatize USPS, a first-term goal that didn’t go far

House Republicans, especially those in support of Trump’s incoming Department of Government Efficiency, expressed support for privatizing some USPS operations.

Open Season

Exclusive OPM extends Open Season for enrollees in new Postal insurance program

Open Season

Postal union calls for Open Season extension after members see enrollment issues

Agency Oversight

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

Benefits

USPS employees, retirees feel ‘angst’ as OPM builds postal-only health insurance marketplace

Federal Report

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

Workforce

USPS vows no layoffs in its network consolidation effort

USPS coronavirus

Workforce

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

USPS, delivery network, regulators, USPS OIG

Agency Oversight

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

Louis DeJoy, USPS Postmaster General

Hiring/Retention

Postal unions demand USPS ramp up hiring to address understaffing

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)

Agency Oversight

USPS reform bill offering 'much-needed reset' on its finances passes Senate

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Unions

An update from the Postal union at center of the test kit delivery program

FILE - In this April 8, 2020 file photo, a City of Milwaukee Election Commission worker processes and sorts absentee ballots for Wisconsin's primary election, in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. U.S. Postal Service warnings that it can’t guarantee ballots sent by mail will arrive on time have put a spotlight on the narrow timeframes most states allow to request and return those ballots. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, File)

Workforce

UPDATED: USPS, exempt from federal vaccine requirements, sees uptick of employees in quarantine

United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on "Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal Service on Sustainable Financial Footing" on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Agency Oversight

USPS outlines reform plan to 'break even' within 10 years

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Workforce

USPS package surge keeps agency afloat, but puts toll on employees

In this March 1, 2017 photo, Elon Trustee Louis DeJoy is honored with Elon's Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership in Elon. N.C. DeJoy, a Republican fundraiser and prolific political donor from North Carolina, will be the next postmaster general. DeJoy of Greensboro, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was the unanimous pick of the U.S. Postal Service's Board of Governors, which made the announcement.
(Kim Walker/Elon University via AP)

Management

USPS warns staff of temporary mail delays as it cuts ‘soaring' delivery costs

USPS coronavirus

Agency Oversight

USPS urges supervisors to grant 'liberal sick leave' during coronavirus pandemic

USPS coronavirus

Agency Oversight

House passes smaller USPS reform bill to eliminate pre-funding benefits

Jennifer Wexton, Scott Surovell

Federal Newscast

New bill to provide financial help to feds during government shutdowns

Row of outdoors mailboxes in NY, USA

Management

Trump administration seeks to restructure, then privatize Postal Service

USPS, delivery network, regulators, USPS OIG

Agency Oversight

What does USPS do, anyway? WH postal task force aims to redefine its mission

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Federal Drive

Mark Dimondstein: Postal union pleased with NLRB decision

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Federal Drive

Mark Dimondstein: New direction for USPS in new administration?