Megan Brennan

House-passed infrastructure bill gives USPS $25B for e-vehicles, facility updates

The Moving Forward Act would require USPS to replace its fleet of Grumman Long-Life Vehicles with at least 75% “electric or zero-emission vehicles.”

Congress

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (Kim Walker/Elon University via AP)

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)

New postmaster general outlines USPS ‘trajectory for success’ amid financial challenges

People

USPS

USPS board set to lose quorum as deputy postmaster general resigns

Agency Oversight

USPS package ‘surge’ amid pandemic not expected to help bottom line

Agency Oversight

(GettyImages/Bloomberg/Luke Sharrett)

USPS board names logistics executive as new postmaster general

Agency Oversight

House coalition sees public support for USPS as leverage for emergency funding negotiations

Agency Oversight

In this Feb. 5, 2016, photo, a mail clerk at the Wynne Unit of the Texas prison system makes her way through a box of letters for inmates in Huntsville, Texas. Every piece of mail is checked for contraband, like drugs hidden under stamps, or messages or words in correspondence that suggest violence or escape plans, as well as attempts by convicts to profit from some enterprise or business while behind bars. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Trump sets ultimatum for USPS to raise prices before approving $10B emergency loan

Agency Oversight

USPS requests $75B amid pandemic to recover from ‘steep’ drop in mail volume

Agency Oversight

In this June 14, 2018, file photo, Elston Bradshaw, a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service closes a mail truck door after delivering mail to an apartment complex in Aventura, Fla. Amazon’s Prime shipping program set the pace for shoppers’ expectations, and the nation’s largest online player continues to look for new ways to keep up with shoppers’ demands. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

USPS reports postal employees’ deaths from coronavirus, ‘not immune’ to financial downturn

Workforce

Updated: House coronavirus spending bill gives USPS $25B, wipes slate on its Treasury debt

Agency Oversight

USPS preps for coronavirus with updated pandemic flu plan

Agency Oversight

White House dusts off USPS reform plan to save $97B in 11 years

Postal unions dismissed some of the recommendations as a “shot in the dark” when the task force, led by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, released…

Budget

USPS ‘nearly breaking even’ if House-passed reform bill becomes law

While the USPS Fairness Act would remove an “onerous requirement” for USPS to pre-fund its retiree health benefits, the legislation by itself would…

Congress

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

Agency Oversight

After years of broader postal reform bills failing to pass, the House this week will vote on a measure to repeal the Postal Service’s mandate to pre-fund health care benefits for future retirees.