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Agency Oversight

Biden signs USPS reform legislation into law, as agency seeks higher mail prices

President Joe Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act into law Wednesday. The House and Senate passed the bill with strong bipartisan support last month.

Management

Biden's USPS board nominees plan to oversee reforms envisioned by Congress

Agency Oversight

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

Federal Report

Status update: Your future health premiums, Social Security’s ‘evil twins'

Benefits

USPS reform bill now avoids higher health premiums for other federal employees

Agency Oversight

USPS pilot expands postal banking services after years of skepticism

Management

Business groups support proposed postal reforms under some conditions

USPS, FEHB, PSHB, 2025 budget

Management

USPS sends first RIF notices to non-union employees, seeks to raise mail prices above inflation

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, a U.S. flag flies at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. The United States is renewing calls for the Cuban government to determine the source of “attacks” on U.S. diplomats in Cuba that have affected some two dozen people. At a senior-level meeting with Cuban officials in Washington on June 14, 2018, the State Department said it had again raised the issue, which has prompted a significant reduction in staffing at the U.S. Embassy in Havana.(AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

Federal Newscast

Senators want to provide financial aid for those suffering from mysterious Havana Syndrome

A mailbox sits outside a U.S. Post Office building, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in the Susquehanna Township section of Harrisburg, Pa. U.S. Postal Service inspectors found just 13 ballots during an Election Day sweep of processing centers ordered by a federal judge, all of them in Pennsylvania. Court documents filed Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, say the ballots were then expedited for delivery to local election offices. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Agency Oversight

DeJoy asks Congress, Biden administration to fix ‘unsustainable business model’

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)

Agency Oversight

USPS drafting 'ambitious plan' to cut delivery network costs after election

FILE - In this July 7, 2020, file photo a woman wearing gloves drops off a mail-in ballot at a drop box in Hackensack, N.J. With the Trump administration openly trying to undermine mail-in voting this fall, some election officials around the country are hoping to bypass the Postal Service by installing lots of ballot drop boxes in libraries, community centers and other public places. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Federal Report

Don’t mess with the US Mail!

USPS

Budget

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

USPS coronavirus

Agency Oversight

USPS begins search for new postmaster general amid 13 years of net losses

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Agency Oversight

USPS stakeholders consider postal reform amid congressional inaction

Agency Oversight

Trump's USPS privatization plan gets bipartisan pushback from House lawmakers

Michael McDonald

Federal Report

Mandatory Medicare Part B and postal reform

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2011 file photo, a customer places first class stamps on envelopes at a U.S. Post Office in San Jose, Calif. The U.S. Postal Service is hoping it can soon raise stamp prices by a penny or more. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Agency Oversight

Postal regulatory agency to conclude postage review this fall

postal service, Megan Brennan

Management

Postal Service seeks 'firmer financial footing' from Congress, new appointments from Trump

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Congress

House committee declares 'big day' for postal reform

Michael McDonald

Workforce

Postal Service reports $200M loss, despite increase in package delivery

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Workforce

Postal reform legislation continues momentum with union support

Jason Chaffetz

Congress

Chaffetz: Postal reform bill needed to reform 'unsustainable' trajectory