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Federal Newscast

GOP senators put hold on over 40 Biden nominees

Half of the Biden nominees are waiting to serve as federal judges.

People

USPS board's governors now mostly Biden picks following latest Senate confirmations

Management

New USPS board chairman supports DeJoy, 'self-sustaining' operating model

People

Biden seeks to replace 2 Trump picks on USPS Board of Governors

Agency Oversight

USPS outlines $8B infrastructure investment in 2022 as sign of 'bright future'

Management

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

Federal Newscast

Federal robocallers must now have consent to drop you a line

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 file photo from March 10, 2020, Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio. The presidential election outlook in the Buckeye State has gotten a little nuttier. Ohio Republicans are trying to rally and present a united front heading into their party's national convention, following a week when one of their best-known politicians spoke for Biden to the Democrats' convention, and their state attorney general challenged President Donald Trump about his mail policy. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)

Federal Newscast

Former VP Joe Biden lays out plan for USPS, should he be elected

A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. A half-million census takers head out en mass this week to knock on the doors of households that haven't yet responded to the 2020 census. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Federal Newscast

Census Bureau short on enumerators officials said were needed

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. After months of hearing President Donald Trump denigrate mail-in balloting, Republicans in the critical battleground state now find themselves far behind Democrats in the perennial push to urge their voters to vote remotely. While Democrats have doubled the number of their voters who've asked for a mail ballot compared to 2016, Republicans have only increased by about 20% since the same time. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Agency Oversight

USPS seeks early retirements for non-union postal employees, management hiring freeze

Dr. Joseph Varon

Federal Newscast

Over 20k military members have now been diagnosed with coronavirus

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)

Management

USPS board nominees see no 'easy answers,' but common ground for postal reform

USPS, FEHB, PSHB, 2025 budget

Workforce

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

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People

Postmaster general postpones retirement as board continues search for successor

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2016, file photo, the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover headquarter building in Washington. An FBI terrorism investigation that concluded last week with a 20-year prison sentence is atypical since it involves a defendant in the United States receiving funds from abroad to commit an attack locally. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Federal Newscast

GAO says GSA is underreporting how much it spent on federal real estate

Michael McDonald

Agency Oversight

USPS board finally reaches quorum as 10-year postal reform plan comes into focus

Danny Joe delivers mail as it rains in San Bruno Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Joe has worked for the United States Postal Service for twenty years and said this was the worst storm he's ever worked through. (AP Photo/Alex Washburn)

All News

Postal Service's future uncertain with empty Board of Governors

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Emily Kopp, Reporter, Federal News Radio

Congress

Senate gridlock forces Postal board into emergency committee