Postal Service

USPS brings back holiday surcharge in bid to boost package revenue

USPS expects these temporary price increases will help it bring in $77 million in additional package revenue in FY 2025.

Agency Oversight

Postmaster general is confident about ability to process mail-in ballots

Workforce

USPS touts ‘net positive’ for customers in next phase of network modernization, but longer waits for some

Agency Oversight

USPS mailboxes are seen in Annapolis, Md.

USPS is growing its workforce, but a ‘retirement wave’ may be coming soon, watchdog warns

Hiring/Retention

(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

77 House lawmakers press USPS to adopt stricter extreme heat protections for employees

Workforce

Higher USPS revenue ‘still not enough’ to outpace costs, DeJoy tells board

Agency Oversight

USPS regulator says ‘no more important time’ for stronger oversight of agency’s sweeping changes

Workforce

FEHB, OPM, GAO costs, Stethoscope and money on wooden table representing health care, FEHB plans.

There’s a catch in USPS insurance program for Medicare-eligible retirees

Open Season

USPS supervisors fear ‘exodus’ among their ranks, but data shows high retention

Hiring/Retention

DeJoy: USPS setting higher prices part of changes needed to fix ‘broken business model’

Agency Oversight

Amid crime surge, USPS law enforcement relying on ‘outdated’ data to justify staffing

Agency Oversight

USPS hits pause on some modernization plans

The Postal Service will hold off until January 2025 on its decision to move mail processing to larger regional hubs.

Federal Newscast

USPS rejects calls for regulator to weigh in on now-paused network modernization plans

USPS is rejecting calls for its regulator to scrutinize network modernization plans — although it concedes such a review may be legally required later on.

Agency Oversight

DeJoy agrees to pause some USPS facility changes until 2025

Agency Oversight

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says USPS will pause plans to move of mail processing operations at facilities across the country until January 2025.