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The Postal Service says its competitive package business is growing, following its busy year-end holiday season.
In today's Federal Newscast: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy rejoices over the booming USPS package business. The National Treasury Employees Union sounds the alarm over a potential government shutdown. And with a partial government shutdown a week away, the Senate considers a short-term continuing resolution.
The Postal Service has one of the most diverse workforces in the U.S., but a recent watchdog report finds that diversity doesn’t always reflect in its leadership ranks.
The United Postmasters and Managers Association and National Association of Postal Supervisors agreed to new salary ranges proposed by USPS.
The National Rural Letter Carriers Association filed a national-level grievance this week over the Postal Service’s “repeated failure to pay rural carriers correctly and on time.”
A postal union and the head of a Senate committee overseeing USPS are pressing the agency for more details about its sweeping network changes.
In today's Federal Newscast: Stamp prices will go up again, for the fifth time since 2021. A new IARPA program will try to expose perpetrators behind cyber attacks based on coding styles. And the Defense Department is seeking to update its acquisition regulations.
A Postal Service timekeeping error will prevent a couple thousand rural carriers from receiving their regular paycheck on time this week.
The Office of Personnel Management faces a tight deadline to set up a new health insurance marketplace for Postal Service employees and retirees to enroll in new plans, starting next year.
The Postal Service, citing higher costs beyond its control, is falling behind on plans to reach long-term financial stability.
The Postal Service’s law enforcement division is staffing up to respond to a “sustained crime wave,” and is taking steps to make USPS employees and collection boxes a harder target for criminals.
USPS says many of the more than 50,000 impacted rural carriers have been made whole, and that, “with limited exceptions,” it paid carriers what they were owed within one or two pay periods.
The Postal Service is seeing a surge in mail thefts and letter carrier robberies. But the agency’s watchdog office finds the agency and its law enforcement branch, the Postal Inspection Service, aren’t making full use of their resources to address postal crime.
In today's Federal Newscast: Federal cyber specialists have a new Top 10 List for what not to do when it comes to protecting your network. The Defense Department provides insight into its first awards under the JWCC vehicle. And the Postal Service crackdown on theft is not delivering.