Postal Service
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Mail goes nowhere without mail handlers and carriers. The Postal Service has hundred of thousands of such employees, in several unions. For many, it's a lifetime job. At headquarters, ensuring the vitality of this workforce falls to USPS Chief Human Resources Officer Jeff Williamson. He explains the scope of the work on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 19, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management says long-term care insurance members will see premiums rise by as much as 126 percent. Participants can start looking at their package options July 18.
July 18, 2016 -
In the highly competitive delivery industry, the U.S. Post Office uses any medium that will give it a marketing advantage with residential and business customers.
July 15, 2016 -
Two postal reform bills passed the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, although not without opposition or concerns.
July 13, 2016 -
The American Postal Workers Union concluded a two year contract negotiation, securing pay raises, Cost of Living Adjustments, job security commitments and more for its members.
July 12, 2016 -
The Postal Service has always delivered the mail, always will. But in recent years it's grown its package business enormously. Mainly to survive. Jim Cochrane, chief marketing and sales officer, and the former chief information officer, at USPS, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how marketing has become a core postal function.
July 11, 2016 -
Imagine getting an email with images of all the physical mail that'll be delivered to your home today. That's just one of the innovations USPS is trying in a pilot program launched in New York City.
July 08, 2016 -
Lawmakers and agency heads are looking at ways the General Services Administration can better manage and maintain federal properties and offices.
July 06, 2016 -
Imagine getting an email with images of all the physical mail that'll be delivered to your home later that day. The Postal Service is piloting the Informed Delivery system right now in New York City. That's just one innovation USPS is trying. Gary Reblin, USPS' vice president for new products and innovation, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin about a range of new products, including some for the Postal Service's bread-and-butter business.
July 05, 2016 -
Why would you want a daily email about your physical mail? According to the Postal Service, it turns out, people have lots of reasons.
July 05, 2016 -
The U.S. Postal Inspectors, one of the oldest federal law enforcement agencies, investigates mail-based crimes.
July 04, 2016 -
The U.S. Postal Inspectors, one of the oldest federal law enforcement agencies, investigates mail-based crimes.
June 28, 2016 -
Long before the internet, the U.S. had a network connecting every home in every hamlet. It's called the Postal Service. It has a richer history of innovation and technology than many people realize. Devin Leonard joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about "Neither Rain Nor Snow", a new history of USPS he authored.
June 27, 2016 -
Members of the House Oversight Committee unveiled draft legislation to reform the Postal Service. The agency is struggling to keep up with Congressional funding mandates as well as shifting volumes of mail.
June 16, 2016 -
Remember the famous line from Apollo 13: "Houston, we've got a problem?" Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says now it's Houston that has a problem.
May 12, 2016