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Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Nye, a number of famous people have worked for the U.S. Postal Service since its inception.
Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
The U.S. Postal Service says it has "broad bipartisan support" from Congress to ease some its financial burdens. But until that time comes, USPS doesn't have much room to improve the situation it's in.
Last September, the Postal Service’s inspector general reported on poor working conditions at a postal facility in New Mexico, finding that the heat and air conditioning hadn’t worked in six years and it had dangerous electric wiring as well as serious plumbing issues. That prompted the IG to wonder if the Postal Service had systemic facility problems. It started a series of nationwide inspections, starting with 20 facilities in the Washington D.C. area. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Keshia Trafton, OIG’s audit director, talked with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu about her office’s findings so far.
USPS' chief HR executive wants Congress to fully integrate the agency's health plans with Medicare, give the agency control of pricing, and more.
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.
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.
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.
Two postal reform bills passed the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, although not without opposition or concerns.
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.
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.
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.