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Postal Service
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The USPS is one of the government's giant operations, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey. The amount of mail traffic it handles, and the distance it will haul a letter for 49 cents puts other national postal services to shame.
July 22, 2015 -
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When you create a bureaucracy as large as the federal government, you've got to have a place for all those employees to work. From rural post offices to giant office buildings, federal workspaces have evolved over 200-plus years. As part of Federal News Radio's special report, The Federal Office of the Future, this photo gallery takes a look at the way federal offices have changed over the years.
July 16, 2015 -
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The IRS would face even greater financial constraints and federal building construction would grind nearly to a halt under a $20.2 billion FY 2016 spending bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee.
June 17, 2015 -
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There\'s been a lot of movement in the federal IT and acquisition communities over the last few weeks.
June 15, 2015 -
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, reacted to a Federal News Radio story about the financial status of the Postal Service.
June 10, 2015 -
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The U.S. Postal Service's financial problems are widely known. The solutions are still in progress and may be years away. But the problems may not be management problems. Robert Shapiro is founder and chairman of Sonecon, and former Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he said the Postal Service's problems may be incentive problems.
March 31, 2015 -
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In a recent executive order, President Barack Obama called on agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Thomas Day, the Postal Service's chief sustainability officer, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain the steps the agency is taking on doing just that.
March 30, 2015 -
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The Fiscal Year 2016 budget the House passed Wednesday calls on federal employees to make greater contributions to their retirement plans, while altering the Thrift Savings Plan's G Fund. The budget also seeks to reduce the civilian workforce by 10 percent over the next 10 years through attrition.
March 26, 2015 -
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The Postal Service doesn't want to go into banking, but the idea just won't go away, according to experts on a Brookings Institution panel.
March 25, 2015 -
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald seems to be closing the deal several secretaries of Defense and at least one postmaster general couldn't, says Federal News Radio's Francis Rose in a new commentary.
March 10, 2015 -
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The classic white Postal Service trucks are changing. The agency's trying to replace them with Next Generation Delivery Vehicles over the next three years. Phil Knoll is fleet manager of the U.S. Postal Service. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he described what the new fleet will look like.
March 04, 2015 -
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The nation's new postmaster general says the Postal Service is looking beyond its regular mail and package delivery for new sources of revenue.
February 04, 2015 -
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NARFE Legislative Director Jessica Klement and Federal Times Senior Writer Andy Medici will predict what's ahead for federal workers and retirees in 2015. January 21, 2015
January 21, 2015 -
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If you ran a business and were dedicated to delivering what others can't and won't - at bargain basement prices - would you rethink your mission? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks that question in today's column.
January 12, 2015
