Postal Service
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With a large national presence and more than 33,000 facilities, the Postal Service takes steps daily to minimize its environmental impact. We learn more from USPS\'s Jennifer Beiro-Reveille.
October 06, 2010 -
How much mail would the USPS have to handle to turn a profit? We get an update about a recent study from Renee Sheehy, an economist with the Office of the Inspector General at the Postal Service
October 05, 2010 -
Tight security measures both tighten the leashes of executives, while driving them out of the office.
October 04, 2010 -
The first electric vehicle joined the Postal Service fleet in 1899, more than 100 years ago, after proving to be more efficient than a horse and buggy. USPS\'s Sam Pulcrano tells us how that tradition carries on today.
October 04, 2010 -
The Postal Service is reeling from the decision by the Postal Rate Commission not to increase the price to mail a letter. USPS was hoping to use the rate hike to help close the $7 billion deficit it faces this year. The service continues to face reduced volume, more people using the Internet and legal barriers to changing key parts of its business mode.
October 04, 2010 -
The financially collapsing USPS must pay $5.5 billion each year to prefund its retiree health benefits. There is no penalty if USPS doesn\'t pay, Washington Post reports. But as the nation\'s second largest employer, if USPS can\'t make the $5.5 billion payment, who can?
September 29, 2010 -
A bill by Sen. Thomas Carper (D-Del.) aims to save the Postal Service from mounting debt with the POST Act.
September 24, 2010 -
Congress is back in town today after an extended summer break. What it\'ll find, in addition to a stack of unfinished business, is the career federal workforce which has been toiling away keeping things running.
September 03, 2010 -
A flexible, agile Postal Service will be needed to adapt to changing mailing preferences and to increase the opportunity to consolidate redundant retail facilities. Details from USPS\'s Mike Magalski, Director of Network Optimization.
August 26, 2010 -
Learn more about a possible debt reduction option
August 24, 2010 -
Some call it the Ft. Knox for stamps. The Stamp Fulfillment Center is located in a cave in Missouri and houses millions of dollars in stamps. Manager Khalid Hussain explains why he thinks he\'s got one pretty cool federal job in this installment of our Cool Jobs in Government series.
August 11, 2010 -
Despite cutting 100,000 jobs over the past two years, CFO Joe Corbett tells Federal News Radio the USPS may not be able to stay liquid much past the next year.
August 06, 2010 -
Learn more about the Postal Service\'s efforts to curb costs
August 02, 2010 -
Worksharing has grown so much and so fast at the Postal Service, it has created unintended consequences. We get details from Mohammad Adra is with the Office of Inspector General at the Postal Service.
July 20, 2010 -
July 12th and 14th Given our size, we have an obligation to embrace green ways of doing business. It\'s our objective to ultimately become known as a world class sustainability leader.
July 16, 2010