Stephen Lynch

A postal worker loads a delivery vehicle at the United States Post Office in Cranberry Township, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Committee approves $12B for USPS, GSA to adopt electric vehicles

The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday approved $12 billion for federal electric vehicles as part of the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation…

Facilities/Construction

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Bipartisan USPS reform bill with a ‘good chance’ of becoming law passes House committee

Agency Oversight

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United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on

USPS 10-year plan looks to redefine ‘unachievable’ service standards

Agency Oversight

In this Feb. 5, 2016, photo, a mail clerk at the Wynne Unit of the Texas prison system makes her way through a box of letters for inmates in Huntsville, Texas. Every piece of mail is checked for contraband, like drugs hidden under stamps, or messages or words in correspondence that suggest violence or escape plans, as well as attempts by convicts to profit from some enterprise or business while behind bars. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

USPS reduces morning office time for letter carriers for ‘more consistent delivery’

Management

FILE - This March 27, 2008, aerial file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon is reconsidering its awarding of a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft after rival tech giant Amazon protested what it called a flawed bidding process. U.S. government lawyers said in a court filing this week of March 13, 2020 that the Defense Department “wishes to reconsider its award decision” and take another look at how it evaluated technical aspects of the companies' proposals to run the $10 billion computing project. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon to use Defense Production Act for $133 million in N95 masks

DoD Reporter's Notebook

USPS requests $75B amid pandemic to recover from ‘steep’ drop in mail volume

Agency Oversight

Telework is saving some agencies millions, but too few are measuring the decreases

Workforce

Postal reforms receive stamp of approval from House committee

Congress

House investigation reaches top of the TSA food chain

Congress

House lawmakers to OPM: Security clearance reforms headed for disaster

Congress

FMA lauds House bill to help veteran feds

Congress

House panel debates merits of Senior Exec Service, comes down hard on VA

In examining the viability of the Senior Executive Service, House members called out the Veterans Affairs’ compensation program, with a pledge to introduce…

Congress

Is low employee morale ‘compromising’ the federal government?

In the wake of across-the-board budget cuts, furloughs and slim — or no — annual pay raises, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform…

Congress

What can USPS learn from TRICARE in funding retiree health care costs?

Congress

As lawmakers consider efforts to shore up the Postal Service’s financial footing, there’s still widespread disagreement over whether the current requirement for the agency prefunding requirement is fiscally responsible, as Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) argued during a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing Thursday, or an “onerous mandate” only required of the Postal Service, as Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) contended.

Stephen Lynch

Committee approves $12B for USPS, GSA to adopt electric vehicles

Bipartisan USPS reform bill with a ‘good chance’ of becoming law passes House committee

USPS 10-year plan looks to redefine ‘unachievable’ service standards

USPS reduces morning office time for letter carriers for ‘more consistent delivery’

Pentagon to use Defense Production Act for $133 million in N95 masks

USPS requests $75B amid pandemic to recover from ‘steep’ drop in mail volume

Telework is saving some agencies millions, but too few are measuring the decreases

Postal reforms receive stamp of approval from House committee

House investigation reaches top of the TSA food chain

House lawmakers to OPM: Security clearance reforms headed for disaster

FMA lauds House bill to help veteran feds

House panel debates merits of Senior Exec Service, comes down hard on VA

Is low employee morale ‘compromising’ the federal government?

What can USPS learn from TRICARE in funding retiree health care costs?

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