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D.C. District Court Clarifies Employees' Obligation to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Before Filing in Court
To have jurisdiction in a federal court, a federal employee must show that he exhausted his administrative remedies by allowing the agency and/or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to process the case. Trouble arises in cases where a federal employee exhausted his administrative remedies for the underlying discrimination complaint, but not for claims of retaliation.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
When the Prize is Safety, Every Employee Wins
What's up? Letter carriers and retail associates in their crisp blue uniforms, rural carriers and maintenance employees in casual attire, and managers and dignitaries in suits mingle around the staging area shaking hands and patting each other on the back.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Kentucky Rail Museum Opens Railway Mail Service Car
Racing across this vast nation, Railway Postal Clerks sorted mail aboard specially retrofitted train cars. The Railway Mail Service revolutionized the way mail was processed and distributed for more than a century.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Planning Ahead: Getting Holiday Greetings To Our Troops On Time
If you are mailing to a loved-one serving in the military, it's a good idea to know the 2009 mail-by dates — some are less than a month away.
Posted: October 27, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Supporting American Troops
The Postal Service has worked with the American and Vietnam Veterans of America launched a community fund drive and purchased food, clothing, stationery and phone cards to send to members of the military from the local area.
Posted: October 26, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Love Arrives in a Military Care Package
It could be the plot of a romance novel — Pennsylvania woman sends care package to soldier serving his country in Iraq. They correspond, they fall in love and they marry one month after he returns safety from the war zone.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Environmental Stewardship at the Postal Service
The Postal Service has 220,000 vehicles on the road to transport and deliver mail, and more than 34,000 facilities. The agency's "direct" carbon footprint is only one-twentieth of 1 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions in America.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Letter Carriers Honored for Heroism
Harrisburg, PA, Keystone Station Letter Carrier Tim Foote was named the 2009 National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Hero of the Year for saving his neighbor's life during a fire. Foote and five other carriers were honored at a reception held recently in Washington, DC.
Posted: October 16, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Divorce, Health Insurance and a Retired Federal Employee
A divorced spouse of a retired federal employee has been frustrated in her attempts to continue her coverage under his federal health insurance policy even though she had a court order requiring her ex-husband to "continue to pay...the premiums due on the medical" policy.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Postmaster by day Comedian, Artist and Illustrator by Night
Earl Musick is a husband, father, Postmaster, professional cartoonist and illustrator, comedian, spokesperson and ghost writer.
Posted: October 13, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
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