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Postal Service Realignment Plan Lacks Accountability, Employee Buy-In And Performance Measurement

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithMay 10, 2005 8:19 AM | Updated: Feb 21, 2020 1:31 PM Categories Agency News Leave a comment

A U.S. Postal Service plan to realign its mail processing and distribution infrastructure due to increased competition, higher costs and declining mail volumes lacks accountability, stakeholder input and performance measures for results, according to GAO.

Firing or Counseling? How Does the MSPB Decide?

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithJan 13, 2005 8:07 AM | Updated: Jul 7, 2019 1:49 PM Categories Human Resources Leave a comment

Will the MSPB consider an agency’s penalty imposed against an employee? Here is an example.

Postal Service employees not told about extent of anthrax threat

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithApr 21, 2003 12:00 AM | Updated: Aug 18, 2016 4:53 PM Categories Current Events Leave a comment

The USPS acted properly when it did not release information about anthrax contamination to employees.

Postal Service May Delay Rate Increase

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithApr 7, 2003 12:00 AM | Updated: Sep 8, 2021 4:15 PM Categories Agency News Leave a comment

Legislation likely to be approved by Congress may result in delaying the next postal rate increase until 2006.

Mail Chauvinism: E-Mail and the Postal Service, Circa 1980

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithNov 6, 2002 12:00 AM | Updated: Apr 3, 2018 10:07 AM Categories Agency News Leave a comment

The future is hard to predict and even harder to conrol. In 1980, representatives of the Postal Service saw the agency retaining control of e-mail just as it does paper mail.

When Does An Agency Become A Company?

FedSmith.com author Ralph R. SmithBy Ralph R. SmithNov 5, 2002 12:00 AM | Updated: Apr 3, 2018 10:05 AM Categories Agency News Leave a comment

The Postal Service is engaging in more private enterprise ventures to the dismay of competitors.

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