As President Joe Biden and the new Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives face off over the debt ceiling and government spending, more Americans say they have favorable than unfavorable opinions of many agencies and departments of the federal government. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/03/30/americans-feel-favorably-about-many-federal-agencies-especially-the-park-service-postal-service-and-nasa/

The Postal Regulatory Commission today established Public Inquiry Docket No. PI2023-4 (PI2023-4) to provide a forum to gather information, provide transparency, and learn more about the Postal Service’s Delivering for America strategic initiatives that may have a significant impact on the postal community. https://www.prc.gov/press-releases/prc-initiates-public-inquiry-proceeding-gather-information-changes-postal-networ

The Postal Service is telling its 635,000-employee workforce that an ongoing effort to consolidate its delivery network won’t result in layoffs. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2023/04/usps-vows-no-layoffs-in-its-ongoing-network-consolidation-effort/

The U.S. Postal Service said on Thursday it has cut projected losses through 2031 by more than half after winning financial relief from Congress, instituting regular price hikes and adopting reforms. https://www.reuters.com/business/us-postal-service-shrinks-forecast-losses-it-hikes-prices-2023-04-27/

An offer USPS couldn’t refuse

The stamps showcase photographs of endangered animals found within the 50 states and U.S. territories, as well as two North American species living near U.S. borders. https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2023/0419ma-postal-service-spotlights-endangered-species.htm

President Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (PSRA) into law in April 2022. Since then, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in conjunction with the Postal Service, has been working to implement a new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program, as required under the new law. PSHB is a unique, separate program…

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