"...The Postal Service may provide voluntary separation incentive payments to employees of the Postal Service who voluntarily separate from service before October 1, 2015 (including payments to employees who retire under section 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, before October 1, 2015), which may not exceed the maximum amount provided under section 3523(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code, for any employee...."
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Destruction of the Postal Service continues with flawed bill
"...Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat, offered an amendment that would have extended for two years the moratorium on closings. His amendment failed to obtain the needed 60 votes on Wednesday, and he voted against the final bill. "Without the inclusion of a two-year moratorium, I will not support the final passage of the Postal Reform bill," Manchin tweeted...."
This Article is From: www.chicagotribune.comMonday, April 23, 2012
Spiders Close Post Office!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Will senate postal bill save mail processing plants not currently closed?
"...lawmakers announced a new effort to save about 100 mail processing plants now slated to be closed or consolidated next month. The new proposal, offered by members in both parties, would force the U.S. Postal Service to ease off part of its plan to slow down the delivery of first-class mail..."
This Article is From: cnn.comTuesday, April 10, 2012
Mail delays begin in high-tech mecca
"...local officials, who say a government plan to close a regional mail-processing facility in Huntsville next month is already causing mail delays, collection changes and other issues across North Alabama that the public doesn't realize. "The level of services we've become accustomed to will be no more," Michelle Jordan, director of the City of Huntsville Economic Development Department, said last week...."
This Article is From: al.comThursday, April 5, 2012
Postal Service cutbacks could cost $5 billion
"...a survey that the Postal Service commissioned -- and then dismissed and pushed to make secret. The survey, budgeted to cost up to $435,000, shows closures and cutbacks would cost $5.2 billion in lost business and result in a 7.7% drop in mail volume...."
This Article is From: cnn.comTuesday, April 3, 2012
Postal Service’s own analysis of plan shows it will lead to huge losses
"...Senator Collins said: “Today we learn that the Postal Service’s own analysis, submitted secretly to its regulators, reveals that the destructive service reduction plan to delay mail and shut down postal plants will lead to a more than 9% decrease in First Class Mail and a 7.7% reduction in mail of all classes.”..."
This Article is From: mainstreetbusinessjournal.comSunday, April 1, 2012
Impact of Age When Claiming Social Security Retirement Benefits
"...when to claim benefits – failings that could jeopardize their own financial security and that of their dependents...."
This Article is From: SmartMoney