NAPS Chat

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat , Rep. King and Bob  discuss the creation of the Postal Preservation Caucus, how his  experience as past chairman of the House Homeland Security  Committee informs him of the vital importance of the USPS, and what  Americans can do to ensure that the Postal Service is not victimized by those out to harm  and belittle it.  (Rep....

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat , Bob and Ivan discuss  pivotal news impacting the future of the U.S. Postal Service -- the USPS  Board of Governors hiring Louis DeJoy as  the 75th Postmaster General, the resignation of USPS Governor David  Williams, the newly-released Government Accountability Office report on a sustainable  USPS business model, and NAPS legislati...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat , Bob shares a recording  of a Thursday, April 30 press conference at which time House Oversight  and Reform  Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney  announces the creation of the Postal Preservation Caucus. Maloney is  joined by House Government Operations Subcommittee Chair Gerry Connolly and Rep. Peter  King. They discuss strategies...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat , Charlie Moskowitz,  chief legislative counsel to former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) when  she was ranking member of the Senate Homeland  Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Bob discuss the Postal  Service's precarious financial condition as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,  legislative relief efforts, and a grassroo...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Ivan and Bob discuss a recently released  Pew Research Center survey that found Americans awarded  the U.S. Postal Service a 91%  favorability rating -- the highest rating of any federal agency. In  addition, Ivan and Bob talk about the disconnect between postal popularity and the White House's ill-considered objection to emergency COVID...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Chairman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Bob discuss the current financial and operational crisis confronting the U.S. Postal Service, as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, the chairman and Bob discuss congressional actions to help the Postal Service and the vital need for the entire postal community to become relentless advocates on behalf of the Postal...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts leads a discussion with the other NAPS Resident Officers  (President Brian Wagner and Secretary-Treasurer  Chuck Mulidore) on the organization's advocacy on behalf of EAS Level  postal employees, as the U.S. Postal Service confronts the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion includes legislative activities...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Bob and Ivan discuss the  congressional coronavirus economic stimulus package (H.R. 748) that  passed the Senate by a 96-0 vote on Wednesday and the  House by voice vote today. NAPS Chat was recorded as the House was  completing debate on the bill.

Due to the enduring coronavirus pandemic, this week's episode has been recorded remotely (i.e., Bob from his home office and Ivan from his). Bob and Ivan discuss newly introduced legislation by Sen. Amy Klobuchar to expand "vote-by-mail". S. 3529, "the National Disaster and Emergency Ballot  Act," can help ensure the security and reliability of this year's elections. In addition, Ivan  p...

During this week's episode, numerous NAPS members who participated the March 8-11 legislative conference, in Washington, share their experiences meeting with members of Congress in advancing the National Association of Postal Supervisors' legislative priorities. (CA Legislative Chair April Trevena is pictured.)

During this week's episode, Bob and his guests discuss the March 4 congressional introduction of H.R. 6085, the Postal Supervisors and Managers Fairness Act and NAPS' new membership initiative. A link is provided to NAPS' official release upon introduction of H.R. 6085 here.  

During this week's episode, Bob and Ivan discuss the aggressive legislative agenda being promoted during the upcoming National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative Training Seminar (LTS), which takes place March 8-11, 2020. More than 600 LTS delegates will be going to Capitol Hill to engage their members of Congress during the legislative conference. 

During this week's episode, Bob and his guest, National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees Director of Legislative and Political Affairs John Hatton, discuss President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2021 federal budget, submitted to Congress this past Monday. Their chat focuses on those provisions that directly impact postal and federal employees and  retirees.

During the week's episode Bob discusses House of Representatives passage of HR 2382, the USPS Fairness Act, the NAPS filing before the Postal Regulatory Commission relating to a new rate-setting regime and this week's USPS Board of Governors meeting.

During this week's episode, Bob, Karen and Corina (L-R) discuss the  multiple channels that NAPS uses to communicate with its members. NAPS  embraces three primary means of sharing key  information within and outside its membership; besides person-to-person  communication, hard-copy and digital/social media engagement are essential. This week's guests discuss how to make the mo...

This week NAPS Chat hosts the three resident officers of NAPS: President Brian Wagner, Executive Vice President Ivan Butts and Secretary Treasurer Chuck Mulidore. The January 24 edition focuses on the recently released U.S. Postal Service's 5-Year Strategic Plan. Special attention is paid to the plan's reference to Pay-for-Performance, increasing employee engagement and legislative recommendations...

This week's NAPS Chat, focuses on the institutional difficulty that Congress has with such vexing legislative issues as postal reform and how NAPS members can confront those challenges. In addition, Kevin and Bob discuss the newly released US Postal Service Five-Year Strategic Plan. 

During this week's NAPS Chat, Bob discusses NAPS' legislative, regulatory and political plans for 2nd term of the 116th Congress

During this week's NAPS Chat, Ivan and Bob answer questions sent in by NAPS members, including queries about potential legislative champions in  2020, EAS overtime pay, SPAC's apparent partisan lean, the importance of the Postal Board of Governors, and the threat of postal privatization.

This week's NAPS Chat focuses on reviewing some of the major NAPS events  over the past year and our expectations for 2020. We also discuss  Capitol Hill news from the final legislative week  of 2019, including Rep. Mark Meadows' announcement that he will not seek  re-election next November and a change in the law that may reduce FEHBP premiums for  the next open season.

This week's NAPS Chat focuses on the importance of the National Postal  Museum to the past, present and future of our American postal system. In  addition, we  discuss important artifacts  acquired and programs conducted by the museum. Also, reference is made  to President Trump's nomination, this week, of William Zollar to the US Postal Service  Board of Governors.

This week's NAPS Chat focuses on the newly proposed Postal Rate and Classification System,  the system that may determine postage rates for the next 5 years. We also discuss the Postal Service's Universal Service  Obligation. Finally, NAPS Chat provides information relating to postal-related bills and the status of H.R.  2382, legislation to repeal of the USPS retiree health  p...

Election of Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) as new chair of the House  Committee on Oversight and Reform, the recent Postal Board of Governors  meeting relating to USPS finances, cosponsor update on legislation to repeal requirement to prefund future  retiree health benefits, and the status of NAPS' lawsuit against USPS  for failing to comply with the EAS compensation law.

Update on NAPS legal action against the USPS, relating to the  consultative process; ongoing legislative activities; and NAPS  Legislative Training Seminar and National Convention   planning.

On the November 8 edition of NAPS Chat, I am joined by Jay Fritz, Program Manager for Healthcare & Insurance at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. We discuss navigating the 2019 Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) "Open Season," which runs from November 11 though December 9.