NAPS Chat

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, NAPS Executive Vice President  Chuck Mulidore joins Bob Levi to discuss congressional oversight of the impending consolidation of postal sorting and delivery facilities, the changing of the guard at the House Oversight and Reform Committee, and reflections on the recently concluded NAPS National Convention.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, which took place during the 68th National Association of Postal Supervisors' Convention, National  World War II Museum's Director of Curatorial Affairs, Kimberly Guice joins Bob Levi. Kimberly and Bob discuss  how Americans on the home-front communicated with soldiers in the  European and Pacific Theaters of World War II. Specifically, Kimber...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, NAPS President Ivan Butts joins  Bob Levi to discuss the 68th National Association of Postal Supervisors  Convention. Bob and Ivan are on-site, in New Orleans, and talk about last-minute preparations, plans for the convention, and Ivan's reflections on past conventions.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, NAPS Executive Vice President  Chuck Mulidore joins Bob Levi to discuss a recent Senate Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Security hearing, at which Arizona NAPS Vice President and Chairman of the NAPS Postmasters Committee Jimmy Salmon testified. In addition, Chuck and Bob talk about the placement of GPO/WEP legislation on the House of...

The future is now, within the communications and logistics marketplace.  Is the Postal Service ready? During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Eddie Monroy of the NextGen Chamber of Commerce joins Bob Levi to discuss the needs and expectations of a new and growing generation of American entrepreneurs and small businesses, and how the US Postal Service can meet those needs and expectations.

Many challenges confronting today's Postal Service would not be foreign  to early postal officials -- high partisanship, operational  difficulties, and financial stress . In preparation for July 4, during this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Prof. Joseph Adelman of Framingham State University joins Bob Levi to discuss crucial postal decisions made by American patriots, including choices mad...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Julia Kurnik, Director of Innovation Startups at the World  Wildlife Fund (WWF) joins Bob Levi to discuss an innovative postal product being promoted by the WWF. Farmers Post , if implemented, would connect small and family farms with consumers who seek farm-fresh agricultural products, and could generate postal revenue of between $1.5 billion and $6 b...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Kim Weaver, the Director of External Affairs of the Federal Retirement Thrift Savings Investment Board, joins Bob Levi to discuss the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), its importance to postal and federal employee retirement security, and new TSP investment options that commenced on June 1, 2022

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Katie Maddocks, the Legislative and Political Director of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, joins Bob Levi to discuss the current legislative and political landscape as it impacts the postal and federal  workforce, the next steps relating to postal legislation, and what to  expect in the fall election.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Bob Levi discusses two recent  Ivy League law journal articles that reference NAPS v. USPS, three lawsuits brought against the USPS by 16 states, a handful of environmental groups and a labor union against the USPS, and the new performance standard for first-class parcels.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, National Association of Postal  Supervisors resident officers (President Ivan Butts, Executive Vice President Chuck Mulidore and Secretary-Treasurer Jimmy Warden) join Bob to talk about witnessing President Joseph Biden signing into law the "Postal Service Reform Act of 2022." They  reflect on the occasion, as well their personal and collective ex...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Daniel Piazza of the the  Smithsonian Institution's National Postal Museum joins Bob to talk about  the museum's recently opened exhibition, "Baseball: America's Home Run." The museum hosted a gala VIP reception to  commemorate the opening less than 2 hours after President Joseph Biden signed into law H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Kelly McCartney, the NAPS Area  Vice President, whose jurisdiction covers the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska joins Bob to discuss the recently concluded National Association of Postal Supervisors 2022 legislative conference. Over 400 NAPS legislative activists, including postal supervisors, managers and postmasters attended the 2022 Legi...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Annika Christensen, the key  postal policy advisor for Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters (MI), and Bob discuss the Senate's success in passing H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act, with such overwhelming bipartisan support. Annika  also chats about the bicameral collaboration that smoothed the way...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, NAPS Executive Vice President  Chuck Mulidore and Bob discuss this week's Senate passage of H.R. 3076,  the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, and the bill's imminent arrival at the White House for President Biden's signature.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, NAPS President Ivan  Butts and Bob discuss the landmark decision issued, on February 22, by  the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court ruled 3-0 in NAPS' favor. In NAPS v. USPS ,  the court concluded the Postal Service violated federal law relating to the determination of EAS pay comparability and pay diff...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, House Committee on  Oversight and Reform Senior Policy Advisor and Parliamentarian Ethan Van Ness, joins Bob to discuss this past Tuesday's landslide  342-92 vote in favor of H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022. In addition, Ethan chats about how Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Ranking Republican James Comer (R-KY), al...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, NAPS Executive Vice President Chuck Mulidore, joins Bob to discuss next week's projected House vote on H.R. 3076, the Postal Reform Act of 2022. Chuck and Bob also discuss the 2022 NAPS Legislative Training Seminar, which is now less than two months away.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Fran Kritz, veteran health policy reporter and contributor to National Public Radio, Kaiser Health News, the Washington Post and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, joins Bob to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and the U.S. Postal Service's key role in the distribution of at-home COVID-19 antigen tests. Fran is also a former staff reporter for Forbes Magazi...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Dr. Christopher Shaw, research fellow at the Center for Study of Responsive Law, joins Bob to discuss  his new book, First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy and the Corporate Threat . In addition, Bob and Dr. Shaw discuss a variety of postal issues relating to postal governance, and the agency’s relationship with its customers, the President an...

During  this week's episode of NAPS Chat, National Association of Postal  Supervisors Executive Vice President Chuck Mulidore joins Bob to continue last week's discussion about NAPS efforts to help the USPS Police Force  continue to safeguard Postal personnel, property and customers. In addition, Chuck and Bob talk about the current status of H.R. 3076 (the Postal Reform Act), prepa...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, USPS Police Captain Butch Maynard, President of NAPS Branch 51, joins Bob to discuss the protection of Postal personnel, property and patrons. In addition, Butch and Bob talk about how 2020 USPS directive impacts postal police officers and how pending legislation, H.R. 5587, the Postal Police Reform Act, seeks to clarify the role of postal police in safegua...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Bill McAllister, Washington correspondent for Linn's Stamp News, joins Bob to discuss a variety of postal issues, including the new Postal Board of Governor nominations, presidential influence on the Postal Service Board of Governors and on postal policy, and reflections relating to the current  Postmaster General. Prior to arriving at Linn's Stamp New...

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, NAPS Secretary/Treasurer Jimmy  Warden joins Bob to discuss a wide variety of postal and NAPS-related  issues, including the USPS RIF, NAPS membership, postal legislation and  the 2021 NAPS Legislative Training Seminar. Bob also provides an update  on the President's two nominees to the USPS Board of Governors, the  pending nominati...

During  this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Jay Fritz, manager of the Office of  Personnel Management's Outreach and Program Services joins Bob to discuss the 2021 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) Open Season, which runs from November 8 through December 13. This is the third year in a row Jay has joined Bob to discuss FEHBP Open Season. Jay and Bob discuss what's new in 20...