NAPS Chat

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.

On the November 1 edition of NAPS Chat, Bob Levi, National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative and Political Directors is joined by Randy Broz, co-founder of Angerholzer-Broz Political Consulting. Inasmuch as we are currently one year away from the 2020 national election,  we discuss the resources and engagement necessary to run an effective congressional election campaign, and enga...

This week's NAPS Chat reaches the half-century mark, it's 50th edition. On the October 25 edition, I am joined by the National Association of Postal Supervisors' Executive Board Legislative Committee. We discuss legislative activism in the field and the 2020 NAPS Legislative Training Seminar.

On the October 17 edition of NAPS Chat, NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts and I pay tribute to Rep. Elijah Cummings, the late chairman of the House Committee on Oversight & Reform, who passed away early this morning. In addition, we talk about incoming acting chair, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and the retirement of Postmaster General Megan Brennan.