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Spac direct deposit is a great option!

2013-05-30T13:52:10+00:00

I won the iPad from the spac raffle.. It made a 12yr old happy in my house.
It is worth it to do direct deposit. You wanna give, well try this option it’s painless.
Love the iPad ...

eCareer

2013-04-27T22:22:19+00:00

Good Evening

I interviewed for a different position Thursday. Not hearing anything Friday, I went into eCareer and the status of my application has changed to “offer phase” is that a good thing??

Thank you!

Sign at Gun Show

2013-04-26T03:45:28+00:00

Sign at a gun show

At a booth at a gun show the following sign was posted: IF YOU VOTED FOR OBAMA, WE DO NOT WANT YOUR BUSINESS. YOU’RE TOO DAMN STUPID TO HAVE A FIREARM!

That is the best background check I’ve come across.

board memos

2013-04-25T23:28:58+00:00

here is a suggestion.
I like what Miss Walton is doing, posting board memos for all of us to read.
is there a way to add a module to the forum so all the board memos could be viewed.
I understand that the information is being passed on via Emails, but not all of us get them, all the time.

Positions filled

2013-04-25T15:21:06+00:00

PMG appoints Tom Marshall to succeed Mary Anne Gibbons as USPS general counsel. She hasn’t officially retired and the position is already filled. Wish we could get this kind of action at the plant level. We’ve had positions open for over 2 years because we are waiting for sister plants to close down.

Mail Flow Controlers

2013-04-24T20:00:08+00:00

Has anyone else at any other plants been told that the Mail flow controller positions are being or have been converted to craft positions. Our people were told they have 30 to 45 days to find a position.

BOARD MEMO 050-13

2013-04-23T20:59:16+00:00

NAPS Executive Board,

USPS Labor Relations has informed us with the following regarding the ricin incident at Bolling Air Force Base: Postal Inspectors are working with the FBI and others on this matter. The initial test results are being reviewed. There is no indication at this point that the initial test results are associated with a mail item.

2013 NPA Info

2013-04-23T02:21:15+00:00

The National Performance Assessment (NPA) indicator targets and thresholds for fiscal year 2013 are attached. Indicator targets and thresholds were developed to incorporate a “continuous improvement approach” while ensuring achievable results. The attached PDF files will provide you with information on Corporate and Unit Indicator weights and depths for each NPA scorecard and a brief description of each new indicator.

Below is the FY2013 NPA summary of changes:

NPA CORPORATE INDICATORS

There are no new Corporate Indicators.

Targets and Thresholds

All Corporate Indicator targets and thresholds changed with the exception of Priority Air/Surface, OSHA I&I Improvement, and VOE Survey Index % Baseline .

Priority Air/Surface

Weight increased - 5% to 10%.

OSHA I&I

Weight decreased - 10% to 7.5%.

VOE Survey

Weight decreased -10% to 7.5%.

NPA UNIT INDICATORS

UNIT INDICATORS - NEW

Contact Experience

Indicator will measure Contact Experience for Small/Medium Businesses and Residential Customers who recently contacted the USPS.

Enroute Origin/Destinating Scanning

Indicator will measure the scan performance of Express Mail, Priority Mail, and First Class Parcels that have Delivery Confirmation or Signature Confirmation Services.

Percent FSS

Indicator measures Percent FSS sequenced pieces at 47 plants.

International EXFC Composite

Indicator combines three existing indicators, International EXFC 2-day, International EXFC 3-5 Day, and International EXFC Overnight.

International PMI/Scan

Indicator measures International Priority Mail performance and International Priority Mail scanning.

NEW SCORECARDS

District Consumer & Industry Contact Mgr

Area Global Account Manager

Area Global Account Specialists

Area Sales Analysis Specialist

UNIT INDICATORS - CHANGED

BPI Function-1

This indicator is now a dual indicator with a cell 10 benchmark.

International EMS
Indicator will measure International Express Mail performance and International Express Mail scanning.

SOX Index

Indicator changed to five metrics that measure key controls important to USPS financial reporting system (previously included nine metrics).

Total Transportation Budget

Measurement expanded to Transportation Cost (Line 3P), Rail (Line 3Q), Reimbursements (Line 3T), Air (Line 3R), and Domestic Water (Line 3S) expenses.

NAME CHANGES

Scorecards

Area BSN to Area Consumer Industry & Contact Mgr

District BSN to District BSN Rep

Indicators

SHaPE to PEG 2.0

Transportation Budget to Total Transportation Budget

DELETIONS

Indicators

PPO Overtime Rate

PPO TACS

Retail Effectiveness

International First Class 2-day

International First Class 3-day

International First Class Overnight

EAS Corrective action

2013-04-20T10:44:36+00:00

Do EAS have the same rights as craft in regards to Corrective action?

Are they allowed representation when a PDI is being given?

Are they to be given notice that the discussion is an official PDI?

Board Memo 046-13 Responses from Megan Brennan

2013-04-18T14:53:39+00:00

NAPS Executive Board,

USPS Labor Relations has provided us with the below answers to some questions and updates to unanswered questions that were posed to Megan Brennan during our recent board meeting. Please distribute to your membership.

We wanted to let you know regarding progress toward getting answers to a few open questions the Executive Board had for Megan last week.

Mr. Trayer asked her what the Postal Service is doing to encourage other agencies to use us for their mailing/shipping needs. We have contacted Marketing and await a response from that group. We will let you know when it comes in so you can share the information.

There was another question about a slide that said it takes 3$ in revenue from Standard Mail to make up for $1 of First Class Mail letter revenue lost. This is not a new message, but the latest expression is certainly confusing. The issue is about revenue contribution after cost. It takes three dollars in revenue from Standard Mail to give us the same revenue contribution we get from one dollar in First Class Mail letter revenue.

So, whatever amount of money we make out of a dollar of FCM letter mail revenue takes three dollars in Standard Mail revenue for us to make the same money after costs.

We are also working on getting data concerning the amount of additional hours paid to supervisors (the numbers of “T-time” hours). Since no period was specified, we have requested the hours for FY2012 and FYTD2013. This was related to the concern the EB expressed to Megan about supervisors being required to work additional hours without receiving the pay outlined in ELM 434.144. When that information comes in, we will send it to you.