Here’s where most dog attacks on postal workers occurred last year
There were more than 6,000 reports of dog attacks on Postal Service employees last year, the organization announced last week. Here are the top 20 cities for reported dog bites in 2024, and the number of attacks: • Los Angeles (77) • Houston (65) • Chicago (57) • St. Louis (47) • Cincinnati (44) • Dallas (43) • Kansas City, MO (40) • Cleveland (40) • San Diego (35) ...
One TSP Fund Ending, Another Beginning; Preparations Underway for In-Plan Roth Conversions
The TSP has added details to previously announced changes regarding the available lifecycle L funds and an upcoming option for in-plan conversions of funds from traditional tax treatment to Roth status. After the close of markets June 27 the lifecycle L 2025 fund will have its final valuation and it ...
Mail carrier charged after fatally backing into 84-year-old man in Outer Banks
KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (WAVY) — A mail carrier in Kill Devil Hills was charged in connection with the death of an elderly man after hitting him with her vehicle on May 19, according to the Kill Devil Hills Police Department. Amy Hudler, 53, was driving a 2021 Mercedes-Benz mail ...
Federal Retirement Process Goes Digital, Targeting Paper Pileup
The federal personnel agency has launched an online system for processing retirement applications, ending a paper-based method that had remained largely unchanged for decades. The rollout is one of the more tangible changes from a larger effort to modernize government operations under the Department of Government Efficiency, a high-profile initiative ...
Grand Junction postal worker dies while completing mail route
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - A Grand Junction man who worked for the United States Postal Service (USPS) died late last week. The worker has been identified as 59-year-old Dan Workman, who was a letter carrier from Grand Junction and a nine-year veteran of the USPS. According to the National ...
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U.S. Postal Service Releases Dog Bite National Rankings
WASHINGTON — Incidents involving dog attacks on Postal Service employees rose to more than 6,000 cases last year. As part of the 2025 USPS National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign, the organization is offering crucial information on how dog owners can be good stewards for safe mail delivery and ensure the ...
USPS employees can help promote semipostal stamps
USPS has released updated guidance for promoting semipostal stamps, along with information for employees who want to purchase special T-shirts. The organization offers four semipostal stamps, which raise money for specific causes, and sets aside four months each year to promote them: • September for the Alzheimer’s stamp; • October for ...
Trump administration begins cracking down on federal employees’ use of leave for voting
With some key primary elections at the state level occurring in the coming weeks, the Trump administration has begun notifying employees they can no longer use paid administrative leave to vote. The reminder, so far sent out at least to various agencies within the Agriculture Department, complies with an executive ...
NRLCA REMINDER: Ratification Ballots Due No Later than 12 Noon ET on Friday, June 13
By now, many of you have received your ratification ballots in the mail. They were sent via U.S. Mail on Friday, May 9th. I want to speak to you today, not just as your president, but as an experienced rural carrier who understands exactly what is at stake ...
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NRLCA UPDATE: House Passes Reconciliation Bill, 215-214
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Florida Enacts ‘Pam Rock Act’ After Fatal Dog Attack On Postal Worker
FLORIDA - A new Florida law targeting dangerous dog attacks is now in effect, following the 2022 death of a mail carrier who was fatally mauled while on her delivery route. The “Pam Rock Act,” signed by Governor Ron DeSantis, honors 62-year-old Pamela Rock, who died after being attacked by ...
House passes reconciliation bill that cuts federal employee retirement benefits
Though Democrats were able to excise a plan to base federal retirees’ annuity payments on their highest five years of salary, rather than the current high-3, proposals to eliminate the FERS supplement and to charge employees for their civil service protections remain on the table. In the intervening weeks, House ...
Memorial Day is May 26 – The annual observance honors those who died defending the U.S
Memorial Day, a time to honor the men and women who gave their lives in service to the country, will be observed on Monday, May 26. The first national commemoration was held in 1868, after Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former ...