Federal retirement inventory reaches another new high
The federal retirement inventory has reached yet another new high. The Office of Personnel Management now has over 50,000 applications still awaiting a finalized annuity.
The increase comes after more than 13,000 retirement applications entered OPM’s systems in December. It’s taking OPM about 67 days to process a...
Online Retirement Application (ORA) Effective January 1, 2026
Online Retirement Application (ORA) Effective January 1, 2026
The Office of Personnel Management has introduced a new system to process retirement applications. The Online Retirement Application (ORA) is a secure, fully digital system that replaces the paper-based process. USPS is now processing all optional retirement applications through ORA. (Disability applications...
Special Contract Edition of the National Rural Letter Carrier Containing 2024-2027 National Agreement Released
The Special Contract Issue of the NRLCA magazine containing the 2024-2027 National Agreement between the NRLCA and USPS is now available to download here. It will be mailed to all active members.
Use an FSA debit card? Keep all your documents
Postal Service employees with flexible spending account debit cards might be asked to provide documentation after using the card for out-of-pocket expenses.
Inspira Financial, the Postal Service’s flexible spending account administrator, must ensure that such purchases are eligible under Internal Revenue Service rules. If a request from Inspira is not...
You can set aside more money in 2026
Postal Service employees can set aside more money for flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts and commuter benefits in 2026.
Flexible spending accounts, or FSAs, allow employees to set aside money on a pretax basis to pay for health care and dependent care expenses. The 2026 maximum for a health...
Postal workers waiting on heat protection more than two years after Dallas carrier’s death
WASHINGTON — More than two years after a Dallas postal worker died from heat exposure on the job, letter carriers say the United States Postal Service has yet to take steps required to fully protect them when the temperature and humidity soar.
The 2023 death of Eugene Gates Jr. prompted a...
Employees helped USPS deliver in the holiday home stretch
Postal Service employees were front and center as the holiday shipping and mailing season wound down last week.
In Holly, MI, the organization marked its 6 billionth holiday delivery when Allen Kenner, a letter carrier, brought packages to a senior living center.
“We are all young at heart this time of year,”...
