Re: POSTAL REFORM MARKUP

NAPS Executive Board,

Tomorrow Morning (Thurs. 1/30) at 10 AM, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Reform will be marking up a new version of S. 1486, The Postal Reform Act. This bill is a revised version of the proposal that Senators Carper and Coburn proposed in 2013. During the markup, Senators will be offering various amendments, including an amendment by Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) that extends MSPB appeal rights to all EAS employees, a measure that NAPS has been championing for some time.

In preparation for the hearing, NAPS has made available the following resources on the Legislative Section of the website;

The section by section summary of the bill provided by the Committee: http://www.naps.org/images/uploads/Carper-Coburn_S._1486_draft_substitute_-_section_by_section.pdf

The full text of the discussion draft: http://www.naps.org/images/uploads/Carper-Coburn_draft_substitute_to_S1486_(OLL14101).pdf

In addition, Bruce Moyer’s latest legislative update provides background for the events surrounding the markup- http://www.naps.org/index.php/legislative_center/news_issues/naps_leg_reg_update_january_27_2014_senate_panel_to_consider_postal_bill_on

If you are able to watch the markup, you can do so at the Subcommittee’s website: http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/ . In addition, for those of you who use Twitter, please follow us at @postalsupervisors where NAPS will be livetweeting the proceedings.

Thank you for your ongoing work towards pushing Postal Reform forward.

NAPS Headquarters