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 most effective use of each.

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 on health and retirement. Link to USPS 5-Year Strategic Plan

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.