NAPS Chat

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, which took place during the 68th National Association of Postal Supervisors' Convention, National  World War II Museum's Director of Curatorial Affairs, Kimberly Guice joins Bob Levi. Kimberly and Bob discuss  how Americans on the home-front communicated with soldiers in the  European and Pacific Theaters of World War II. Specifically, Kimberly and Bob talked about the importance of  mail to troop morale, how letters were transported from friends and  relatives to those fighting for our country abroad, and how mail was delivered to U.S. WW II prisoners of war. The podcast was recorded on-site at the National World War II Museum, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, NAPS President Ivan Butts joins  Bob Levi to discuss the 68th National Association of Postal Supervisors  Convention. Bob and Ivan are on-site, in New Orleans, and talk about last-minute preparations, plans for the convention, and Ivan's reflections on past conventions.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, NAPS Executive Vice President  Chuck Mulidore joins Bob Levi to discuss a recent Senate Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Security hearing, at which Arizona NAPS Vice President and Chairman of the NAPS Postmasters Committee Jimmy Salmon testified. In addition, Chuck and Bob talk about the placement of GPO/WEP legislation on the House of Representatives "consent calendar,"  legislation introduced by Sens. Susan Collins and Joe Manchin relating to vote-by-mail, the advocacy day to promote the USPS Shipping Equity Act, recent congressional candidate meetings, and the upcoming NAPS National Convention.

The future is now, within the communications and logistics marketplace.  Is the Postal Service ready? During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Eddie Monroy of the NextGen Chamber of Commerce joins Bob Levi to discuss the needs and expectations of a new and growing generation of American entrepreneurs and small businesses, and how the US Postal Service can meet those needs and expectations.

Many challenges confronting today's Postal Service would not be foreign  to early postal officials -- high partisanship, operational  difficulties, and financial stress . In preparation for July 4, during this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Prof. Joseph Adelman of Framingham State University joins Bob Levi to discuss crucial postal decisions made by American patriots, including choices made by delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, President George Washington and the 2nd U.S. Congress. These decisions resulted in the development of our postal system. Prof. Adelman is currently working on an epic history of the Postal Service.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Julia Kurnik, Director of Innovation Startups at the World  Wildlife Fund (WWF) joins Bob Levi to discuss an innovative postal product being promoted by the WWF. Farmers Post, if implemented, would connect small and family farms with consumers who seek farm-fresh agricultural products, and could generate postal revenue of between $1.5 billion and $6 billion annually.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Kim Weaver, the Director of External Affairs of the Federal Retirement Thrift Savings Investment Board, joins Bob Levi to discuss the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), its importance to postal and federal employee retirement security, and new TSP investment options that commenced on June 1, 2022

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Katie Maddocks, the Legislative and Political Director of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, joins Bob Levi to discuss the current legislative and political landscape as it impacts the postal and federal  workforce, the next steps relating to postal legislation, and what to  expect in the fall election.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, Bob Levi discusses two recent  Ivy League law journal articles that reference NAPS v. USPS, three lawsuits brought against the USPS by 16 states, a handful of environmental groups and a labor union against the USPS, and the new performance standard for first-class parcels.

During this week's episode of NAPS Chat, National Association of Postal  Supervisors resident officers (President Ivan Butts, Executive Vice President Chuck Mulidore and Secretary-Treasurer Jimmy Warden) join Bob to talk about witnessing President Joseph Biden signing into law the "Postal Service Reform Act of 2022." They  reflect on the occasion, as well their personal and collective experiences engaging with President Biden, and with other invited guests at the White House.