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NAPUS HOTLINE
February 5, 2010

Thank you for contacting the NAPUS Hotline. This is Executive Director Ken Engstrom at the NAPUS national office in Alexandria, Virginia on Friday February 5, 2010.

Safety Alert: Many parts of the nation are being hit with severe snow and ice weather this week. Remember to dress in layers and practice the cold weather safety procedures. The DC area today is bracing for a snow storm that will dump up to 30 inches.

Notice: The NAPUS 2010 Leadership & Legislative Conference will be conducted over March 20-25, 2010 in Arlington, VA. You can register on line (www.NAPUS.org) for the conference. Remember that the room rate at the Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel (703-920-3230) of $203.00 for (1-4 persons) will increase on February 10, 2010.

Notice: The Board of Governors will meet February 9th at the Postal Service headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW for an open meeting to the public (start 1:30 p.m.) in the Ben Franklin Room on the 11th floor.

The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) will convene a public forum at 10 a.m. Wednesday, February 10 at Commission Headquarters, as part of Docket No. ACR2009. to allow interested parties to comment on Postal Service plans for achieving financial stability to enable it to provide effective universal mail service to the Nation in 2010 and beyond. The public forum will be webcast live. Links to the webcast will be accessible on the Commission web page (www.prc.com) under “Breaking News” shortly before 10 a.m. on February 10.

Need to Know: Secretary/Treasurer Wayne Orshak is notifying ALL who are on official travel orders for NAPUS that the new rate per mile is now $.50 not $.55. This change has been made in the NAPUS web page under the Reference Document icon under the “expense vouchers”.

Need to Know: the new “guidelines covering Pay-for-Performance for EAS employees” is now posted on the NAPUS web page under the NPA/PFP icon. This is the February 2010 version 4 issue.

President Bob Rapoza on Thursday February 4th met on the “Hill” in two different meetings with Ed Towns, Chairman of the Oversight & Government Reform Committee and JoAnne Emerson, Ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Sub Committee on Financial Services relaying NAPUS Postmaster concerns.

President Bob Rapoza met with Doug Tulino, Vice President Labor Relations at Postal Headquarters on Friday, February 5th to discuss current NAPUS issues.

As always, I am here to help you.

Ken Engstrom
Executive Director