postalnews.com

the original daily news digest of the postal world since 1998

Monday, April 8

The “Chained CPI” and Your Federal Retirement Package

FedSmith
Posted by brian at 10:26 AM
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home

Pages

  • Home

Followers

Blog Archive

  • ►  2026 (6)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2025 (191)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (8)
    • ►  September (16)
    • ►  August (11)
    • ►  July (21)
    • ►  June (13)
    • ►  May (9)
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  March (26)
    • ►  February (36)
    • ►  January (35)
  • ►  2024 (480)
    • ►  December (34)
    • ►  November (31)
    • ►  October (41)
    • ►  September (31)
    • ►  August (33)
    • ►  July (38)
    • ►  June (37)
    • ►  May (46)
    • ►  April (51)
    • ►  March (52)
    • ►  February (46)
    • ►  January (40)
  • ►  2023 (670)
    • ►  December (55)
    • ►  November (24)
    • ►  October (16)
    • ►  September (39)
    • ►  August (62)
    • ►  July (83)
    • ►  June (74)
    • ►  May (56)
    • ►  April (62)
    • ►  March (66)
    • ►  February (64)
    • ►  January (69)
  • ►  2022 (914)
    • ►  December (63)
    • ►  November (74)
    • ►  October (68)
    • ►  September (79)
    • ►  August (88)
    • ►  July (82)
    • ►  June (75)
    • ►  May (85)
    • ►  April (67)
    • ►  March (80)
    • ►  February (74)
    • ►  January (79)
  • ►  2021 (1003)
    • ►  December (91)
    • ►  November (77)
    • ►  October (75)
    • ►  September (84)
    • ►  August (78)
    • ►  July (88)
    • ►  June (97)
    • ►  May (73)
    • ►  April (83)
    • ►  March (93)
    • ►  February (86)
    • ►  January (78)
  • ►  2020 (1629)
    • ►  December (109)
    • ►  November (92)
    • ►  October (147)
    • ►  September (134)
    • ►  August (204)
    • ►  July (146)
    • ►  June (121)
    • ►  May (133)
    • ►  April (153)
    • ►  March (158)
    • ►  February (124)
    • ►  January (108)
  • ►  2019 (1433)
    • ►  December (135)
    • ►  November (102)
    • ►  October (117)
    • ►  September (118)
    • ►  August (114)
    • ►  July (117)
    • ►  June (100)
    • ►  May (121)
    • ►  April (130)
    • ►  March (125)
    • ►  February (118)
    • ►  January (136)
  • ►  2018 (1654)
    • ►  December (119)
    • ►  November (117)
    • ►  October (134)
    • ►  September (130)
    • ►  August (118)
    • ►  July (128)
    • ►  June (143)
    • ►  May (148)
    • ►  April (169)
    • ►  March (164)
    • ►  February (139)
    • ►  January (145)
  • ►  2017 (1944)
    • ►  December (164)
    • ►  November (146)
    • ►  October (172)
    • ►  September (142)
    • ►  August (162)
    • ►  July (146)
    • ►  June (152)
    • ►  May (162)
    • ►  April (148)
    • ►  March (191)
    • ►  February (177)
    • ►  January (182)
  • ►  2016 (2209)
    • ►  December (189)
    • ►  November (183)
    • ►  October (181)
    • ►  September (172)
    • ►  August (193)
    • ►  July (173)
    • ►  June (193)
    • ►  May (194)
    • ►  April (188)
    • ►  March (184)
    • ►  February (173)
    • ►  January (186)
  • ►  2015 (2431)
    • ►  December (173)
    • ►  November (177)
    • ►  October (164)
    • ►  September (189)
    • ►  August (208)
    • ►  July (230)
    • ►  June (220)
    • ►  May (284)
    • ►  April (185)
    • ►  March (218)
    • ►  February (186)
    • ►  January (197)
  • ►  2014 (2874)
    • ►  December (227)
    • ►  November (237)
    • ►  October (241)
    • ►  September (203)
    • ►  August (241)
    • ►  July (262)
    • ►  June (229)
    • ►  May (250)
    • ►  April (251)
    • ►  March (251)
    • ►  February (239)
    • ►  January (243)
  • ▼  2013 (2550)
    • ►  December (239)
    • ►  November (202)
    • ►  October (207)
    • ►  September (207)
    • ►  August (241)
    • ►  July (230)
    • ►  June (200)
    • ►  May (202)
    • ▼  April (182)
      • Lawmaker Wants USPS to Bring You Your Booze
      • USPS awards contract for non-career employee healt...
      • Video: California Postal Worker Accused of Trashin...
      • Pitney Bowes Misses Earnings Estimates; Cuts Dividend
      • A phony postal crisis threatens rural mail service
      • Post Office Issues Warning After Thieves Fish From...
      • May Day Postal Rally in NYC
      • Postal privatisation and the zero-hour workers' ni...
      • Lack of an adverse action dooms postal worker's di...
      • USPS Board of Governors to Meet May 10
      • Think that Royal Mail is bad? Wait until you see i...
      • NAPS survey reflects rising job anxiety, frustrati...
      • Congresswoman Angered over Postal Service’s Offici...
      • UK: Caught on camera, the private postal staff who...
      • Op-Ed: Unjust pre-funding of benefits is killing t...
      • Maryland post office robbed by armed gunman
      • Man pleads guilty to burglarizing post office
      • Former letter carriers union official sentenced
      • Two Democrats want to fix the postal service and t...
      • What's up in the Heights? The Postal Service reloc...
      • Former Postal Carrier Heads to Federal Prison for ...
      • Wallingford Postal Processing Center to Close in S...
      • Postal Bill: Are We There Yet?
      • Updated list of letter carrier vacancies available...
      • German postal workers win 5.7 percent raise over 2...
      • Following ricin mailings, USPS and customers remai...
      • Congressman Finally Takes Action To Remove Needles...
      • People going postal over Manhattan PO closure plan
      • APWU: Postal Service Protection Act Gains Support ...
      • More “rebranding”: Express Mail becomes “Priority ...
      • Missouri postal workers being kept "totally in the...
      • Canada Post says it owns the phrase ‘postal code’
      • Video: Pennsylvania postal worker stole money, gif...
      • Congressman launches White House postal petition
      • South Dakota PO closed because of leaky roof
      • Mail collection boxes to be blocked for Nashville ...
      • NALC’s Rolando addresses PostalVision 2020 conference
      • Carper: Postal Reform on Obama’s desk by July 4?
      • As the revolving door turns: Obama nominates forme...
      • The Postal Service Hires a Cop to Bust Down the Di...
      • Canada Post asks Canadians: What kind of postal se...
      • Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf Imagines the Postal Ser...
      • Justice says Lance Armstrong was 'unjustly enriched'
      • Video: Residents of Jersey shore town want USPS to...
      • Woman now faces charges after ruckus in post office
      • FedEx signs new 7 year contract with USPS worth $1...
      • UPS Expands Customized Delivery Options
      • PMG appoints Tom Marshall to succeed Mary Anne Gib...
      • Forget About Email and Learn the History of the Zi...
      • Email Pioneer Says the United States Postal Servic...
      • Woman tries to steal San Francisco postal worker’s...
      • U.S. Postal worker robbed in Birmingham
      • Video: Arizona man says he paid big to change his ...
      • Postal Service to Move Ahead with Sale of Berkeley...
      • Letter Carriers’ Annual Food Drive Set for May 11 ...
      • Employee Resource Management VP to leave USPS
      • Postal Vision 2020 looks at the future of "postal ...
      • Donahoe: Postal Service bailout looms if Congress ...
      • Des Moines mailman who stole from mail to buy pot ...
      • Direct mail is dead. Long live direct mail!
      • Tulsa man charged with assault on mail carrier ove...
      • Mail delivery suspended after pellet-gun shooting
      • New Postal Incentive Could Backfire for Mailers
      • Senators press postal regulator on travel
      • Powder scare at USPS facility caused by baby formula
      • PMG tells mailers Full-Service IMb on track for Ja...
      • USPS issues updated five year business plan
      • Rolando: PMG’s Press Club speech paints improved f...
      • Text of Postmaster General's National Press Club A...
      • Burrus: Keeping You Busy
      • Postal workers in marathon bomber manhunt areas to...
      • Video: Detection System at Memphis Postal Center D...
      • East Harlem residents deliver harsh critique of US...
      • Seven NY Postal Employees Plead Guilty To Making F...
      • Video: Yesterday’s USPS Oversight Hearing
      • Issa: Postal reform bill coming ‘very soon’
      • Postal Service Checks Employee Health After Ricin ...
      • NALC’s Rolando testifies at oversight hearing
      • USPS under fire for reaction to ricin threat
      • Editorial: Ridiculous pension requirement threaten...
      • 5 arrests in Salem, Ore., postal closure protest
      • Postal Service: No other reports of letters potent...
      • Postmaster General Urges Congress to Provide Deliv...
      • Issa blasts USPS management at hearing
      • Postal carrier makes lifesaving delivery
      • USPS Retaining Saturday Mail is a Pyrrhic Victory ...
      • Take That, Austerity! Outcry and Activism Save 6-D...
      • USPS mailer sent to La Jolla merchants raises susp...
      • Postal Service's finances in the spotlight
      • My Supervisors Need a Day Off
      • Ricin Detected in Letter Sent to Senator Roger Wicker
      • PMG asks supervisors to renegotiate salaries- NAPS...
      • Post office flags to be flown at half-staff throug...
      • Postal Worker Allegedly Steals Customer's iPhone
      • Electronic filing means smaller crowds on tax day ...
      • News flash: USPS Warns it might run out of cash soon
      • APWU: More Jobs, Better Jobs, Career Jobs
      • House rejects bill that targeted federal employees...
      • The Worst Postal System in the World, Except . . .
      • Twenty Minutes at the PRC: Postal workers protest ...
    • ►  March (203)
    • ►  February (225)
    • ►  January (212)
  • ►  2012 (2592)
    • ►  December (177)
    • ►  November (219)
    • ►  October (191)
    • ►  September (178)
    • ►  August (190)
    • ►  July (238)
    • ►  June (182)
    • ►  May (224)
    • ►  April (238)
    • ►  March (241)
    • ►  February (262)
    • ►  January (252)
  • ►  2011 (2830)
    • ►  December (252)
    • ►  November (248)
    • ►  October (257)
    • ►  September (261)
    • ►  August (223)
    • ►  July (192)
    • ►  June (257)
    • ►  May (217)
    • ►  April (217)
    • ►  March (238)
    • ►  February (230)
    • ►  January (238)
  • ►  2010 (2962)
    • ►  December (272)
    • ►  November (248)
    • ►  October (227)
    • ►  September (243)
    • ►  August (251)
    • ►  July (258)
    • ►  June (220)
    • ►  May (193)
    • ►  April (244)
    • ►  March (257)
    • ►  February (230)
    • ►  January (319)
  • ►  2009 (2441)
    • ►  December (323)
    • ►  November (224)
    • ►  October (178)
    • ►  September (177)
    • ►  August (220)
    • ►  July (226)
    • ►  June (200)
    • ►  May (191)
    • ►  April (224)
    • ►  March (207)
    • ►  February (162)
    • ►  January (109)
  • ►  2008 (1509)
    • ►  December (137)
    • ►  November (117)
    • ►  October (121)
    • ►  September (137)
    • ►  August (173)
    • ►  July (120)
    • ►  June (114)
    • ►  May (112)
    • ►  April (108)
    • ►  March (107)
    • ►  February (118)
    • ►  January (145)
  • ►  2007 (1669)
    • ►  December (159)
    • ►  November (124)
    • ►  October (125)
    • ►  September (112)
    • ►  August (147)
    • ►  July (116)
    • ►  June (111)
    • ►  May (119)
    • ►  April (138)
    • ►  March (161)
    • ►  February (173)
    • ►  January (184)
  • ►  2006 (1418)
    • ►  December (171)
    • ►  November (133)
    • ►  October (124)
    • ►  September (101)
    • ►  August (105)
    • ►  July (78)
    • ►  June (89)
    • ►  May (94)
    • ►  April (139)
    • ►  March (148)
    • ►  February (114)
    • ►  January (122)
  • ►  2005 (1066)
    • ►  December (103)
    • ►  November (98)
    • ►  October (82)
    • ►  September (130)
    • ►  August (78)
    • ►  July (79)
    • ►  June (73)
    • ►  May (62)
    • ►  April (68)
    • ►  March (95)
    • ►  February (99)
    • ►  January (99)
  • ►  2004 (407)
    • ►  December (104)
    • ►  November (112)
    • ►  October (116)
    • ►  September (75)
Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.