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The NAPS 2011 Legislative Agenda
Restructure the Postal Service’s pension and retiree
health benefit burden
NAPS urges Congress to enact legislation mandating:
• The recalculation of the Postal Service’s pension obli-
gation to the Civil Service Retirement Sys-
tem (CSRS) pension fund, using more
equitable, reasonable and financially sta-
ble calculation methods and assumptions,
and
• A credit to the Postal Service of $75
billion for an overcharge in the agency’s
payments into the CSRS pension fund
and applying that credit to satisfy the
Postal Service’s obligation to the Postal
Retiree Health Benefit Fund, fully funding
all mandated payments through 2016.
These steps will generate a substantial
savings to the Postal Service and return it
to a more secure financial footing.
Reinvent the Postal Service, making it
responsive to America’s needs in the
21st century
NAPS encourages Congress to confer
greater authority to the Postal Service to
introduce and sell new products and serv-
ices that expand the definition of “mail,”
as well as provide wider pricing flexibility.
This involves a re-examination of the
Postal Service’s business model and its
underlying legal and regulatory frame-
work.
The Postal Service also needs to con-
tinue cutting costs, reducing infrastruc-
ture capacity and eliminating wasteful
programs. However, moving to five-day
delivery should be the last resort, not the
first.
Preserving postal worker benefits amid
deficit-reduction efforts
The federal budget should not be bal-
anced on the backs of federal and postal
workers and retirees. Too often in the
past, ambitious deficit-reduction efforts by Congress began
and ended with cuts in federal and postal worker compen-
sation packages.
Meaningful deficit reduction should not violate the
commitments made to current employees and retirees.
Tentative
2011 LTS Program
As of Jan. 18, 2011
All events at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, unless noted otherwise
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Wreath-Laying Ceremony, Arlington
Cemetery, 10:15 a.m.
Registration, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., West
Registration Desk
Worship Service (nondenomina-
tional), 2 p.m., Palladian Ballroom
(While this is not an official LTS event,
all members and guests are welcome to
attend.)
Non-Legislative ‘Town Hall’
Meeting with the NAPS Resident
Officers, 4 to 6 p.m., Palladian
Ballroom
All LTS delegates are welcome to attend.
National Auxiliary Executive
Board Meeting, 4 p.m., Congres-
sional Room
State Legislative Chairs Meeting/
Dinner, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Diplomat
Ballroom
Expectations and arrangements for
Capitol Hill visits will be finalized at
this meeting.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Registration continues, 6 to 8 a.m.,
West Registration Desk
Continental Breakfast, 5:45 a.m. to
7:45 a.m., Ambassador Ballroom
General Business Session, 7:50 a.m.
to 11:45 a.m., Regency Ballroom
Special invited guest speakers include
USPS Chief Operating Officer Megan
Brennan and Postal Regulatory Com-
mission Chair Ruth Goldway.
Lunch (included in LTS registration
fee), noon to 1:30 p.m., Palladian Ball-
room and Diplomat Ballroom
Open seating; hotel staff will help direct
delegates to available seats.
General Business Session continues,
1:45 to 4:45 p.m., Regency Ballroom
SPAC Reception, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,
Diplomat Ballroom
By invitation; contributors of $400 or
more to SPAC in 2010.
Special Note: There will not be an
LTS dinner and entertainment this
year.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Continental Breakfast, 6 to 8:30
a.m., Ambassador Ballroom
NAPS Lawmaker Forum, 9 to 10:30
a.m., Congressional Auditorium, U.S.
Capitol Visitor Center (beneath U.S.
Capitol)
Depart Metro no later than 8 a.m. for
short walk to Metro to ensure you’re in
place for the rally; seating will be lim-
ited.
Capitol Hill Visits, late morning and
all afternoon.
Branches are urged not to schedule
meetings with members of Congress and
their staffs before 10:30 a.m. on Tues-
day.
Congressional Debriefings, 2 to 6
p.m., Cabinet Room, Omni Shoreham
Hotel
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Spring Executive Board Meeting
begins, 8:30 a.m., NAPS Headquarters
Congressional Debriefings continue,
8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Cabinet Room, Omni
Shoreham Hotel
Capitol Hill Visits continue for some
branches.