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NAPS Chat is a weekly podcast intended to inform NAPS members and others interested in the U.S. Postal Service about the latest legislative and political goings-on within our nation’s capital. Hosted by NAPS Director of Legislative and Political Affairs Bob Levi.
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Is History Prologue? Revisiting the 2003 "President's Commission on the US Postal Service (opens the original)
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Dennis Shea, former executive director of the 2003 Presidential Commission on the U.S. Postal Service, joins Bob to revisit the recommendations of the panel established by former PresidentGeorge W. Bush and reminisce about the panel's deliberations. The commission's report, Embracing the Future: Making the Tough Choices to Preserve Universal Mail Service , is now about 23 years old. Dennis and Bob dust it off and discuss whether the commission's conclusions still resonate and whether it's time f
Newly Elected NAPS Executive Vice President James Warden Discussed Crucial Postal Issues (opens the original)
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Newly elected NAPS Executive Vice President James (Jimmy) Warden joins Bob to discuss his legislative and political focus, including outspoken advocacy on behalf of EAS level postal employees, ensuring the sanctity of mailed election ballots, safeguarding the USPS' universal service obligation, and sustaining the Postal Service.
Options to Address the Postal Service's Financial Woes (opens the original)
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David Garcia of the Postal Service's Office of Inspector General (OIG) joins Bob to discuss the OIG's recently published White Paper , which outlines fifteen options to address the USPS' financial gap. David and Bob discuss the relative merits of the options, including their impact on the USPS' public service mission and sustainability.
Preparing for the 2026 NAPS National Convention (opens the original)
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With only weeks to go before the 2026 National Association of Postal Supervisors (NAPS) convention convenes, veteran event planner Sheri Davies joins Bob to discuss the multitude of preparatory and real time tasks essential to ensure convention success. Sheri and Bob also talk about what the approximately 1,300 attendees should expect in San Francisco, August 9-14. Sheri has been planning events with NAPS for 17 years and has established a close and constructive relationship with NAPS' officers
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