2025 Plan Year  The annual Federal Benefits Open Season for the 2025 plan year will be held from November 11 through December 9, 2024. This Open Season will include the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program, the new Postal Service Health Benefits PSHB) Program, the Federal Employees Dental and ...

Open season, the annual period when Postal Service employees can enroll in or change their health benefits, begins Monday, Nov. 11. A variety of health, vision and dental coverage is available through the following plans and programs: • The new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program; • The USPS Health ...

Rodney Price (left) shakes hands with Postmaster Rob Cracraft (right) after he presents him with a appreciation award for 33 years of service Bethany, MO: People living on the rural routes serviced by the post office will see a new face after Halloween. After 33 years of service, Rodney Price ...

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — A Pasco County postal worker is being hailed as a Halloween hero. It comes after she jumped into action to help a child choking on a piece of candy. "Honestly, it's almost surreal, because I was not at all thinking. It just was pure drive. I ...

What’s new for 2025 For the 2025 benefit year, Inspira Financial will replace FSAFEDS as the administrator of the Postal Service’s flexible spending account (FSA) program. You will have flexibility in how you pay for your out-of-pocket expenses including a new debit card option. You may: n Pay yourself back with ...

The Open Season for the 2024 plan year for health insurance under the inaugural Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program and dental and vision insurance under FEDVIP and Flexible Spending enrollment will be held from November 11 through December 09, 2024. This is your opportunity to manage your health, dental ...

Workers are battling an overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service that would cost thousands of jobs and slow the mail for half the country. In the name of efficiency, a letter mailed within Cheyenne, Wyoming, would travel to Denver and back. And if you miss a package, your local post ...

With the Southeast United States still reeling from recent major storms, the Postal Service is urging employees to verify or update their personal and emergency contact information on file with USPS. This information is vital because it enables the organization to contact you or your loved ones when a hurricane ...

Postal Bulletin’s latest edition, published Oct. 31, previews this year’s open season benefits enrollment period that begins soon. Updates to the organization’s policies, procedures and forms are also included ...

Daylight saving time will end Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 a.m. In areas where the change is observed, people will “fall back” and set their clocks back one hour at bedtime on Saturday, Nov. 2. Standard time will be in effect until March 9, 2025, when daylight saving time will ...

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The 2024 Christmas period for rural carriers begins Saturday, December 7, 2024 (Week 2, Pay Period (PP) 26–2024), and ends Friday, December 27, 2024 (Week 2, Pay Period 01-2025). During this period, certain timekeeping and pay rules apply. Timekeepers, including postmasters, supervisors, and other employees responsible for rural carrier time ...

With a few weeks left before Open Season begins, the Office of Personnel Management is putting the final touches on how it’s planning to implement the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) program for the USPS. OPM’s final regulations for the PSHB program, which it published last week, detailed many technical factors for running ...

Postal Service employees may participate in a virtual benefits fair throughout this year’s open season, which runs from Monday, Nov. 11, through Monday, Dec. 9. The fair will offer information about the Postal Service Health Benefits Program, Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program, flexible spending accounts and other topics ...

Did you know? The Rural Carrier Benefit Plan (RCBP) is the only plan dedicated to rural letter carriers, annuitants, and their families. Membership is restricted to members of the NRLCA. The RCBP has been providing superior service to rural letter carriers nationwide for more than 60 years. With RCBP, you could save on your ...

The Postal Service will host two sessions of its “Open Season 101” webinar on Sunday, Nov. 3, and Saturday, Nov. 16, from 1 to 3 p.m. Eastern each day. The presentation will include information on 2025 benefits changes, including the Postal Service Health Benefits Program and the Postal Service Health ...

Alexandria, Va. – In response to OPM issuing a final rule related to the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) program, NARFE National President William “Bill” Shackelford issued the following statement:  “The final rule removes choice of prescription drug coverage for Medicare-eligible postal retirees, requiring they receive coverage through their plan’s Medicare Prescription ...