Postal Bulletin 22144 - December 23, 2004 - USPS.com

POSTAL BULLETIN 22144 (12-23-04)
E. Repairs
Repair Postal Service vehicles only if you are a qualified
and fully trained employee.
(See Handbook PO-502, Container Methods, for further information
on proper use of mail equipment.)
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— Safety Performance Management,
Employee Resource Management, 12-23-04
NOTICE
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season: Acceptance of Belated
Elections
This article assists personnel offices in administering the
current FEHB open season. There has been an unexpected
delay in the printing and mailing of the 2005 Guide
to Federal Employees Health Benefits Plans, RI 70-2, to
some employees. Therefore, under the belated election authority
that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
grants to agencies, the Postal Service is accepting elections
for an additional 10 days beyond the original belated
election deadline of December 28, 2004.
FEHB open season elections will be accepted until 5:00
P.M. Central Time (CT) on January 7, 2005, for all employees.
This date is being programmed into the
PostalEASE telephone system, employee Web site, and
Human Resources Web site. Until PostalEASE is reprogrammed,
it will continue to state that FEHB open season
closes at 5:00 P.M. CT on December 28, 2004.
The effective date of open season elections will remain
the same — January 8, 2005 — even with the later
deadline. The processing deadline for the PostalEASE
Human Resources Web site will also remain the same —
12:00 Midnight CT on January 9, 2005.
We encourage employees not to wait until the last day
(or week) to make their elections.
Remember that FEHB guides are available at the OPM
Web site, under the heading “Guides for Postal Workers:”
at http://opm.gov/insure/05/guides.
To assist in publicizing this FEHB open season, all
installations must post the open season notice provided on
page 63 of this Postal Bulletin through January 7, 2005, on
bulletin boards.
— Compensation,
Employee Resource Management, 12-23-04