• Branch 16 Treasurer Bruce Kuiper recognized by the NAPS President Ivan Butts for his military service at Legislative Training Session 2026
  • State Convention Registration form 26
  • NAPS Staten Convention 2025 hosted by NAPS Duluth Branch
  • NAPS Branch 16 VP Tashi Lama along with Area VP Dan Mooney at 2025 Career Conference
  • President Biden Signs Social Security Fairness Act into Law
  • Lunch with Senator Amy Klobuchar. Dan Mooney North Central Area Vice President, Curt O’Donnell a Branch 16 President and Aricka Sundstrom State Legislative representative.
  • North Central Area picture taken during 69th NAPS National Convention.

A Message from Branch 16 President 

Curt O’Donnell 

Dear Branch 16 Members, 

As I write this, we are preparing to go to Washington DC for LTS (Legislative Training Seminar). We will learn about the bills that are making their way through the House and Senate and may become law. Without our effort, our representatives do not know what is important to us, the people that they represent. While there, we will also meet with our National officers in a townhall so we can bring back updates on NAPS and Postal issues. 

Our branch 16 Treasurer veteran Bruce Kuiper joined by other veterans at Wreath- Laying Ceremony at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery.

We get back on Wednesday and will be back just in time for the meeting on Thursday. So the meeting should have much information and we have to decide on who will be able to go to the State Convention on May 7th and 8th. If you want to attend the State Convention you need to come to the branch meeting. We should also have a great turnout for the State Convention with many people running for National offices including our own Dan Mooney for National Secretary/Treasurer. 

NAPS 2026 Legislative Agenda 

• HRes 70 & SRes 147 – To ensure the US Postal Service remains a governmental independent federal establishment to serve the American public 

• HR 7600 – To provide a fair and timely process by which the compensation for postal supervisors, managers and postmasters is decided 

• HR 1559 – To provide certain postal managers with the same right to appeal personnel decisions to the Merit Systems Protection Board as other EAS level postal employees 

• HR 491 & S 624 – To provide all FERS and CSRS annuitants with a full COLA 

• HR 2095 – To protect postal personnel, property and mail by restoring Postal Police law enforcement authority 

• HR 7265 – To increase the transparency of mail-in voting, confirm confidence in elections, and enable voters to track their mailed ballots 

• Legislation to provide fair calculation of USPS retirement liability and enable trust fund investments in non-government securities 

Hope to see you on March 19th for the meeting! 

Best regards, 

Curt O’Donnell 

NAPS Branch 16 President