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Wednesday, January 31

• Private Maildrop Owner Accused Of Stealing From Boxes
  WPLG TV Fort Lauderdale
• Memorial Marks One-Year Anniversary of Goleta Postal Rampage
  KSBY TV Santa Barbara see also the report on KCOY TV
• NALC proposal: all fulltime, Monday-Friday workforce
  NALC via PostalMag.com (Adobe .pdf file)
• APWU gets '200 Man-Year' Office List
  APWU News
  click here to download the list in .pdf format
• NALC's Young on Reforming Health Care
  Washington Post
  (Young's letter is a response to this commentary by Post columnist Stephen Pearlstein)
• Ticking package turns out to be box of toys
  Eureka (CA) Reporter

  Tuesday, January 30

• Tax season is prime time for mail thieves
  KVUE TV Austin click here for video
• Woman sentenced to eight years in PO robbery
  Orlando Sentinel
• USPS promises, but residents remain skeptical
  Rio Rancho (NM) Observer

  Monday, January 29

• Franchisees Charge UPS Policies Force Them to Distribute Pornographic Materials
  Press release
• Lost US Mail Turns up in Juarez House
  KDBC TV El Paso
• Home Depot Sells Former Marina del Rey P&D to Investment Group
  Houston Daily Business News
• Conyers, Judiciary Committee to Put Bush Signing Statement Abuse of Power ''On the Table''
  Hearing set for Wednesday
  Baltimore Chronicle
• Goleta Postal Shooting Anniversary
  KEYT TV Santa Barbara
  also: at nearby UC Santa Barbara, security is increased as a former University employee threatens a similar crime- from KSBY TV Santa Barbara

  Sunday, January 28

• Supreme Court upholds legal immunity for federal employees
  Government Executive
• Arkansas Letter Carrier Risked His Life to Save Two Others
  KATV Little Rock
• Mailman helps nab assault suspect
  KLBK TV Lubbock
• Shipping store bets on big business from controversial name
  Ocala Star-Banner
• Word maven says USPS is not the style authority
  Detroit Free Press
• Valassis names new Advo President; stock rises on analyst upgrade
  postalnews blog
• Steroid dealer preferred the USPS
  Stevens Point (WI) Journal
• Honest postal workers return checks to sender
  Charlotte Observer

  Saturday, January 27

• Here's an irony for you...
  Postcom asks: if collection boxes are disappearing, and it's not safe to leave mail in your mailbox, how do you send a letter?
  Postcom.org
• Ottawa postal worker rescues lost toddler shivering in snow
  CBC
• Shared savings plan could help Postal Service save energy
  Government Executive
• Man's post became welcome tradition
  Roanoke Times

  Friday, January 26

• Study: Women Prefer Direct Mail to E-mail Ads
  multichannelmerchant.com
• eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter
  This week: NAPUS Prepares for 2007 Leadership Conference, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Begins to Organize, FEHBP In the Spotlight
• Rio Rancho residents promised better postal service
  KOB-TV Albuquerque
• New prescription benefit
  Drug card for job-related injuries
  USPS News Link
• Postal worker faces gift card theft charges
  Indianapolis Star
• Burrus: Don't forget about COLA when comparing raises
  APWU Burrus Update
• Undelivered mail recovered in Mississippi town
  'During the post office's busiest season, one Lowndes County mail-carrier apparently threw in the towel...'
  Columbus (MS) Commercial Dispatch
• Long lines, lost mail, area residents give post office agent an earful
  Flatbush Life (NY)
• Mailman saves family
  Canton (OH) Repository
• Movie based on 'Postal' game sure to offend
  IGN.com
• Consolidations, tech efficiencies expected to pare work hours
  Federal Times

  Thursday, January 25

• Editorial: Election posturing
  'Postal Service should butt out of a Denver decision'
  Rocky Mountain News
• Two Questioned In Nebraska Post Office Bomb Threat
  KTIV TV Sioux City
• Mail Handlers Ratify Contract
  NPMHU: The Mail Handler Update
• Albuquerque: Automation forces postal job changes
  Albuquerque Tribune
  click here to read the press release from NM Senator Jeff Bingaman
• Rise Seen In Postal Workers' Injuries Since Storms Began
  KMGH TV Denver
• Money order imprinter stolen from Ohio post office
  "The machine and 60 blank money orders were taken. Authorities found a handwritten note on a desk that said they were sorry and only needed money."
  Newark Advocate
• Love, Loveland
  Valentine PO gets ready
  Rocky Mountain News
  ... and click here for a listing of other PO's offering Valentine cancellations
• Postal delivery changes set in Massachusetts town
  Springfield Republican

  Wednesday, January 24

• Video: APWU “Save Our Service” Rally in Minneapolis
  postalnews blog
• Politicians give postal trucks plan Bronx cheer
  Chelsea Now
• OSHA fines postal service more than $5,000 for 2006 incident
  Suffolk (VA) News Herald
• Virginia UPS Store offers free Valentine's Day postage to service men and women
  Loudoun Times-Mirror
• PMG Potter on new Sarbanes Oxley compliance requirements
  USPS News Link
  (Ironically, just this past October, new USPS CFO Glen Walker was asked "Are you glad that you don't have to deal with Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance issues now that you work for a government agency?")
• Coming and going postal: APO down-low
  How military mail travels to and from Europe
  Saluting Angels Europe blog
• It's a crime you can stamp out
  Mailbox anxiety can be reduced, even if it means online bill paying.
  South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  Tuesday, January 23

• Postal truck plummets from bridge
  Driver is recovering after truck falls 50 feet. Click here for video report
  WFAA TV Dallas
• USPS notifies employees of whistleblower protections
  Federal Register
• Postal Service aims to assist
  Tossed mail has residents worried
  Tallahassee Democrat
• Postal Service cites vote problems in Colorado
  Rocky Mountain News
• Postal officials stick with Yakima
  Yakima Herald Republic
• P-mail: Paper-based messaging. Like email but slower!
  Boing Boing

  Monday, January 22

• ACLU and CNSS Seek Records on Warrantless Mail Surveillance
  ACLU Press release
• Pam Anderson goes postal over Col. Sanders stamp
  MSNBC
• Nonprofit Gives Perks To Execs, Layoffs To Others
  MDI, supplier of plastic trays to the USPS, plans to lay off 250-300 workers, many disabled, many making minimum wage.
  WCCO TV Minneapolis
• Moving mail on the "communication superhighway"
  Chattanooga Times Free Press

  Sunday, January 21

• Gonzales defends Bush’s mail snooping statement
  postalnews blog
• Letter carrier who died aiding motorist leaves a legacy of helping others
  The Oregonian
• Contractor's employee seeks advice on hostile work environment
  Boston Globe
• Retired postmaster witness to mail transformation
  Springfield (MO) News-Leader

  Saturday, January 20

• Carbon monoxide levels trigger fine for Virginia PO
  Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot
• USPS offers digital color cancellation for Love stamp FDC
  
  Postal Bulletin
• Avoiding canine confrontation
  “Dog Whisperer” comes to the aid of letter carriers
  If you missed Cesar Millan's segment on dogs and letter carriers last night, the episode airs again this afternoon at 2 on the National Geographic Channel, and Friday Feb. 2 at 4PM. Click here for a video excerpt from the show.
  USPS News Link
• House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Organizes
  eNAPUS Legislative & Political Newsletter

  Friday, January 19

• Update: Man killed in accident at Massachusetts PO
  The individual who died was not a postal employee, but was retrieving a fork lift he had used earlier in the day to remove equipment he had purchased during an auction at the post office.
  Springfield Republican
• Kentucky postal worker pleads guilty to stealing cash, cards from mail
  Associated Press
• The checks are in the mail, but Kentucky postal workers still waiting
  Associated Press
• Missouri post office halts transition to curbside boxes
  Southeast Missourian
• Court: OIG employee can't claim whistleblower protection
  DC Circuit Court of Appeals Decision (.pdf file)
• Investigators: Postal worker likely dumped mail on other occasions
  Tallahassee Democrat

  Thursday, January 18

• Fired employee sues PMG
  WTVC TV Chattanooga
• Heckuva job, FEMA!!
  Two years after the last 'Heroes' stamp was sold, FEMA starts disbursing the funds raised by the stamp sales.
• APWU Lists Local-by-Local Ratification Vote Totals
  APWU News
• USAirports wins $24M contract to manage Newark Air Mail Terminal
  Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
• Tiny Montana town fights to keep its post office
  Great Falls Tribune
• Ice stops mail in Austin
  Austin American Statesman
• Manhattan Is No Place for Bronx Mail, Group Says
  New York Sun
• USPS Changes Couple's Address Without Notice
  (Slow news day in the Big Apple?)
  WCBS TV New York

  Wednesday, January 17

• Postal Prying
  Cartoonist Daryl Cagle has compiled a collection of editorial cartoons commenting on George Bush's assertion that he can open your mail without a warrant.
• Uncle Sam's Super CD
  Mike's annual reminder for CSRS employees about the Voluntary Contribution Program
  Mike Causey's Federal Report for FederalNewsRadio.com
• Pitney Bowes: Postal Rate Increase to Drive Major Changes in Mailing Industry
  Press Release
• 'Flat pack' post offices piloted in Scotland
  BBC News
• Report concludes Remittance Mail processing is taking less time
  USPS News Link
• APWU seeks to oust supervisor in Pennsylvania PO
  Bucks County Courier Times
• Postal Service Seeks Additional Comments on Proposed Mailing Standards
  DMM Advisory
• Mail operations to remain in Kinston
  Kinston (NC) Free Press
• Close call for mail carrier
  Hickory (NC) Daily Record
• Third letter found with powder
  Harmless substance is traced to machine that processes mail
  South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• Editorial: Arbitrator’s decision in postal police case costs millions, does nothing
  Baltimore Examiner
• Editorial: Don't Open Personal Mail
  Hartford Courant
• FedEx Kinko’s Introduces Direct Mail and Print Online Services
  Press release

  Tuesday, January 16

• Carrying a full bag
  USPS CFO seeks to deliver private sector know-how to the PO
  Treasury and Risk
• Why the Vanishing Mailboxes? E-Culprits Abound
  New York Times
• APWU Wins Debt-Collection Arbitration
  American Postal Worker Magazine
• APWU: Pilot Test Seems Designed To Take Data-Entry Task Away From Craft
  also: "Polo Shirts Problems"
  American Postal Worker Magazine
• Mail too slow? Netflix to roll out online video
  San Jose Mercury News
• Waiting to Say 'Cheese!'
  Crowds jam post offices to apply for passports
  Syracuse Post-Standard
• Good Call: Help Desk Delivers for Postal Service
  Washington Technology

  Monday, January 15

• Stamps Go Up In Canada Monday, But Does Anyone Still Care?
  CityNews
• Commentary: The Imperial Presidency
  Guantanamo, mail snooping, etc.: it's not about terrorism- it's about power.
  Washington Post
• Mail delivery change angers homeowners
  Youngstown (OH) Vindicator

  Sunday, January 14

• The Schroeders: Letter carriers have a first-class relationship
  Belleville (IL) News-Democrat
• Box Sent to Clinton Causes PO Scare
  New York Times
• Boyfriend Charged with Forgery of Postal Rampage Victim's Will
  KSBY TV Santa Barbara
• Video: How did you spend your Day of Mourning?
  postalnews blog (click here for more postal videos)
• UPS named most competitive U.S. retailer
  Atlanta Business Chronicle

  Saturday, January 13

• Possible arrest in Memphis postal worker attack
  WREG-TV Memphis
• UPS Store owner stole gift cards from mail
  Daytona Beach News-Journal
• Kentucky PMR pleads guilty to embezzlement
  Press release
• Magazine Publishers Square Off Over Postal Rate Case
  Folio
• Colorado postal worker indicted for gambling on the job
  Arvada Press
• Connecticut supervisor gets probation in theft case
  Waterbury Republican American
• Complaint line puts bad stamp on Postal Service
  White Plains Journal News
• Postal workers should oppose Bush's treason
  Postal Workers United Against Tyranny

  Friday, January 12

• APWU Membership Ratifies Four-Year Contract
  "APWU members ratified a four-year Collective Bargaining Agreement by a vote of 84,486 to 12,016."
  APWU News
  An Open Letter to the Union Membership
  "Unfortunately, a majority of the members did not exercise their right to express their approval or disapproval of the negotiated provisions that will affect their lives over the four-year term of the agreement."
  "The dates of the retroactive pay and the identification of the 200 work-year offices are expected to be available within the next 14 days and will be published as soon as they are known."
  APWU Burrus Update
• Postal carrier claims crime was part of job
  ""McDonald stated, in general, he attempts to deliver all the mail, and if unable to do so, he then puts the undelivered mail in the Dumpster ... if he was making a delivery to a customer and their mailbox was full or the customer 'was away,' he would put the current mail in the Dumpster."
  West Valley (AZ) View
• New California senior development without mail service
  UPS delivers to residents, Postal Service doesn’t
  Manteca (CA) Bulletin
• 2007 will be a good year for DM, says Winterberry Groups’ Biegel
  "... the direct mail spend will see another 7.5 percent increase, ... catalogs and other Standard Mail, as well as First-Class mail will grow"
  DMNews.com
• USPS says its transformation plan has achieved remarkable results
  DMNews.com
  Click here to read the USPS report online, or here to download in .pdf format
• New clues in Memphis postal worker assault
  WREG-TV Memphis
• Signing statement creates political firestorm
  Also: Postal Subcommittees Resurrected, and Postal Appropriations Changes
  eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter
• More on Intelligent Mail
  - Postcom.org has a copy of the presentation on Intelligent Mail given at this week's BOG meeting (.pdf file)
  - The USPS has an Intelligent Mail web page
• Baucus: Mail sorting services to stay in Helena
  Billings Gazette
• PO to open bilingual location in Arkansas
  postalnews blog

  Thursday, January 11

• Missouri post office wants boxes at curbside
  Southeast Missourian
• Direct mail faces year of reckoning
  "All the evidence I’ve seen and heard in the last few months suggests that a significant number of marketers will reduce their direct mail volume in 2007."
  Eric Schmitt commentary for DMNews.com
• Postal service finds Virginia Social Security checks
  WWBT TV Richmond
• Congress renews focus on postal issues
  DMNews.com
• Two Colorado Carriers Charged With Throwing Away Mail
  KCNC TV Denver

  Wednesday, January 10

• USPS prepares for foreign forays
  DMNews.com
• Collins introduces resolution reaffirming constitutional protection for sealed mail
  Press release
• 'Intelligent Mail' fully operational by 2009
  "Advanced technology to revolutionize business mail"
  USPS News Link
• BOG approves purchase of vehicles, raises Breast Cancer stamp price to 55¢
  USPS Press release
• Mail carrier accused of drunken driving in truck crash
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Ask President Burrus: More casuals?
  APWU News
• NY Post editorial misrepresented Bush signing statement
  Media Matters
• Rolling gun battle damages postal truck
  KSHB TV Kansas City

  Tuesday, January 9

• Tampa's all-night post office cutting hours
  St Petersburg Times
• Editorial: Follow letter of law
  "Bush opens way for attack on privacy of personal correspondence by taking exception to mail safeguard"
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
• Editorial: Bush's law trumps Congress
  HamptonRoads Virginian-Pilot
• Postal worker accused of taking gift cards
  Detroit News
• Video: Labor struggle in the Post Office, 1978
  postalnews blog

  Monday, January 8

• Senator Feingold asks Bush to explain signing statement that gives President authority to open mail without warrant
  Raw Story
• Editorial: First wiretapping, now letter-opening?
  Los Angeles Times
• APWU Extends Contract Balloting to Jan. 12
  APWU News
• Financial Impact of Reform: The PMG's View
  USPS News Link
• Calls end, junk mail still piles up
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Editorial: First Class mess
  DMNews.com
• Pennsylvania man gets letter postmarked 1954
  Associated Press

  Sunday, January 7

• Furor continues over Bush signing statement
  postalnews blog roundup
• 'Postal Service' advertises for UPS
  postalnews blog
• APWU sues USPS, Mailhandlers Union Over APPS Jurisdiction
  APWU News (if your browser can't load the APWU site, click here to view the text of the story on our blog)
  And click here to read the reaction from the Mail Handlers
• Bypass mail still arrives, but with spoilage, criticism
  Anchorage Daily News
  (Question: Given Alaska's oil wealth, why are postal customers in the lower 48 still subsidizing freight deliveries in Alaska at all?)

  Saturday, January 6

• Post Office Insists Carriers Delivering
  Albuquerque Journal
• Postal Service's study on Helena sorting relocation delayed
  Billings Gazette
• Postal worker accused of stealing customer's cash
  WBBH TV Fort Myers
• Stolen postal satchel leads to two arrests
  San Diego Union Tribune
• Postal carrier arrested for illegal drugs, guns and undelivered mail in his jeep
  Montgomery County (TX) Courier

  Friday, January 5

• Security reduction by Baltimore City post office could cause $2.6M payout
  Baltimore Examiner
• Postal deal feathers nest at Kitty Hawk
  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
• Postal workers on time despite holiday pileup
  East Valley (AZ) Tribune
• Editorial: George Bush, snooper in chief
  Seattle Times
• Collins questions Bush's signing statement
  San Jose Mercury News

  Thursday, January 4

• Long break forces extra postal zip
  Plainview (TX) Daily Herald
• Postal Worker Accused Of Running Gambling Operation - News
  thedenverchannel.com
• Bush: I've got mail! And it's yours!
  W pushes envelope on U.S. spying: A New York Daily News 'exclusive' (on the story the blogs told us about last week).
  More on Bush's Postal Reform Signing Statement
  • Bush Signing Statement Claims Warrantless Mail Opening
    CoolAqua
  • Susan Collins Tooting Her Own Horn
    White Noise Insanity
  • Your Mail Is Officially Not Safe
    Donklephant.com
    
  • Text of the Bush Signing Statement
  • Text of the Act as passed by Congress (.pdf file)
    

  Wednesday, January 3

• BOG sets agenda for next week’s meeting
  Press release
• The USPS Shapes Up
  "Great. We won. Congress has passed a postal reform bill, and our worries are over, right?"
  DIRECT
• APWU Locals Encouraged to Get Out the Vote
  "Noting that participation in the contract ratification process has hovered in the range of only 33 percent, APWU President William Burrus is urging local presidents to get out the vote."
  APWU News
• Ford mourning marks third day without mail
  Reno Gazette Journal
• Business world adjusts to no mail
  Oshkosh Northwestern
• Trying to stamp out unwanted junk mail
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer

  Tuesday, January 2

• Dealing with the rate increase for catalog mailers- Part 1
  Part 2 - Part 3
  Catalog Success
• Reports, reports and more reports...
  Postcom has a listing of all of the new reports called for by the recently passed postal reform act.

  Monday, January 1

• Dispute stops mail delivery to tenants
  Building manager, carrier are feuding
  San Diego Union-Tribune
• Vote by mail spreads across U.S.
  The Oregonian
• Memphis Letter Carrier in Critical Condition After Attack
  Fox13 News Memphis
• Airmail to the (Ohio) islands
  Who knew we had bush pilots in the midwest?
  Elyria (OH) Chronicle Telegram

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