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Do it yourself R2D2 mailbox
No Star Wars collection boxes in your town? Download this 'paper doll' style .pdf version.
Starwars.com -
Man Wearing Only Underwear Accused Of Vandalizing West Virginia Post Office
WTOV TV Wheeling WV -
Online shipping service lays off workers
Greenwich (CT) Time -
Private carriers worry union members
Seattle Post-IntelligencerFriday, March 30
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Rate increases may permanently damage mail industry
DMNews.com -
Motorists sue over junk mail from motor vehicle agency
Associated Press -
USPS introduces new stamps for new rates
USPS Press release
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DMNews introduces online magazine
DMNews.com's Deliver Magazine (not to be confused with USPS Deliver magazine) is available as a .pdf file.Thursday, March 29
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Massachusetts letter carrier arrested for distributing drugs on route
click here for video report
WWLP TV Springfield -
Postal carrier goes above, beyond duty
Northwest Arkansas News -
Going postal in Beaverton
"Emergency" contractor "is the son of... a manager at the Beaverton post office." USPS spokesman: "We all have relatives that work in different facets of the post office"
Willamette Week -
USPS.com launches Star Wars stamps promotion
DMNews.com -
FedEx profits drop, company looks to China expansion
DMNews.com -
Postal worker among those arrested in NY online gambling sweep
New York Times
see also the item in the Register on the case, and US law enforcement's apparent obsession with online gamblingWednesday, March 28
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Live from National Postal Forum: PRC’s Decision “Somewhat Anomalous”
multichannelmerchant.com
also from the Forum:
- Intelligent Mailing, Intelligent Barcodes -
Con men still seek a quick buck the old way: By using snail mail
Newark Star Ledger -
Writing Junk Mail. Somebody has to do it.
DMNews.com -
PRC's Blair hopes for expedited decision on rate reconsideration
DMNews.com -
Some suspended Battle Creek carriers returing to work
Battle Creek EnquirerTuesday, March 27
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Post Office Has Limits ...
An Amazon seller discovers there's a limit to how many packages she can mail at once...
Amazon Seller Community Forum -
Nation Gets Sneak Peak of the Forever Stamp
USPS Press release
See also the Santa Monica Daily Press's coverage of former Santa Monoca mayor, and PRC member, Ruth Goldway's role in introducing the stamp.Monday, March 26
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PMG Keynote at Postal Forum
Potter urges 7,000 mailers to help shape Postal Service for 21st century
USPS News Link -
APWU, USPS Reach Tentative Agreement on IT/ASC Contract
APWU News -
Online video shows post-office meltdown
The Daily News catches up with the December video of a not very happy customer at a Brooklyn PO. See also Gothamist. Click here to see the video. -
At odds with the postal service
Mail delivery slow in Missouri town
St Louis Post Dispatch Suburban Journals -
Delivering Change at the Post Office
Washington Post -
Talk of Postal Hikes Kicks Off Mailers' Conference
also:
- Catalogers Need to Pass Costs on to Consumers
- Resilient Catalogers Will Survive
multichannelmerchant.comSunday, March 25
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They’ve Got Mail, but Look Who Delivered It
New York Times -
Carrier makes special delivery- his grandson
Greeneville (SC) NewsSaturday, March 24
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Mail-processing work to remain in Bloomington
Associated Press -
Young, Potter Reach Agreement To Resume Contract Bargaining
April 6 Deadline Set for Settlement
NALC Bulletin (.pdf file) -
Mailers Council Calls on USPS Board to Avoid Another Rate Case Under 1970 Statute
Mailers Councl via Postcom.org -
Live from NEMOA: Washington Still Needs to Understand Rate Increase Impact
multichannelmerchant.com -
Postal Service Continues Plans to Close AMCs
APWU News -
Massachusetts town loses mail boxes
Taunton Gazette -
Woman critical after postal vehicle bumps her
Janesville (WI) GazetteFriday, March 23
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Contract postal carriers get more routes
"One new housing development at a time, more non-postal service mail carriers are taking on routes across the nation..."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer -
Postal Worker Files Lawsuit To Avoid Daily Lunch Break
Tampa Tribune -
Readers, carriers pan postal service
Original story: Mail delivery problems spark fears of fraud
Joliet (IL) Herald News
and still more from the Chicago area:
More Mail Delivery Setbacks
Southwest News Herald -
PRC seeks mailer input on postal reform
DMNews.comThursday, March 22
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Forever Stamp Debuts Monday at National Postal Forum
USPS News Release -
Postal worker faces charges in identity theft
Reading (PA) Eagle -
Bayonne losing last local-only mailboxes
...because of 2001 anthrax mailings?!?
Bayonne Journal -
'Forever' stamp better bet for mailers than investors
USA Today -
Topeka Postal Employee Charged with Embezzlement
WIBW TV Topeka -
Transcript of USPS/PRC Customer Summit
The PRC has posted a transcript of the March 13 'Summit' session entitled "Meeting Customer Needs in a Changing Regulatory Environmrnt'. (Note that this is a 276 page .pdf file, apparently scanned from a typed copy).
PRC web site -
OIG Reviews Delivery and Retail SOP Compliance
USPS Office of Inspector General (.pdf file)
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Note to Boston police: New R2-D2 mailboxes are not a bomb
Homeland Stupidity -
Dog poop too much for Canada Post
CBC NewsWednesday, March 21
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DMA head: marketers face regulation if they don't keep consumers happy
DMNews.com -
Canada Post turns to U.S. counterparts in medal theft
Halifax Chronicle HeraldTuesday, March 20
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Unions Press FBI to Brief Congress on Anthrax Investigation
APWU News -
UPS CEO earned $6.2M last year
Memphis Business Journal -
Pitney Bowes promotes president to CEO
Stamford Advocate -
Editorial: U.S. Postal Service isn't delivering
Merced (CA) Sun StarMonday, March 19
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USPS Board Approves Rate Increases, new rates effective May 14...
...except that the Governors "have concluded that three issues -- Standard Mail flats, the Nonmachinable Surcharge for First-Class Mail letters, and the Priority Mail Flat Rate Box -- would benefit from further consideration", and requuested the PRC reconsider them on an expedited basis.
- Text of the Governors' decision text pdf
- Coverage of the decision from DMNews.com -
To mail or not to mail is marketers' question
New York Post -
Georgia PM wins Benjamin Franklin Award
Press release -
Fanciest Postal Code Is About To Be Split Up
New York SunSunday, March 18
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The Strike That Stunned The Country
Thirty six years ago today, postal workers in New York City voted to strike
TIME Magazine
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Sizing mail to save
Businesses work to avert size surcharges
Berkshire EagleSaturday, March 17
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Postal service aims to improve
"Complaints about late mail and no delivery have been signed, sealed and delivered to the U.S. Postal Service, and the Albuquerque plant is working to make those complaints obsolete."
Albuquerque Tribune -
Postal Service asking its customers to think flat
"A package is fine, but a flat is better. The best thing to do is send a letter."
Columbus Dispatch -
Hundreds protest use of private mail carriers
Beaverton Valley (OR) Times -
Phoenix letter carrier gets probation for stealing mail
Associated Press -
Cluster boxes may replace home delivery in dangerous areas
"The postal service is considering ending home mail delivery to the area where a postal worker was killed" last October.
Canton (OH) Repository -
Tennessee contract mail center's work force halved
Knoxville News SentinelFriday, March 16
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Shots fired in robbery attempt at Virginia PO
Salisbury (MD) Daily Times -
New Jersey postmaster faces numerous charges
Sparta Independent -
USPS seeks contractor for Omaha mail center
Federal Business Opportunities web site -
Beaverton PM: Contractors play important role in USPS
Letter to the Editor, Beaverton Valley (OR) Times -
Alabama carrier accused of mail theft
Mobile Register -
Four-year-old hit by postal truck
KETK TV Tyler TXThursday, March 15
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PMG airs reservations on postal reform law
Linn's Stamp News -
Bronx congressman halts plans to shut 3 mail centers
New York Daily News -
APWU: New Contract Provisions Offer Additional Protection Against Excessing
(The 'protection' is to become a part time employee)
APWU News -
It isn't just dogs: postal delivery stopped by teens on ATVs
WMAZ-TV Macon, GA -
Postal-bag cuts mean layoffs for 250 disabled workers
(Note: this is the same company that, according a January 21 article in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "...has taken its executives on a Lake Minnetonka party boat, given them $100 bills to gamble with at a casino and sprung for a retreat for executives and their spouses at a golf-spa resort... At the most recent getaway, executives played golf and discussed plans to lay off workers."
St. Paul Business Journal -
NALC's Young: "It's time to stop the 'run amok' OIG
NALC Postal Record -
You've Got Mail- But it isn't always the USPS delivering it
"Mail delivery finally came Monday to a west-side housing development after a two-month search for a private contractor by the U.S. Postal Service that even included posting a query on Craigslist."
Willamette Week -
BOG considered rate recommendations in telecon last week
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More Forever Stamp Designs
Humor site Fark.com asked readers to suggest designs for the 'forever' stamp.Wednesday, March 14
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Daley on mail: Feds are 'dysfunctional'
Chicago Sun-Times -
Predictability, flexibility key issues at USPS/PRC regulatory summit
DMNews.com -
PRC chairman seeks mailer feedback on rulemaking
DMNews,com -
Minnesota carrier dies in truck crash
St Paul Pioneer Press -
USPS BOG member mentioned in US Attorney scandal
New York Times, New Mexico Politics blogTuesday, March 13
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Fundraiser for mail carrier comes a day after he succumbs to cancer
Orange County Register -
Would you let your pizza guy deliver your paycheck, or your ballot?
Blue Oregon blog -
Postal service's response to picketing in New Jersey
Asbury Park Press Online -
Top U.S. postal official checks mess in Chicago
Chicago Sun Times -
'Forever' Stamps Save Time, Not Money
Washington Post
audio: Sloan discusses the forever stamp on Marketplace -
Maryland withdraws do-not-mail bill; Vermont, Arkansas introduce bills
DMNews.com -
Credit card mail increased six percent in 2006
DMNews.com -
Chinese-American Postmaster Left Indelible Stamp on Postal Service
New American MediaMonday, March 12
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Maureen Deprince battles back
South Jersey Courier Post -
Forever stamp’s sticking point
Kansas City Star -
Tables Turned In Anthrax Investigation
'Person Of Interest' Files Lawsuit Against FBI
CBS News -
Letter carriers protest in New Jersey
Asbury Park Press -
DMA’s Greco again asks postal governors to reject catalog rates
DMNews.com
also from DMNews- Editorial: Reject the PRC’s recommended postage hikeSaturday, March 10
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Postal Service aims to save with "independent carriers"
"Looking to cut costs nationwide, the Postal Service will now award contracts to nonpostal employees for deliveries in large new housing tracts... these independent contractors don't get benefits."
Fresno Bee- How well have 'independent carriers' worked for FedEx?
postalnews blog - Reaction to contracting out from the Democratic Underground blog (best comment: "Now we can look forward to the same kind of service the soldiers at Walter Reed get")
- How well have 'independent carriers' worked for FedEx?
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Postal union joins Chelsea anti-war action
(The Chelsea section of Manhattan is home to the Morgan and Farley facilities, as well as the NYC Truck terminal)
Chelsea now
Meanwhile, in Canada, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers joins the fight against that nation's involvement in Bush's other war, in Afghanistan. -
R2-D2 Themed Mailboxes - Not So Long Ago At A Post Office Not So Far Away…
OhGizmo! blog -
Trade Group Requests 120-Day Postal Case Implementation Period
MultiChannelMerchant.com -
Congressman seeks update on Gaylord consolidation
Gaylord (MI) Herald TimesFriday, March 9
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Postal Pallets Pose a Problem
"The pallet industry is full of crooks. Or at least that must be what the USPS thinks."
Pallet Enterprise -
Niagara postal workers reassured on meningitis
Buffalo News -
Chicago: More Mail Delivery Complaints
Southwest News-Herald City
... and nearby: Alsip mayor: boycott post office
Daily Southtown -
'Do-Not-Mail' Bills Deliver Dissent
Eleven states consider junk-mail bans, sparking constitutional debate
Law.com -
Commentary: Mail delivery shouldn’t be contracted out
Beaverton (OR) Valley Times -
Postal Governor Vote on Rate Case Expected Next Week
Multichannel Merchant -
Postal Service's rate changes could be a boon to some small businesses
Los Angeles Daily Breeze -
Cleveland clerks indicted in credit card theft
Cleveland Plain Dealer -
Burrus: BOG should accept PRC rate recommendations
APWU President Bill Burrus letter to the BOG
PRC web siteThursday, March 8
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Man blocks his own mailbox, wonders why he doesn't get mail...
Culpeper (VA) Star Exponent -
1,000 late Social Security checks should be in hand
Bridgeton (NJ) News -
DHL trims expansion
St Louis Post DispatchWednesday, March 7
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Letter carriers protest plan for contract delivery in Oregon
The Oregonian -
Rate increase a 'fatal blow' for catalogs?
"in the 1990s, the Clinton Administration was busy eliminating welfare.... the reality was that welfare was simply transferred to a full employment program in the federal government. The USPS... and a host of other agencies all swelled and absorbed a large number of the nation’s unemployed"
DMNews.com commentary "by Donald R. Libey, president Libey Inc., a direct marketing advisory and consulting firm in Des Moines, IA. Reach Mr. Libey at libey@libey.com." -
Postmaster wants to make door mail slots history
Greenwich (CT) Time -
USPS wants to automate postage due processing
Federal Business Opportunities -
USPS, PRC announce regulatory summit
DMNews.com -
APWU: Retroactive Pay to Be Issued May 18
APWU News -
Police: Man fishes for mail in front of post office
New Britain (CT) HeraldTuesday, March 6
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Mailing industry urges “en masse” response to halt increases in catalog rate
DMnews.com -
USPS says FSS on track
DMNews.com -
Several thousand pieces of mail found in storage units in Tennessee town
Kingsport Times News -
Do Not Mail Bills Create Conflict Between States and Federal Government
May it Please the Court Law Weblog -
They'd rather be in Marysville
Non-Indians on reservation upset about postal name change
Everett (WA) HeraldMonday, March 5
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Ask President Burrus: Can a PTF be excessdd out of a 200 man-year office to avoid conversion to full time?
APWU News -
Chase Still Tops Direct Mail Volume List
"In 2006... from credit card companies alone, American households and businesses received 9.2 billion pieces of mail"
Marketing Daily -
Seattle District mandates 204-B reduction
NAPS Branch 61 News -
Ex-carrier gets probation for tossing mail
Aspen Times -
State rep., Letter Carrier Union President Comment on Do Not Mail Bill
DMNews.com -
Bicycle tracks lead to PO burglary suspect
Worcester TelegramSunday, March 4
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Signed, sealed - but is it delivered?
That's the question many bulk mailers are asking as late deliveries continue to frustrate
St. Charles (MO) Journal -
Postal reform Q&A: Taxes on competitive products
USPS News Link
click here for the original Link article -
Hoosiers could soon be voting by mail
Hendricks County Flyer -
Biloxi Post Office rebounds
Reopening celebration set for Monday
Biloxi Sun Herald -
N.J. congressman wants hearings on anthrax case
Asbury Park PressSaturday, March 3
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More on the 'forever' stamp
San Francisco Chronicle
and even more in the blog: Forever stamps and class struggle -
DMA Calls on Members to Protest "Exorbitant, Unexpected Postage Rate Recommendations"
Press release -
Postal Rate Recommendation Could be Catastrophic for Catalogers
Catalog SuccessFriday, March 2
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Indiana Newspaper Abandons Home Delivery Service, Will Use U.S. Mail
Editor & Publisher -
APWU, USPS Sign Off On Contract Questions & Answers
APWU News
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Is eBay stamp racket the Net's stickiest scam?
MSNBC -
Postal Service hunts men who robbed mail carrier
San Diego Union Tribune -
Man pleads guilty to obstruction in postal worker’s death
Canton Repository -
Mailman arrested, charged with delivering pot
The Oregonian -
Postal Calculator
Online calculator projects the impact of rate changes for mailers
Marketsmithinc.com -
Postal regulation vs. mailer incentives
DMNews.com -
"A whole new attitude" for paralyzed letter carrier
Asbury Park Press -
Dumbest editorial of the week
postalnews blogThursday, March 1
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Strange Bedfellows
Why is the APWU's Burrus 'in bed' with a rabidly anti-postal, anti-union lobbying group?
APWU Burrus Update
Why indeed...
postalnews blog -
El Paso Residents Experiencing Mail Problems Again
KFOX TV El Paso -
Postal Service Circulates Sketch of Suspected Mail-bomber
KCTV Kansas City -
Long time, no see: Post offices hide their clocks
USPS: "We want people to focus on postal service and not the clock." Marketing expert: "It's silly, I guess they think people don’t have watches."
Fort Worth Star-Telegram -
Northrop Grumman Awarded $874.6 Million U.S. Postal Service Contract to Provide Flat Sequencing Machines
Press release
see also the presentation on the FSS program given at last week's MTAC meeting at Postcom.org -
New Jersey Postmaster indicted in sack of scams
Newark Star Ledger -
PO burns, mail spared
Opelika-Auburn (AL) News -
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