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Tuesday, March 31

• Judge: Unions’ Privacy Lawsuit May Proceed
  Suit alleges “widespread and systematic intrusions” into employee medical records by USPS, OIG
  APWU News
• Postal worker saves resident from fire
  Ferndale (MI) Mirror
• Postal Service to shift mail processing to Tampa; 59 jobs affected
  Bradenton Herald
• USPS lost $658 million in February- year to date loss is now $1.8 billion
  postalnews blog
• Union official: Local postal service slips
  Elko (NV) Daily Free Press
• Mail delivery hampered in the Dakotas
  Jamestown (ND) Sun

  Monday, March 30

• APWU Urges Locals with DBCS Machines to File OSHA Complaints
  APWU - Industrial Relations
• Bill to Limit Postal Subcontracting Introduced in House
  APWU News
• Southwest Area wasted $9 million using FedEx instead of cheaper alternatives
  USPS OIG report (*.pdf file)
• Former postmaster pleads guilty to embezzelment charges
  KSDK TV St. Louis
• Video: Fiscal Stability of U.S. Postal Service
  PRC Chair Dan Blair appearance on CSPAN's Washington Journal
  postalnews.tv (alternative link here)
• PMG Speaks to NAPS meeting
  NAPS Branch 202
• DMM Advisory: USPS cancels mandatory tray-based preparation for First-Class Mail automation flats
  DMM Advisory
• A dying breed: the neighborhood mailbox
  Muskegon News
• Mold forces rural Missouri post office to close
  Fort Mill (SC) Times
• Bigger Buyouts = Fewer Employees
  "The issue is what would it take to get you to go?"
  Federal News Radio
• Editorial: The shrinking post office
  Deseret News

  Sunday, March 29

• Neither Recession Nor Debt Nor Credit Crunch
  Audio: brief interview and phone in segment with PRC Chair Dan Blair on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
• Texas Rural Carrier Associate imprisoned for stealing identities from mail
  Press release
• Vets want Purple Heart stamp to be 'forever'
  Cincinnati Enquirer
• No Postal Rate Increase Next Year?
  Dead Tree Edition

  Saturday, March 28

• Postal worker calling it quits at age 79
  Champaign (IL) News-Gazette
• March Madness on Capitol Hill – Postal Style
  eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin
• NAPS Urges USPS to Cut Top Management Ranks
  NAPS Legislative & Regulatory Update
• Alaska bypass mail center, workers may move to Denver, officials say
  Alaska Journal of Commerce
• Postal Service adjusts routes, cuts jobs
  Billings Gazette

  Friday, March 27

• DMM Advisory: Standard Mail Move Update Postponed – Confirm Service Prices Adjusted
  USPS DMM Advisory
• Postal Worker Seriously Injured in Parma (NY) Accident
  WHAM TV Rochester
• Maine Soldier/Postal Worker Killed In Iraq Is Being Honored In Baghdad
  WCSH TV Portland (ME) click here for video -
• Study: Wilkes-Barre consolidation would save millions
  Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice
• Junk Mail Ban Adds to Postal Woes
  Graphic Arts Online
• Postal Service offers $100,000 reward for Minnesota bomb threats
  Associated Press
• USPS Releases VERA Info, Fails to Notify Union
  APWU News
• Comics for troops program hurt by postal rates
  Boston Herald
• House Oversight Sub-Committee Hearing video archive
  Videos of Wednesday's House Oversight hearing on USPS finances
  postalnews.tv
• Postal penalties? Nobody knows.
  What if the USPS doesn't make the $5 billion contribution to RHBTF?
  Federal Times
• Connecticut letter carrier pleads guilty to theft
  Danbury News Times
• Postal inspectors investigating parcel tracking notices in mailboxes
  Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Postal Ponzi Scheme
  postalnews blog

  Thursday, March 26

• Paid Parental Leave For Federal Employees Moving Forward
  FedSmith.com
• Chaffetz questions postmaster general's sweet home deal
  Salt Lake Tribune
• Arbitrator Rescinds ELM 546 Changes Agreed to in APWU-USPS 2006 MOU
  Changes dealt with "Limited Duty and Rehabilitation Assignments Within APWU Crafts Involving Workers from Other Crafts."
  APWU Industrial Relations Dept. web site
• Letter Mailers Want Same Postal Break as Catalogers
  multichannelmerchant.com
• Oakland APWU petitions Congress to investigate USPS
  Oakland APWU web site (.pdf file)
• The Biggest Loser: the postal service
  "Like the human contestants [on the reality show], the USPS needs to downsize to stay in the game and stay alive."
  Federal News Radio
• Should Potter get a bonus?
  Federal Times Fedline Blog
• Postmaster defends compensation, wants help on deficits
  Government Executive
• Video: Postmaster General dodges CNN reporter’s question on relocation costs
  postalnews.tv
• In Special Delivery to Lawmakers, U.S. Postmaster Signals SOS
  Washington Post
• Video: Rep. Mark Souder Breaks Down OGR Postal Subcommittee Hearing
  postalnews.tv
• Teamsters respond to FedEx "blackmail" threat
  Memphis Business Journal
• Finding the Postal Service's Yellow Brick Road
  Commentary by Postcom's Jessica Lowrance and Gene Del Polito
  update: the Yellow Brick Road gets rockier every day- see this postscript -

  Wednesday, March 25

• Call for Help: Postal chief says agency crashing
  "Our situation is critical."
  Associated Press - click here for the prepared statements of participants at the hearing -
• Live webcast of postal oversight hearing
  House Oversight Committee web site
• Heads to roll at Headquarters??
  "PostCom has learned that postal staff at headquarters have been told it would be a good idea if they 'spiffed up' their resumes. An ax could fall on more than a few heads."
  Postcom.org
• USPS to Face Tough Questions from Congress
  NAPS Legislative & Regulatory Update
• Former postal worker sentenced
  He was opening other people's mail
  WLUC TV Marquette MI
• Postal Service seeks changes in law to help it cope with financial troubles
  Seattle Times
• NALC: Postal workers latest victims of economic crisis
  Federal News Radio
• House subcommittee hearing on postal finances today at 10 AM
  Press release
• Boulder County post offices adjust to declining volumes
  Boulder Daily Camera

  Tuesday, March 24

• National VER Offering July 31, 2009
  "ALL EMPLOYEES except Electronic Technicians (ET); Maintenance Mechanics, Mail Processing Equipment (MPE); Part-time Postmasters"
  liteblue.usps.gov
• USPS and the Economic Gloom
  USPS COO Pat Donahoe interview on Federal News Radio this morning (8 minute .mp3 file)
• Will City Delivery Route Consolidation Benefit the USPS?
  USPS OIG Blog
• Senator Snowe calls on PMG to consider small businesses when reviewing six day delivery options
  Press release
• Higher postage hits mailing services
  El Paso Inc.
• Postmaster General to face Congress over compensation
  Government Executive
• Postal Service Cuts, Chief's Compensation Getting Closer Look
  Washington Post
• Father says postal worker unfairly told son to remove turban for passport photo
  Dallas Morning News

  Monday, March 23

• Early retirement offer will cover city carriers
  NALC web site
• Web site displays postal employees' salaries
  courierpostonline.com via postalmag.com
• Mail Piece Redesign: Is the goal to reduce processing costs or mandate the use of envelopes?
  "The Postal Service has never made the connection between their policies, customer
  reaction to those policies and mail volume."
  Todd Butler commentary for Postcom.org
• Postal worker charged in theft of $600K in stamps
  ... which were then sold on eBay
  WTOP Washington
• Drilling Down - Recession Takes Toll on Direct Mail Ads
  New York Times
• USPS spent $78 million on relocations in 2008
  $37.9 million spent on home purchase/lease program
  postalnews blog

  Sunday, March 22

• City of Long Beach may oppose postal closure
  Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram
• More than a mailman to struggling customers
  Letter carrier stays attune to weight residents are under
  Detroit Free Press

  Saturday, March 21

• Postmaster at the center of small-town life
  Ottawa (IL) Times
• NAPS 2009 Legislative Issues Brief
  National Association of Postal Supervisors (.pdf file: if it doesn't open automatically, right-click the link and select "save link as" or "save target as" to save the file to your computer and open manually) -
• Pepper spray prevents injury in dog attack on mail carrier
  Des Moines Register
• Maine postmaster pleads guilty to theft
  Bangor Daily News
• New Hampshire congressional delegation urges USPS to reconsider closing NH/VT district office
  Senator Judd Gregg press release
• U.S. Postal Service offering early retirement to 150,000 workers
  Los Angeles Times
• Hands off Staten Island's Manor Road P.O., Schumer tells Postal Service
  Staten Island Advance

  Friday, March 20

• Press release on today’s announcement of USPS organizational changes
  postalnews blog
• USPS announces organizational changes: Six districts to close, 1,400 supervisor jobs cut
  postalnews blog
• BOG sets three day closed meeting starting March 30
  postalnews blog
• APWU Files Dispute Over USPS Failure to Create Bargaining Unit Jobs at Greensboro HRSSC
  APWU - Industrial Relations
• Time Exec says USPS periodical pricing promotes inefficiencies
  Postcom.org
• Mail carrier aids fallen tree trimmer
  Woodland (CA) Daily Democrat
• FedEx, UPS brace for slowdown
  Associated Press
• USPS seeks contractors for Change of Address program
  Federal Business Opportunities
• Dog bites postal carrier near eye
  KYTV Springfield MO video via postalnews.tv
• Pay Protection for Mobilized Feds
  Federal News Radio

  Thursday, March 19

• NAPS: Announcements tomorrow on District changes, EAS staffing changes in plants
  postalnews blog
• No pets allowed in the PO- especially Jeffrey's "squealing, whiny" little dog...
  Burbia.com
• Mail handlers union receives notification of pending BMC network changes
  NPMHU web site (.pdf file)
• Get angry? or just laugh...
  What's a customer to do when the USPS asks you for inspiration?
  Cary Baer commentary for Postcom.org
• DA: Man stole $1,000 in fuel from USPS
  Newsday
• Is the Postmaster General Overpaid?
  Paper by Murray Comarow for the National Academy of Public Administration
• Podcast: USPS VP Bill Galligan discusses plans to reorganize the USPS distribution network with Postcom's Gene Del Polito
  Postcom.org
• Flying through his route
  Letter carrier has a few tricks to get through his daily eight-mile trek
  Evansville Courier Press
• APWU takes CPU and maximization disputes to arbitration
  APWU - Industrial Relations
  Click here for details of the CPU appeal, or here for the maximization dispute.
• USPS seeks vendors for Mystery Shopper Program
  Federal Business Opportunities

  Wednesday, March 18

• NALC President responds to retired postal exec's anti-union commentary
  Text of former SE Area VP David Bakke's letter to the Wall Street Journal, and NALC President Bill Young's response
  NALC News
• House Oversight Committee sets witness list for next week's hearing on postal finances
  postalnews blog
• Staten Island's postmark could become thing of past if mail is rerouted
  Staten Island Live
• Neighborhood mailboxes being stamped out
  Los Angeles Times
• Users Paid to Receive Direct Mail Through Incentive-Based Social Network
  Press reelase
• Woman Has Trouble Getting Insurance Money From Postal Service
  WSOC TV Charlotte

  Tuesday, March 17

• Post office delays new stamps, citing weak economy
  Associated Press
• Postal carrier called a hero
  Rescues woman trapped in burning house
  Fox 59 Indianapolis
• Appeals court upholds manager’s demotion for violating contract
  Failure to provide information to union cost USPS $28K
  postalnews blog
• Direct Mail to Become More Targeted
  MediaPost Publications
• Jury convicts bulk mail clerk in fraud case
  Employee conspired with mailer who was also convicted
  Saginaw News
• NAPUS Guide for Postmasters: "Preventing the Closing or Consolidation of Your Post Office"
  NAPUS via Postcom
• PRC Commissioner Goldway compares USPS finances to the banking industry
  postalnews blog
• Modernizing Mailings
  New regulations drive adoption of new software, and co-mail initiatives
  Graphic Arts Online
• Alaska bypass mail rate increase reduced
  Anchorage Daily News

  Monday, March 16

• Early outs again?
  League President Addresses VER, Rural counts, NPA/PFP, Legislative Issues and PMG Potter’s pay
  National League of Postmasters - Presidents Message
• Big announcement Thursday?
  postalnews blog
• Reducing the Junk-Mail Footprint
  Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
• Trimming shipping costs with the Postal Service
  FedSmith.com
• FERS Flu Cure Puffing Along
  Federal News Radio

  Sunday, March 15

• Lack of handicapped access at Taunton post office disturbs disabled
  Brockton Enterprise
• ID theft soaring as woes worsen
  "Most of the investigators who deal with identity theft in the Utah Attorney General's Office no longer get mail delivered to their homes..."
  Deseret News
• Post office keeps its workers coming back
  USPS "has several employees who still are working well into their 80s and 90s, including a 90-year-old custodian in Queens and an 89-year-old letter carrier in Birmingham"
  South Jersey Courier-Post
• Editorial: 'Closed, come back in an hour and 15'
  Schenectady Gazette

  Saturday, March 14

• Is the Direct Mail Well Drying Up?
  Audience Development's Direct Mail Blog
• Changes at post office create problems for customers
  WHP TV via postalnews.tv
• Online services deliver mail without the paper
  Los Angeles Times
• USPS is proving to be strong rival in package market
  Logistics Management
• NAPUS: Job freeze is back on
  NAPUS Hotline via postalnewsblog

  Friday, March 13

• Syracuse mailmen stop theft of dog
  Syracuse Post Standard
• Critics voice concern over Hattiesburg consolidation plans
  Hattiesburg American
• More details on changes to BMC, P&DC networks
  APWU News
• Editorial: Poke in the eye from the postal service
  Frederick (MD) News-Post
• What the (bleep) Happened???
  NALC Postal Record (.pdf)
• Bil Seeks to Create Purple Heart Forever Stamp
  WHSV TV Harrisonburg VA
• Can Heavier Paper Save Money for Magazine and Catalog Mailers
  Dead Tree Edition

  Thursday, March 12

• Facilities optimization: balancing retail, delivery facility space against projected needs
  USPS Newslink
• Congressman calls for probe of Canton/Akron consolidation plans
  Canton Repository
• Editorial:Fat paycheck for U.S. postmaster general
  Lancaster (PA) New Era
• Window clerk pleads guilty to stealing money orders
  Helena Independent Record
• Commentary: Service shouldn't slip with the higher cost of a stamp
  Kansas City Star
• When E-Mail Marketing Works And When It Doesn't
  Do small businesses still need the post office?
  Forbes
• Intelligent Mail Readiness Alert
  "Meeting critical dates this month will determine whether you will be ready for Intelligent Mail Full Service by November 2009."
  Window Book press release
• The USPS Still Matters
  The Nation
• U.S. Postal Service investigation into Amazon continues
  Seattle Tech Report

  Wednesday, March 11

• Detroit APWU sues over involuntary reassignments
  Claims union wasn't notified, that light duty carriers continue to do clerk work despite arbitration decisions to the contrary.
  US District Court via law360.com
• Post Office Betrays Tenderloin; Buys Mansions for Executives
  BeyondChron: San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily News
• Mailers Council defends PMG's compensation package
  Mailers Council press release
• Alleged post-office killer tried to cash stamps
  San Francisco Chronicle
• Mail delays likely as Postal Service cuts routes
  Chicago Daily Herald
• Clerk: Postal changes will impact voting
  Elko (NV) Daily Free Press
• Capitol Heights post office cuts hours
  Gaithersburg (MD) Gazette
• Through rain, sleet, snow — flood?
  Holland (MI) Sentinel

  Tuesday, March 10

• Confessions of a Former Station Manager Part 1
  Part 2 and Part 3
  lettercarrierconnection.com
• Follow postalnews.com on Twitter!
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• Postal Service looks to cut jobs and hours
  Ventura County Star
• Postal worker delivers fire warning
  Kalamazoo Gazette
• "Death spiral" for direct mail?
  BtoB Magazine
• HR 22: Refinancing USPS Retiree Health Benefits
  Robert J. Brinkmann, Legislative Consultant for the League of Postmasters
• Brookfield Uniforms pledges to support EFCA
  NALC web site

  Monday, March 9

• Hitting a Co-Worker Leads to Removal
  FedSmith
• Tiny Iowa Hill opens its mail just three days a week
  Sacramento Bee
• USPS seeks "new concepts, business ideas and innovations"
  Innovations@USPS
• Alarming cost of false alarms, anthrax hoaxes
  Seattle Times
• Postal rate increase painful for rural Alaska
  Anchorage Daily News
• Postal Service closes West Springfield annex
  Springfield (MA) Republican

  Sunday, March 8

• Here's to mail carriers, in snow, sleet, hail...
  Boston Globe
• Homicide at California Post Office investigated
  San Jose Mercury News
• Postal Hike To Favor Direct Mailers, Disadvantage Newspapers
  Editor & Publisher
  and an alternative point of view from Postcom, which represents Direct Mailers -

  Saturday, March 7

• Loveland postal carrier faces federal investigation
  Fort Collins Coloradan
• More on the SC Postmaster's Million Dollar Mansion
  The State (Columbia SC) see also:
  
  • the text of the original CNN report
  • CNN video report
  • Wanna buy the house? click here!
• A Modest Proposal For The United States Postal Service
  "To be successful, the USPS needs to bring in new leadership with a renewed focus on service, employee morale, and an efficient operating model."
  Mark Fallon, the Berkshire Company

  Friday, March 6

• US Postal Service Winning Market Share Amid Shipping Decline
  CNN
• Mail Moves America Update
  fighting "Do Not Mail" laws
  Postcom.org
• USPS career employee headcount down 4.4% from a year ago
  postalnews blog
• Postal service finds missing Social Security checks in upstate NY
  Glens Falls Post Star
• Postal Service draws criticism for $1.2 million home buy
  CNN
• NALC: Budget won't raise postal workers' benefit contributions
  NALC web site
  see also the League of Postmasters
• Five USPS Districts to close?
  postalnews blog

  Thursday, March 5

• USPS: Clean Up the Byrd Droppings!
  Dead Tree Edition
• J.P. Morgan and U.S. Postal Service Expand Cash Management Relationship
  The FINANCIAL
• 2 Men Wanted In Ravensdale (WA) Postal Worker Robbery
  KIRO TV Seattle
• Postal mechanic run over, killed by truck he was servicing
  San Diego Union Tribune
• Ohio APWU Members Lead Protests of Postal Service Consolidation Plans
  APWU News

  Wednesday, March 4

• Ask President Burrus: "Please enlighten us regarding the MVS Memo that has everyone outraged."
  APWU web site
• Commentary: Congress has more important things to worry about than Potter's pay
  Gene Del Polito commentary for Postcom.org
• Arkansas OIC pleads guilty to theft of money from local ministry
  DOJ Press release
• Reader's Digest considers possible bankruptcy
  Brand Republic
• Massive fire engulfs Ohio PO
  Elyria (OH) Chronicle-Telegram
• Temp letter carrier dumped mail, stole prescription medications
  St. Petersburg Times
• USPS releases preliminary financial results for January
  confirms $1.1 billion YTD loss as volume decline worsens
  postalnews blog
• APWU: Dispute Over VER and Severance Pay Appealed to Arbitration
  APWU - Industrial Relations
  click here for a copy of the appeal documents (pdf file) -
• Man sentenced to 13 years for assaulting postal worker
  KTAR FM Phoenix
• Direct Mail Spending Down in 2008 and Still Falling
  Advertising Age

  Tuesday, March 3

• USPS won’t build “massive” mail processing facility in Aliso Viejo
  Press release
• Pile of personal letters left unattended in post office
  WWL TV New Orleans
• Post office faces loss of clerks
  Springfield (MA) Republican
• Obama Blueprint Proposes Postal Employee Benefit Cuts
  also: Retiree Equity Bills Introduced
  eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin
  Update: NALC reaction: “We are aware of the problem in the budget. We are working with a friendly administration to resolve it.”

  Monday, March 2

• Postal Service employee admits to stealing from agency
  DC Examiner

  Sunday, March 1

• Virginia residents fight to keep rural post office
  Richmond Times-Dispatch
• Blood Mail
  Are you allowed to send your bodily fluids through the post?
  Slate Magazine
• Study to weigh mail-processing consolidation
  Binghamton work could go to Syracuse
  Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
• Postal Service, museum in dispute over photos
  USPS seeks to charge for use of images of taxpayer funded artworks
  Philadelphia Inquirer

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