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Man Tries To Rob Post Office, Threatens To Detonate Bomb
WOWT TV OmahaSaturday, May 30
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Rising costs make mass mailing efforts less popular
Arizona Republic -
Former carrier gets three months for theft of mail
Alton (IL) Telegraph -
Postal service cuts funds that promote food drive
Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle -
Idaho Courier Survives Postal Cost-Cutting
New York Times -
50 years later, mail man still on job
Hattiesburg AmericanFriday, May 29
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Man dressed as postal worker robs store in Brooklyn
New York Post -
Time for the USPS to wake up and smell the coffee
Gene Del Polito commentary for Postcom.org -
Postal service finances continued downward spiral in April
postalnews blog -
Why USPS Must Consolidate Its Mail-Processing Network
Dead Tree Edition -
Georgia: supervisor gets jail time for stealing $57,000
Florida Times Union -
Northern Tier (PA) mail truck catches fire
Elmira (NY) Star-GazetteThursday, May 28
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Letter carrier babysits while grandma, neighbor douse fire
St Paul Pioneer Press -
Post office refuses to deliver mail on one way street because carrier would have to turn left???
Portsmouth NH Herald -
Mail carrier robbed at gunpoint
Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News -
Time for "PostalServiceDeathWatch.com?
Postcom notes the "Newspaper Death Watch" web site, and suggests the USPS is headed down the same path...
PostCom Home Page -
Zip code change riles Arizona residents
Arizona Republic -
Mail handler sentenced for false military leave claims
Indianapolis Star -
Businessman pleads guilty to defrauding USPS
Buffalo News -
Electric Drive Vehicles For Mail Delivery: Identifying Key Issues
Paper prepared by Michael Ravnitzky, who is on the staff of the of the Postal Regulatory Commission. See also the presentation "Develop Next Generation Postal LLV Using Stimulus Money for Electric Vehicles?", prepared by Erik Toomre of Mobility Future LLCWednesday, May 27
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WV Contract Mail Carrier Sentenced for Mail Heist
WHSV TV Harrisonburg VA -
Landlord's unpaid utility bill closes Post Office
Watertown (NY) Daily Times -
Rasmussen poll: 74% Say $1 Postage Stamp Likely in Next 10 Years
Rasmussen Reports -
Postal Service Pursues Hassle-Free Consolidations
Dead Tree Edition -
The USPS Responds to GameFly Complaint, Denies Giving Preferential Treatment to Blockbuster
ShacknewsTuesday, May 26
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School bus crashes into PA post office - The York Daily Record
York Daily Record -
League President responds to PMG on suspension of PM convention leave
League of Postmasters (.pdf file) -
Hey Wait a Minute Mr. Postman
how not to deliver a parcel...
Brooklyn Heights Blog -
"Augmnented reality" incorporated into new online ads for PO
Wall Street Journal via Postcom.org -
The fight over rehiring retirees
Federal Times -
Post Offices Present and Preserve Work of Hundreds of New Deal Artists
Washington Post -
USPS wants to sell greeting cards in post offices
Federal Business OpportunitiesMonday, May 25
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Letter carriers honored for lifesaving efforts
Gloucester County (NJ) TimesSaturday, May 23
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Slidell postal worker guilty in theft of mail
Baton Rouge Advocate -
Some postal operations might be shifted from Quincy IL to Springfield
Springfield IL State Journal-Register -
Postal Service to pay less for homes to relocate workers
CNNFriday, May 22
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NAPUS Accuses USPS of Breach of Faith For Suspension of Convention Leave
NAPUS press release (.pdf file) -
Live From the ACMA Forum: H.R. 22 Should Be Law By Year’s End
multichannelmerchant.com -
NH Congressman seeks investigation of alleged falsification of carriers' timekeeping records
Nashua Telegraph -
Postal service suspends postmasters' convention leave
League of Postmasters -
Live From the ACMA Forum: Catalog Industry Broken
multichannelmerchant.com -
Home confinement ordered for contractor who destroyed mail
Buffalo News -
Lawmakers urge halt to closure of New Castle (PA) mail facility
Allegheny Times -
Binghamton consolidation plan draws protests
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin -
House Panel Action on HR 22 Delayed, Congressional Interest in Five-Day Delivery Begins to Grow
National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative and Regulatory UpdateThursday, May 21
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Mail-stashing gets Michigan postal worker probation
Detroit Free Press -
Amazon’s New Service Goes Postal Over Slow Broadband
GigaOM -
Postal Service Makes Strong Push for 5-Day Delivery
Washington Post -
Chicago to lose last 24-hour post office
Chicago Sun-Times -
GAO Report backs Philadelphia Daily News 'Dead Letter' stories
Philadelphia Daily News -
Postal unions vow to battle Watertown consolidation
Watertown (NY) Daily Times -
NAPS: Changes coming for Maintenance organization
National Association of Postal Supervisors -
GAO Report: Network Rightsizing Needed to Help Keep USPS Financially Viable
Government Accountability Office (.pdf file)Wednesday, May 20
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Burrus Assails USPS Response to Financial Crisis
APWU News -
Gas prices are latest threat to USPS bottom line
Federal Times -
Liberating the Postal Service
Huffington Post -
Printed Direct Mail Declining
Study suggests 39% decline over next 5 years
Brandweek -
Summary of today's House postal oversight hearing
Postcom.org -
USPS Vows It Won't Cut Service
Graphic Arts Online -
Mail, packages scatter entire length of Indiana Toll Road
WSBT South Bend -
USPS to hold meeting on Long Beach (CA) consolidation
Long Beach Press-Telegram -
Arizona: Your Zip Codes May Change Soon
KSAZ TV Phoenix -
Dead Tree Edition: L.L. Bean Says Ye$ to Summer Sale
Dead Tree Edition -
USPS cuts 24 admin jobs in Providence as deficit looms
Providence Business News -
Mail truck runs into creek, mail carrier dead
Beaufort (SC) Tribune -
OIG confirms Philadelphia P&DC understated delayed mail volumes
"The Philadelphia P&DC reported about 19,000 delayed pieces of FCM in fiscal year (FY) 2008, similar-sized facilities had an average of 1.5 million pieces for the same period."
USPS OIG (.pdf file) -
OIG Report on city carrier street performance
- reduce number of DOIS reports
- consider switching to evaluated routes
- increase GPS tracking of carriers
USPS OIG (.pdf file) -
Postal workers criticize proposal to shift operations - Utica, NY - The Observer-Dispatch
Utica Observer-Dispatch -
The United States Postal Service & Power Company?
Dead Tree EditionTuesday, May 19
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Mail Carrier Attacks Dog?
Fox 5 TV New York -
DMA Calls on Direct Marketers to Contact PRC Chairman to Encourage Endorsement of Proposed USPS Summer Sale
Direct Marketing Association -
NPF: USPS financial situation drives morning panel
DMNews -
Armed robber hits New Jersey PO
postalnews blog -
Subcommittee Holds Hearing Tomorrow to Evaluate the Postal Service’s Cuts in Operations and Network
House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia -
USPS issues final, more-inclusive ‘summer sale’ guidelines
BtoB Magazine -
Postal Service Expects Steeper Declines
Washington Post -
Potter names new Chief Postal Inspector, VP for Finance and Planning
USPS News Link -
Comarow: USPS "on the verge of collapse"
Letter to Congressman Stephen Lynch, via Postcom.orgMonday, May 18
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Postal worker attacked on route in Gaithersburg
Gaithersburg (MD) Gazette -
Greening your mail cuts costs as well
DMNews -
Potter bullish on USPS' in recession: National Postal Forum
DMNews -
Editorial: The USPS needs help
DMNews -
Congressmen help convince the Postal Service to drop rural cost-cutting measures
New Richmond (WI) News -
Postal cuts rankle rural residents
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -
APWU questions Utica consolidation plan
Utica Observer-DispatchSunday, May 17
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Letter Carrier to the Rescue
WGRZ TV Buffalo -
Editorial: Raw deal- Pennsylvania artwork now under U.S. Postal Service copyright
Harrisburg Patriot-News -
Charity beats mail carriers to food donations
Denver PostSaturday, May 16
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Small Kansas Town Fights To Keep Post Office
KMBC Kansas City -
Postage increase makes for pricier nuptials
Sacramento Bee -
Scams now more frequent through snail mail
Beloit (WI) Daily News -
Postal Rate Hikes Unlikely Next Year
Dead Tree Edition -
Why shippers like zoneskipping
Logistics ManagementFriday, May 15
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APWU, Mail Hauler Agree to One-Month Contract Extension
APWU News -
NAPUS Hotline for May 15
NAPUS -
Postal Worker Benefit Cuts in the Works?
NAPS Legislative Update May 15 2009 -
Man sentenced to 3 years for dumping, hiding undelivered mail
Tampa Tribune -
Excessing: Know Your Rights
APWU News -
Update: Postal workers caught in drug sting (includes video)
Fox 25 News Boston -
Reassigned postal workers facing big financial hardships
Tri State Defender (Memphis) -
Update: Rural mail carrier accused of ID theft
Toledo BladeThursday, May 14
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Syracuse ex-postal worker gets probation for workers comp fraud
Syracuse Post-Standard -
Five Massachusetts postal workers arrested on illegal prescription drug charges
Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune -
Arbitrator orders supervisor reassigned for "get your gun" comment
NALC Local 3825 via PEN -
"Truckload" of mail found in carrier's home
Gainesville Sun -
NALC: Limited Duty Carriers suffer the ultimate harm
NALC Local 2902 Bulletin (click here for the complete bulletin) -
R.R. Donnelley Stalks Quebecor World
Dead Tree Edition -
Postal increase forces businesses to cut more
Miami HeraldWednesday, May 13
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Northern Virginia Chamber critical of postal consolidation
Northern Virginia Daily -
Postage increase produces long waits
New Orleans Times Picayune -
The mail must go through
Police: Letter carrier ran over firefighter’s foot
Warren (OH) Tribune Chronicle -
Former post office fleet manager charged in kickback scheme
Cleveland Plain Dealer -
The Men and Women behind the Eagle
FedSmithTuesday, May 12
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USPS ad campaign to promote Priority Mail "brand awareness"
USPS News Link -
Local Political Campaigns — The Forgotten Mail Volume Generator?
USPS OIG Blog -
USPS launches enforcement initiative against business mailers
"The potential financial exposure for big national mailers can be seven or eight figures."
Postcom.org -
Postal service: Worker stole $20,000 in stamps for mortgage
Detroit Free Press -
Despite rate increase, opportunities abound to deliver efficient, cost-effective direct mail campaigns
BtoB Magazine -
Junk Mail's Endless Summer
Huffington PostMonday, May 11
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Postal service launches direct-mail promotional campaign
BtoB Magazine -
Letter Carriers’ Union President Young Says Frequent Postage Increases Can Be Avoided
NALC Press Release -
What the May 11, 2009 Postal Rate Increase Mean For Your eBay Business
Auctioncope Auction Blog -
Simpsons Stamps Rouse Ire
Roll Call -
More than 3,500 sign petitions supporting Plant City post office
Tampa Tribune -
Peel 'em and weep: First-class stamps rise 2 cents
Associated Press -
Monkeying Around with Postal Pallets
Dead Tree EditionSunday, May 10
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Post Offices Closes, Town Mad
KSFY TV Sioux Falls SD -
Man plows into East Anchorage post office
KTUU TV Anchorage -
Harrisburg museum delivers collection of post office art
Johnstown Tribune DemocratSaturday, May 9
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Postal workers in Arizona help find missing child
Sierra Vista Herald -
Forever Stamps not lasting long
Athens (GA) Banner Herald -
UPDATE: USPS Agrees To Pay Insurance Claim On Lost Laptops
Consumerist -
A more “green” Postal Service?
Federal Times -
This week's NAPUS Hotline
NAPUS Hotline -
APWU Initiates Dispute Over Revisions to Contract Postal Unit Handbook
APWU - Industrial RelationsFriday, May 8
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After Postal Plus closes, customer sorts own mail at Spring Hill post office
St. Petersburg Times -
USPS mulls cost-cutting plan to sort letters in East New York
New York Daily NewsThursday, May 7
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Postal Service reconsiders; contract renewed for Idaho wilderness pilot
Associated Press -
USPS: Your Five New, Insured Laptops That We Lost Are Worth $74
Consumerist -
APWU to picket at New Castle PA Plant Friday
USPS is "studying consolidating the majority of the New Castle mail-processing operations into the Pittsburgh GMF"
Ellwood City Ledger -
NY postal worker arrested for alleged misappropriation of funds
EmpireStateNews.net -
Loisiana postal worker pleads guilty to theft of money orders
Press release -
Ex-police chief gets probation for DUI while "driving for the Postal Service"?
Kansas City Star -
Watertown (NY) AMP study suggests changes
"Reassigning 9 workers could save $1.15m"?
Watertown Daily Times -
Postal Service Ends Second Quarter with $1.9 Billion Loss
USPS Press Release - see also the Federal Times: Postal Service suffers more losses in second quarter -
USPS: Ve Haf Vays of Making You Use Our Barcode
Dead Tree Edition -
PMG:"Postal Service desperately needs help from Congress"
Letter from PMG Jack Potter to "selected Members of Congress" via PostCom -
Simpsons Get ‘Stamping Ovation’ To Tune of 1 Billion Stamps
USPS press release (.pdf file) -
Feeding America's Hungry
The Nation’s Largest One-Day Food Drive, May 9
USPS Press release - see also the NALC Food Drive page -
Busted pipe damages 5,000 pieces of mail
Charlotte ObserverWednesday, May 6
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GAO: Intelligent Mail Benefits May Not Be Achieved if Key Risks Are Not Addressed
"lacks a comprehensive strategy,... information on costs and savings"
GAO Report via Postcom.org -
Maine letter carriers to make special delivery for pets on May 9
Portsmouth (NH) Herald -
USPS Notifies APWU of Flu Guidelines
APWU News -
‘FMLA Restoration Act’ Introduced
APWU News -
Postal workers allege USPS supervisor treats them 'inhumanely'
Orange County (CA) Register -
Postal customer asks if window sales pitches are really necessary
"I have better things to do than stand there and listen to something I have no desire to hear."
Winston Salem JournalTuesday, May 5
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Wild USPS Mail Delivery Services
"Crazy Technology for Sending Mail through the Years"
Popular Mechanics -
San Francisco City Attorney Sues Postal Service on Behalf of SRO Tenants
BeyondChron -
NALC President will retire soon
NALC Bulletin -
Recession forces new focus in e-commerce marketing
"online business is better suited to withstand an economic downturn than physical stores or catalogs..."
Associated Press -
DMA Nonprofit Federation Partners with US Monitor On First Ever Mail Delivery Study
DMA press release -
UK Government rejects plan to make Royal Mail a not-for-profit company
The Guardian -
Redplum mailer lets marketers dissect why some mail practices are not ideal
DMNews.com -
Editorial: U.S. Postal Service sends junk mail
NY Daily News -
Postal detectives crack the case of messy, missing addresses
Glendale REC is one of just five sites still operating
Arizona RepublicMonday, May 4
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No one at fault in rural carrier's death
Bureau County (IL) News -
Small post offices hang in
Kentucky Enquirer -
As mail dwindles, post office struggles
Columbus Dispatch -
As postal service swims in red ink, cost of sending mail to Mexico to jump nearly 10%
New Haven Register -
NDC Presentation details plans for redesigned BMC network
Postcom.org -
New Kindle aimed at newspaper readers?
Channel Wire -
Details of "Summer Sale" Announced
Postal Regulatory Commission (.pdf file) see also Dead Tree Edition -
First-class ripoff
News experiment finds pricier priority mail isn't faster than 42-cent stamp
NY Daily News -
Post office stamped out by lost lease
NY Daily NewsSunday, May 3
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Federal Administrative Judge has Harsh Words for San Francisco USPS Management
Postal Employee Network -
Irritation rises at old stamping grounds
"Forever is how long it takes to buy a stamp at the post office. "
Buffalo News -
Postal Workers and Paper Dust
HealthNewsDigest.com -
FedEx lawsuit alleges UPS 'most reliable' ad is false
Memphis Commercial AppealSaturday, May 2
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California Postal Worker Charged With Opening Cards and Stealing Money
Associated Press -
Congressional Budget Plan Recognizes Postal Challenge, But …
eNAPUS Legislative & Political BulletinFriday, May 1
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SC postal worker charged with mail theft
The State (Columbia SC) -
Non-Profit execs assess impact of possible mail delivery cutbacks
NonProfit Times -
Mail carrier caught with meth
Redding (CA) Record Searchlight -
Jointly issued details of MIARAP agreement now available
Document "details the parties' mutual understanding of the provisions of the Modified Interim Alternate Route Adjustment Process"
NALC web site (6MB .pdf file) -
USPS doesn't have antiviral drugs for carriers who would deliver meds in pandemic
Washington Post -
Pitbulls maul Connecticut letter carrier
WTNH TV New Haven -
Postal worker’s call prevents house fire
Tomah (WI) Journal -
Waxman asks postmaster general about mailbox removals
Los Angeles Times -
Editorial- Go postal on buttleggers: Congress must shut down mail-order cigarette tax cheats
New York Daily News -
The Big Debate: Print or Digital Media - Which is more Sustainable?
Press release for The Green Media Conference -
Arbitrator Grants Postal Nurses Raises, Job Security
APWU News
