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Dozens of Delaware Post Offices to End Bulk Mail Service Tuesday
WBOC-TV Salisbury MD -
Postal employee guilty of opening mail
Burlington (VT) Free Press -
Former Postal Worker Facing Prison Time
Wheeling (VA) News-Register -
Five-day delivery can't happen without Congress's OK
Mexico (MO) Ledger -
USPS work force down 5.4% compared to last year
36,326 fewer career employees
postalnewsblog -
Residents of Florida Town Upset by Possible Post Office Closure
WMBB TV Panama City -
Talk of closing downtown Nashville Post Office riles patrons
The TennesseanMonday, June 29
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What’s the Right Level of Financial Reporting?
USPS OIG Blog -
High-tech mail service raises $30M
Atlanta Business Chronicle -
APWU: Latest Consolidation List
APWU News -
Postman doesn't even ring once
Patterson woman can't get home mail delivery because of distance rule
Lower Hudson (NY) Journal NewsSunday, June 28
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Stamped for extinction
Glens Falls Post Star -
Editorial: Small Post Offices Serve As Community Link
Hartford Courant -
Mail priorities
Postal cutbacks don’t worry businesses in age of e-mail
Worcester Telegram & GazetteSaturday, June 27
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Mail Carrier Robbed at Gunpoint
WCIV TV Charleston SC -
Letter Carrier Finds Newborn Wrapped In Plastic in Abandoned Home
NBC4i.com Columbus OH -
Investigators look for suspect who robbed post office
Carroll County (MD) Times -
Friends rally to keep popular window clerk’s job
Chester (NJ) Observer-Tribune -
'Temporary' post office replaced - 25 years later
Santa Rosa Press Democrat -
Richmond, APWU Official Indicted for Theft
National Legal and Policy Center -
Locals react to possible loss of mail delivery
Santa Monica Daily Press -
Carwash company accused of bilking USPS
Easton (PA) Express Times -
PRC Seeks Commission Secretary/Chief Administrative Officer
PRC web siteFriday, June 26
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Americans OK With Fewer Mail Days to Fix Postal Budget
Gallup -
House Panel OKs Postal Relief Bill
also: Chaffetz Pushes for Census-USPS Partnership, and Congress Revives FERS Sick Leave
eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin -
Window clerk suspended for not filling out "over 100" customs forms for customer
Tri County First Area Local (PA), APWU -
House approves FERS sick leave retirement credit bill
National League of Postmasters -
Car Slams Into Glenside (PA) Post Office; 1 Injured
WPSG TV Philadelphia -
Postal Contract Carrier's Embezzlement Stamped Out
Mountain Times (NC) -
Dallas realignment?
Postalmag.com -
Florida: Local Postal Workers May Lose Jobs
WFTV Orlando -
Save Your Post Office!
Reuters -
Video: Kit Kat and Japan Post team up to offer edible mail
postalnews.tvThursday, June 25
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Former postmaster sentenced in mail theft case
Billings Gazette -
NAPS Legislative and Regulatory Update
National Association of Postal Supervisors via Postcom.org -
APWU asks OIG to investigate New Castle AMP study
New Castle (PA) News -
Postal Service launches study on the elimination of Saturday delivery
NALC News -
USPS lost $677 million in May: volume down 20% from prior year
postalnews blog -
Has direct mail hit bottom?
Report suggests home loan direct mail decline has levelled off
Mintel Comperemedia press release -
Complaints Fill Hearing About Federal Employees' Health Plan
Washington PostWednesday, June 24
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H.R. 22 moves toward full committee
NALC -
Mail Processing Staying In Mansfield
WMFD TV Mansfield OH -
Former postal worker sentenced
Lewiston (ME) Sun Journal -
Congressman Chaffetz suggests mail carriers conduct Census
Salt Lake Tribune -
HR 22: Subcommittee recommends approving three year relaxation of USPS retiree health benefits pre-payment
PostCom.org
see also the reaction from the APWU - -
Most Post Offices will close at 12 noon on Friday, July 3, 2009
USPS.com -
USPS preparing price breaks for money-losing Periodicals class
Dead Tree Edition -
Congressman Secures OIG Audit of Manasota Postal Consolidation
Congressman Vern Buchannan press release -
Fears That Village Post Office Closings In Connecticut Will Stamp Out Local History
Hartford Courant -
Postal inspectors investigate mail theft at Clemson
Greenville (SC) News -
Through rain, sleet, snow and obscure rules
York Daily Record -
Glens Falls mail sorting to relocate to Albany
Glens Falls (NY) Post Star -
Postal worker on leave in gift card case
Daytona Beach News Journal -
Schumer urges USPS to reconsider upstate NY plant consolidations
Press release -
Plant City (FL) rallies to save downtown post office
Tampa Bay TribuneTuesday, June 23
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NRP settlement clears path for hundreds of held grievances
also: NALC files national dispute on VER procedure
NALC Contract Administration -
Fraud trial for postal worker begins
El Paso Times -
South Dakota contractor gets 1 year for stealing mail
Associated Press -
House sub-committee meets tomorrow at 9AM on HR 22
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
see also HR 22 Markup Could Miss the Mark from the NAPS Legislative Update via Postcom.org - -
Cost of CSRS retirement fix pegged at $40 million over 10 years
Government Executive -
Carrier pleads not guilty in theft of mail
Toledo Blade -
Former postal worker, faces sentencing on fraud charges
Saginaw NewsMonday, June 22
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PRC issues Final Rules on Confidentiality
PRC web site (.pdf file) -
APWU on Five-Day Delivery: Don’t Do It!
APWU News -
Movement on H.R. 22?
Federal Times -
APWU: No more face to face step 3 meetings
Discussions to be held over the phone from now on
21st Century Postal Worker (.pdf file) -
Local post offices feel the pressure
Cedartown (GA) Standard -
OIG Reviews Estimates of Postal Service’s Liability for Retiree Health Care Benefits
USPS · Office of Inspector General -
Federal employees win some, lose some on Hill
Washington Times -
Mail stops early for July 4 holiday
Scranton Times-Tribune -
Body removed from Pierre (SD) PO
Aberdee nNews -
Editorial: Postal Service Must Enter 21st Century
Washington Post -
Postage hikes force firms to cut costs
Miami HeraldSunday, June 21
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Marines mom needs help taking on postal service
USPS refuses to make good on insurance claim- until the story appears on the local TV news
WABC TV New YorkSaturday, June 20
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Troubled USPS eyes help from Congress
New Haven Register -
In New Jersey, Many Post Offices May Be Marked for Closing
see also:- Possible Post Office Closings in New York City Raise Alarm
- Postal Plan to Merge Postmarks Wounds Pride in Three New York Boroughs
- 150 Post Offices in Connecticut Being Marked for Closing
- On Long Island, Sag Harbor Shed Was First Post Office
- Westchester: Postal History
New York TimesFriday, June 19
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NAPUS Hotline: Consolidation news and more...
Industry CA AMP cancelled, Palatine IL under study, Portsmouth NH to be consolidated into Manchester by October
NAPUS -
New Castle (PA) mail processing facility to remain open
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -
Ethical Implications of the USPS Mystery Shopper Program
postalmag.com -
Postal clerk convicted of embezzlement, fraud
Carroll (MD) County Times -
Did postal worker steal gift card?
Daytona Beach News Journal -
Work Longer For a Smaller Benefit?
(Not any time soon...)
Federal News RadioThursday, June 18
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OIG seeks contractors to analyze "bill payment records to substantiate healthcare fraud"
Federal Business Opportunities -
Postal Service To Issue List Of Post Offices July 1 That May Be Closed, Consolidated
Hartford Courant
see also: Post offices may fall victim to recession- New England Cable News -
TSP Changes Timetable
Federal News Radio -
USPS Killing Confirm?
Commentary by Mark Mandell, Data-Mail, Inc. Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Planning, from Postcom.org -
USPS reposts solicitation for free-lance EEO Investigators
Federal Business Opportunities: OpportunitiesWednesday, June 17
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Congressman Calls on USPS to Provide Answers on Plans to Potentially Consolidate Connecticut Postal Operations
Rep. Chris Murphy Press Release -
Postal Service Spending for Ads While Raising Rates
FOX 17 Grand Rapids -
FedEx posts bigger loss with a gloomy outlook
Associated Press -
Sacramento man sentenced to 21 months for fencing items stolen from the mail
Press release -
Board of Governors to meet in closed session next Monday and Tuesday
... and Wednesday too, "If Needed"
Federal Register -
Connecticut letter carrier gets home confinement, probation for mail thefts
Danbury News Times -
Fewer Detroit post offices likely
Detroit Free Press -
Mailboxes go boom as bombers go postal
WBBH TV Fort MyersTuesday, June 16
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Inverted Stamps Expected To Sell For Millions
Associated Press -
A year after fire, new Matinicus Island Post Office opens
Working Waterfront -
U.S. Postal Service officials say 300 outlets closures nationwide likely
Newark Star Ledger -
More junk mail means more scams, BBB says watch out
WSAV Savannah -
Stamp Vending Machine Complaints Rise
KFOX El PasoMonday, June 15
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FERS Employees Get Smoked In Senate
Also: House GOP Leadership Proposes Federal Retirement Cuts
NAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin -
Tens of thousands spent to prosecute $78 shortage...
... verdict? not guilty.
KMGH Denver -
USPS Integrates Click-N-Ship with eBay's Bill Me Later
Auction Bytes -
Oakland: Postal Truck Crash Erupts Into Highway Inferno
Associated Press via KRXI Reno -
Contract mail carrier admits stealing mail
Rapid City (SD) Journal -
Island residents raising money to save their post office
Islands' Sounder (WA) -
Post Office Looks to Scale Back
Wall Street Journal -
Former postal employee indicted for theft
Great Bend (KS) TribuneSaturday, June 13
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IMB: Preparing for the biggest postal change in years
DMNews -
Cops: Mail carriers delivered 'ice' through mud, sleet and snow
Dawson County pair charged with selling drugs on routes
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
Post office for homeless wins reprieve to stay open
Arizona RepublicFriday, June 12
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Convention leave, rumors and more...
NAPUS Hotline -
NAPS Legislative Update
More on the FERS sick leave fix, the NAPS lawsuit, and making voting by mail more available.
National Association of Postal Supervisors -
Burrus: What’s Wrong …and What Can Be Done
APWU News -
APWU, USPS Agree to Revamped Maintenance Selection System
APWU News -
Private mailbox store closes shop, questions raised about mail
Black Hills (SD) Pioneer -
Financial incentive to call in sick lives on
FERS Flu Pandemic?
Federal News Radio -
Shift in mail routes, carriers
Atlanta Journal ConstitutionThursday, June 11
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Union Challenges USPS Interpretation of Layoff Memo
APWU News -
Bill advances with TSP reforms, but not sick leave fix
Government Executive -
Local postal workers protest job cuts
Cincinnati Enquirer -
Class action lawsuit filed against USPS alleging falsification of timekeeping records to avoid paying for overtime
USPS Class Action Lawsuit web site -
Former western NY postal clerk gets probation for mail theft
Associated Press -
Postal Service tightens its policy on packages
Jackson Hole Daily -
Connecticut Could Lose 150 Small Postal Branches
Hartford Courant -
APWU Assails Office of the Inspector General on Custodial Subcontracting Recommendations
APWU News -
Fitz & Jen: U.S. Postal Service caves, reduces rates for segment typically used by newspapers
Editor & Publisher's Fitz & Jen Blog -
Minneapolis letter carrier charged with mail theft
Minneapolis Star Tribune -
Teamsters: FedEx Launches Deceptive Campaign to Protect Special Deal in Congress
Press releaseWednesday, June 10
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Postal carriers rescue man, dog from smoke-filled home
Detroit Free Press -
Oxnard council to Postal Service: Please don’t go
Ventura County (CA) Star -
Delivering Mail and Kissing The Customer Leads to Removal
FedSmith.com
click here for the full text of the Appeals Court decision -
NAPS sues Postal Service over right to represent supervisors and managers
National Association of Postal Supervisors -
Postal Service Brings Augmented Reality Down to Earth
Adweek.com -
Ex-postal worker in Virginia pleads guilty to taking money orders
Lynchburg News Advance -
Zumbox lines up partner to launch paperless postal service
VentureBeat -
Massive Old Post Office Headed For Auction
Now vacant, Chicago PO was once nation's largest.
Huffington Post -
Casual mail handler pleads guilty to stealing mail
Youngstown Vindicator -
Quebecor spurns RR Donnelley Offer
Dead Tree EditionTuesday, June 9
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APWU Responds to USPS Notice on Retail Operations
APWU News -
NC town's postal woes mirror those felt across the country, postal officials say
Sampson (NC) Independent -
Postal Service studies retail network, office consolidations
USPS News Link -
Teen steals mail, thousands of dollars from post office
KFDM TV Beaumont TX -
Postal Service set to shed 296 community mailboxes in San Diego
San Diego Union-Tribune -
Postal Service study creates concerns about delivery
Hannibal (MO) Courier-Post -
DM Printing Giant Donnelley Makes Another Pass at Quebecor World
Dead Tree EditionMonday, June 8
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House approves paid parental leave for feds
Federal Times -
Court Favors APWU In Latest Round of AMS Dispute
APWU News -
USPS Leased Facilities Report
As the USPS reviews exiting lease arrangements for savings, you can find the lease costs, expiration dates and more, for all leased offices here.
USPS.comSunday, June 7
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Budget Rules Stymie Postal Relief Legislation – Déjà vu
also: FERS Sick Leave Measure Delayed
eNAPUS Legislative& Political Bulletin -
Threat to shutter N.Y. post offices is pushing the envelope
"In reality, the $6 billion deficit is a burden dumped on the postal service by Congress."
New York Daily News - and a related story: Protestors rally to save post office named for Iraq vet -Saturday, June 6
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Customers say retiring letter carrier delivered much more than mail
Amherst (MA) Bulletin -
Congressman Fights To Keep Mail Processing Center In Binghamton
WBNG-TV Binghamton NY -
USPS provides APWU with partial list of stations and branches being considered for "consolidation"
note: Scanned .pdf document. The document actually appears to be a listing of stations and branches at level 24 and 26 post offices. A note on the cover letter says that it doesn't include "Boston, Atlanta, New York Metro,... etc.". The letter does not say that all (or any) of the listed units will be closed- only that they are being reviewed, and that "a significant increase in the number of lease terminations and/or facility disposals" is anticipated.
APWU Industrial Relations Department via postalmag.comFriday, June 5
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DMA Applauds Approval of USPS Summer Sale
Press release -
Montana clerk sentenced for money order theft
Great Falls Tribune -
Drano Bomb Found In Kansas Mailbox
KCTV Kansas City -
Global postal industry to measure carbon footprint
BusinessGreen.com -
What does the future hold for catalogs?
DMNews -
Recession, downsizing may force closure of twenty post office branches in NYC
NY Daily News -
Postal Service Buyout Rumor (No. 63)
"Bottom line: If it sounds too good to be true (no matter how much you want it) it probably is too good to be true!"
Federal News Radio -
NALC President Young to retire July 3
NALC News -
Ohio Couple Will Marry at Post Office
WKRC-TV Cincinnati -
Burrus Calls on Labor Department to Reverse Bush FMLA Rules
APWU News -
Another eBay postage stamp fraud: Woman charged for embezzling $100,000
WPBN TV Traverse City MI -
Mail truck wrecks, blocks I-65 in Alabama
Clanton (AL) Advertiser -
Arbitrator: Vehicle Maintenance Estimated Repair Times Cannot Be Used for Discipline
APWU - Industrial RelationsThursday, June 4
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Summer sale approved
Dead Tree Edition -
USPS Board of Governors holds two closed meetings via telecon
postalnews blog -
Dog Attack: Postal Worker Mauled On Cleveland's Westside
WOIO TV Cleveland -
Man with rifle threatens letter carrier
Durango (CO) Herald News -
Postal workers hold yard sale to benefit woman with lung disease
Newton (GA) Citizen -
Confronting A Disruptive Technology
Has technology rendered the USPS business model obsolete?
Mailing Systems Technology -
When it Rains, It Pours
Congress considering a laundry list of changes that would benefit current and former federal employees
Federal News Radio -
Mail carrier thwarts robbery of blind man in wheelchair
St. Petersburg Times -
Industry (CA) mail processing center to remain open
Whittier Daily NewsWednesday, June 3
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Mail destroyed in small vehicle fire
Hanford (WA) Sentinel -
Postal Worker Sentenced for Faking Military Service
WIBC Indianapolis -
Texas postal worker indicted in mail thefts
KGBT TV Harlingen TX -
Ohio VMF manager pleads guilty to $190,000 in post office thefts
Cleveland Plain Dealer -
Senior Prank Launches Federal Investigation
Students completely filled school corridor with free Priority Mail boxes ordered from USPS
WJW TV Cleveland -
Businessman objects to ZIP code change, says it will cost "millions"
Casa Grande (AZ) Dispatch -
JCAM 2009 Released Online
Joint USPS-NALC Contract Administration Manual
NALC web site -
"'Motomail' gets mail to troops in Afghanistan in 24-48 hours
Military Family Network -
Gamefly replies to USPS filing in discrimination complaint
Company says manual handling of Netflix DVDs far more prevalent than USPS admits
Postal Regulatory Commission web site (.pdf file) -
Smoking Hot Bill
Tobacco bill provisions could help federal workers
Federal News Radio -
Postal contractor faces charges in hit and run with tractor trailer
Attleboro (MA) Sun Chronicle -
Postman throws line to disabled
Boston Herald -
ZIP code shakeup ahead for Fort Worth, Keller
Keller (TX) CitizenTuesday, June 2
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Police investigate apparent employee suicide at Gastonia NC post office
Gaston Gazette -
OIG releases report on postal relocation benefits
"... costly but comparable"
USPS OIG web site (.pdf file) -
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced For Threatening Mail Carrier
WGAL TV Lancaster PA -
McHugh Nominated for Army Secretary
NY congressman has been a long time advocate of postal reforms.
New York Times
see also: Letter Carriers' Union Applauds McHugh Nomination -
Will e-trucks deliver your snail mail?
Christian Science Monitor -
Local post office feels recession
Norman Transcript -
Schumer renews call for Postal Service to sell New Rochelle site to Cappelli
White Plains Journal NewsMonday, June 1
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Record 73.4 Million Pounds Collected in Letter Carriers' National Food Drive
Donations Increase Slightly Despite Recession In Nation's Largest Effort to 'Stamp Out Hunger'
Press release -
Big Time Changes In Your TSP
Federal News Radio -
Collection box contents set on fire
Kalamazoo Gazette -
Postal official says political fliers weren't misplaced
Parsippany (NJ) Daily Record
