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Friday, July 31

• Stopping Saturday mail delivery could mean layoffs for USPS
  Government Executive
• Burrus: Station closings, five day delivery are acts of surrender
  APWU News
• Minnesota: Brainerd processing operations move to St. Cloud
  Brainerd Dispatch
• List of USPS units "identified for full study" as targets for closing
  Postal Regulatory Commission
• D-Day FoR Federal Workers Coming in September
  Federal News Radio
• Postal Service health is still a concern
  Government Executive

  Thursday, July 30

• Testimony from today's subcommittee hearing on the Postal Service
  click here for video
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, US House of Representatives
• Union Calls for Campaign to Defeat Anti-Postal Worker Senate Bill
  Teleconference Set for Aug. 3
  APWU News
• PRC Issues Retiree Health Fund Study
  (click here for the full 57 page report)
  Postal Regulatory Commission (links corrected)
• Burrus: Postal Decision-Makers Are Off the Mark
  APWU News
• Fired postal worker arrested in Cheektowaga
  Buffalo News
• Postal Service to review 1,000 post offices for closure
  Federal Times
  see also USPS Network Ops VP Testifies before House sub-committee from USPS News Link
• Postal Service Is Pressed to Restructure
  Lawmakers to Weigh Overhaul Options
  Washington Post
• Rising Postal Deficits Intensify Talks on Solutions
  New York Times
• Senate panel blocks Postal bonuses
  Washington Times
• Alabama postal employee indicted
  Florence Times Daily
• APWU: Amendment to Senate Bill Hurts Workers
  APWU News
  NALC: Mark-up of S. 1507 adds 'poison pill' amendment
  NALC's Legislative and Political Action Department
• Senate panel add s amendments to postal bill, delays final vote
  Coburn says USPS "has a failed business model"
  Federal Times
• APWU Slams Postal Service on BMC Name Change
  APWU News
• Going Postal: A Year of Junk Mail
  Sightline Daily, Seattle

  Wednesday, July 29

• Senate committee approves amendments to USPS "bailout" bill
  Amendments target arbitration, executive bonuses
  Postcom.org -
• Kildee asks Postal Regulatory Commission to reconsider Flint mail sorting cuts
  Flint Journal
• The Central Nervous System of Mail Delivery
  New York Times
• Editorial: Bailout in the Mail
  A break from pension obligations won't touch the Postal Service's fundamental problems
  Washington Post
• Postal Service says as many as 30 mail sorting jobs leaving Flint for Pontiac
  Flint Journal
• Postal relief bill goes to Senate mark up after White House meeting
  NALC News
• APWU Urges Legislators to Reject Amendments to Senate Bill
  APWU News
• Route change will separate long-time letter carrier from 'extended family'
  KDVR Denver
• Singing postal workers from Richmond lose in America's Got Talent semifinals
  Richmond Times-Dispatch

  Tuesday, July 28

• Mailers Council Issues Statement on GAO Decision to Put USPS Back on High-Risk List
  Press release
• GAO Adds Postal Service's Financial Condition to "High-Risk" List
  "broad restructuring is urgently needed"
  GAO Press Release
  download the report here (.pdf file)
  see also: Post office cited by GAO as a troubled agency from the Associated Press -
• Postal worker pleads guilty to theft
  Aberdeen (SD) News
• Postal Worker Files FEC Complaint for "Illegal Union PAC Money Laundering Scheme"
  National "Right to Work" Legal Defense Foundation
• FedEx Ground Drivers Win Class-Action Status in Eight States
  Bloomberg
• EBay seller admits to counterfeiting $200,000 in postage
  South Jersey Courier Post
• Postal Worker Injured In Crash
  WLKY TV Louisville
• Dozens of mail truck tires slashed in Flint
  abc12.com
• Quick Action Expected on Senate Bill to Ease USPS Financial Crisis
  APWU News
• National Healthcare Call-In Day July 28
  APWU News

  Monday, July 27

• Senate committee will tackle Postal Service financial woes
  Government Executive
• Making Sense of It All
  An Examination of USPS’ Station and Branch Optimization Initiative and Delivery Route Adjustments- hearing scheduled for Thursday at 10 AM.
  House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia -
• To Award or Not to Award: What’s the Postal Service to Do?
  USPS OIG Blog
• Woman accused of stealing 78 gift cards while working at post office
  WHAS TV Louisville
• NALC Executive Council Receives Fiscal Update On USPS Operations
  NALC Bulletin
• Post Office and Retail Postal Facility Closures: Overview and Issues for Congress
  Congressional Research Service via FAS and Postcom.org
• FERS Flu Cure Yet to Come
  Federal News Radio
• US on verge of closing anthrax probe after 8 years
  Associated Press
• U.S. Postal Service may shut down as many as 40 Brooklyn retail offices
  New York Daily News
• LocalpPost offices stop accepting bulk mail
  Salisbury (MD) Daily Times

  Sunday, July 26

• Postal office official: Quincy (IL) mail center won't close, some operations may move
  Quincy Herald Whig
• Flooding turns ND elevator into post office
  Associated Press

  Saturday, July 25

• Mail Volume Expected to Continue Decline; USPS Adapting Services
  Washington Post
• USPS Announces the Waiving of the ASP Requirement for Impacted Employees
  NAPS Branch 202

  Friday, July 24

• Postal Service Emergency Aid Proposed in Senate
  National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative & Regulatory Update July 24, 2009
  ... and there's more on the story in the eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin -
• Could the USPS Turn a jobless recovery into a job full recovery?
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• FERS sick leave measure sinks in Senate
  Federal Times
• Postal Officials Ponder Emergency Rate Increases
  Dead Tree Edition
• UPS Profit Falls 49%, as Downturn Cuts Demand
  New York Times
• Western Nassau Originating Operatings moving to Mid-Island
  NAPS Branch 202 Long Island NY
• First-class predicament
  Working Through Hard Times
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• No decision yet on Otisfield collection box
  Lewiston (ME) Sun Journal
• Postal clerk helps save the day for fallen man
  Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune
• Winchester VA processing operations to be moved to Dulles
  Winchester Star
• Shots Fired At Area Postal Worker
  WTVR Richmond
• The evolution of the mailbox
  Bergen Record

  Thursday, July 23

• Former postmaster admits to stealing from 77 year old man
  Middletown (NY) Times Herald Record
• OIG says PAEA forces USPS to overfund retiree health benefits by $4 billion a year
  USPS OIG revised RHBTF review (.pdf file) see also this comment from the Federal Times -
• Congressional Budget Office says HR 22 will "cost" $2.5 billion
  Congressional Budget Office
• Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud
  WJZ TV Baltimore
• Postal worker crashes vehicle, knocks out power
  Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle

  Wednesday, July 22

• Donahoe: Mail volume continues to decline
  DPMG says change needed to meet the challenge
  USPS News Link
• Gamefly vs. Postal Service "prehearing conference" to be webcast live Thursday at 10
  Postal Regulatory Commission
• Colography Group Predicts Tepid 2010 for US Expedited Cargo Transport
  Parcel
• Mistake on Hawaii's New Stamp
  KGMB9 News Hawaii
• Lousy economy has a bright side: Less junk mail
  Direct mail companies change their approach, target specific customers as economy continues to sour
  Orlando Sentinel
• Netflix Distribution Center Maintains Low Profile
  Hartford Courant
• Beloved letter carrier's mail route changes, despite effort in Old Southeast
  St. Petersburg Times
• Reading for Postal Policy
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

  Tuesday, July 21

• Saving the 6th Day
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Priority Mail delivery nets huge pot bust in Newburgh
  Middletown (NY) Times Herald Record
• Postal inspectors targeting business mailers
  Pitney Bowes Business Insight Communication Intelligence
• More on the PMG's meeting with the employee organizations
  - Five day delivery beginning FY '11
  - USPS back in the black by 2012
  National League of Postmasters - Presidents Message
  see also the summary of the meeting we posted on Friday. Also making the rounds on the web is what is said to be a summary of a telecon last week indicating that the USPS plans to start five day delivery in FY '11, with major staffing reductions -
• Postal Service Makes Woman Cry
  USPS denies insurance claim, reverses decision when story appears on TV news
  WNYW TV New York
• Charlotte airport postal station eliminates service on Sundays
  Charlotte Observer
• Workers campaign to save Dallas Main Post Office; officials say it's not being phased out
  Dallas Morning News
• Postal service axing 18 routes inColorado Springs
  Colorado Springs Gazette
• Gamefly vs. USPS proceedings begin with a "Joint Staement of Dispputed and Undisputed Facts"
  Postal Regulatory Commission
• Tidal Wave Running A Little Late
  What happened to the once-feared federal brain drain?
  Federal News Radio
• Shipping Options for Residential Deliveries
  multichannelmerchant.com

  Monday, July 20

• Brainstorm Ideas Part 2: The Poll
  USPS OIG web site
• Texas: postal employee under investigation for dumping mail
  KCBD TV Lubbock click here for video via postalnews.tv
• Health Premiums Could Slam Retirees
  Federal News Radio
• Reporter learns what it’s like to be a letter carrier
  WJBF TV Augusta GA via postalnews.tv

  Sunday, July 19

• Fired APWU Local President gets his job back
  Olympia Workers Resource
• Fewer people and businesses are going the postal route
  Salina (KS) Journal

  Saturday, July 18

• White House pressured to fix postal budget crisis
  TheHill.com
• Postal worker sentenced for pilfering from greeting cards
  Chico (CA) Enterprise Record
• Sculptor Sues Postal Service Over Stamp With Photo Of His Sculpture
  Techdirt
• Sacramento postal worker accused of stealing gift cards
  Sacramento Bee

  Friday, July 17

• Neither snow nor rain nor recession nor technology?
  Philadelphia Inquirer
• PMG briefs employee organizations on USPS situation, plans for five day delivery
  postalnews blog
• 155 post office employees in Cleveland assigned to new jobs, some up to 330 miles away
  Cleveland Plain Dealer
• New Mexico: Local leaders upset over postal meeting
  Clovis News Journal
• Postal worker advised drug trafficker about mailing dope, prosecutors allege
  Kansas City Star
• Postal workers picket Texas post office
  Brownsville Herald
• The disappearing USPS union letter
  Federal Times
• APWU Urges Quick Action on Healthcare Measure
  APWU News

  Thursday, July 16

• Rural postmaster charged with theft
  Grand Forks Herald
• OIG Reviews Estimates of Postal Service’s Liability for Retiree Health Care Benefits
  USPS OIB Blog
• PRC initiates proceedings in Gamefly case
  Federal Register
• Unions gather 14,000 signatures on petition to save New Castle (OH) Processing Center
  WYTV Youngstown
• Postal Unions Seek White House Intervention
  "...the Obama administration must intervene now to avoid both a political and economic train wreck."
  APWU News
• FedEx Sees Continued Softness in Demand and Flat Shipping Volumes in 1st Half of 2010
  StreetInsider.com
• Postal employee fired for excessive use of military leave wins partial victory in court
  United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (.pdf file)
• Richmond postal employees sing on America's Got Talent
  WWBT TV Richmond VA
• HR 22:Inaction in the Senate
  Federal Times
• Ohio Congressman Demands Answers From Postal Service on Zanesville Closing
  WHIZ TV Zanesville
• Blighted Farmington (NM) post office draws complaints
  Farmington (NM) Daily Times

  Wednesday, July 15

• Nose trimmer sends bomb squad to post office
  Fox 25 Boston
• Sentencing pushed back for former Michigant postal worker
  Bay City Times
• Car, postal truck crash; 2 men injured
  Newark (OH) Advocate
• Plan to Close PO Branches Draws Attention from Ohio Members of Congress
  Associated Press
• Former postal employee indicted for suspicion of stealing mail
  Durant (OK) Daily Democrat
• NJ Congressman blasts USPS for plans to close station
  Press release
• Ad Mail Among Few Bright Spots In Media Sales Forecast: Magna
  "The biggest surprise may be in Magna’s direct mail predictions... between now and 2014 it is seen as growing at 2% annually."
  DIRECT
• Mail carrier saves three from fire
  WEYITV Flint
• Round one to residents in mailbox dispute
  Lewiston (ME) Sun Journal

  Tuesday, July 14

• APWU Burrus Update: Changes and Challenges
  APWU web site
• USPS prepares for five-day delivery
  Federal Times
• Fact checking Congress
  Rep. Stephen Lynch says the USPS told him it may have trouble making its payroll- the USPS says it's not true...
  Federal Times
• Postal carrier sentenced for stealing mail to cash check
  WQOW TV Eau Claire WI
• Bridgeport Postal Clerk Pleads Guilty in Thefts
  Hartford Courant
• Postal Worker To Be Honored During All-Star Game
  WWJ Detroit
• Will Postal Rates Decrease Next Year?
  Dead Tree Edition
• Can This Life Ring Save the Postal Service?
  Washington Post
• Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Big Scary Dogs
  New York Times
• Brainstorm Ideas to Help the Postal Service
  USPS OIG Blog

  Monday, July 13

• Union claims sorting switch in Michigan will slow mail
  Adrian (MI) Daily Telegram
• Terrain is toughest part of Pittsburgh letter carriers' jobs
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Direct Mail Cheaper than On-line Advertising
  Todd Butler commentary for Postcom.org (.pdf file)
• Is the Dallas Main Post Office about to close?
  pegasusnews.com

  Sunday, July 12

• Feeling the squeeze
  USPS affected by 'snail mail' image, changing lifestyles
  St. Charles Sun
• Dramatically Reduce Junk Mail in 3 Easy Steps
  Consumerist
• Postal worker to plead guilty to stealing $2,800 from PO
  Associated Press
• Delivering Letters to Your Inbox
  New York Times
• Gay pride display fails to get postal stamp of approval
  Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
• Secrets of the post office
  There may be a few glitches in our local postal system, but the mail usually arrives on time
  Elgin (IL) Courier News
• Feds Should Be Smarter About Closing Post Offices
  Hartford Courant

  Saturday, July 11

• Severe Weather Topples Mail Truck
  KIMT TV Mason City IA
• Cost cuts on tap for local mail deliveries
  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
• PRC schedules hearing on USPS plans to close stations and branches
  PRC Press release
• USPS pushing ahead on five-day delivery study
  NALC News
• Mail carrier attacked by dog for third time
  WREX TV Rockford IL
• NAPUS Hotline for July 10
  NAPUS

  Friday, July 10

• House Committee OKs Emergency Postal Relief Bill for House Vote
  also: NAPUS “Intervenes” in Facility Consolidation Initiative, and Al Franken Makes Sixty
  eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter (.pdf file)
• House panel votes relief for Postal Service
  Federal Times
• Durbin-sponsored legislation will keep mail processing center in Quincy (IL)
  WGEM TV Quincy
• The End of the Postal Service?
  Has postal "reform" doomed the USPS?
  Murray Comarow commentary via Postcom.org
• Mail Carrier's Reunion With Baby Turns Emotional
  WBNS-TV Columbus OH
• USPS goes open-source with tracking system
  Government Computer News
• Officials in NJ town want their collection boxes back
  Press of Atlantic City
• US: 900 hybrids for Postal Service fleet
  Automotive World
• Plant Consolidations: APWU Locals Fight Back
  APWU News

  Thursday, July 9

• Video: Postal van full of mail gets towed for parking in handicapped space
  KOVR TV Sacramento
• Decision on merging Utica mail operations into Syracuse delayed
  Utica Observer-Dispatch
• BOG schedules closed meeting for next Wednesday
  June meetings were also closed to public
  Federal Register
• NALC Intensifies effort to save 6-day delivery
  NALC News Bulletin
• Downtown PO in Jonesboro (AR) faces "emergency" closure
  Jonesboro (AR) Sun
• Dude! Who Moved The Stamp Machine?
  WFMY TV Greensboro NC
• Bailing the Mail
  Can government return profitability to the Postal Service?
  WOWK-TV Charleston WV
• CMOs slash marketing budgets in 2009, direct mail takes hit
  DMNews
• Plans for Cape Cod mail Consolidation detailed
  Cape Cod Times
• Mail distribution center in Pembroke Pines to lose major role
  Miami Herald

  Wednesday, July 8

• Postal workers weigh in on the possibility of five-day mail delivery
  Grand Rapids Press
• Letter Carrier sentenced to a year in prison for stealing mail, gift cards
  KGTV San Diego
• Lawmakers question USPS plans to cut costs
  The Hill
• Mailman accused of on duty hit and run
  Tracy (CA) Press
• Car crashes into Idaho post office
  KREM TV Spokane
• 7 Cleveland P&DC Employees Arrested In Drug Investigation
  WEWS TV Cleveland
• Post offices chopping hours
  Cumberland (MD) Times-News
• Firework destroys U.S. Mail
  Illinois Valley (OR) News

  Tuesday, July 7

• Workers lobby to save jobs and facilities in Jackson
  Jackson (MI) Citizen Patriot
• Could your Post Office be closing this fall?
  WQAD TV Moline IL
• Ex-postal worker pleads guilty to mail theft
  McAllen (TX) Monitor.com
• Mail Carrier Credited With Saving Man's Life
  WGRZ TV Buffalo
• $50G reward for North Jersey post office bandit
  Examiner.com
• Postal carrier is good Samaritan twice in one day
  WTHR TV Indianapolis

  Monday, July 6

• Few postal employees take latest early retirement offer
  Federal Times
• Rolando Elevated to Letter Carriers’ Presidency
  NALC Press Release
• Mailman? Rapist? Or Both
  WFLD TV Chicago
• Postal workers picketing in front of downtown Jackson (MI) post office
  Jackson Citizen Patriot
• Does Federal Law Limit Post Office Consolidation?
  Dead Tree Edition
• Plan would close Cape Cod mail processing center
  Cape Cod Times
• Missin’ the Machines
  San Diego Reader

  Sunday, July 5

• Postal union: Curbside delivery might eliminate jobs
  Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram
• Postal Worker 'Did What He Had To Do' In Bank Robbery Shooting
  WRTV Indianapolis

  Saturday, July 4

• Packages missing, postal probe in progress
  La Grange (GA) News
• Michael Jackson Stamp?
  KTTV Los Angeles
• Traffic Accident Claims Life Of Longtime Local Mail Carrier
  KUSH AM Cushing OK
• Former postmaster sentenced in theft
  Bangor Daily News
• Nashville's Arcade post office once bustled with activity
  The Tennessean
• The Facts and Fallacies of Online Shipping Costs
  "For some online shoppers, e-commerce bargains turn very sour the minute they get to the checkout page and find out what their shipping costs are going to be."
  E-Commerce Times
• Thanks to electronic communication, letter-writing is a dwindling art
  Harrisburg Patriot-News

  Friday, July 3

• First-class carrier's move upsets town
  Postal route changes a sign of the times
  Lancaster (PA) New Era
• Consolidation fears loom in Flint
  WEYI TV Flint
• Should the Post Office go to five-day mail delivery?
  Grand Rapids Press
• Peorian allegedly shot at Postal Service truck
  Peoria Journal Star
• Area cries foul over post office closings
  New Haven Register
• Postal Service extends Idaho mail pilot contract
  Associated Press
• Mailman shot trying to stop bank robbery suspect
  Indianapolis Star

  Thursday, July 2

• NY Metro, Northeast Areas to be merged
  postalnews blog
• Galligan retires as USPS Senior VP
  USPS News Link
  (PMG Potter announced today that NY Metro AVP Steve Forte will replace Galligan)
• Jacksonville: Postal Pick-up Slip Lists Number for Sex Hotline (video)
  postalnews.tv (click here for the text version)
• Mail carrier charged in sex attacks
  Chicago Sun-Times
• Editorial: Postal predicament
  Panama City (FL) News Herald
• NAPUS Hotline for July 2
  NAPUS
• Mail-sorting operations to move off Staten Island, officials told
  Staten Island Advocate
• Residents start petitions as USPS plans national review on consolidating branches
  Anderson (SC) Independent-Mail
• USPS targeting Jackson MI P&D for review; could result in closure
  Jackson Citizen Patriot
• Postal worker pleads guilty to tossing mail into dumpster
  WWL TV New Orleans
• 13 Post Office Branches On The Line In Connecticut
  Hartford Courant
  and in nearby Springfield MA: Post offices might be closing up shop (WWLP video via postalnews.tv)

  Wednesday, July 1

• USPS briefs union on station closings
  3,243 units being reviewewd, 740 already "identified as candidates for consolidation and/or closing",
  APWU News
• What's your hurry? Grand Rapids-area post offices collect mail only once a day
  Grand Rapids Press
• Postal carrier's letter ignites complaints
  Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram
• Internet, e-mail cuts big into post office business
  Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
• Post offices stamp out stamp machines
  Customers say longer lines result
  KRQE TV Albuquerque

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