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Saturday, October 31

• Pricing Volume Mail
  Alan Robinson suggests another way of looking at worksharing "discounts"
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Third quarter credit card mailings down 71% from last year
  Mintel Press Release
• Man kills rival, self at direct-mail firm
  Baltimore Sun
• USPS Loses SS Checks in upsate NY
  North Country Gazette
• Why world's post offices are ailing
  Toronto Globe and Mail
• Postal Service: Study backs consolidation to Richmond
  Charlottesville Daily Progress

  Friday, October 30

• Columbus GA postmaster ordered to leave office during criminal investigation
  Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.com
• Massachusetts mail truck driver pleads innocent in death of jogger
  Wickedlocal.com
• Arizona postal worker sentenced to probation in mail theft case
  KTVK Phoenix
• NAPS to Congress: Protect FEHBP in Health Care Bills
  also: FERS Sick Leave Credit Becomes Law, The 2010 Senate Races: Who's Up for Reelection?
  National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative Update
• Postal carrier made change that kept mail from Chesapeake couple
  WVEC-TV Hampton Roads, Virginia
• President Burrus's Dilemma
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• The Reinterpretation of William Burrus
  Dead Tree Edition
• zumbox vs. NoMorePost
  Postal Sanity
• Attention Postmasters! - Dayton Defender on newstalkradiowhio.com
  "I have a reliable source who tells me that there may be some political mail piling up in at least one or more area branches of the U.S. Postal Service in the Dayton area."
  Dayton Defender blog, WHIO Dayton
• Updated: Postal worker pulls gun on Postmaster in PO parking lot
  Albany (GA) Herald
  see also WALB TV's report
• E-mail to save snail mail?
  Advocates of downtown Winston-Salem are using the Internet in an effort to keep the U.S. Postal Service from closing the downtown post office.
  Winston Salem Journal
• Fondren (MS) post office boxes burglarized
  Jackson Clarion-Ledger
• Arrest made in robbery of St. Louis letter carrier
  KSDK TV St. Louis

  Thursday, October 29

• APWU: Postal Service Relies on Incomplete Data, Discriminates Against Underserved Communities
  APWU News
• Roof collapses at Connecticut PO
  WJAR TV Providence
• FERS Sick-Leave Credit Becomes Law
  APWU News
• Police: Suspect Shot at Mailman
  WTVQ Lexington KY
• NJ Senator wants to meet with PMG on Philadelphia L&DC closing
  Gloucester County Times
• "Overwhelmed" carrier charged with delay and destruction of mail
  Jacksonville (IL) Journal Courier
• Two postal workers plead guilty in thefts
  Amarillo Globe-News
• Mailman wins $50,000 on 'Millionaire'
  Indianapolis Star

  Wednesday, October 28

• Irrational Pricing at the Postal Service
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• The Postal Service's 'get well' plan? Greeting cards.
  Washington Post
• Congress Must Fix Funding Requirement; USPS Must Expand Goals, Burrus Says
  APWU News
• APWU Urges Locals to File OSHA Complaints Over Electrical Hazards
  APWU - Industrial Relations
• Drew Aliberto is new Pacific Area VP
  USPS News Link

  Tuesday, October 27

• Congress in no rush to cut mail delivery
  Government Executive
• Reward in St Louis mail carrier robbery
  St Louis Post Dispatch
• U.S. Postal Service seeks change in financial reporting rules
  Reuters
• New Heights – Of Absurdity – In Rate Setting
  USPS Policies Threaten Postal Viability
  APWU President Bill Burrus in the American Postal Worker magazine

  Monday, October 26

• USPS Working Out Details for Winter Sale
  audiencedevelopment.com
• Mail is the workhorse of b-to-b marketing
  DMNews
• Non-profits kick off holiday direct mail efforts
  DMNews
• Workers Protest Changes At Steubenville Post Office
  WTOV Steubenville OH
• USPS to rename "Mystery Shopper" program
  USPS News Link
• Only 18,000 of 30,000 take USPS buyout
  Federal Times
• Bulk mail clerk appeals sentence in embezzlement case
  Bay City (MI) Times
• Feds On a Winning Streak
  Federal News Radio
• Rutgers conference on the Future of the Postal Sector set for November 20
  Rutgers Center for Research in Regulated Industries

  Sunday, October 25

• North Dakota mail carrier arrested on DUI charge while driving mail truck
  Grand Forks Herald
• Nor rain, nor tweet ...
  Coos Bay (OR) World

  Saturday, October 24

• Finance Committee Health Bill Could Hurt Postmasters and Federal Workers
  also: Hacker Valley USA, and FERS Sick Leave Bill On To President
  eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin
• Mathematically Challenged: Burrus Proposal Doesn’t Add Up for USPS
  Dead Tree Edition
• PRC Issues Updated FOIA Rules Specifying “Presumption of Openness” Standard
  First Federal agency to adopt new Freedom of Information Act rules
  PRC press release (.pdf file)
• UPS profit tops estimates; holiday outlook unclear
  Revenue down 14.9%, 17,000 jobs cut over the last year
  Reuters
• Pennsylvania postal contract facility to close, cost 86 jobs
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  Friday, October 23

• Congress Approves FERS Sick-Leave Credit
  APWU News
• Steubenville May Lose The Rest Of Its Postal Processing
  Steubenville (OH) State Journal

  Thursday, October 22

• Mailers Council Calls for Legislative Reform to Avoid Postal Service Insolvency
  Press release
• Dealing with (postal employee's) fear
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Did anyone take the USPS buyouts?
  Federal Times columnist wants to know why you took (or didn't take) the early out.
  Federal Times Fedline blog
• Leave With Pay
  Proposal would allow retirees to roll unused annual leave over into TSP
  Government Executive
• Casual exception, Penalty OT exclusion periods set
  APWU - Industrial Relations
• Lantana residents send message to U.S. Postal Service -- on coconuts
  South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• Lawmakers say Senate health care bill could hit feds with new taxes
  Government Executive
• Postal Service CFO Says More Lobbying Needed
  multichannelmerchant.com
• League President: some USPS districts are run like "Banana Republics"
  National League of Postmasters
• British postal workers begin two-day national strike
  The Guardian
• Postmaster charged with soliciting sex, drugs as he "drove around checking collection boxes"
  Allentown Morning Call

  Wednesday, October 21

• Postal Service Goes Mobile
  Press release
• KC woman and son indicted for alleged assault of postal inspector
  Kansas City Star
• More Online Retailers Offer Free Shipping - WSJ.com
  Wall Street Journal
• Rethinking the Parcel Market
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• More Labor Problems at FedEx Ground
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Byrd, Rockefeller Defend Wheeling Post Office
  Wheeling (WV) News-Register
• Community rallies to save postal branch
  Tampa Tribune
• Phila. lawyer renominated to Postal Service board
  Philadelphia Inquirer
• DMA's Power of Direct Marketing Report Finds DM Ad Expenditures Climb to Over 54% of All Advertising Expenditures
  ... but actual revenue will continue to decline...
  Direct Marketing Association
• 18,000 sign up for Postal Service buyouts
  Federal Times

  Tuesday, October 20

• Retirement Incentive Offer Leads to One-Time Exception on Casual Cap
  APWU News
• Postal Clerk Gets Probation In Theft Of Pain Medication
  Fort Smith (AR) Times Record
• What is it about worksharing?
  Rag Content
• Dead Tree Edition celebrates first birthday
  Dead Tree Edition
• Appeals Court upholds ban on guns on USPS property
  United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit (.pdf file)
• Sorting out the future
  Consolidations eyed in Northern California
  Marysville Appeal-Democrat

  Monday, October 19

• USPS to close 65 Stamp Distribution Offices, consolidate Supply Chain Management operations
  NAPUS Hotline
• APWU: Pay Raise Set for November 21
  Automatic Dues Increase Effective Same Date
  APWU News
• Mail truck crashes into utility pole, injuring driver
  WVLT TV Knoxville
• Mailbox change upsets Deltona residents
  Daytona Beach News Journal
• Stolen Mail Truck Recovered
  WBAP Dallas
• MSPB saya "zero tolerance" policy by itself is not grounds for removal
  "When an agency imposes removal under a zero tolerance policy without giving bona fide consideration to the appropriate Douglas factors, its penalty determination is not entitled to deference."
  Merit Systems Protection Board (.pdf file)
• USPS' perky benefits
  Washington Times

  Sunday, October 18

• OIG Letter on New Hampshire timekeeping fraud
  postalnews blog
• USPS truck driver kidnapped, robbed
  Taft (CA) Midway Driller

  Saturday, October 17

• OIG says New Hampshire managers falsified employee's time records
  WBZ TV Boston
  see also: "New Hampshire Workers Cheated Out of Wages: Congressman Hodes Spurs Investigation That Reveals Fraud"
• Blogger upset about" Earth Class Mail's Exorbitant Price Hike"
  unhappyecmcustomer.blogspot.com
• Postal Service says no jobs will be lost in Elmira
  Elmira Star-Gazette

  Friday, October 16

• UPS Poised To Profit From Recovery
  Institutional Investor
• Marketers Still Prefer a Paper Trail
  Wall Street Journal
• Late mail symptom of postal tweaking
  Columbus Dispatch
• Congressman: Full-court press is on to save Elmira mail-processing center
  Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette
• Postal union claims consolidation will cause delays
  Chicago Daily Herald
• Why Potter Is Freezing Postal Rates, And What It Means For 2010
  Dead Tree Edition
• Mail handler admits theft of 2,200 Gamefly video game discs
  Philadelphia Daily News

  Thursday, October 15

• Postmaster General says no price increase for market dominant products in 2010
  First class, standard, periodical and single piece Parcel Post prices won't go up
  USPS News Link
• USPS first agency to release data on greenhouse gas emissions
  Federal News Radio
• Mailing Industry Executives Tell Workers to Sacrifice; Are Their Profits Sacred?
  APWU Burrus Update
• Postal Service pursues changes at Elmira office
  Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette
• Businesses urged to get involved in USPS restructuring
  Omaha World-Herald
• Direct media owners to see rise in ad revenue next year: Magna report
  DMNews
• APWU Issues a Challenge
  APWU News

  Wednesday, October 14

• Time flies. . . 
  After three years of PAEA, what next?
  Rag Content
• Additional Information on Cross-Craft Reassignments
  APWU - Industrial Relations
• Target to sell electronic magazine subscriptions
  MediaFile
• Netflix CEO predicts DVD has two years of life left
  TECH.BLORGE.com
• Pitney Bowes Accuses Zumbox Of Patent Infringement
  Wall Street Journal
• Postal Workers Protest, USPS Weighs In
  WBKO TV Bowling Green KY
• No distractions cited in accident that led to death of local postman
  New Orleans Times Picayune
• “Pay for Performance” not performing this year
  postalnews blog

  Tuesday, October 13

• Postmasters to boycott “Voice of the Employee” survey
  postalnews blog
• The Courier, Express, and Postal Business and the Nobel Prize
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Problem Postal Proposals
  The Big Fat Marketing Blog
• Sick Leave Phase In...
  Federal News Radio
• Postal Service Seeks Extension in GameFly Complaint
  homemediamagazine.com

  Monday, October 12

• California: South Bay post offices are a piece of our heritage
  The Daily Breeze
• Carrier suspended; post office investigating gift card theft
  Arab (AL) Tribune
• Valpak opens up mobile local couponing with iPhone application
  DMNews
• Through rain, sleet, snow and even 50 years
  At 71, letter carrier "has no intention of stopping anytime soon"
  Hattiesburg American
• Two Alabama postal workers charged with delay or destruction of mail
  Dothan Eagle

  Saturday, October 10

• Mailman saves life of man, 71, who was in diabetic shock
  Berea (OH) News Sun
• Postal Service eyes Atlanta consolidations
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
• Daytona Beach postal facility could lose jobs
  Daytona Beach News Journal
• Big turnout in Hanover as Postal Service mulls West Jersey closure
  Parsippany (NJ) Daily Record
• Postal carrier pleads guilty to stockpiling mail
  WSJV TV South Bend
• Mail Carrier: Stress Led To Jail Trip
  Veteran Carrier Is Accused Of Assaulting Bosses
  KPHO Phoenix
• eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin
  FERS Sick-Leave Provision In Defense Conference Agreement, PMG Potter Wants “Public Dialogue” on Future of USPS
  NAPUS

  Friday, October 9

• USPS announces list of offices slated for possible closing
  Press release
• The Times Are a-Changin' for Postal Service
  Washington Post
• Potter Doesn't Want to Hike Postage Rates in 2010
  Dead Tree Edition
• Update on Gamefly Complaint With USPS That Netflix and Blockbuster Get Preferential Treatment
  Hacking NetFlix
• FERS 'flu' cure a "done deal"
  Federal News Radio
• Potter urges 'public dialogue' on future of Postal Service
  Federal News Radio
  more recent appearances by the PMG: the National Press Club and the Diane Rehm Show

  Thursday, October 8

• USPS reinstates employee awards program
  postalnews blog
• The MSPB: Administrative Justice for Federal and Postal Workers Denied Disability Retirement Benefits
  FedSmith
• Interview with Deutsche Post CEO
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Missing mail found at Passaic post office
  Bergen (NJ) Record
• APWU letter on cross-craft reassignments
  "It is the Union's position that an APWU bargaining unit employee must meet the minimum qualifications before being reassigned to a letter carrier position"
  APWU - Industrial Relations

  Wednesday, October 7

• UK: Royal Mail Uses Copyright Claim To Shut Down Postal Code Info Online
  Techdirt
  (note: but wikileaks.org has "liberated" the database
• For Periodicals, The Postal Service’s Math Doesn’t Add Up
  Dead Tree Edition
• Philadelphia L&DC to close
  Local government official confirms USPS distribution center in Logan Township closing doors in 650-job cut
  Gloucester County Times
• Hunt for postal worker's murderer continues
  WSFA 12 News Montgomery, AL
• FedEx extends home delivery service via the Postal Service to all retailers
  Internet Retailer

  Tuesday, October 6

• Section of roof collapses at Hawaii post office
  KPUA Hawaii News
• The Myth of (Postal) Independence
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Mailers Fear New USPS Reform May be Needed
  DIRECT
• Political Costs of the USPS
  The Big Fat Marketing Blog
• Elmira postal workers fight plan to move jobs out of area
  Binghamton Star-Gazette

  Monday, October 5

• Postal Service offers $100,000 reward in mail truck driver's slaying
  Birmingham News
• Postal officials deny late opening is linked to closure study
  Buffalo News
• Seven Ways to Fix the U.S. Postal Service
  Newsweek
• Video: Andy Rooney On The Post Office
  CBS News
• Public hearings to begin on N.J. post office closings
  Newark Star Ledger

  Sunday, October 4

• Some postal employees beat relocation
  Watertown (NY) Daily Times
• Contract driver murdered at Alabama post office
  WSFA TV Montgomery

  Saturday, October 3

• Carrier who lost both legs in crash has died
  Magazine publisher charged
  New Orleans Times Picayune
  also: Friends, co-workers mourn loss of popular mailman WWL TV
• Postal worker sentenced for theft
  New London (CT) Day

  Friday, October 2

• NAPS Legislative Regulatory Update
  National Association of Postal Supervisors
• 3 cities sign up for paperless postal service
  Mother Nature Network
• Postal Worker Cleared in Pepper Spray Incident
  WABI TV Bangor
• North Carolina: postal employees rally to stop job losses
  Hickory (NC) Record
• Postal Retirement and Plant Consolidation
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• 23,000 Postal Workers Opt for Buyout
  Washington Post
• OIG: USPS could increase DPS, reduce manually sorted mail
  USPS OIG web site (.pdf file)
• President Signs Postal Reprieve Bill, Health Care Mark-Up Continues
  eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin
• Former New Jersey postal workers admit theft of gift cards
  North South Brunswick Sentinel
• Florida: USPS refuses mail delivery for 'safety reasons'
  WZVN TV Fort Myers
• Illinois: Post office death was from natural causes
  Chicago Daily Herald

  Thursday, October 1

• Burrus to retire at end of term
  APWU News
• Postal worker whose legs were amputated after accident feels the love of his customers
  New Orleans Times Picayune
• Who will save the Postal Service?
  Rag Content
• Post Office wins and woes |
  Bostoncolumn.com
• Burrus Charts Ambitious Course for Union’s Future; APWU Embraces Change, President Declares
  APWU News

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