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Monday, November 30

• Postal Service asks for return of equipment in Western New York
  Ithaca Journal
• Thirty years of highs and lows for direct mail
  DMNews
• Postal Projections for 2010 Spark Predictable – and Misplaced – Alarm
  APWU Burrus Update
• In Rain, in Snow, but Not on Saturdays?
  New York Times Room for Debate Blog
• Postal Service future gets input from First Coast
  As delivery bundles shrink, experts seek possibilities to keep the agency afloat
  Florida Times Union
• Clerk suspended for telling customers to write their Congressman about long lines at the window
  postalnews blog
  related: Florida Keys Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen intervenes in postal staffing -
• Other Open Season Options
  Federal News Radio

  Sunday, November 29

• The shrinking post office
  THE WEEK
• UPS driver delivers packages, economic analysis
  BusinessWorld Online
• The Great Tie Debate
  A letter carrier complains about being require to wear a tie, and a postmaster responds.
  Asbury Park Press
• Large response saves Tampa post office
  Tampa Tribune
• Stamp of disapproval: Postal Service considers moving Marysville sort to Sacramento, which may cause problems
  Chico (CA) Enterprise Record

  Saturday, November 28

• Who owns the biggest hotel in Oklahoma? The US Postal Service
  The Oklahoman
• Changes to USPS Letters to Santa program upend charities' plans
  Christian Science Monitor
• Wisconsin postal worker sentenced for destroying mail
  Pierce County Herald (link updated)
• Senate committee passes PACT Act to extinguish Indian mail order tobacco trade
  Indian Country Today
• Book Review - 'Yours Ever - People and Their Letters,' by Thomas Mallon
  New York Times

  Friday, November 27

• Idaho: Letter carrier helps save elderly man's life
  KXLY Spokane
• Baghdad's postmen, delivering the mail at any cost
  Agence France Presse TV via postalnews.tv
• Black Monday?
  Top ten thoughts from the USPS "Intelligent" Mail think tank
  Intelisent Postal Affairs Blog

  Thursday, November 26

• New Jersey letter carrier charged with stealing gift cards to buy Thanksgiving dinner provisions
  Newark Star Ledger
• Postal Service won't collect for charity effort this year
  Columbus (OH) Local News
• Jury exonerates cop in accidental wounding of postal carrier
  Connecticut Post
• US Postal Service Financials Published
  
  • Annual Report for FY 2009
    
  • FY 2009 Comprehensive Statement on Postal Operations
    
  • Integrated Financial Plan, FY 2010
    
• Postal workers awarded $75 million
  1,500 employees share arbitration award for lost overtime pay
  Pittsburgh Post Gazette
• Everything You Need To Know About Full-Service Intelligent Mail Discounts
  Dead Tree Edition

  Wednesday, November 25

• More of the nitty-gritty of Open Season options
  Federal News Radio
• $50,000 reward for help capturing N.J. post office robbers
  Inspectors also ask for help identifying person of interest recorded taking video prior to crime
  NewJerseyNewsroom.com
• Analyst: UPS's announced 2010 rate hikes may not tell the tale
  "Analysis by parcel consultant shows that in many cases, actual increases will be higher than the company has publicly disclosed."
  DC Velocity
• Holiday Packages: Who Ships Fastest, Cheapest?
  WEWS Cleveland
• Sen. Gillibrand And Congressman Maffei Fight To Keep Central New York Post Offices Open
  Press release
• Former postal employee sentenced for destroying mail
  WEAU TV Eau Claire WI
• Bayonne Postmaster accused of Hatch Act violations
  Opponents charge he appeared in partisan ads, used USPS equipment in campaign
  Hudson Reporter
• FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitives posters rarely found in U.S. post offices
  Kansas City Star
• SF postal worker who died on route identified
  San Francisco Examiner
• Venture Capital-Backed Co. Pushes Envelope With Postmarked Email Service
  "Goodmail’s product could open the door to other start-ups seeking to capitalize on the reduction in physical mail delivery..."
  Venture Capital Dispatch
• Job Cuts or Wage Cuts (2)
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Cops: Cambridge postal worker gets racist over parking space
  Cambridge (MA) Chronicle
• Hooah! Postal service to speed up for soldiers in Afghanistan
  Stars and Stripes

  Tuesday, November 24

• New Jersey: Former rural carrier accused of workers compensation fraud
  Shore News Today
• Dunkin Donuts offers letter carriers free coffee tomorrow
  Press release
• Want Low Health Insurance Premiums? Marry a Postal Worker!!!!
  Federal News Radio
• The Future of the Document is the Future of Mail
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Video: PRC Chair Ruth Goldway discusses the future of the USPS
  CSPAN Sunday Journal
• New York: Mail carriers protest postmaster's tactics
  White Plains Journal News
• Letter carrier collapses, dies delivering mail
  San Francisco Examiner
• Rhode Island: Post office fires woman diagnosed with leukemia
  WJAR TV Providence
• Postal Service employees will receive pay raise in December
  Government Executive
• Minneapolis to send mail to virtual mailboxes
  Minnesota Daily
• Northampton MA postal workers protest service cutbacks
  Springfield (MA) Republican
• Ex-supervisor sues Postal Service over firing
  Plaintiff says dismissal stems from not accepting late Netflix batch
  Spokane Spokesman-Review

  Monday, November 23

• 5-day delivery no sure cure for postal woes, economist says
  Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News via Postcom.org
• Postal Service Announces Short-term Supervisor Selection and Placement Process
  National League of Postmasters - Latest News Briefs
• Salinas postal workers rally against possible move
  Salinas Californian
• Big Brother is watching?
  "stay out of the U.S. Postal Service’s National Change of Address database"
  Consumer Reports
• Postal Service Selling 'Letters To Santa' Jazz CD
  Jazz Times
• Holidays a tempting time for mail thieves
  Riverside Press Enterprise
• USPS Shows $3.8 Billion Loss in FY09; 'No Way to Sugarcoat It' – Rolando
  Financial Plan for 2010 Retains Six-Day Delivery
  NALC Bulletin
• Oprah Winfrey salutes heroic letter carriers
  USPS News Link
• Parcel services expect cheery holiday season
  Fort Myers News-Press
• Economy, Internet mean lighter load for post office
  Asbury Park Press
• Island mail at sea with no ferries
  Block Island Times
• The Postage Discount No Mailer Wants
  Dead Tree Edition
• USPS redesigns Click-N-Ship to aid Mac users
  Washington Times

  Sunday, November 22

• Coco-crazy town's post office saved
  Washington Post: Federal Eye
• National Reassessment Process Coming to Dallas
  postalprofiles.com
• Washington (state) postmaster gets surprise transfer
  Seattle Post Intelligencer
• Florida letter carrier arrested for mail theft
  WINK TV Fort Myers click here for video -
• Senate Finally Talking Turkey on Health Care
  also: Senate Governmental Affairs Panel Conducts Kessler Confirmation Hearing
  eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin
• Mail keeps flowing despite cutbacks, changing times
  Northwest Indiana Times

  Saturday, November 21

• Ex-postal worker gets 46 months in gasoline scam
  Philadelphia Inquirer
• Man gets four months for chasing letter carrier with an ax
  Belleville (IL) News-Democrat
• Updated listing of post office locations being considered for closing
  The first column gives the present status of each office- blanks indicate the office is still being studied. Click here for a 6 page document listing only those offices still being studied.
  Postal Regulatory Commission
• Postal Service to resume North Pole Santa letters
  Associated Press

  Friday, November 20

• Credit Card Mailings Rise to Highest Level since December 2008
  Mintel Comperemedia
• Postal Service calls for cuts of 40 Kalamazoo area jobs, $2.5 million
  Kalamazoo News
• Postal Service updates list of offices that may be closed
  only 241 offices still under review...
  USPS Press release
• Congressman intervenes in Key West postal staffing
  KeysNews.com
• Blizzard of catalogs stuff America's mailboxes: Merry mail or holiday headache?
  San Jose Mercury News
• Kentucky: Former postal employee charged with stealing items from the mail
  DOJ Press release
• Opinions divided over Hickory to Greensboro postal service shift
  Hickory (NC) Record
• UPS vs. FedEx vs. USPS. Which is best?
  Practical eCommerce
• North Pole letters to Santa hysteria overstated?
  Federal Times
  update: it turns out Santa actually lives in Canada, and his postal code is H0H 0H0 -
• Mail switch reaction mixed
  Postal Service, union differ on smoothness of Watertown to Syracuse transition
  Watertown Daily Times
• Mail Volumes Have Declined Faster Than The Postal Workforce, But That Might Change
  Dead Tree Edition

  Thursday, November 19

• OIG Audit faults NY Metro Area financial controls
  USPS OIG web site
• Can the Postal Service be Saved?
  CBS News
• APWU: Pay Raise Set for Nov. 21
  APWU-represented postal workers will receive a 1.2 percent increase in their annual salaries effective Nov. 21. The raise will be reflected in the paychecks issued Dec. 11.
  APWU News
• Some post offices will be closed the day after Thanksgiving
  postalnews blog
• Progress with the Postal Act of 2006
  PowerPoint presentation given by USPS COO Pat Donahoe at yesterday's MTAC meeting
  via Postcom.org
• Arbitrator Rules 'Separation of Casuals' Language in Article 12 Applies Only to Casuals in the Impacted Craft
  APWU - Industrial Relations
• J.C. Penney is turning last page on its Big Book
  "The J.C. Penney Co. Big Book is dead – a victim of shoppers' growing reliance on the Internet."
  Dallas Morning News
• The End of Mail? (Just Kidding)
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• BioDefense safeguards the nation’s mail streams
  Government Security News

  Wednesday, November 18

• The nitty-gritty of Open Season options
  Federal News Radio
• UPS sees holidays slightly busier this year
  Reuters
• The Future of the Catalog in America
  "stop thinking of your company as a 'catalog company.' A truer description is that you are an e-commerce company that uses a catalog as an important advertising medium"
  Marketing consultant John Lenser
• Feds charge Danville mail truck shooter
  Danville (KY) Advocate Messenger
• Weighing Postal Service's Future
  NPR interview with Anthony Conway, executive director of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers
• Mayor of North Pole, Alaska says The (Postal) Grinch has stolen Christmas
  KTUU TV Anchorage
• Postal workers: Consolidation may slow mail service
  Staunton (VA) News Leader
• USPS Energy Use Down 9% From 2005 to 2008
  Environmental Leader
• Older locals want lower East Side post office to stay
  New York Daily News
• 'Save Our Service': Postal workers fight for their jobs
  Hickory (NC) Record
• USPS provides additional information on post office closing process
  Lists offices no longer being considered for closing, with the reasons given for keeping them open.
  Postal regulatory Commission (.pdf file)

  Tuesday, November 17

• Burrus: Those Who Tell Workers to Sacrifice Fail to Understand Postal Realities
  APWU News
• Mail Carrier found Drunk, Inside a Residence
  "She was in uniform and had mail and a mail-carrying bag with her..."
  KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids IA
• 5-day delivery: Depends on your perspective
  Federal Times Fedline blog
• Unhappy Customer "Blogcasts" Live From Williamsburg (NYC) Post Office
  Gothamist
• Arbitrator Rules Maximization Provision Only Applies to Work Hours of PTFs
  APWU - Industrial Relations
• PRC to broadcast rebuttal testimony in Station and Branch Optimization Docket tomorrow beginning at 10AM
  Postal Regulatory Commission: Breaking News
• Trimming excess packaging could bring 10% payoff for shippers
  DC Velocity
• Postal Service Ends 2009 with $3.8 Billion Loss
  2010 Financial Plan Predicts More Losses Next Year
  USPS Press Release
  click here for a copy of the full 10-K filing (81 page .pdf file)
• Former postal worker sentenced
  KSNT TV Topeka
• Direct Mail Gone Wrong
  The Big Fat Marketing Blog
• 2 South Jersey post offices begin sales of greeting cards
  South Jersey Courier-Post
• Marysville (CA) mail center could close
  The Union
• 3 Lansing-area post offices could close, consolidate
  Lansing State Journal
• Accounting change boosts USPS bottom line
  Federal Times
• Mail thief caught on tape in Southwest Las Vegas
  KTNV Las Vegas

  Monday, November 16

• Bremerton Mail Carriers Moving Out of Sylvan Way Branch
  Kitsap (WA) Sun
• Charlottesville mail center employees rally against job losses
  Charlottesville Daily Progress
• Residents say they'll fight Pleasant Gap PO closing
  Centre (PA) Daily Times
• USPS, UPS, FedEx Express and the RLA
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Angst at the Postal Service
  Catawba County to host community meeting about a plan that would send 32 local jobs to Greensboro
  Charlotte Observer

  Sunday, November 15

• Summer Sale Boosted Catalog Mailings, Paper Exec Says
  Dead Tree Edition
• Take That, E-Mail
  When the mail traveled through underground pneumatic tubes...
  New York Times
  The paper referred to in the story is available here -
• Mom of 'proud soldier' dissatisfied with postal service
  Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel

  Saturday, November 14

• Postal Service Looking to Cut Costs in SE Kentucky
  WTVQ Lexington KY
• Newer non-profits can't afford direct mail
  but "...big, established charities continue to use direct mail because it still raises more money than online tools"
  Stephanie Strom in the New York Times. See also her article: New Fame for the Everyday Donor
• Fact & Fiction: The US Postal Service
  APWU News
• Final rally for Elmwood Post Office today in Syracuse
  Syracuse Post-Standard
• U.S. Postal Service offers a new pricing deal for efficient packaging
  Internet Retailer
• Postcom podcast on Move Update
  PostCom President Gene Del Polito, Grayhair Software postal affairs VP Angelo Anagnostopoulos, and Grayhair Software product development and management VP Raymond Chin discuss Move Update
  Postcom.org (.mp3 audio file)
• Postal service, union officials disagree on delivery day cuts
  Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram

  Friday, November 13

• Postal Service doesn’t keep track of DUI records of it’s drivers? Umm… What?
  James Jarman
  link to original story published in August
• Not your usual lunch break: Minnesota letter carrier helps free pilot from plane wreckage
  USPS News Link
• Postal Customer Satisfaction Score Reaches Four-Year High
  USPS Press release
• Potter insists on five-day delivery as part of Postal Service reform
  DMNews
• Is Your Mail Actually Safe in Your Mailbox?
  NBC Los Angeles
• Mailbox relocation spurred by vandals leaves neighbors without their mail
  Tulare (CA) Advance-Register
• NY Congressman rips PMG, requests face-to-face meeting on Elmira move
  Elmira Star-Gazette
• Kentucky postal worker gets 2 years probation on theft charge
  KFVS Cape Girardeau MO
• U.S. Supreme Court reviewing former postal worker's case
  Tallahassee Democrat

  Thursday, November 12

• Indiana man arrested after assaulting mail carrier
  WSBT South Bend
• How Does Labor Law Matter for the USPS?
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Fire at store destroys Maine post office
  Bangor Daily News
• More Americans Are Paying Their Bills Online
  My Bank Tracker
• Congressman skeptical about cuts in mail delivery, seeks answers on long-term-care premiums
  Washington Post
• St Louis: all area post offices will remain open
  St Louis Post-Dispatch
• Postal Service might move Charlottesville mail operations
  Staunton (VA) News Leader
• PostCom: USPS appointment system forgot yesterday was a holiday?
  PostCom Home Page

  Wednesday, November 11

• Small-Parcel Shippers to Get USPS Rate Breaks
  multichannelmerchant.com
• FedEx projects busier busiest day
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• UPS sees 2010 volume growth, higher rates
  Reuters
• Fort Payne postman acused of mail theft
  Chattanooga Times Free Press
• Somersworth NH NALC head claims time sheets were altered
  Foster's Daily Democrat
• New Hampshire Congressman Demands Answers in Postal Service Timekeeping Fraud
  Press release
• Police: Teens shot paint balls at letter carrier
  Bristol (CT) Press
• How Would You Make Over the U.S. Postal Service?
  "We asked Inc. 500 CEOs..."
  INC Magazine

  Tuesday, November 10

• Hacker Valley PO closing complaint leads to new PRC inquiry
  ... is the USPS misusing the "emergency suspension" process to effectively close post offices without public input?
  Postal Regulatory Commission
• 4 killed in Arkansas crash involving truck carrying mail
  Houston Chronicle
• Missing mail prompts investigation
  Former postal worker under investigation for allegedly taking mail.
  Ft. Payne (AL) Times-Journal
• Retrofitting CSBCS machines saves USPS $70 million
  Chip Design
• Disappearing Collection Boxes
  Is the Postal Service thinking too narrowly and missing some of the value of collection boxes?
  USPS OIG Blog
• Driving the Customer Away
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

  Monday, November 9

• So, Who Drew the Short Straw?
  Reaction to Mike Causey's "CSRS vs. FERS: Somebody's Got it Made!" column
  Federal News Radio
• Job Cuts or Wage Cuts?
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Move Update and the Postal Inspectors
  "...it appears the only thing the Postal Service is utilizing that Intelligent Mail barcode for is to bring big mailers to the attention of Postal Inspectors"
  Mary Ann Bennett commentary for Postcom.org
• 150 plants and 400,000 employees?
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Christmas Pay Procedures for Rural Carriers
  Postal Bulletin

  Sunday, November 8

• Local post office concerns eased
  Kinston (NC) Free Press
• BOG posts agenda for meeting Thursday and Friday
  Press release

  Saturday, November 7

• APWU President criticizes USPS for lack of diversity in executive staff
  APWU News
• Great Falls Couple Mad After Post Office Stops Delivering Mail
  KFBB TV Great Falls MT
• Postal Service holds public meetings on closing offices in Syracuse
  Syracuse Post-Standard

  Friday, November 6

• Postal Subcommittee Trolls for Data on New Postal Products
  ... and Subcommittee Considers TSP Improvements
  eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin
• Elmira postal workers receive excessing notices
  News 10 Syracuse
• CSRS vs. FERS: Somebody's Got it Made!
  Federal News Radio
• PRC's Goldway Wary of Service Cuts
  multichannelmerchant.com
• At hearing on Postal Service future, hope is in short supply
  Washington Post
• Mobile post office, itself a stopgap, is now gone
  Jersey Journal
• Congressman says closing of Pholadelphia L&DC violates federal regulations
  ... demands detailed financial justification for shuttering facility
  Philadelphia Inquirer
• Family of murdered mail truck driver searches for answers
  Dadeville (AL) Record
• Yesterday's Subcommittee Hearing to Examine Postal Service Revenue-Generation Initiatives
  Links to copies of prepared statements and streaming video of yesterday's hearing
  Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia Subcommittee website
• Postal Service eyes options beyond layoffs and buyouts
  Government Executive

  Thursday, November 5

• Feds weigh impact of new FERS sick leave benefit
  Federal Times
• How to avoid drowning in Open Season's flood of choices
  Washington Post
• GAO: USPS Revenue generation efforts have had limited results
  Government Accountibility Office (.pdf file)
• Albany hearing on postal closings draws crowd
  Customer: "If you are the one that let this fire get started, why are you allowed to be the firemen to put it out?"
  Albany Times Union
• Postal service sets date for public forum on Hickory NC processing operations
  Hickory record
• More than Stamps: Adapting the Postal Service to a Changing World
  House Oversight Subcommittee holds hearing this morning at 10 AM
  Press release
• Boynton Beach letter carrier charged with DUI on route
  Palm Beach Post

  Wednesday, November 4

• Caught Like a Burglar With the Goods in Hand
  APWU President restates his worksharing offer, responds to critics
  APWU Burrus Update
• USPS announces 2010 shipping rates
  3.3% increase for priority, no change for first class, standard, parcel post
  USPS press release
  click here for details of the new rates.
• Maponics ZIP Code Boundaries Captures Record Number of U.S. Postal Service Branch Closings
  GISUser.com
• Eight Challenges for a Postal Business Model
  A preview of economist Alan Robinson's presentation at the upcoming Rutgers conference on the Future of the Postal Sector
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Summary of USPS HQ/Management Associations consultative meeting on October 28
  postalnews blog
• FERS Sick Leave Cure: Rumor vs. Reality
  Federal News Radio
• Mail Truck Rollover Kills Driver in Nevada
  Mesquite (NV) Local News
• Are 19 L.A. communities losing their U.S. Post Offices?
  LA Weekly
• Hearings scheduled on Albany NY area post office closings
  Albany Times Union
• Congressman seeks to save Green Bay mail processing center from move to Oshkosh
  Oshkosh Northwestern
• Local family battles post office over shredded death certificate
  Santa Clarita Valley (CA) News
• Who could replace Potter?
  Rag Content
• UK: National postal strike prompts the unlikely return of the telegram
  The Telegraph
• A perfect fit for postal ads
  Second City actor really delivers in 'pretty hip' ads for flat-rate boxes
  Chicago Sun Times

  Tuesday, November 3

• What’s next for the USPS?
  Pitney-Bowes Business Insight Postal Updates Blog
• USPS Mobile -or- 5 Things I Hate About m.usps.com
  NRG Software Blog
• APWU: USPS tries to circumvent preference-eligible employees' RIF protections
  American Postal Worker Magazine
• USPS promises “No 2010 Rate Increase”: But is there a "Giant Loophole" here?
  Gilbert Direct Marketing Blog
• UPS, FedEx reap the benefits of airports' pet projects
  USA Today
• Post office changes routes in recession
  Janesville (WI) Gazette
• Mail theft on the rise in Las Vegas
  KTNV TV Las Vegas
• Consolidation proposed for Kinston mail service | kinston, service, consolidation
  Eastern North Carolina Today
• Letter to the Editor: Wrong to close efficient postal center
  Gloucester County (NJ) Times
• Are There Other Viable Alternatives for 6-Day Delivery Operations?
  USPS OIG Blog
• Postal carrier charged with littering after dumping mail
  Lorain (OH) Morning Journal

  Monday, November 2

• Family: Post office job pressures led to threats
  Albany (GA) Herald
• Q&A: USPS CIO Ross Philo On 'Post Office' In Your Hand
  Information Week
• Federal search warrant served in mail truck hijacking case
  Taft (CA) Midway Driller
• It's 3 p.m.; do you know where your postman is?
  Cape Cod Times
• Smith Electric Vehicles to partner with AM General on electric LLV
  Autoblog Green

  Sunday, November 1

• Dead letter
  The world's ailing postal services
  The Economist

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