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Thursday, December 31

• Post office hunts down lost Christmas cash Largo woman mailed to grandchildren
  St. Petersburg Times
• Important PostalOne! Statement Date Information
  Postal Affairs Blog
• OIG Workers Compensation Fraud Campaign: Who’s scamming who?
  Postal Employee Network
• Postal Service to hold public hearing on Tupelo mail service consolidation
  WREG Memphis
• USPS Proposes Consolidation of Panama City Processing and Distribution Center
  WMBB TV Panama City
• Letter carrier brought kindness, joy to route
  Waterbury Republican-American
• USPS Looks to Cut $527K by moving operations from Wheeling to Pittsburgh
  Wheeling News-Register
• President puts Postal Service in charge of delivering medical aid in case of biological attack
  Orlando Sentinel

  Wednesday, December 30

• Postal workers, congressman, go to court to save Philadelphia L&DC
  Gloucester County (NJ) Times
• Postal Accounting Snafus Might Be Bad News for Publishers
  Dead Tree Edition
• Investigators look to close drug ‘loophole' in mailing services
  McAllen (TX) Monitor
• A Pathetic Way to Treat a Public Service
  Post office in a pawn shop?
  American Postal Workers Magazine
• Postal Service Announces Plans to Consolidate CFS Sites
  APWU News
• Head of Pittsfield (MA) post office reassigned
  Berkshire Eagle
  see also the earlier story "City Mail Gripes Mount" -
• Mailhandlers Union signs settlement on National Reassessment Program
  postalnews blog
• Mother Teresa, Gene Autry on upcoming US stamps
  Kansas City Star
• Updated: Connecticut postal worker killed by falling tree
  Waterbury Republican American

  Tuesday, December 29

• Brooklyn post offices give new meaning to phrase, going postal
  YourNabe.com > Brooklyn
• Revised Move Update Assessment Charges for Automation and Presort First-Class Mail and All Standard Mail Mailings
  Federal Register (.pdf file)
• Teabaggers' gibe reminds columnist what a good deal the USPS really is
  Keene (NH) Sentinel
• W.Va. man gets 4 months over bomb threat to PO
  Associated Press
• Blizzard halts weekend mail delivery
  Wichita Falls (TX) Times Record
• Olivehurst plant closure debated
  Election officials, businesses worry about slower mail
  Marysville (CA) Appeal-Democrat
• USPS lost $255 million in November
  postalnews blog
• In the mail: Central NY readers defend U.S. postal system
  Syracuse Post Standard

  Monday, December 28

• Iowa City's first female letter carrier retiring after 36 years
  Iowa City Press Citizen
• 'Mailman Gene,' one of St. Petersburg's first black letter carriers
  St. Petersburg Times
• Postal Service as Editorial Fodder
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Connecticut court dismisses clerk’s sexual harassment suit
  postalnews blog
• Santa letter effort gets boost from controversy
  KTUU TV Anchorage
• Appeals Court Upholds Demotion of California Postmaster
  Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (.pdf file)

  Sunday, December 27

• Arcola fire breaks ‘heart’ of town; post office closed indefinitely
  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
• Possible Bowling Green (KY) consolidation is causing concern
  Bowling Green Daily News
• Unprecedented Discipline at Dallas Post Office
  PostalProfiles.com

  Saturday, December 26

• APWU Wins Work Assignment Dispute with NPMHU
  US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit (.pdf file)
• Semi hauling mail overturns, blocking NC highway
  WRAL TV Raleigh
• California: UPS deliveryman arrested for stealing packages
  San Jose Mercury News
• Families surprised by Express Mail on Christmas
  WNDU TV South Bend
• Colorado mail carrier swaps blues for Santa suit to deliver Christmas packages
  Denver Post
• Hacker Valley (WV) post office sparks national inquiry
  Charleston Gazette
• First Christmas Card Was Arty, Riled Scrooges
  Bloomberg.com
• White-collar jobless join the delivery ranks
  San Jose Mercury News

  Friday, December 25

• California plant reduces window of operations
  USPS News Link
• Tiny post office carries the mail with plenty of charm
  Pittsburgh Posy-Gazette
• In Ridgefield, Santa still writes back
  Ridgefield (CT) Press
• Post Office employees brighten day at health care facility
  Banning (CA) Record Gazette
• St. Nick gets assistance from Reading postal worker
  Reading Eagle
• Senate-Passed Health Bill Safeguards FEHBP Risk-Pool, But Taxes Premiums
  eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin
• Postal Service deserves respect
  San Antonio Express-News
• Not your usual Santa’s sleigh
  

  
  Orange County Register

  Thursday, December 24

• Va. standoff suspect had no beef with post office
  Charleston Daily Mail
• Postal workers unite to help accident victim
  WZVN TV Fort Myers
• OIG Issues first in a series City Delivery Efficiency Reviews
  Report suggests one San Francisco carrier unit with 151 routes could save $2.1 million a year
  USPS OIG web site (.pdf file)
• Holiday Grinch goes postal — scatters letters, steals parcels
  Grass Valley (CA) Union
• Massachusetts: Ex-postal clerk on probation in embezzlement
  Worcester Telegram & Gazette
• $10,000 reward offered after mail collection box stolen
  KNXV TV Phoenix
• Stamp of approval for Santa’s letters
  Providence Journal
• Postal truck crashes in Deer Park CA
  St. Helena Star
• Locals2Locals' boxes of small items are big help to troops
  Group uses military flat rate priority boxes to ship simple gifts to troops in Afghanistan
  Ventura County Star

  Wednesday, December 23

• Breaking: Hostage situation at Virginia PO
  Update: Gunman apprehended; suspect identified
  Wytheville Enterprise
• NAPS accuses USPS of arbitrarily lowering supervisors' performance ratings
  Letter from NAPS President Ted Keating to USPS VP Doug Tulino
• That's Not Coal In Those Packages
  Shipping drugs to a vacant apartment was the first clue.
  NBC Connecticut
• Using Postcards as a New Medium for Advertisers
  Advertising Age
• Audio: Can postal service continue to deliver?
  Marketplace From American Public Media
• Blizzard of cards eases
  Omaha World-Herald
• Rasmussen Reports: 28% Using Postal Service Less This Holiday Season
  The FINANCIAL
• Postal workers make Christmas bright for Pennsylvania family
  Reading Eagle
• Canada Post pulls plug on decorations
  Toronto Sun

  Tuesday, December 22

• Editorial: Making sure the US Postal Service delivers
  Christian Science Monitor
• Burrus: Workshare discounts far outweigh savings
  APWU Burrus Update
• The Cost of Reducing the Workforce
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Video: USPS says watch your mailbox!
  KXAN TV Austin via postalnews.tv
• Ohio letter carrier going to prison for mail theft
  Toledo Blade
• Last-minute shoppers push the envelope
  Loveland (CO) Reporter-Herald
• Workers push through snow to deliver holiday mail
  Press of Atlantic City
• Letter to the Editor: Postal rules take a toll on senders
  The Tennessean
• Editorial: Not going postal
  The post office won't deliver Christmas gifts on time
  Washington Times
• Mail carriers double their work load after weekend snow storm
  WSLS 10 Roanoke VA
• Postal study ends: no major changes in Petaluma
  Petaluma Argus-Courier
• Former postal worker accused of threatening to blow up post office
  Gaston (NC) Gazette
• London to Hold Year Long Celebration of Stamps, Design and Postal Heritage
  Artdaily.org

  Monday, December 21

• Triangle (NC) post office mailboxes overflowing
  WRAL TV Raleigh
• What to Do While Waiting in Line at the Post Office
  "City Room wants to know what you’re finding at post offices across New York as Christmas approaches."
  New York Times City Room Blog
• Post office gets stamp of disapproval
  Customers miss the convenience of vending machines
  Buffalo News
• Direct Mail Part of Economic Recovery
  iPresort Blog
• Two Oklahoma Postmasters Indicted by Grand Jury
  Ponca City News
• Santa in Blue: Postal workers continue one man's charity
  Fall River (MA) Herald News and see also: Santa's helpers work to make Christmas bright -
• In New York, Paying More to Send U.S. Mail at U.P.S. Stores
  New York Times
• Stamp collectors a vanishing breed
  Glendale News Press
• Oregon: Postal Service union fights consolidation
  Medford Mail Tribune
• USPS COO Pat Donahoe’s Field Updates: Scanning Excellence
  postalnews.tv via ruralinfo.net
• Nevermind letters to Santa- in Jerusalem, they handle letters to God
  The Guardian
• Answering letters to Santa in North Pole inspires filmmaker
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
• Washington DC: Postal Service snow tips
  The federal government may be closed, but letter carriers will be delivering as usual
  Washington Post: Federal Eye
• The Postman Who Paints
  NBC Dallas-Fort Worth

  Sunday, December 20

• USPS plans to check for registered sex offenders among its employees
  Federal Register
• MSPB rules against USPS in three cases involving Americans With Disabilities Act
  In the case related to the National Reassessment Program (NRP), the MSPB faulted USPS for its "limited" search for work for the injured employee
  MSPB and Federal Employee Attorney Blog
• Letters to Santa show how children view the world
  Miami Herald
• Connecticut USPS employee who removed items from mail pleads guilty
  postalnews blog
• Indiana home, but Ohio mail
  Richmond (IN) Palladium-Item
• Postal worker sentenced to probation for gift card theft
  Daytona Beach News Journal
• Can Canada Post stay relevant?
  CBC
• Time to privatize the Postal Service?
  "The postal service isn't perfect. But it shows why public options are important -- and, in some cases, necessary."
  Los Angeles Times
• Police arrest 10 after armed robbery, kidnapping, carjackings (including a mail truck), standoff
  Kansas City Star

  Saturday, December 19

• House bill invests $2B in electric vehicles for Postal Service
  Federal Times
• Report finds 'imprudent spending' at Postal Service
  CNN
• Delivering in the DC blizzard
  
  

  From Twitter: "USPS #ftw! #snOMG rain sleet"

• Customers question postal service's efficiency during holidays
  Dayton Daily News
• U.S. Post Office box stolen from busy street corner
  Middletown (OH) Journal
• Oregon: Postal Service considers 'efficiencies' for local operations
  Medford Mail Tribune
• Bad Post Office. Good Post Office
  A Study in Contrasts - The Kensington and Farley Post Offices
  New York Times

  Friday, December 18

• Britain moves to abolish checks; is the U.S. next?
  Baltimore Sun: Jay Hancock's Blog
• Wal-Mart's Shipping Scam Targets Overseas Troops
  "military personnel stationed overseas are being gouged by Wal-Mart's website for the cost of shipping items outside of America" even though the USPS doesn't charge extra for mailing to APO/FPO addresses
  Huffington Post
  Update: Walmart backs off extra charge for APO/FPO shipping
  Stars and Stripes
• Netflix.com design switch emphasizes streamed movies over mailed DVDs
  NewTeeVee
• Most Post Offices will close at noon on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
  USPS Press release
• Ex-postal carrier given probation for stockpiling mail at home
  Gainesville Sun
• Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be mail sorters
  ... letter carriers maybe...
  Dead Tree Edition
• Holiday gift giving at federal offices
  Washington Post Federal Eye
• Pittsfield (MA) Mail Concerns: Trying to get answers from Postal Service frustrating
  Berkshire Eagle
• Greeting card business feels economic downturn
  USA Today
• Editorial: It's in the mail
  USPS needs to be more flexible dealing with ZIP code change requests
  Frederick (MD) News-Post
• Postmasters: Closure of Olivehurst mail sorting center won't slow service
  Grass Valley (CA) Union
• USPS cutting losses, targets Saturday delivery
  COO Pat Donahoe explains this morning at 7:05 on Federal News Radio
• Becoming a Multi-modal Postal Company
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Update on John McCain's snub of USPS gift
  A question for the Senator: "Why did the Congress force the USPS to pre-fund retirements at an unprecedented level in 2006?"
  Twitpic
• Audio: Postal Service's National Reassessment Process
  Conversation with Phil Herr, Director of the Physical Infrastructure Team at GAO, which reviewed the Postal Service's "National Reassessment Process."
  Federal News Radio
• Deaf postal worker greets customers with a smile
  Frederick (MD) News-Post
• Profit Down 30% on Lower Revenue at FedEx
  New York Times
• Update on USPS opting in all routes for 2010 Mail Count
  Rural Carrier Updates

  Thursday, December 17

• Parked mail truck makes resident fume
  "When asked why they aren't finishing their route, we are told that if they get back from their route too early they have to help with other things so they purposely stall in returning"
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
• Details of "Short-term Supervisor Selection Process" posted
  NAPUS Breaking News page
• Minutes of the Quarterly NAPUS/USPS Consultative Meeting held last week
  National Association of Postmasters of the US
• Don't like "junk" mail? Blame Queen Victoria!
  National Postal Museum Blog
• Postal Worker Hospitalized After Dog Attack
  WFOR TV Miami
• Women fired from Long Island contractor claim harassment ‎
  Long Island Press
• Former contract carrier sentenced to prison time
  Huntington (WV) Herald Dispatch
• Time for Postal Service fleet to go green, lawmaker says
  Washington Post
• Note to USPS: John McCain didn't like the gift you sent him...
  John McCain's Twitter
• New EMA rate for rural carriers
  Rural Carrier Updates
• Postal supervisor stole student mail
  Florida Times Union
• Postal plan prompts protest
  100 attend meeting on Olivehurst facility
  Marysville (CA) Appeal-Democrat
• Frigid delivery
  Albert Lea (MN) Tribune

  Wednesday, December 16

• Editorial: Make the appointed rounds
  "If the United States Postal Service can deal with wind, rain, sleet and snow it should be able to handle darkness. The inability of the Postal Service to deliver mail to some sectors of Pittsfield in a timely fashion is indefensible"
  Berkshire Eagle original story -
• Union Appeals to Arbitration USPS Decision to Subcontract FSM 1000 Modifications
  APWU News
• Second man sentenced in $190,000 post office scheme
  Car wash owner conspired with VMF manager in fraud
  Cleveland Plain Dealer
• South Carolina: Postal Complaint Leads To Scuffle, Shots Fired
  postalnews.tv text version at wyff4.com -
• Shipping Those Gift Packages
  Video: Atlanta Postmaster offers advice for holiday mailers
  WAGA FOX 5 Atlanta, GA via postalnews.tv
• Mail processing to stay in Salinas
  Salinas Californian
• Holidays mean thieves have mail set in their sights
  KUSA TV Denver
• NJ lawmakers to consider 'Do-Not-Solicit' registry
  "companies would be prohibited from soliciting registered individuals by mail, e-mail or telephone"
  Associated Press
• Post office supervisor pleads guilty to embezzlement and theft charges
  Twenty-two year postal career ends in courtroom
  Central Valley (CA) Business Times
• Frederick (MD) consolidation questioned at public hearing
  Frederick News-Post
• Pittsfield (MA) residents miffed by lack of mail deliveries due to "seasonal volumes"
  Berkshire Eagle
• Postal workers handling holiday mail worry their jobs are fragile
  Newark Star Ledger
• Closing Post Offices ... in Switzerland
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Marriage, Divorce, Birth, Death
  Open season may be over, but certain life events will allow you to make changes to your health insurance choices
  Federal News Radio

  Tuesday, December 15

• More on the GAO National Reassessment Program report: Watchdog urges Postal Service managers to support cost-cutting initiative
  Government Executive
• USPS adjusts Express Mail overnight guarantee for Christmas
  USPS News Link
• Shortage of clerks leads to long lines and frustrated customers at post offices
  KTRK TV Houston
• USPS “Spin” on Full Service Intelligent Mail
  "This USPS press release is in need of some clarification, and a major reality check"
  Postal Affairs Blog
• Taxing Your Health Premiums
  Expert says federal employees would benefit from proposal
  Federal News Radio
• PRC Chairman Ruth Goldway interview on busiest mail day
  KCBS San Francisco
  see also her appearance on CSPAN's Washington Journal last month -
• Red letter day: Feds cancel plans to close downtown Naples post office
  Naples Daily News
• Post offices pack 'em in, but not like before on busiest day of the year
  Dallas Morning News
  and click here for more "busiest day" stories from Google news -
• Boston Post Offices May Be On Chopping Block
  WCVB Boston
• Rural Carrier Updates: USPS will opt IN all routes for the 2010 Mail Count
  Rural Carrier Updates

  Monday, December 14

• GAO - USPS National Reassessment Process for Injured Employees Is Under Way, but Actions Are Needed to Improve Program Management
  Government Accountability Office
• Postcom podcast: USPS Mailing and Shipping VP Robert Bernstock
  "Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito, PostCom Vice President Jessica Lowrance, and U.S. Postal Service President of Mailing and Shipping Services Robert Bernstock in a discussion of the Postal Service's plans to develop its mail and package delivery services."
  Postcom.org (.mp3 audio file)
• Busiest day Muppet style...
  YouTube - Muppet Christmas: Letters To Santa Trailer - Picking Things Up via @ipresort on twitter
• Postal Service Ready for Busiest Mailing Day
  Press release
• What happened to the comments?
  Note: we've upgraded to the new Echo commenting system- see the blog post for more.
  postalnews blog
• Congress and the Postal Service
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Tradition of holiday cards survives a Scrooge of an economy
  Harrisburg Patriot-News
• Congressman: Postal Service not being honest about Elmira consolidation
  Elmira Star-Gazette
• Neither rain, wind stop Marysville protest
  Marysville (CA) Appeal-Democrat
• Salinas mail facility won't close for now
  Monterey Herald
• Deadbeat feds: Employees owe Uncle Sam $3B in unpaid taxes
  "The agency with the most tax scofflaws is the U.S. Postal Service, with 28,913 employees who owe $297,933,756."
  WTOP Washington
• Richmond-area nonprofits express concern about Postal Service delivery problems
  Richmond Times-Dispatch
• Deaf postal worker greets customers with a smile
  Frederick (MD) News-Post
• Not your father's post office
  Bankrate.com

  Sunday, December 13

• Pennsylvania town would like to have its mail delivered
  Doylestown Intelligencer
• Connecticut: Union leader claims Waterbury post office overwhelmed, hiding leftover mail in closets
  Waterbury (CT) Republican-American
• Holiday stamp a tradition for Rudolph Christmas mail
  Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
• Holiday stamp a tradition for Rudolph (WI) Christmas mail
  Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
• Pittsburgh: Arnold, Parnassus post office branches could be closed
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Pittsburgh: Arnold, Parnassus post office branches could be closed
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Mail Carrier Haunted By Brutal Attack On Job
  WBZ TV Boston
• Postal workers warn of delivery delays if Marysville center closes
  Chico (CA) Enterprise Record

  Saturday, December 12

• Purolator USA: Canada Post Subsidiary in the US Parcel Market
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Changes at Indiana Post Office cause concern for town
  WNDU TV South Bend
• Direct marketers look forward after a difficult 2009
  "Small growth... on the horizon... not surprisingly, online spending... to grow much more healthily than its offline counterparts"
  DMNews
• Snow cancels mail in Iowa
  Dubuque Telegraph Herald
• Elmira Postal Workers Want Public Informed
  WENY-TV Elmira
• Postal service responds to complaints on Elmira move
  postalnews blog
• Postal worker or thief? Don't be fooled
  Fox10tv.com video -
• Who suffers from postal cuts?
  Rag Content
• Post office is Grinch for Vermont mailman
  ... after ten years of delivering mail as Santa, USPS says no to costume
  Barre Times Argus
• Oregon: Post office still stuck with $10K rent on building it doesn't use any more
  Albany (OR) Democrat Herald
• Post office to offer “Real” Bedford Falls postmark today
  Press release
• Senate Democrats Focus on FEHBP as Potential Vehicle for “Public Option”
  also: Senate Health Excise Tax Will Hit FEHBP Participants, and Congress Urges PRC to Monitor USPS
  eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin
• Updated: The Unofficial Guide to Flats Sequencing
  Dead Tree Edition

  Friday, December 11

• No Christmas Miracle at the Post Office
  Dozens of Post Office Locations May See Their Last Holiday as Postal Service Struggles to Get Back in the Black
  ABC News
• Post office robber gets 12 years
  Omaha World-Herald
• Health care update: Excise tax amendments, possible FEHBP role
  NALC eActivist mailing list
• Open Season resource: All you need to know before Monday
  Federal News Radio
• Postal services get exclusive '.post' address
  Agence France Presse
• Post Office Rats Take Big Bites Out Of Manhattan Packages
  NY1
• Wheeling Postal Workers Will Learn Fate in January
  Wheeling (WV) News-Register
• UPS driver accused of stealing shipments, then selling them on eBay
  Fort Myers News-Press
• Putting flat-rate shipping deals to the test
  KOMO TV Seattle
• Former postal carrier charged with stealing Muncie mail
  Muncie Star Press
• DMA Offers Extensive Environmental Facts & Tools: Setting the Record Straight on Direct Mail
  Direct Marketing Association
• Valpak's Jim Sampey and Cox's Greg Bicket see signs of coupon recovery
  St. Petersburg Times
  see also: 'An outstanding year' pulls Valpak off market - Tampa Tribune -
• Mail carrier on rounds assaulted in Boston
  Boston Globe
  see also this report from WBZ TV Boston -
• Department of Labor to Reconsider Bush’s Last-Minute FMLA Changes
  APWU News
• USPS processes one billionth piece of “Intelligent” Mail
  Press release
• Indiana: As post office branch faces uncertain future, community takes action
  WSBT TV South Bend
• Losing a Lifetime Benefit
  Federal News Radio

  Thursday, December 10

• Postal Museum: "The Lost Symbol" in Stamps
  Smithsonian Magazine
• Post office to be named in honor of letter carrier killed while delivering route
  WGNO new Orleans
• Two Western PA postal workers indicted for stealing
  Lebanon Daily News
• Is the Future in Letter Mail?
  Economist Alan Robinson responds to Bill Burrus's "Here We Go Again"
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• OIG: USPS employees "misused over $4.86 million in no-fee money orders over the last 24 months"
  "Unit employees incorrectly used no-fee money orders when other payment methods were prescribed by policy, used no-fee money orders for convenience, and, at times, used them to commit fraud."
  USPS Office of the Inspector General (.pdf file)
• Holiday mail declines due to economy, e-mail
  Willoughby (OH) News-Herald
• Avoca wants post office to remain
  Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
• Iowa: Mail delivery may be delayed until streets are cleared of snow
  Radio Iowa
• Postal Service defends Marysville closure study
  Marysville (CA) Appeal-Democrat
• Man struck by mail truck
  Wausau Daily Herald
• Royal Mail profits rise despite postal fall
  The Guardian
• Local mail carriers slowed but not stopped by snow
  WQOW TV Eau Claire, WI
• Postal Service shifts some Oxnard operations
  Ventura County Star
• APWU's Burrus: Here We Go Again
  "Influential voices within the postal community have once again begun the drumbeat for postal “reform,” suggesting that the USPS business model is fatally flawed. We have heard this song many times before..."
  APWU Burrus Update

  Wednesday, December 9

• Union: Mail delivery could take drastic hit if London KY processing operation is moved to Lexington
  Middlesboro Daily News
• Pennsylvania: postal service contract carrier sentenced to probation
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• APWU dissatisfied with BU Administration over reaction to branch closing
  Boston University Daily Free Press
• Health Plans: The Usual Suspects, except...
  Federal News Radio
• Get ready to wait at the post office
  Norwood (MA) Bulletin
• Ad spending to stabilize in 2010, online to lead the way
  "Internet advertising is the only medium with growth expected this year, and it is the channel that will lead growth in 2010"
  DMNews.com
• APWU, Other Federal Unions Assail Senate Bill’s Excise Tax on Healthcare
  APWU News
• Pennsylvania village of 900 adamant about getting a "real" post office
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Historic downtown Golden post office may be put up for sale
  Denver Post
• Former Western NY postmaster gets probation for PO theft
  WCAX TV Burlington VT
• Elderly Residents Angry Over Moved Mailbox
  WXII Winston-Salem NC
• Residents Up in Arms over Mailbox Ordinance
  KIFI TV Idaho Falls

  Tuesday, December 8

• USPS COO Donahoe: average wait time in line is three minutes
  USPS News Link
• St Paul letter carrier guilty of drug posession
  Brother of Minneapolis Police Chief, arrested in July for "selling and smoking methamphetamine and marijuana while working" for the USPS
  WCCO TV Minneapolis
• Maine postal workers uncover Internet scam
  Portland Press Herald
• Senator Collins questions moves by post office
  Reductions in hours will drive away customers and not save that much money, she argues
  Portland Press-Herald
• Rural carrier couple make the perfect Santa and Mrs. Claus
  Athens (GA) Banner Herald
• Mail Model for Rural America
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Popular mailman is back on old route, residents celebrate
  The Brooklyn Paper
• FedEx Profit Beating Forecast Signals ‘Up Arrow’ for Economy
  Bloomberg
• Free Shipping Wins The Day Online
  Marketing Daily
• Homer Glen (pop. 25,000), the town with no post office
  Southtown (IL) Star
• Flexible Spending Account Tax Break in Trouble?
  Federal News Radio
• Excessed postal workers don't know where they'll be working at the end of the month
  WETM TV Elmira
• House Passes Bill to Raise Funds for Endangered Species Through New Postage Stamp
  Press release

  Monday, December 7

• USPS employee? Filed a grievance? Federal Times reporter would like to chat with you...
  Fedline - The Federal Times Blog
• NALC Joins Other Unions In Urging Senate to Drop Tax on Health Plans
  also: Rolando Tells New York Times Online Forum End of Saturday Delivery Would Hurt USPS
  NALC Bulletin
• Possible Closures for Two Indianapolis Post Offices
  WXIN Indianapolis
• Audio: Postcom Intelligent Mail podcast
  PostCom President Gene Del Polito, Grayhair Vice President of Postal Affairs Angelo Anagnostopoulos, and Grayhair' Director of Client Services Therese Powers discuss service type IDs in conjunction with the Intelligent Mail program
  Postcom.org
• Weight, Dimension and Zone?
  The changing face of parcel shipping: webcast featuring shipping experts from USPS, Newgistics, Kewill and Parcel Research on shipping strategies for an evolving marketplace.
  Kewill.com (free registration required)
• Wrong way driver dies in collision with mail contractor semi
  KPIX TV San Francisco
• Amazon: Avoiding the Post Office?
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

  Sunday, December 6

• Local fisherman finds mail dumped
  KAIT TV Jonesboro, AR
• National Conversation on the Future of Mail
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• OIG: USPS executives enjoyed lavish "meals and events and continued imprudent purchases during this time of economic uncertainty"
  USPS OIG web site
• Congressman intervenes, PO decides not to reduce hours
  Bucks County Courier Times
• Clarksville residents don't want post offices to close
  Clarksville (TN) Leaf Chronicle

  Saturday, December 5

• Letters to Santa: Post office won't help deliver holiday joy
  Chicago tribune
• Massachusetts mailman shot by BB gun
  Bridgewater Independent
• Orlando Postal Workers Picket Closure Plans
  WFTV Orlando
• Postal workers await flurry
  Batesville (IN) Herald Tribune
• Mailing to Santa: How do other countries handle it?
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Oklahoma: Stephens County Ex-Postal Employee Under Investigation
  News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK
• Most Wanted Posters Not Wanted By Post Office
  NPR
• Tom Brokaw, wife uninjured in fatal vehicle accident involving postal truck
  CNN

  Friday, December 4

• Former postal inspector admits illegally mailing golf clubs, booze and ammo
  KTVB Boise
• USPS lost $209 million in October
  postalnews blog
• Cutting Hours or Cutting Post Offices
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• 'Dear Santa' letters ending up in the shredder
  Staten Island Advance
• Eau Claire post office reaches settlement with OSHA
  WQOW TV Eau Claire WI
• Saginaw postal employees picket to inform residents: 25 jobs in jeopardy
  Saginaw News
• Thieves target delivery packages on doorsteps
  KABC TV Los Angeles
• USPS Santa program reinstated in the Los Angeles district
  Pasadena Star-News
• Earning Profits in Local Delivery
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

  Thursday, December 3

• FedEx to raise Ground, Home Delivery rates
  Associated Press
• Post office cutbacks test patience of customers
  Plunging revenue and mail volume prompt a reduction in hours at an unspecified number of Maine branches
  Portland Press Herald
• Postal move protests rise in Tupelo, Mississippi
  NEMS360.com
• Spread some holiday cheer, one card at a time
  Google's free holiday postcard offer
  Official Gmail Blog
• Mailing holiday cards? Avoid discount stamps
  Washington Post
• Use local post office or lose it, mayor says
  'Victory march' celebrates removal of branch from list of planned closures
  Gary Post-Tribune
• Zumbox launches in major cities following debut in Illinois town
  New Lenox Patriot
• Postal facility takes shape in Eagan
  "The 'quiet giant' under construction on Eagan's Lexington Avenue South will be a steroidal mail distribution center — a Hulked-out post office, if you will..."
  St Paul Pioneer Press
• USPS goal: Reduce petroleum use by 2% a year
  Federal Times
• Please Mr. Postman
  "Can you ever imagine the USPS doing such a thing? We sure can’t. Sigh, just one more reason to be jealous of the French." La Poste celebrates Lanvin’s 120th anniversary
  Fashionista
• Not quite Dead Tree Edition
  postalnews blog

  Wednesday, December 2

• Mail carrier dies after roll over in Upsate NY
  Syracuse Post-Standard
• Rural carrier charged with 27 counts of burglary
  Platte County (WY) Record Times
• Burrus: USPS Fantasy Land
  APWU Burrus Update
• Postcom.org provides a much simpler business model for the USPS:
  "What to do about the Postal Service? Simple. Give it to AIG. That will ensure it will forever get all the federal money it will ever need to keep operating."
  Postcom.org
• USPS Employees Weigh In On Future Business Model
  The Big Fat Marketing Blog
• Avery Dennison and Stamps.com Debut Complete Internet Mailing and Shipping Solution
  Press release
• Flats Sequencing Forecast: Cloudy With a Chance of Bravado
  Dead Tree Edition (recovered via Google cache)
• Postal Service’s Operation Santa Resumes, With Privacy Measures
  New York Times
  see also: video report on postalnews.tv
• Specifics scarce at hearing in Kalamazoo on postal-consolidation plan
  Kalamazoo Gazette
  see also: video report on postalnews.tv
• Stamp Thief Sentenced
  WBAL Baltimore
• Postal service may consolidate Frederick operations
  Frederick (MD) News-Post
• Future of mail facility hanging
  Backers hope for crowd at Dec. 15 meeting on Olivehurst facility
  Marysville (CA) Appeal-Democrat
• More of the same
  The USPS version of a new business model is the old business model
  Rag Content
• Indiana post office to stay open; victory march on Wednesday
  Gary Post-Tribune

  Tuesday, December 1

• Soldier's mom sues USPS over letter stamped `deceased'
  Associated Press
• Bike, mail truck collide; 1 dead
  Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise
• The Facts About Paper-Free Mail - Part 1
  hellmail.co.uk
• The Task Ahead: A Definition Of Needs
  Gene Del Polito perspective for The Postal Journal (The Journal is a new web publication "Dedicated to the Study of the American Postal System", and supported by various mailing industry organizations- check the home page for more articles and information.)
• We "Advertise" for You?
  Should the USPS start selling advertising space on mail trucks and other property?
  USPS OIG Blog
• Financial Insolvency
  There's more to it than retiree health benefits pre-funding
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Muppets join USPS to kick off holiday mailing season
  'Letters to Santa' program makes holiday wishes come true
  Press release
• USPS won't move Rocky Mount processing to Raleigh
  Study finds move "would have adversely affected delivery service"
  Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram
• Postal Service Hearing on Moving Kalamazoo Sorting Facility to Grand Rapids Tonight
  WKZO Kalamazoo
• FEHBP Premiums: Only Half The Story
  Federal News Radio
• Report on the Future Business Model of the Postal Service
  The USPS and four outside experts examine potential business models for the agency's future
  USPS.com
• Three armed men assault Indiana letter carrier
  Munster Times

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