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Sunday, January 31

• Cambridge MA postal driver robbed
  WHDH-TV Boston
• Change afoot at USPS
  Great Falls Tribune
• Country mail much different than city mail
  Las Cruces Sun-News
• Postal system much more efficient today than it was in days gone by
  Dallas (PA) Post
• Postal union: Use pension money to keep Whippany center open
  Parsippany (NJ) Daily Record

  Saturday, January 30

• Taking Control of the Board of Governors
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• NAPS Alerts Congress to Possible Pay Abuse by USPS
  National Association of Postal Supervisors Postal Legislative/Regulatory Update
• Tort claim against USPS dismissed for lack of 'sum certain' damage demand
  Law.com
• Wheeling Postal Workers Wait for Decision
  Wheeling News-Register
• Downtown Pensacola post office stays put
  Pensacola News Journal
• USPS notifies rural carriers union of FSS (DPS flats) implementation procedures
  Rural Carrier Updates
• Rural carriers union wins DPS review arbitration case
  Rural Carrier Updates
• Consolidation talk in Indiana stirs postal union
  Lafayette Journal and Courier
• President Obama nominates two to USPS Board of Governors
  postalnews blog
• PRC Chair Goldway: Five-Day Mail Delivery Awaiting Advisory Opinion
  multichannelmerchant.com
• Issues With Full Service ACS and Mail.dat .IMR
  Intelisent Postal Affairs Blog

  Friday, January 29

• League of Postmasters takes working condition issues to Congress
  National League of Postmasters - League Legislative Agenda
• Springfield (MA) Area APWU Local Reaches MTESC Agreement
  APWU News
• MSPB upholds removal of clerk in “Last Chance Agreement” case
  postalnews blog
• Netflix sees growth in mailed DVDs continuing for several years
  CEO: "... we think we’ll be mailing discs as part of our service for another 20 years"
  postalnews blog
• Postal Service Updates Consolidation Initiative
  Press release
• Intelligent Snail: USPS Finally Addressing Crossed-Out Barcodes
  Dead Tree Edition
• Credit card direct mail back on the rise
  Mintel Comperemedia
• Residents question Jackson TN post office proposal at public meeting
  Jackson Sun
• Postal worker faces forgery counts
  Employee admits faking doctor's notes
  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
• USPS Seeks Manufacturer For Anti-Pilferage Seals To Use On Mail Containers
  Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities
• Action Line: What's the deal with Post Office signs?
  San Jose Mercury News

  Thursday, January 28

• Post office is moving some jobs from downtown Dallas to Coppell
  Dallas Morning News
• New York carrier charged in $123G mail thefts
  White Plains Journal News
• Residents protest closing of Warner Robins GA post office
  Macon Sun News
• Somersworth NH postmaster on administrative leave in timekeeping fraud investigation
  Fosters Daily democrat
• Editorial: Rally ’round Bay City’s downtown post office, and find a way to keep it open
  Bay City (MI) Times
• Deal close for Haitian postman to accept donations
  Bucks County Courier Times
• Video: Interview with reporter who broke Bernstock contract story
  Federal News Tonight
• Indiana postal clerk charged with misappropriation of funds
  Indianapolis Star
• Former postal worker convicted in workers comp fraud case
  Glens Falls NY Post Star

  Wednesday, January 27

• U.S. Postal Inspectors to Aid Haitian Postal System Recovery
  Press release
• Taking Advantage of Regulated Rates
  Why it's cheaper for Canadians to use USPS
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Transitional letter carrier charged in connection with mail dumping incident
  KFVS TV Cape Girardeau MO
• Streamlining Hard-Copy Postage Statement Processing
  Postal service seeks comments on new business mail acceptance procedures
  Federal Register
• Postal jobs to leave Hickory NC
  After months of deliberations, the United States Postal Service has decided to shift some sorting operations to Greensboro
  Hickory Record
• Neither snow nor rain help the mail
  Despite motto, weather blamed for delays
  Virginia Gazette
• $2,700 in donations to Haitian mail carrier still in limbo
  Bucks County (PA) Courier Times
• Cheapest shipping route across Canada? Try the USPS
  The Globe and Mail
• Slice of life: Postal retiree back sorting mail for "Winter Texans"
  Harlingen (TX) Valley Morning Star
• "Art of the Postcard" at Cornelius OR Post Office draws scores of cards from around the world
  The Oregonian

  Tuesday, January 26

• USPS, Congress moving forward with electric vehicle plan
  Autoblog Green
  also: Meeting on electric postal delivery vehicles in DC tomorrow -
• Bay City (MI) postal operations would move if downtown post office is sold
  Bay City News
• Could the Budget Kill Efforts to Save the Postal Service?
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Why USPS needs to step it up
  "Instead of looking at the problems in a new way, the USPS management goes right to cost cutting... It continues to make mail less attractive through regulations and passing costs onto customers."
  Rag Content
• League publishes recourse advice for Postmasters unhappy with their NPA scores
  League of Postmasters web site
• Seattle council talks about junk mail, but what for?
  Seattle Times
• Bulletproofing Your Health Plan
  Federal News Radio
• Post office looking at consolidating services in Indiana
  Lafayette Journal and Courier
• Post offices get reduced hours
  St Joseph (MO) News-Press
• USPS blocks gift to Haitian-born postman
  Customers raised money to pay for a visit home
  WPVI TV Philadelphia
  see also: Mailman barred from accepting funds for trip to Haiti
• Is the United States Postal Service Coasting on Green?
  Sustainable is Good
• Postal Service offers reward for info leading to mailer of 'Black Death' letters from Idaho
  Idaho Statesman

  Monday, January 25

• Regulating the USPS into Financial Stability
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Syracuse postal worker sentenced for theft of mail
  WSYR TV Syracuse
• Art Deco Gem: Eugene’s landmark post office is worth saving, preservationists say
  Eugene (OR) Register-Guard
• Export (PA) residents continue quest to get their post office back
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Valentines Post Office puts its own stamp on Valentine greetings
  Waynesboro (VA) News Virginian
• The Direct Mail Market: Structure and Success Factors
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

  Sunday, January 24

• Arbitrator awarded $25,000 to Milford NH postal workers in timekeeping fraud case
  Milford NH Cabinet
• Illinois family seeks missing postal worker
  Chicago Daily Herald
• Postal inquiry doesn't satisfy its customers
  Temple (TX) Daily Telegram
• Push to keep Stockton post office open is ongoing
  Stockton (CA) Record
• Public outcry saves Englewood Colorado post office and its mural
  Denver Post
• Editorial: This is government saving money?
  U.S. Postal Service upgrades Lima distribution center it plans to close
  Lima (OH) News
• Tupelo: Fuzzy facts surround fusing postal operations
  NE Mississippi Daily Journal
• Houston #1 for Letter Carrier Dog Bites
  KIAH TV Houston
• Lease canceled, and so is Earlville PA post office
  Reading Eagle

  Saturday, January 23

• East Elko NV post office to close Feb. 19
  Elko Daily Free Press
• Former postal worker faces 156 charges in investigation
  Cleveland County (NC) Star
• Elmira postal worker positions to be eliminated next month
  News 10 Now
• Ex-mail carrier admits stealing debit cards
  Midland (TX) Reporter-Telegram
• Fear, Anger and Health Care
  also: NAPUS Calls Upon White House to Fix Postal Retirement Funding Flaws
  eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter
• Englewood residents rally around post office and its mural
  Denver Post

  Friday, January 22

• Majority of Union Members Now Work for the Government
  via ruralinfo.net, "From the Heritage Foundation" (a far-right wing lobbying organization) for The Wall Street Journal
• NALC wins arbitration case on use of DOIS to schedule letter carriers
  Award in NALC Shawnee OK vs. USPS (scanned .pdf file)
• A bizarre lawsuit against the USPS in Kentucky
  Leagle.com
• Not all post offices on board with USPS recycling program
  Montgomery (PA) News
• Tennessee man indicted on attempted murder charges in Wytheville PO hostage taking
  postalnews blog
• "Safety concerns" cause emergency suspension of Port Byron IL Post Office
  Quad Cities Online
• Postal employees' heroic actions save co-worker's life
  KY3.com Springfield, MO
• NC Postal Employee Charged WIth Theft Of Veterans Prescription
  WNCT Greensboro
• Postal inspectors issue warning about mail box break-ins
  Dallas Morning News
• Postal Worker Sentenced for Stealing Mail
  WCTV Tallahassee
• Postal Regulations Are Taking the Life Out of Tabloid Magazines
  Dead Tree Edition
• U.S. Postal Service Issues Olympic Winter Games Stamp
  Press release
• Collectible Ella Fitzgerald CD and Postage Stamp Available At Select Post Offices January 25
  postalnews blog

  Thursday, January 21

• The U.S. Postal Service’s Financial Condition: Overview and Issues for Congress
  Congressional Research Service
• Higher Health Premiums: Just Wait!
  Federal News Radio
• PRC schedules forum on the financial stabliity of the US Postal Service
  Postal Regulatory Commission
  see also the Information Request submitted to the postal service by the PRC -
• Award-Winning Poet and Former NEA Chair Appointed to Postmaster General’s Stamp Selection Committee
  USPS Press release
• Postal Service To Test An Electric Truck
  Wired
• Postmarked Romance
  Associated Content
• Residents go for months without mailbox
  KXXV-TV Waco TX
• Kentucky postal worker admits mail thefts
  Hardin County News Enterprise
• Loveland, CO Ready to Postmark World’s Valentines for 2010
  USPS Press release
• Alumnus donates rare stamp collection to University of Oklahoma: on display at Norman NCED
  Norman Transcript
• Union members to protest closure of Liberty City (FL) post office
  Miami Herald
• Inspector General continues probe at Somersworth NH post office
  Fosters Daily Democrat
• Postal worker embezzled funds to feed gambling addiction
  The Oregonian
• Pensions: Another Government Rip-off of the Postal Service
  Dead Tree Edition
• Persistent false alarms pester Maryland post office
  Worcester County (MD) Times

  Wednesday, January 20

• Anti-Obama display at post office draws protests
  Brenham (TX) Banner-Press
• Gen X Reads More Retail Direct Mail
  Vertis Communications
• New OIG Study Estimates USPS Has Been Overcharged for the CSRS Pension Fund by $75 Billion
  USPS Office of Inspector General
• Manager of Somersworth (NH) post office escorted from building
  manager "was recently found to have altered his employees' time sheets"
  Fosters Daily Democrat
• Enshrining a Twentieth Century Postal Service
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• USPS blames Sarbanes-Oxley for delay in newspaper delivery?
  Portales (NM) News-Tribune
• Congress will debate TSP contributions this session
  Federal News Radio
• Warner Robins (GA) post office closing Feb. 12
  Macon Telegraph
• NALC President: In this new year, one battle on two fronts
  NALC Bulletin (.pdf file)
• Postal truck flips over in Hendersonville, NC
  Hendersonville Times-News
• Hellertown (PA) men jailed for allegedly stealing USPS check
  Bethlehem PA Express Times
• Lawmakers want post office repaired faster in Connecticut town
  The Day (New London)

  Tuesday, January 19

• Letters, e-mails seek to save Englewood CO post office
  Englewood Herald
• Posts around the world are rallying to the assistance of Haiti
  Universal Postal Union
• Alabama postal worker pleads guilty to felony mail crime
  Dothan Eagle
• OIG Audit: USPS Can’t Rationalize ‘Network Rationalization’
  APWU News
• USPS OIG: Has the Postal Service's workplace gotten better or worse over the last 10 years and why?
  USPS OIG Blog
• Post Office Gave Wings to Aeronautic Progress
  Huffington Post
• USPS Report on PRC Rate and Service Inquiries for December 2009
  Postal Reguatory Commission (.pdf file)
• Springfield, MO MLK Celebration Highlights City's First Black Postal Worker
  KSPR TV Springfield, MO
• Man attempts suicide at Athens (GA) post office
  Athens Banner Herald
• More TSP Investment Options?
  Federal News Radio

  Monday, January 18

• The future for intelligent mail is bright
  Kevin Conti, Pitney Bowes Business Insight
  BtoB Magazine
• Current PRC Chairperson Once Advocated Privatization of the Postal Service
  Postal Employee Network
• Leaving the Mailstream (Follow-up)
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Post office leaves stamp on downtown
  Post office out, contract station in
  Port Huron Times Herald
• Delivery workers are often rescuers
  Columbus (OH) Dispatch
• Linda Welch named Acting Southeast Area VP
  USPS News Link
• OIG, USPIS launch workers’ comp fraud initiative
  USPS News Link

  Sunday, January 17

• Area mailboxes broken into, but no one’s talking
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  see also: "Watchdog Nation Alert: Don’t use the outdoor mailboxes at post offices anymore"
• Martha Coakley backs plan to unionize FedEx
  Boston Herald
• Editorial: Congress - let USPS run its own business
  Washington Greene PA Observer-Reporter

  Saturday, January 16

• New procedure isn't helping post office
  Vacaville (CA) Reporter
• Opinion: What's Wrong With Post Office
  by James Bertolone, President APWU Rochester, NY
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
• Pit bull dogs corner mail carrier
  Springfield (MO) News-Leader
• Postal worker spots fire, firefighters quickly extinguish blaze
  Logansport (IN) Pharos-Tribune
• What happens to the junk mail?
  North Penn (PA) Reporter
• Higher airline baggage fees create opportunity for luggage shippers (including USPS)
  Los Angeles Times
• Senators Collins and McCaskill call for review of USPS contracting policies
  Press release
• OPM Authorizes Federal Departments to Solicit for Haiti Relief
  Office of Personnel Manaagement
• Sioux City Mail Carriers Continue Fighting Snow
  KPTH TV Sioux City IA
• Battle to save Philadelphia L&DC shifts to "expedited arbitration"
  Gloucester County Times
• Postal Rate Cap Finishes Year in the Red
  Dead Tree Edition
• Singing Mailman wins $25,000 on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire"
  WHIZ TV Zanesville OH
• USPS helps stamp collectors stick to their favorite hobby
  Chicago Sun-Times

  Friday, January 15

• Postal Service Holding All Mail to Haiti
  Acceptance of Mail Remains in Place
  Press release
• APWU, USPS meet with judge on Philadelphia L&DC closure
  Gloucester County Times
• At One Post Office, Slogan Is: "We Mis-Deliver For You!"
  Gothamist
• Customers, workers fight mail processing change
  Grenada (MS) Star
• Key Largo post office says it’s exempt from sewer mandate
  KeysNet.com
• Police investigate Malden (MA) post office after threat
  WHDH-TV Boston
• Hundreds attend Postal hearing meeting in Tupelo
  Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
• No Southern California trip for BOG
  postalnews blog
• WV Senator Rockefeller Urges USPS to Keep All Wheeling Processing and Distribution Center Employees
  Press release
• Opinion: Postal Service should stop abetting tax evasion
  Buffalo News
• Postal Workers Seek Answers in Public Meeting
  WMBB Panama city FL see also: Locals oppose USPS consolidation, again -
• Bowling Green Postal Consolidation Debate Continues
  WBKO TV Bowling Green KY
• Wheeling Mayor Seeks Another Plan From Postal Service
  Wheeling (WV) Intelligencer
• Michigan snowplow service wants postmaster to pay up
  WSJV TV South Bend IN
• Mail litters highway in Florida
  Fort Myers News-Press
• From Stagecoach to Electric T3s and CitiVans: U.S. Postal Service Delivering Green
  Gas 2.0
• Not a Smooth Move: Postal Service Hides Change-of-Address Forms
  Dead Tree Edition
• Lette carrier killed in South Carolina shooting left three children; fund set up at local bank
  Georgetown (SC) Times

  Thursday, January 14

• White House, unions reach deal on taxing insurance coverage
  Washington Post
• DOL Will Recover $1.8 Million In Back Wages From USPS Mail Hauling Contractor
  Dept. of Labor press release
• There's more than just two carriers in the small parcel market
  Purchasing.com
• PRC Orders USPS to Terminate Two Nonpostal Services
  postalnews blog
• What to do with Periodicals?
  Rag Content
• Vehicle crashes into North Carolina Post Office
  Northwest Observer
• Laurel (KY) people express concerns over Postal Service proposal
  Corbin KY Times Tribune
• Sad End: Body of Missing Postal Employee Found In Creek
  WOIO TV Cleveland
• PRC Comment Period Extended in Post Office Suspension Investigation
  PRC Press release
• Columbus residents skeptical about sending mail services to Macon
  Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer
• Congressman asks USPS OIG to Investigate Delivery Disruption of New York State Pension Checks
  Press release
• Wheeling postal jobs heading to Pittsburgh?
  West Virginia Public Broadcasting
• 2010 Rural Mail Count Guide Full Version
  Rural Carrier Updates
• Mystery deepens in case of missing postal worker
  WJW TV Cleveland
• USPS holds hearing on moving Bristol work
  Bristol (VA) Herald Courier
• Postal Service rejects "hand delivery" of mail in Massachusetts town
  Milford Daily News
• Suit: Court Reporter Claims Postal Inspector Threatened Her for Info
  Fox TV Chicago
• Proposed postal rate hike could affect local newspapers
  Hillsboro (KS) Star-Journal

  Wednesday, January 13

• Intelligent Mail Volume Triples in Four Weeks
  USPS Press release
• Leaving the Mailstream One Customer at a Time
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Editorial: Decision to close San Antonio post office was flawed
  San Antonio Express-News
• Burrus: Can Parcels Save the Postal Service?
  APWU News
• PRC Chair Wants To Hear From You
  Big Fat Marketing Blog
• Ohio: Frazeysburg mail carrier to appear on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' | coshoctontribune.com | Coshocton Tribune
  Coshocton Tribune
• Man Pleads Guilty To Bribing Postal Official
  WCMH TV Columbus OH
• Proposed Daytona postal move would cost local jobs
  Daytona Beach News Journal
• Massachusetts postal worker sentenced to 8 months for drug distribution
  Lynn Daily Item
• Former Georgia carrier admits to stealing letters after sting
  Florida Times Union
• Woman finds trash bags full of unopened mail
  Canton (OH) Repository
• Ohio: Police are looking for a 49-year-old postal worker missing since Thursday
  Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Grand Forks postman sentenced for driving a mail truck while drunk
  Grand Forks (ND) Herald
• APWU: USPS Medical Units Phase-Out Begins
  APWU News
• USPS Station Closings And Impact On ZIP Code
  NonProfit Times
• TSP Balances: Size Counts
  Federal News Radio

  Tuesday, January 12

• Postal update: USPS General counsel finds no contracting violations in Bernstock deals
  (Not a big surprise, since counsel presumably OK'd the contracts beforehand- no word on when the OIG will issue its opinion.)
  Fedline - The Federal Times Blog
• NY State Comptroller calls for investigation into lost pension checks
  WSTM TV Syracuse
• Update on the Rural Carrier pay problem
  NRLCA via Ruralinfo.net
• Six ways direct mail will thrive in the new year
  "Don’t Call It a Comeback"
  USPS Deliver Magazine
• Former Grygla, Minn., postmaster enters guilty plea in theft case
  Grand Forks Herald
• Headquarters won't require all regular rural routes to be counted
  ... but Areas and Districts may
  Ruralinfo.net
• NY State pension checks, at last, land in Syracuse-area mailboxes
  Syracuse Post-Standard
  see also Postcom's take on the story -
• Ex-mail carrier awaits delivery of sentence
  Jacksonville (IL) Journal Courier
• Post office-on-ice opens on Minnesota's Medicine Lake
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
• Postal Inspector calls 911 after shooting wife, then kills himself
  KOLD TV Tucson
• Firms Hold Fast to Snail Mail Marketing
  Wall Street Journal

  Monday, January 11

• Former Postmaster sentenced to prison
  WVVA TV Bluefield Beckley WV
• PRC report values one-day-per-week Postal Service delivery cut in billions
  DMNews
• Changing Culture and Contracting Violations
  A different perspective on the Bernstock affair
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Bernstock directed $1.3 million in no-bid contracts to former business associates
  OIG investigating possible misconduct
  Federal Times
  earlier: Postal boss moonlights for cash from corporations -
• Wheeling Post Office Debate Opens to Public This Week
  WTRF-TV Wheeling WV
• Netflix Announces Multiple Partners to Instantly Stream Movies and TV Episodes from Netflix to the TV
  Press release
• Meeting set Tuesday on Daytona consolidation
  Daytona Beach News Journal
• USPS Proposes New Standard For Mailing Replica Or Inert Explosive Devices
  Federal Register
• Detroit Carriers Alerted After Two Robberies
  Detroit News
• Dedicated delivery
  Webster City IA Daily Freeman Journal

  Sunday, January 10

• Glitch leaves 20,000-plus rural mail carriers without paycheck
  Lewiston (ME) Sun Journal

  Saturday, January 9

• At funeral, postal workers deliver special tribute
  MetroWest (MA) Daily News (updated, with photos and video)
• Former postal worker on trial in disability fraud case
  Glens Falls (NY) Post Star
• Daytona Beach Processing Center Closure May Slow Service
  WFTV Orlando
• Lima postal ‘study’ doesn’t add up 
  Delphos (OH) Herald
• Thousands of New York state pension checks remain lost in mail
  Syracuse Post-Standard
• Lawmakers lobby to save Elmira postal jobs
  Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette
• Oklahoma: Postal carrier indicted on theft charge
  Associated Press
• Weather Slows Down Deliveries
  KAAL TV Austin MN
• Frosty delivery: Cold and snow deliver challenges to mail carriers
  Ames (IA) Tribune
• Letter delivered years late held lost words of a lost loved one
  Sarasota Herald Tribune

  Friday, January 8

• Status Report on the Postal Service’s Network Rationalization Initiatives
  "...management has been unable to adjust resources to fully offset mail volume declines, resulting in a deteriorating financial condition."
  USPS Office of the Inspector General (.pdf file)
• UPS Cuts Jobs without Public Hearings
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
  and from the same author: Cutting Management at UPS -
• Board of Governors to meet in closed session in Newport Beach CA on Monday and Tuesday
  Federal Register
• UPS to Cut 1,800 Jobs, Says Profit Exceeds Forecast
  Bloomberg
• Video from public meeting on Lima consolidation
  postalnews.tv
  see also the print report from the Wapakoneta Daily News -
• Minnesota woman sentenced for bomb threats aimed at post offices
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
• Editorial: More details needed on San Antonio post office closure
  Abrupt decision to close downtown post office raises questions
  San Antonio Express News
• Former Baltimore Letter Carrier Sentenced For Stealing Treasury Checks
  WBAL Radio
• California: USPS Supervisor pleads guilty to theft and embezzlement charges
  DOJ Press release
• Some Newark Mail Processing Operations Moving To Kearny P&DC
  USPS Press Release
• Sundance postal fight lives on
  Steamboat Springs (CO) Pilot
• NY State Comptroller Rips Postal Service For Missing Checks
  North Country Gazette
• Mail carrier rescues injured man on frigid afternoon
  Southgate (MI) News Herald

  Thursday, January 7

• Postal employee accused of stealing credit cards
  WBBH TV Fort Myers
• 29,000 misadressed cards shipped in Post Office snafu
  New York Daily News
• Arson investigated in San Francisco collection box fires
  KGO TV San Francisco
• Editorial: Keep Mail First Class
  Bangor Daily News
• Lima residents question post office consolidation plans at public meeting
  Van Wert (OH) Times Bulletin
• Payroll problem means up to 14,000 rural carriers may not get paid this week
  Rural Carrier Updates
• USPS career staffing drops below 600,000
  postalnews blog
• Boston: South Postal Annex rail deal collapses
  Boston Globe
• Philadelphia L&DC staff preps for exit
  Gloucester County Times
• Would A Lottery Bail Out the Postal Service?
  Dead Tree Edition
• Butterfly stamp will simplify postage for irregular shaped greeting cards
  USPS News Link
• Bronx post offices still in danger
  YourNabe.com
• Sunday funnies stamps: Why not Doonesbury and the Far Side?
  ... and why Archie?
  NBC San Diego
• DMers: Use rate freeze as a time to test new strategies and technologies
  DMNews

  Wednesday, January 6

• Mail safeguards on Capitol Hill don't extend to politicians' district offices
  Mobile Press-Register
• Former postal worker gets probation for theft
  Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle
• Postal worker charged in Christmas Eve traffic death
  Richmond Times-Dispatch
• Downtown Washington (MO) post office to be sold, converted to contract operation
  The Missourian
• 60 to lose jobs when contractor's equipment service center closes
  Greensboro News-Record
• Re-regulating the Postal Service?
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• New Jersey: USPS manager sentenced for stealing gift cards worth nearly $25,000
  Newark Star Ledger
• 550 Philly L&DC employees begin transfer process
  Camden Courier-Post
• New York: 60,000 pension checks lost in the mail
  WIVB TV Albany
• OIG refers case against Columbus (GA) Postmaster to US Attorney
  postalnews blog
• Postal deficit may lead to less delivery
  Marketplace From American Public Media
• Mail Machines To Move Out Of Elmira Next Month
  WENY-TV Elmira NY
• Hamburg (MI) post office to close
  "temporary emergency suspension... there is no time frame"
  Livingston Daily
• Postal workers: Leave our mail alone
  Local union opposes Postal Service plan to consolidate in Pensacola
  Pensacola News Herald
• Madison Township (OH) PO trying to keep its doors open
  Mansfield News Journal
• Postal workers irked by slow response to defibrillator request
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
• Your 2010 Lucky Numbers: Tips for employees nearing retirement
  Federal News Radio

  Tuesday, January 5

• APWU Wants to Hear From Members in Small Offices
  "Some employees have had hours reduced to two hours per week; others have been forced to travel to distant offices; many have surrendered — and terminated their employment."
  American Postal Workers Magazine
• US Postal Service targets younger demographics with iPhone app
  DMNews
• All TSP funds see gains in 2009
  Federal News Radio
• Alabama: Letters prompt anthrax scare
  WALA TV Mobile
• The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act: Overview and Issues for Congress
  OpenCRS.com (.pdf file)
• Postal Service considers closing Columbus mail processing center, consolidating work in Macon
  Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer
• Retired Jackson Postmaster says public should weigh in to protest post office move
  Jackson (TN) Sun
• Public Expresses Concern Over Possible Bowling Green Move
  WBKO Bowling Green (KY)
• Ex-U.S. postal worker sentenced to 180 days in jail for stealing $24K worth of gift cards
  Newark Star Ledger

  Monday, January 4

• A firefighter in postal workers' clothing recalls how he lifted a car off of a 10-yr-old boy
  Saginaw News
• Get Letters On The Internet With Zumbox
  MyFox Illinois
• Negotiating Changes in Retiree Health Payments
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• Public meeting on Lima consolidation set for Wednesday
  Wapakoneta Daily News
• Postal boss moonlights for cash from corporations
  Robert Bernstock makes more from his corporate clients than from his "full-time" job overseeing the USPS shipping and mailing division
  Washington Times
  see also: USPS executive bonuses for 2008 -
• Paying Postal Executives
  "The scandal here is not Mr. Bernstock's compensation, nor is it his positions on outside board of directors. The scandal here is that if the Postal Service needs a new senior management team to turn it around, it cannot easily hire from the entire executive talent pool available."
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
• New USPS shipping rates take effect today
  postalnews blog

  Sunday, January 3

• USPS – Creepy Clown Commercial
  postalnews.tv
• A Bad Move for Small Mailers: Postal Expert Questions Move Update Surcharge
  Dead Tree Edition
• Artist uses priority mail labels to gather thousands of mini masterpieces
  Wilmington (NC) Star News
• Editorial: All postal services belong in Jackson
  Jackson (TN) Sun

  Saturday, January 2

• Postal decade in review: 2001 Part 1
  postalnews blog
• It's a family business for new Palo Alto postmaster
  San Jose Mercury News
• Virginia post office hostages recall captivity
  SWVA Today
• Editorial: Change Postal Service Plan
  Wheeling (WV) Intelligencer
• The Postal Service, the President, and the Budget
  Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

  Friday, January 1

• Postal decade in review: 2000
  postalnews blog
• Postal worker outraged by racist voicemail greeting on USPS phone line
  KCBS TV Los Angeles
• Detroit Letter Carrier Robbed
  WJBK TV Detroit
• South Dakota: Mail Carriers Working Long Hours
  KELO TV Sioux Falls
• Government checks are delayed
  Gadsden (AL) Times
• Small Package Shippers Benefit with 2010 USPS Shipping Rates
  Stamps.com Blog
• Former Postal Employee Sentenced to Twelve Years in Prison for Narcotics Distribution
  Press release
• TV Station, USPS Work To Track Down Accidentally Mailed $477
  NBC4 Columbus OH
• Postal History: An Interview with Smithsonian National Postal Museum Curator and Zeppelin Stamps Expert Cheryl Ganz
  Collectors Weekly
• Downtown San Antonio post office to move
  San Antonio Express News
• Editorial: Listen to customers
  "... cuts always must be balanced against maintaining quality..."
  Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
• Make the most of stable postal rates
  DMNews
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