Familiar Postal Routes May Detour

Rural Mail Carriers Face Changes in a Potential Overhaul of USPS
Washington Post

Chicago: 12,778 packages arrive late but get delivered on Christmas

Chicago Sun Times

Letter Carrier Saves Home From Burglary

WCCO TV Minneapolis

Study says lack of postal reform would be bad for federal budget

'In contrast with the critics of postal reform who have charged that the proposed postal reform legislation would increase the deficit by as much as $1 billion per year, this new analysis shows that not passing postal reform could result in a loss of tax revenues in the $2 billion to $3 billion range.'
Institute for Postal Studies of the Envelope Manufacturers Association's Foundation

Commentary: Reform Is on the Way

DMNews.com

Postal Service Links Delivery Delays to Airlines

New York Times

Postal worker arrested after chase

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

USPS Issues October, November Financials

'Year- to- date, Total Mail Volume is 7.5% or 2.7 billion pieces above SPLY. The most significant mail volume increase above SPLY for November FY 2005 YTD is in the lower revenue- per- piece Standard Mail category, which increased 2.0 billion pieces or 11.4%. YTD, First- Class Mail volume is 4.0% more than SPLY, generating $139 million or 2.3% more revenue than SPLY.
Total workhours for November, 2004 YTD are 2.4 million hours or 1.0% above SPLY. This increase in workhours is a reflection of the growth in mail volumes. YTD, the largest contributors to the workhours growth to SPLY were in City Delivery and Rural Delivery workhours. Combined, these operations were 3.5 million hours above SPLY.'
USPS web site

USPS: Expiration Notice Not Considered Personal

DMNews.com

Letter Carrier Finds Bag Of Cash, But Returns Loot

WMAQ TV Chicago

Holiday packages still enroute

WNDU-TV South Bend IN

11,000 Postal Paychecks Missing

KTOV TV Kirksville MO

Eight of Cape Cod's postmasters to retire early

Cape Cod Times

Holiday Deliveries Impacted by Weather

DMNews.com

Commentary: Bleeding From a Thousand Cuts

DMNews.com

Postal Service Delivers On Christmas

Connecticut Post

USPS Publishes 2004 Annual Report

USPS web site

Postal workers feel storm's weight

Springfield (MO) News-Leader

Midwest Winter Storm Fouls Up Deliveries

Associated Press

Congressman backs free mail addressed to US troops

Lynn (MA) Daily Item

Job losses feared at Duluth REC site

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Mailman enjoys being Santa one day a year

Grand Haven (MI) Tribune

Part elf, part postal clerk, she handles Santa's mail

Meriden (CT) Record-Journal

Health Plan Open Season Extended Again

APWU News

In Booming ZIP Codes, Carriers Needed

Washington Post

Snow. Rain. Avalanche of Catalogs.

New York Times

Mountains of Undelivered Mail Found in Carrier's Home

Associated Press

USPS Picks Lockheed Martin for New Systems

DMNews.com

Jury foreman: Letter carrier was hassled, but law wasn't broken

Bismarck Tribune

USPS: Customer Markings on Envelope Not 'Personal'

DMNews.com

Burrus: The Future of Postal Reform

APWU web site

Postal ICG manager charged with stealing $373,000 in blank money orders

SanDiego Union-Tribune

Postal Service Emerging From Holiday Deluge With Big IT Plans For 2005

InformationWeek

NAPS President Vincent Palladino Dies

'It is with profound regret and deep sorrow that we announce the passing of President Vincent Palladino. Vince passed away suddenly this morning, December 20, 2004, at his home in Arlington, VA.'
NAPS web site
NAPS has also announced that calling hours will be from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Wednesday and Thursday at Colonial Funeral Home, 2819 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St Mary's Church, 1101 Bay St., Staten Island, with burial to follow at Moravian Cemetary.

Shippers snowed under- Online rush prolongs FedEx holiday season

San Francisco Chronicle

Postal patrons rush to meet Christmas deadline

Portland (ME) Press Herald

Canada Post Strike Ends After Offer

DMNews.com

18-Year-Old Gets Lengthy Prison Term In Alabama Postal Robbery

WVTM-TV Birmingham

Commentary: Catalogs personify waste our culture embraces

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Monday is Biggest, Busiest Mailing Day

Press release

Fed says financial junk mail is useful

Washington Times

Bush administration aims to put its stamp on postal overhaul

Government Executive

Is History Repeating Itself?

'In the mid-1980s and early 1990s, the nation experienced extraordinary budget deficits... The Presidents of that era, Reagan and George H.W. Bush, in concert with a Democratic controlled House enacted legislation that had a devastating affect on the USPS... Currently, the postal community fears that history is about to repeat itself... The question is: Will deficit reduction hold postal reform hostage?'
NAPUS Legislative Newsletter

Jury rules against letter carrier in harassment suit

Associated Press

Potter: Postal Service trying to stay competitive

Associated Press

USPS Releases Financial & Operating Statements for Fiscal Year 2004

Adobe Acrobat file. Click here for Excel spreadsheet version.
USPS web site

Blog raises privacy issue with postal 'kiosks' (APC's)

Boing Boing

FedEx Profit, Outlook Up, Stock Down

Reuters

USPS Upgrades Merlin Web Page

DMNews.com

Preparing to take a licking

As 1st-class mail ebbs, Postal Service says it will need help to compete
Newark Star Ledger

Quick use of antibiotics can head off anthrax, Hopkins scientists say

Baltimore Sun

12-year-old girls busted boosting mail

Boston Herald

Royal Mail Plans Price Changes

DMNews.com

Psychiatrist attacks carrier's claims in Fargo harassment trial

Fargo Forum
More on the story from the AP

NALC: Postal Management Scuttles Agreement On Route Inspections

NALC Bulletin

Postal Service triumphs in cross-country delivery battle with FedEx, UPS

Grand Rapids Press

Postal Service officials say they tried to help harassed North Dakota letter carrier

Associated Press

Bell Ringers Return to Post Offices

Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph

'Postal Plus' really wasn't...

Some Kingman area postal customers were left high and dry recently when some 300 packages were not shipped from a local business.
Kingman (ID) Daily Miner

Going postal a bit easier this season

L.A. Daily News

UPS, FedEx Predict Strong Holiday Volume

Associated Press

Postal workers put their own personal stamp on holiday deliveries

Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger

Carrier busted for stealing gift card

Boston Herald

Post Office cutting Saturday collections

Boston Herald

Wichita REC Site Expanding, Moving

Wichita Eagle

Royal Mail sell-off wins the go-ahead

Reuters

Shippers FedEx, UPS, DHL, Post Office gear up for holiday rush

Knight Ridder

USPS issues final RPW reports for FY 2004

First class mail was down 1.1% for the year, while standard was up by 5.2%. There was almost as much Standard Mail (95.6 billion pieces) as First Class (97.9 billion) in the system for the year. Express Mail dropped 3.1%, Priority was down 1.3%. Package services were about the same as the prior year. Overall, domestic mail revenue increased by $59 million, on a volume increase of 3.9 billion pieces, or about a penny and a half revenue for each additional piece of mail.

PRC Approves Market Test of Fee for RPNs

DMNews.com

1st FSSG ensures holiday mail reaches Marines in Iraq

Marine Corps News

Fargo harrassment trial: Mail room supervisor unable to aid carrier

Fargo (ND) Forum

NAPUS: 1,500 Postmasters will take early out

NAPUS Hotline

Money order scams hit Alabama

Mobile Register

Postal Reform- your job prospects

APWU Postal Press Association

Davis Urges Postal Reform; Warns 15% Rate Hike Will 'Cripple' Mailers

DMA web site

DHL Starts Program With Independent Shipping Stores

DMNews.com
More on the story from The St Petersburg Times

Foreign scams target U.S. residents with counterfeit postal money orders

USPS Press release

Testimony begins in Fargo letter carrier's harassment suit

Associated Press

USPS Issues strong financial report for FY '04; Issues cautionary note

Press release
Click here to download a copy of CFO Richard Strasser's presentation to the USPS Board.

Burrus: If Everyone Paid Their Fair Share, Postage Costs Could Remain Stable

APWU News

USPS Reports Surplus, Predicts Standard to Pass First Class in 2005

DMNews.com

An approach to postal reform

Gene Del Polito for Postcom.org

Postal worker goes to jail for benefit fraud

The Bristol (CT) Press

USPS lists post offices offering holiday themed postmarks

Press release

Postal contract workers say time is right to strike

Kansas City Star

Maine town awaits huge postal center

Portland Press Herald

Bell ringers not allowed at post office

Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph

Postal Appropriations on Hold, But Mailers Are Hopeful

DMNews.com

Jury selection set Monday in North Dakota carrier's harassment suit

Fargo Forum

Through rain, sleet and a flawed tracking system ...

North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

Attempt to blow up two mail trucks in Virginia

WWBT TV Richmond

Rate hike impacts would be far-reaching

'The postal service is big business,' said Maynard Benjamin, president and CEO of the Envelope Manufacturers Association (EMA). 'It is 7 percent of the GNP and it accounts for 9 million jobs. Now we want to put 1.6 million jobs at risk because we want the rate payer to fund things not directly related to postal service.'
Chicago Business Ledger

NAPUS Legislative Newsletter

The E-NAPUS Legislative Newsletter includes a concise discussion of postal cost allocation- sounds boring, but it's critical for the USPS and its customers.
NAPUS web site (Adobe .pdf file)

Postal reform bills in Congress aren't enough, White House says

Federal Times

Mail Volume Down in Fall: Report

DIRECT

Talbots Picks DHL@home

DMNews.com

Alabama carrier robbed at gunpoint

Montgomery Advertiser

USPS to buy retail software

Federal Computer Week

Fernandez named District Manager for Bay Area

KPIX TV San Francisco

Postal employee investigated for theft

WALB TV Albany (GA)

DHL Predicts 15% Rise in Holiday Mail

DMNews.com

Is Security At Risk At New Automated Postal Centers?

KCRA TV Sacramento

Drivers authorize strike against mail hauler

Des Moines Register

Suspicious Substances Mailed To 3 Locations in Connecticut

Hartford Courant