Making sense of the postal rate case

Multi Channel Merchant

Teamsters Hope to Lure FedEx Drivers

New York Times

Mail loophole has some California politicians fuming

Scripps Howard News Service

Postal truck creates havoc in Connecticut

WTNH TV New Haven

Jaffer responds to ‘war stamp tax’ story

postalnews blog

Postal workers’ outcry over plan goes unheard

McAllen (TX) Monitor

Technology and Easy Credit Give Identity Thieves an Edge

New York Times

USPS Confidential?

postalnews blog

Canada Post reviews rural route delivery

CTV News

BOG sets agenda for Indianapolis meeting June 6-7

Federal Register

Rolling Thunder - Simmering Deliberations

eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter

Lessons Learned, Investor Builds Portfolio of Stamps

Washington Post

Mail-Order Chickens: USPS Ships Live Birds by the Thousands

National Geographic News

Anthrax case over; problems persist

Richmond Times Dispatch

Philadelphia celebrates new postal center

Philadelphia Inquirer

Mail carrier kidnapped on route by ex-boyfriend

KCNS TV Los Angeles

Residents of PA town push for construction of post office

Allentown Morning Call
(note: according to the 2000 Census, the town in question has a population of 294)

New Stamp Honors Amber Alert System

Associated Press

Five Consolidations Cancelled

Utica NY, Plattsburgh NY, Burlington VT, Springfield MA, Portsmouth NH
APWU News

Due to postal service changes, newspaper deliveries may be delayed

Le Mars (IA) Daily Sentinel
see also: Newspaper logic: same day delivery should cost nine cents? in the postalnews blog

Postal Worker Accused of Making Drug Deliveries

WPVI TV Philadelphia

Lockheed Martin selected to upgrade USPS machines

Binghamton (NY) Press & Sun-Bulletin

Stamps to Become a Marketing Vehicle

Washington Post

Who's delivering your mail?

'That's what the US Postal service wants to know as it launches a national investigation, trying to find out how many sex offenders are on the payroll.'
WPEC TV Palm Beach FL

Business owners left without mail for two weeks

NBC2 Fort Myers

Editorial: Postal pension games

Gainesville Sun

Postal Service Cops Going Hollywood

"The U.S. Postal Inspection Service spent $4.3 million to produce a series of DVDs that showcase none other than the postal inspectors themselves."
CBS5 San Francisco

Postal processing center to stay in Utica

Utica Observer-Dispatch

Burrus: Rate Proposal Would Hijack Postal Service

APWU News

Royal Mail seeks alliance with American parcel giant

Sunday Times

DMA Says Direct Marketing Growth Fell in Q1 2005

DIRECT

Getting Ready for New Rates

Gene Del Polito commentary for DIRECT

New Orleans: Where have all the sidewalk mailboxes gone?

Letter to the Editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune

Letter carrier loses workers comp fraud appeal

FedSmith.com

Kentucky USPS employee on child pornography charges

Associated Press

Collins Queries OMB Nominee on Postal Reform

eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter

USPS Net Income Rises in March

DMNews.com

USPS March financial results released

$45 million net gain after escrow allocation
USPS News Link

Oakland post office fire under investigation

Mail still delivered despite blaze that causes $400,000 in damage at distribution center
Oakland Tribune

Junked mail conflict builds at post office

Kodiak Daily Mirror

First Mail-Delivery Van Converted to Hybrid

Press release

USPS Expands Personalized Postage for Businesses

DMNews.com

RR Donnelley Opens New Consolidation Facility in Texas

Press release

USPS, Washington Mutual, Temporarily Suspend NSA Proceeding

DMNews.com

Supreme Court Won't Revive Brentwood Anthrax Lawsuits

Associated Press

Postal reform provisions would help UPS, FedEx

Congress Daily

Postmaster disciplined for shutting down office for funeral

Columbia (TN) Daily Herald

Mailers Fear New Rates Won't Reward Efficiency

DMNews.com

USPS Gains Share of U.S. Air Market

DMNews.com

30 of San Leandro's mailboxes will be cut

InsideBayArea.com (CA)

Congress Seeks Stamp Solution

Lakeland (FL) Ledger

Shirt-Maker Cashing in on Goleta Tragedy?

KEYT TV Santa Barbara

Deutsche Post delivers poor profit as DHL struggles in US market

thebusinessonline.com

Brick mailing campaign hits brick wall

postalnews blog

Junk mail makes ID theft easy

Bucks County Courier Times

Revised CBO Estimate Projects Five-Year Savings for Postal Reform

also: Bookspan NSA and Postal Reform
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter

Former letter carrier indicted for bank fraud

The Gazette (MD)

PRC sets dates for rate case

The Postal Rate Commission set May 31 as the deadline for interested parties to intervene, and will conduct a prehearing conference on June 16.
Federal Register

Postal Service inspects routes

Amarillo Globe News

'You've Got To Face It': The Postmark Is Going the Way of the Telegram

New York Sun

World's Largest Food Drive Scheduled for Saturday, May 13

Press release

USPS Ordered to Pay PayMaster For Use Of Patented Money Order Forms

IP Law Observer

Bush Nominates Another GOP Lobbyist For BOG

postalnews blog

Postal Service fights reform bill's accounting language

Government Executive

George W. Bush's War Stamp Tax

Online Journal

Albuquerque office overhauled again

Santa Fe New Mexican

Postal service campaign proves direct can be hip

BtoBOnline

Postage printing a pricey pleasure

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Rate Case Worries Mailers

DMNews.com

Rate Case Renews Cries For Reform

DMNews.com

Postal Worker Arrested in Beltway Bomb Threat

WJLA TV Washington

Will Rate Case Jump Start Postal Conference?

e-NAPUS Legislative Bulletin

Columnist suggested 'forever' stamp in 1994

Chicago Tribune

Postal workers plan picket today in Rockford

Rockford (IL) Register Star

Industry Awaits Postal Bill Conference Committee

DIRECT

First Class Volume Slips, Standard Is Up

DMNews.com

Update: Sioux City contingent comes away from PMG meeting with hope to save center

Sioux City Journal

Postal overhaul sponsors criticize proposed rate hike

Government Executive

Congressmen Express Concern about ‘Consolidation’

APWU News

Postal Service delivers $101 million for OKC facility

Oklahoma City Journal Record

What's The Deal With DOIS?

NALC Postal Record

USPS files for 7.1% rate increase for first class, seeks 'forever stamp'

Associated Press
see also:

• USPS News Link
  
• Magazine publishers react
  
• Reaction from Postcom's Gene Del Polito
  
• Postcom also has a collection of documents related to the rate case, including talking points, and 'Anatomy of a Rate Case'
  
• From the PRC web site: Click here for the full 179 page rate request document. Also available is a listing of testimony filed by the USPS in support of the case. You can also check the PRC's index page for this docket.
  
• USPS Rate Case site
  
• Post Office Pitches New 'Forever' Stamp

Postal Service Proposes Shape Based Rate Incentives

Press release

Lost in the mail

Rural Carrier hoarded 3,200 pieces of mail
Baynews9.com, Tampa

New Orleans Re-Opens as Market for Periodicals: Catalogs Still Banned

DIRECT

UPS Store, Mail Boxes Etc. franchisees to demonstrate

Atlanta Business Chronicle

Community upset over proposed changes at historic post office

Residents rail against recommendations for 'retail standardization'
Newark Star Ledger

Crystal meth fails to arrive Express Mail

Honolulu Star Bulletin

Man robs West Virginia PO, escapes in PM's car

WVNS TV Beckley WV

House has yet to name postal reform negotiators (5/1/06)

Congress Daily

Through rain and debris, mail will be delivered in New Orleans

New Orleans Times Picayune

Letter: USPS Should Add 'Deceased' Card Similar to NCOA Postcard

DMNews.com

A Weighty Issue

Gene Del Polito commentary for DIRECT

PRC: No Changes to Bank One NSA

DMNews.com