postalnews.com: June 2006

Friday, June 30

Educate Yourself: Postal industry is under attack
Gene Del Polito commentary for DIRECT Comment
USPS should publish preparation makeup standards and rules accompanying the rate case
Commentary for DIRECT by Bob McLean, executive director of the Mailers Council Comment
Senate Committee Vets Postal Governor Nominees
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter Comment
Thursday, June 29
Burrus Outlines APWU’s Contract Goals for Rank and File Bargaining Committee
APWU News Comment
Postal worker charged with embezzlement, supervisor with extortion
Huntsville Times Comment
Rate Case Volume Assumptions are Too Optimistic
Cary Baer commentary for DMNews.com Comment
Private taxpayer data lost in the mail
St. Paul Pioneer Press Comment
Through the revolving door
postalnews blog Comment
Reducing UAA Mail Means Changes for Mailers
DMNews.com Comment
Wednesday, June 28
UPS in deal to carry mail for US Postal Service
Reuters
... and from the Wall Street Journal: "If UPS pulls off the deal with few operational hitches, it could be in a strong position to compete for some or all of the postal business now handled by FedEx when that contract comes up for renewal in 2007." Comment
Hearing today for New Mexico Lobbyist Nominated to BOG
postalnews blog Comment
APWU: Victory Elusive in Postal ‘Reform’
APWU News Comment
Tuesday, June 27
Postal Service Backs Out of Nuke Deal
Watchdog group says DOE project would have used USPS funding to bypass Congressional, environmental reviews
Albuquerque Journal via Nukewatch.org
see also the Los Alamos Monitor, and Azeez Jaffer's statement at USPS.com Comment
$82 million postal facility opens July 8 in Maine
Portland Press Herald Comment
Disney Stationery Animates a Postal Spat
Washington Post Comment
Alaska bypass mail change delays shipments, food
"Under the program... the USPS pays air carriers to deliver the mail... charging shippers third and fourth class postal rates for what is essentially first class service"
Associated Press Comment
USPS proposes new rules on meters, PC postage
Federal Register Comment
Monday, June 26
Pen pall: Future looks bleak for letter writing
New York Times Comment
Sunday, June 25
Pro-hunting group upset at Humane Society stamps
postalnews blog Comment
DMA Fact Book: Direct Mail Still the King
DMNews.com Comment
Mail Thefts on the Rise in Southern California Community
Riverside Press-Enterprise Comment
Let's help the new postal sheriff
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Comment
Saturday, June 24
Fifteen Legislative Days to Go for Reform
also: USPS Governors Confirmation Hearing Next Week
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter Comment
Friday, June 23
USPS gains efficiencies through contracting
Federal Times Comment
Postal Service will delay Sioux City decision
Sioux City Journal Comment
Letter carrier attacked with Taser in Oregon
KATU-TV Portland Comment
United Airlines loses postal contract
Chicago Tribune Comment
Thursday, June 22
Los Alamos Goes Postal
Nuke lab gets USPS funding for new science complex
DefenseTech.org Comment
Comparison shopping for shipping
RedRoller seeks to become Travelocity for shippers (as long as you don't want to use UPS)
Fairfield County Business Journal
RedRoller web site Comment
DMA head warns marketers of postal challenges ahead
DIRECT Comment
FedEx Corp. Net Income Increases 27 Percent in Fourth Quarter
DMNews.com Comment
'Hurt' postal worker makes full restitution
Daily Herald (IL) Comment
Wednesday, June 21
Postal Service helps soldiers stay in touch with families
Pueblo Chieftain Comment
An Unusual (and Unsuccessful) Request for a Promotion
FedSmith.com Comment
Four former Arizona postal workers indicted on charges of mail theft
Arizona Republic Comment
Cox Target Media Will Use trackmymail.com to Monitor ValpakDelivery
DMNews.com Comment
USPS expands licensing program
Press release Comment
Tuesday, June 20
Postal Progress- But some deliveries still elusive in city
New Orleans City Business Comment
Postal reform inches closer to the finish line
NAPS Legislative Update Comment
Police arrest 17 trying to retrieve 'secret plans' to privatize Canada Post
Ottawa Citizen Comment
Monday, June 19
Post Office Said to Abet Cigarette Sales to Kids
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer says the U.S. Postal Service has become "the delivery arm of a massive criminal enterprise."
ABC News Comment
Sunday, June 18
The checks in the mail, but who’s delivering?
"Southwest Florida is short about 200 substitute mails carriers and it’s putting a strain on the US Postal Service."
WBBH TV Ft Myers Comment
Saturday, June 17
House OKs Postal Appropriations
also: Jefferson Loses Committee Post, and NAPUS Chapter Conventions Pushing Politics and PAC
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter Comment
Mailbox removals inconvenience some customers
Waterloo Cedar-Falls (IA) Courier Comment
Mail over the counter for Katrina victims ending June 30
New Orleans Times Picayune Comment
USPS: Filling finance jobs is top recruitment challenge
Federal Times Comment
Friday, June 16
Proposed Postal Service changes meet resistance in Yakima
Yakima (WA) Herald Republic Comment
Aberdeen post office's future unsure
Aberdeen (SD) American News Comment
Letter carrier heads to jail
Brookline (MA) Tab Comment
Thursday, June 15
Rate Shock!
Gene Del Polito Commentary for DIRECT Comment
Woman wants to be delivered from junk mail
Knight Ridder News Service Comment
Canadian Postal Workers Plan Protest
DMNews.com Comment
Inspector General agrees to audit Sioux City postal consolidation study
Sioux City Journal Comment
Wednesday, June 14
ADVO Discusses Postal Rate Case
Press release Comment
Revenue forgone appropriation advances, with strings attached
postalnews blog Comment
Texas PM says cluster boxes are out
"Twenty-five years ago, the post office thought it would be a great idea to have community mailboxes, but now that policy has changed."
San Antonio Express News Comment
Postal service expanding operations in Baton Rouge
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Comment
Politicians weigh in on Tampa/St Pete consolidation
"Postal officials say it would make them more efficient. Too efficient, some say."
St Petersburg Times Comment
USPS talks up expanded eBay services
Datamonitor Comment
Tuesday, June 13
NIOSH Report on DBCS Safety at Denver GMF
Report evaluating injury prevention procedures for workers operating Delivery Bar Code Sorter (DBCS) machines. Click here for the earlier (1993) report referred to in this document. (Adobe .pdf files)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Comment
USPS April financial results released
Net profit of $103 million becomes net loss of $147 million after escrow allocation.
USPS Link Online
click here for the full report in .pdf format, or here for the Excel version Comment
BBB Warns Of False Post Office Job Openings In South Dakota
Yankton Press & Dakotan Comment
Pitney Bowes Launches Stamp Expressions
DMNews.com Comment
Monday, June 12
Wait a minute, Mister Postman
8 Florida postal workers keeping mail for themselves
Orlando Sentinel Comment
Sunday, June 11
Newspaper tests delivery services
"The Postal Service- yes, the post office!- had the lowest price, and got our package there the quickest."
Indianapolis Star Comment
Saturday, June 10
Maryland Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements to Obtain Workers Comp
Southern Maryland Online Comment
Fired postal worker wins reinstatement
Bucks County Courier Times Comment
Friday, June 9
Laid off injured postal worker says “It can happen to anyone”
Dan Sullivan commentary Comment
DeLay De-Legacy
also: "Postal Conferees Meeting? Not Yet"
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter Comment
Postal carrier attacked by Pit Bull
KVII-TV Amarillo Comment
USPS Board Approves Bookspan NSA
DMNews.com Comment
Thursday, June 8
Pennsylvania postal worker in fair condition after crash
Allentown Morning Call Comment
Wednesday, June 7
World Marketing Launches InsideTrack For Mailers
DMNews.com Comment
Tuesday, June 6
Carrier Stabbed in Philadelphia
WPVI TV Comment
Rockford: Public Calls USPS Plan a Stupid Idea
WTVO-TV Rockford (IL) Comment
Letter Carriers Collect 70.5 Million Pounds in Nation's Largest Anti-Hunger Food Drive
NALC releases final results of food drive
Press release Comment
Monday, June 5
Postal worker sues home owners for cracked steps
Madison County (IL) Record Comment
Saturday, June 3
Postal Worker Apparently Killed By Truck at Chicago BMC
WMAQ TV Chicago Comment
Friday, June 2
E-Mail Addresses to Steer Snail Mail?
"The U.S. Postal Service was recently asked to start delivering packages and letters based on someone's e-mail rather than street address."
eWeek.com Comment
Burrus: USPS serves business, not the people
APWU Magazine Comment
One sticking point removed in postal reform measure
Government Executive Comment
USPS Finds Buyer for Marina P&D
The Argonaut Comment
NALC Issues White Paper on Overtime, Staffing and Scheduling
(click here to download the paper in .pdf format)
NALC Contract Administration Unit Comment
Advance Post to open mail-sorting facility in Macon
Macon Telegraph Comment
Thursday, June 1
Investigating mayhem by mail truck
WTNH TV New Haven Comment
Post Office Robbery In North Carolina
WSOC TV Charlotte Comment
Postage Increase damage mitigated
"Yes, mailers will be hit with a postage increase next year. But they may be able to save money by drop shipping and commingling."
DIRECT Comment
Postal move pending in Gaylord MI?
Gaylord Herald Times Comment
APWU: No Semblance of Order in SD Reassessment Program
Postalmag.com Comment

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