Montana postal workers to protest consolidation plans

Helena Independent Record

USPS tightens computer security rules

postalnews blog

Parcel dispute prevents agreement on reform bill

From Postcom.org:
"It has been reported that efforts to secure enactment of postal reform last night failed. Reportedly, disagreements over the disposition of single-piece parcels were insurmountable."

Pitney Bowes to Manage USPS Transfer Center in Atlanta

Press release

APWU Sets Oct. 26 for Nationwide Day of Picketing

APWU News

Bush appoints Thurgood Marshall, Jr. to USPS Board

White House Personnel Announcement

USPS, customers at odds over mailboxes in Mississippi

Jackson Clarion-Ledger

Mail recovery items ending up on eBay, at flea markets

Cox News Service

Preparing for the Postal Rate Hike

MultiChannelMerchant

USPS posts new standards for domestic mail

The new rules for domestic mail under the proposed rate increase have been made available in today's Federal Register

Editorial: Going Postal On Taxpayers

"Postmaster General John E. Potter is right about one thing: His agency's former public affairs chief, Azeezaly S. Jaffer, has left quite a legacy."
Hartford Courant

Eleventh-Hour Debate Over Parcel Rates Could Kill Postal Reform

MultiChannelMerchant

Mail carrier's good works curbed by Postal Service

Muncie Star Press
click here to read the original article: "St. Francis of the Post Office"

Why It Pays To Organize

"Postal employees, the most unionized folks in the federal family, will continue to pay lower health insurance premiums than white collar civil servants next year."
Mike Causey for FederalNewsRadio.com

DMA Calls for Cooperation From Mailing Community on Postal Reform

DMNews.com

Burrus: Enough Is Enough!

"While mailing-industry spokesmen wage a constant propaganda tirade against the salary and benefits received by hard-working postal employees, behind closed doors these phonies demand continued excessive discounts in order to pad their own profits."
APWU News

Commitment to injury-reduction programs paying off for USPS

Federal Times

FBI Is Casting A Wider Net in Anthrax Attacks

Washington Post

Is Mail Safer Since Anthrax Attacks?

Questions Remain About Post Office Security 5 Years After 5 Died
CBS News

NLRB: APWU was guilty of unfair labor practices with its own employees

National Labor Relations Board

USPS takes customer complaints in Chicago

WLS TV Chicago

League President seeks better postal pay, benefits, budgets

Federal Times

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow ...

Still carrying the mail after 47 years
Framingham (MA) Tab

Postal Reform to be Kicked to Lame Duck Session

also: NAPUS to Congress: Protect Residential & Rural Parcel Post
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter

APWU Negotiations Update

APWU News

Mail Handler Contract Update

NPMHU: The Mail Handler Update

Some Question PMG's May 6 Postal Increase Date

MultiChannelMerchant

Masked Men Rob Postal Truck

WPVI TV Philadelphia

FedEx Profit Rises 40% In 1st Quarter

Associated Press

APWU Asks U.S. Lawmakers to Support Citizens’ Right to Be Heard on Consolidation

APWU News

Potter Says USPS Must Be Ready for May 6 Rate Increase

DMNews.com

DMA Calls on Members to Help Get Postal Reform Passed

DM News Blog

Unions want share of USPS financial success, protection for health benefits

postalnews blog

American Airlines shares in postal contract

Dallas Business Journal

Tea bag protest worries postal officials

Peoria Journal Star

Rural carrier beats ticket for not sitting behind the wheel

Associated Press

UPS, Teamsters kick off talks for new contract

Reuters

Payroll checks stolen from mail in Maryland

WJLA TV Washington

Postal Service downplays risk after loss of laptop

Palm Beach Post

After Jaffer case, USPS rewrites rules on expenses

Federal Times

DHL Global Mail Expands U.S. Mail Terminal Network with Phoenix Facility

DMNews.com

Jaffer Scandal Heats Up

"On Friday, Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) who chairs the House Committee on Government Reform, and the committee's ranking minority member, Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), sent a letter to Potter requesting a pile of records linked to Jaffer's case. "The Inspector General's report of clearly unacceptable conduct by a senior postal official is troubling to all of us," the letter reads. The Postal Service has until Sept. 28 to respond."
Washington Post
more: read Jaffer's response to the OIG charges

United Mail delivers big results

Expanding Louisville business counts its mailings in the millions
Louisville Courier Journal

Pre-Retirement Sickos

Mike Causey, Federal News Radio

Fundraiser planned for injured NJ Letter Carrier

Benefit for Maureen Buscher DePrince, the New Jersey letter carrier who lost both legs in a motor vehicle accident in July.
Postalmag.com

Bad form for changes of address

San Jose Mercury News

Pedaling the post

Delivering the mail on a bicycle
St Petersburg Times

Postmasters meet with HQ on 2007 pay package

NAPUS Hotline

About that 75 grand a year

The South Missourian

Growth in North Carolina Town Strains Postal Service

ABC 11 TV Raleigh

Postal Service considering new plant in Wisconsin

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

ADVO shareholder meeting was over in nine minutes, no questions asked

Hartford Courant

Union Says USPS Is Cutting Security Short by Cutting Postal Police

KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia

APWU: USPS Rate Proposal Shifts Costs From Major Mailers to Individual Customers

APWU News
click here to read Kathryn Kobe's testimony referred to in the story

GOP, Dems embrace post office legislation

No, not postal reform legislation, just slapping names on post offices: "Post office naming is now the most common form of legislation"
The Hill

Letter carrier stole donations intended for fire victim

WREG-TV Memphis

Postal plan upsets court, county officials

Kansas City Star

Advo Stockholders Approve Valassis Merger Agreement

DMNews.com

New Mexico: Shut post office riles residents

Santa Fe New Mexican

Comergent Helps Pitney Bowes Deliver Postage with Images On Demand

Press release

Lane named Vice President, Capital Metro Area

USPS News Link via postalnews blog

Governors Approve Change to Periodicals and Extend NSA

DMM advisory via Postcom.org
Also available from Postcom is a copy of the presentation given to the BOG by new Chief Financial Officer H. Glen Walker summarizing the USPS budget for the fiscal year that begins October 1.

Postal Service Plans for More Than $1 Billion in Cost Reductions

- rate increase set for May
- first class volume expected to drop by 2.8%
Press release

Mixed-Mail & Parcel Sorting Technology Provides New Business to Mail & Parcel Processing Centers

Press release

Maryland postal worker gets a year in jail for workers comp fraud

Southern Maryland Online

SteelCloud Receives $1.4 Million Contract from Lockheed Martin for USPS Program

Press release

Shape matters- Proposed Postage-Rate Increase Pushes Mailing Efficiency

Press release

Postal Worksharing and Bicycle Assembly

postalnews blog

9/11: Church Street station

postalnews blog

NAPUS: Reform Update- and Is Congress interested in the Jaffer scandal?

eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter

Postal overhaul languishing despite compromise offer

Government Executive

Mailers Council Asks Congress to Let USPS Manage Its Operations

DMNews.com

Shareholder class action suit filed against Advo

Bloomberg

Neighborhoods want blue boxes back

The Postal Service is eliminating underused mailboxes across U.S.
Los Angeles Times

Rate Case Testimony Online

Links to testimony provided to the PRC last week by all rate case participants
Postal Rate Commission web site

DMA, Other Groups File Rate Case Testimony With PRC

DMNews blog

Carrier fired for lottery win was on 'last chance' agreement

postalnews blog

APWU Negotiations Update

APWU News

Postal Service Hasn't Made Case For Rate Hike, Newspaper Group Says

Editor and Publisher

Police Say Indiana Postal Worker Used Position To Get Drugs To Sell

WRTV Indianapolis

APWU: Postal Service Falls Short in Attempts To Get Public Input on Consolidation

APWU News

Lottery win gets rural carrier fired

Des Moines Register

Arizona PM charged with gambling away his office's receipts

Press release

July financial results released

USPS Financials via postalnews blog

Valassis Says Advo Concealed Data Related to Buyout

Bloomberg.com

UPS Upgrades Visibility tools

DM News Blog

Lack of Postal Reform Leads to Blame Game

multichannelmerchant.com

Advo Moves Forward With Proxy Meeting Plans

DMNews.com

Federal Employees to Get Enhanced Dental and Vision Insurance

Washington Post

U.S. colleagues aid injured mail carrier

Cherry Hill (NJ) Courier Post

‘God Bless America' poster yanked from PO lobby

Santa Maria (CA) Times

ADVO Responds to Valassis' "Meritless" Claims

Press release via Bloomberg
A heavily redacted copy of the Valassis complaint is available here

Collection boxes secured in wake of thefts

Bakersfield Californian

Florida Letter Carrier Named 'Hero of the Year" for Rescuing Hurricane Katrina Victims

Press release

First Day Cover Misspells 'Motorcycle'

Associated Press
click here to see the image of the cover from the USPS online store

USPS won’t ask Jaffer to repay questionable expenses

Federal Times

Jaffer Denies Accusations

Associated Press

Jaffer and Kalkines

postalnews blog

Advo Misled Valassis to Boost Buyout Price, Suit Says

Bloomberg

PRC OKs Paid Circulation Proposal

DMNews.com

UPS Pilots Ratify Contract

DMNews.com