Tuesday, October 31
USPS: Absentee ballots must be delivered
USPS News Link via postalnews blog
Guilty plea in Injury Comp kickback scheme
DOJ Press release
Parcel shippers expect rate increases of 2 to 3 percent next year
Shipping Digest via postalnews blog
Mail truck crashes, scattering 40,000 letters
Riverside (CA) Press Enterprise
Monday, October 30
NAPS: Core goal offerings too limited
NAPS Forum via postalnews blog
USPS site is much more than just a presence on the Web
Washington Technology
Post office in 40-year-old mobile home declared unsafe
Brainerd (MN) Dispatch
Sunday, October 29
Who got your vote?
Absentee ballots delivered to the wrong address
Gallup (NM) Independent
Gallup (NM) Independent
The great pumpkin comes through the mail
Anderson (SC) Independent Mail
Saturday, October 28
Alabama post office customers, workers tied up by robbers
WTVM TV Columbus (GA)
NALC presents Postal Service with main contract proposals
NALC News Bulletin
Friday, October 27
APWU Objects to Changes to USPS Computer Security Rules
postalnews blog
NAPUS: Is A “Category 5” Hurricane Blowing Up The Potomac?
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter
(also: on election night, NAPUS's Bob Levi will be live-blogging the results at the NAPUS Election Night 2006 blog.)
(also: on election night, NAPUS's Bob Levi will be live-blogging the results at the NAPUS Election Night 2006 blog.)
NY Republicans are accused of 'postal fraud'
Poughkeepsie Journal
Vancouver posties refuse to deliver 'hate mail'
Canadian Press
First Class volume is slip-sliding away
DMNews.com
Click here to view the USPS Integrated Financial Plan for FY 2007 referred to in the story.
Click here to view the USPS Integrated Financial Plan for FY 2007 referred to in the story.
Memorial honors life of fallen letter carrier
Canton Repository
Southwest says it’s happy to be rid of USPS contract
Aviation Daily via postalnews blog
USPS Announces 2007 Commemorative Stamp Program
Press release
Click here to download high resolution images of the new stamps.
Click here to download high resolution images of the new stamps.
USPS files reply brief in consolidation case
postalnews blog
Thursday, October 26
Canadian snowflakes get U.S. stamp of approval
Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Editorial: Postal theft breaches trust
San Gabriel Valley (CA) Tribune
Nationwide Informational Picket to Oppose Consolidation Today
Clint Burleson commentary via postalnews blog
click here for more stories on today's protests from around the country
click here for more stories on today's protests from around the country
Undelivered mail starts rumor
Postcards said to be purposely misdirected
Redding (CA) Record Searchlight
Redding (CA) Record Searchlight
Wednesday, October 25
Toys for Tots shut out of post offices
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Postmaster praises Illinois rural carrier killed in crash
Alton Telegraph
Mail carrier delivered aloha to many on her route
Honolulu Star Bulletin
Tuesday, October 24
A Mailer says: "We need to clean up our act!"
Commentary by Time Inc. vice president for postal and distribution Jim O'Brien, for Postcom.org
PMG names three Area Vice Presidents
Daley, Wilson and Burgoyne appointed
USPS NewsLink
USPS NewsLink
Pair plead not guilty in carrier’s death
Massillon (OH) Independent
Postal Service Investigates Fifth “Bottle Bomb” in Upstate NY
WSYR TV Syracuse
Pushing the envelope
"Getting a job at the post office can take years, and once hired employees face hard work, timed routes, Mother Nature and the occasional dog..."
Albuquerque Tribune
Albuquerque Tribune
Monday, October 23
Fort Myers' postal workers plan protest
Fort Myers News-Press
APWU: OIG Report Criticizes Pasadena Consolidation
APWU News
click here to read the complete report, or here to view a listing of all available OIG audit reports.
click here to read the complete report, or here to view a listing of all available OIG audit reports.
Marketers critical of ‘colossal’ USPS booth at DMA show
MarketingSherpa via Postcom.org
Postal theft probe expands
Industry P&DC workers allegedly involved
Pasadena Star-News
Pasadena Star-News
Shippers help small business in new ways
DHL, FedEx, UPS woo entrepreneurs with loans, services
Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Dispatch
Sunday, October 22
Registration forms sent via UPS make 1,100 ineligible to vote
Longview (WA) Daily News
Saturday, October 21
Murdered letter carrier had 'heard shots' the day before
- Slain postal carrier Jennifer Milburn an 'all-American kid’
Canton Repository
- Gun lobby web site seeks to capitalize
on letter carrier’s death
postalnews blog
Canton Repository
- Gun lobby web site seeks to capitalize
on letter carrier’s death
postalnews blog
Postcom podcast #2
Another podcast from Postcom: this week, a report on what the Postcom Board heard from USPS reps last week on proposed changes mail prep rules. Click here to download the podcast as an mp3 file, or here to listen online at the postalnews blog.
Truck fire destroys mail enroute to Seattle BMC
King County Journal
Friday, October 20
Victims Remembered, Workers Honored on Fifth Anniversary of Anthrax Attacks
Moment of Silence to Be Observed at USPS Facilities Saturday
APWU News
APWU News
Postmaster Retirement Insurance
Also: Culling the Political Herd in the House
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter
Stray bullet kills letter carrier, 26, in Canton, Ohio
Canton Repository
Atlantic City Letter Carriers Get Police Escort
WCAU TV Philadelphia
Mail delivery has businesses going postal in Colorado Springs
Change in routes leaves many downtown customers disgruntled about lack of service
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Colorado Springs Business Journal
Thursday, October 19
MSPB Upholds firing of postal worker
Employee worked second job while on sick leave
Merit Systems Protection Board web site
Merit Systems Protection Board web site
Live From DMA06: Growth of DM Spending to Slow, Says DMA
DMA Press release
Wednesday, October 18
FY 2007 Pay for Performance Rules
NAPUS has posted the FY 2007 Pay For Performance rules on their Breaking Mews web page.
USPS to search employee records for sex offenders
postalnews blog
Mailman May Not Get Use Of Arms Back After Dog Attack
Newsnet 5 Cleveland
Tuesday, October 17
Postcom comments on your comments
Postcom via postalnews blog
Mail boxes vanishing, but not because they're not used
Hazelton (PA) Standard Speaker
Mailer at DMA06 concerned over proposed USPS rule
DMNews.com
Letters to the Editor: Trouble with the mail
Albany (OR) Democrat-Herald
Monday, October 16
Horrific crash shatters body; heroic rescue has her battling
'To visit with Maureen DePrince, in her hospital room in Philadelphia, nearly two months after the horrific accident that severed her legs as she stood behind her parked U.S. mail van, is to gradually settle in on a theory of what makes a person a person.'
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer
Postal machine does everything but talk
Automated teller service is convenient for customers, but some workers fear cuts in jobs
Newark Star Ledger
Newark Star Ledger
Postal Legislation on the Ropes
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter
Commentary: Give Mailers Time to Prepare
Gene Del Polito commentary
Also from Postcom- click here to listen to the group's first podcast, discussing the complexities of the current rate case.
Also from Postcom- click here to listen to the group's first podcast, discussing the complexities of the current rate case.
Friday, October 13
Bush to nominate former McHugh aide to chair PRC?
postalnews blog
Legionnaires' disease bacteria found in PO bathrooms in Connecticut
WTNH TV New Haven
Editorial: Postal Service should be more efficient, not less
Montana Standard
Thursday, October 12
Anthrax suspect remains as elusive as bin Laden
Gannett News Service
Wednesday, October 11
Postal Service must change, official says
Beckley (WV) Register-Herald
Lame Ducks, Angry Ducks
Mike Causey's Federal Report for FederalNewsRadio.com
Communication Breakdown Cited in Failed Postal Legislation
Washington Post
Tuesday, October 10
NAPS seeks sponsors for veterans reassignment bill
postalnews blog
Kids put their own stamp on school fundraising
"After years of handing over money for candy bars and wrapping paper, parents might see a new school fundraiser this year: their child's art on a postage stamp."
Associated Press
Associated Press
Monday, October 9
Where the Postman Always Honks Twice
For nearly two months, roughly 75,000 residents of East Harlem have not had a post office. Instead, they have a van.
New York Times
New York Times
Connecticut postal worker has Legionnaires' Disease
Waterbury Republican American
Sunday, October 8
NYC Mailboxes: A Disappearing Act on a Corner Near You
New York Times
Saturday, October 7
California postal workers linked to ID theft
"An identity task force is trying to find a group of postal workers at the Industry post office involved in a scam that caused the loss of $1 million"
Associated Press
Associated Press
Friday, October 6
Q&A: A New CFO Checks the Mail
CFO.com talks to the new finance chief of the U.S. Postal Service, Harold Glen Walker
CFO.com
CFO.com
A post-mortem on postal reform
Commentary by Bill McAllister via Postcom.org
'Tons' of opened mail found in postal worker's truck
Police say man also had cocaine in pickup
Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News
FedEx drivers set to vote on unionization
Tewksbury (MA) Advocate
Thursday, October 5
Senator unsure of postal overhaul's lame duck prospects
Government Executive
Dallas Carrier Charged With Stealing Mail
KXAS TV Dallas-Fort Worth
Wednesday, October 4
NJ Congressman challenges FBI on anthrax investigation
Press Release
Overlooked Issue Forces Postal Reform Into Lame Duck Session
eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter
Fate of Post Office Overhaul Is Up for Debate
Washington Post
Tuesday, October 3
Davis says reform bill will be 'finalized in November'
"the House was prepared to vote on a compromise version, and the Senate was ready to approve it by unanimous consent. But some members felt they needed to read the legislation before voting"
Government Executive
Government Executive
August financial results released
Net deficiency of $1.5 billion posted after escrow allocation
USPS News Link
click here for the complete results in .pdf format, or here for the Excel spreadsheet version
USPS News Link
click here for the complete results in .pdf format, or here for the Excel spreadsheet version
PRC orders USPS to reconsider station closing
postalnews blog
Monday, October 2
UPS: Collins blocked parcel compromise
UPS: "We reached an agreement that was palatable to UPS and the postal service. UPS and the postal service were walking in lockstep." However, ... when the compromise was presented to Sen. Collins' office, "they did not consider it or accept it."
DMNews.com
DMNews.com
NALC: Reform bill fails in Senate over COP issue
Your Congress at work:
"No conference committee was ever established and the bill that nearly passed the Senate was essentially a new version of the bill that none of our allies in the House, Democrat or Republican, had even seen. Indeed, few members of either the House or the Senate ever received a final version of the bill. Neither did the NALC or any of the other interested stakeholders. Had the House leadership forced a vote on it, few members of the House would have known for sure what was actually in the bill."
NALC eActivist Newsletter
"No conference committee was ever established and the bill that nearly passed the Senate was essentially a new version of the bill that none of our allies in the House, Democrat or Republican, had even seen. Indeed, few members of either the House or the Senate ever received a final version of the bill. Neither did the NALC or any of the other interested stakeholders. Had the House leadership forced a vote on it, few members of the House would have known for sure what was actually in the bill."
NALC eActivist Newsletter
NAPS: NALC stalled passage of reform bill
NAPS Legislative Newsletter via Postcom.org
Mail Handler Contract Update #7
Parties discuss subcontracting, safety
NPMHU web site
NPMHU web site
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