Illinois letter carrier mauled by pit bulls

Champaign (IL) News-Gazette

Making Snail Mail Still Matter

Interview with Pitney Bowes CEO Michael J. Critelli
New York Times

You’ve Got Mail. And That’s Just for Starters

“It’s not set up like a U.S. post office. It’s set up like a home or someplace you would lounge.”
New York Times

Wisconsin tax mailing has Social Security numbers visible

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The catalog jam: buried under a pile of 100

Tallahassee Democrat

Postal Rate Changes Mean Higher Cost of Packaging

Multichannel Merchant

'Twas the Season for Rate-Raising by Parcel Carriers

Multichannel Merchant

Plane crash delays mail

Rapid City Journal

No regular retail or delivery operations on Tuesday

"Local postal managers will advise employees regarding staffing levels for Tuesday, Jan. 2, to maintain operations in preparation for resumption of delivery on Wednesday."
USPS News Link via postalnews blog

Update: USPS sets Tuesday, January 2 as Day of Mourning

From the APWU News page: "The Postal Service has notified the APWU that postal workers will observe a Day of Mourning on Jan. 2, in honor of former President Gerald R. Ford, who passed away on Dec. 26."
Text of the White House Proclamation and Executive Order
The official schedule of the State Funeral for President Ford is posted at the web site of the Joint Force Headquarters, National Capital Region. The Postal Service has not announced official plans for operations, but they will likely be similar to those used after the death of President Reagan, which have been posted on this site.

Denver: Mail, packages linger as winter strikes again

Rocky Mountain News

Post Office In Hartford Robbed

Hartford Courant

U.S. Shoppers Turn To The Internet

Forbes

Postal truck kills guard at O'Hare Airport

Chicago Sun Times

Update on 'Mitigating Factors' for Postmasters' PFP

League of Postmasters Recent News page

`Tis the season for the U.S. Postal Service network to deliver

Network World
(note- see also this comment)

Iraq War Vet With Ailments Reinstated

PostalMag.com

The Conflict About Preserving Rural post Offices

An interesting paper outlining the issues involved, presented by the League of Postmasters (Adobe .pdf file)

Elvis still King (of stamps)

USPS Press release

Missouri woman suspected of stealing mail

Southeast Missourian

Mail runs heavy with snow backlog

Rocky Mountain News

Mailhandlers Union posts contract ratification rules

NPMHU: The Mail Handler Update

Police officer, postal worker indicted

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Bringin' home the boxes

: Postal workers' busy days sometimes lead to a surprise or two
Eugene Register-Guard

Denver BMC: "Busier than Santa's workshop"

Denver Post

Salvaged from Katrina, a 'cheap' tradition becomes A Christmas classic

Brothers send same card back and forth for decades
Sun Herald

Postal Workers Become Santas After Western Blizzard

Employees Volunteer for Christmas Duty to Deliver Packages Delayed by Last Week's Storm
Associated Press via Washington Post

Santa's got mail

Letters to Santa from kids in South Florida
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Denver: Delivery services knee-deep in gifts

Denver Post

Postal worker pens special response to a special letter

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

A Tiny Canvas for Holiday Mirth

Personal Postage Is Giving Letter Traffic a Boost
Washington Post

Postal Service going extra mile to recover from blizzard

Denver Rocky Mountain News

Postal workers fill girl's Christmas wish

Bonita (FL) Daily News

Social Security checks delayed in the mail

Mansfield (OH) News Journal

Mail thieves steal holiday cards

Daytona Beach News-Journal

Cliff Clavin at the VFW

postalnews blog

Two accused of postal crimes

Arizona Republic

Postal Reform – Signed, Sealed and Delivered

eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin

Postal service ready to resume operations in Denver

KUSA TV Denver
- Wyoming carriers to deliver delayed mail on Sunday
Casper Tribune
- Denver mail plane lands in wheat field
Casper Star Tribune

Postal service legislation will hold costs down, Carper says

Wilmington (DE) News Journal

Aberdeen Postal workers in limbo

Aberdeen (SD) American News

Postal Problems Remain Even With Newly Signed Law

DIRECT

More APWU Contract Questions

• Healthcare Premiums
  
• Upgrades for saved grade employees

APWU Ask 'President Burrus' page

Weather "Cancels" Postal Service

No Delivery In Much Of Colorado
KRDO TV Colorado Springs

The holiday crush

Portland Press Herald

Price Caps at the Old Stamping Ground

Washington Post

Investigators bust mail theft ring

WATE TV Knoxville

Dan Blair begins reign as PRC chair

DMNews.com

Dean of delivery: Mail carrier, 74, still doing job in Lansing after 50 years

Lansing State Journal

'Mailbox on 34th Street'

Postal Service stands by ties to Santa during holidays despite critics
Gainesville Sun

Pipe bomb explodes in mailbox

WTHR TV Indianapolis

After 37 years, carrier to hang up mailbag

Marblehead (MA) Reporter

Bush Signs Reform Act

USPS Press release

Upgrades and the APWU Contract Proposal

Is everyone really getting a one level upgrade?
'Ask President Burrus' APWU News

PRC Finds Flaws in Plant Consolidation Process

postalnews blog

Ralph Nader: Going Postal

(Note: this article is Nader's foreword to the book Preserving the People's Post Office by Christopher Shaw. The book is available online in .pdf format at Postcom.org.)
Counterpunch.org

USPS proposes changes to International Mail prices and classifications

Federal Register

Bush to sign new law for postal reform today

Associated Press

Inside NYC's Morgan Station on its busiest mailing day of the year

DMNews.com

Jacksonville Postal Workers Accused Of Stealing Money Order

WJXT TV Jacksonville

Brennan to replace Lazaroff as Eastern Area VP

USPS News Link

Settlement reached in Advo-Valassis suit

Business Week

Postal worker lauded for saving elderly woman

Chicago Tribune

Lockheed Martin completes APPS deployment

Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin

A busy day at the White House...

Press release

Tiny post offices (CPUs) bring in customers, cash

Home News Tribune (NJ)

USPS seeks ‘flats stowage’ system for LLVs

postalnews blog

Postal service set for busiest mailing day today

USPS Press advisory

Manning santa's mailroom

Contra Costa Times

Editorial: Postal reform, at long last

DMNews.com

Postal service storm brewing in Chicago suburbs

Herald-News

Renaming post offices was Congress' top priority

Connecticut Post

eBay Sellers Ask about Forthcoming USPS Shipping Changes

AuctionBytes

Dog sends Postal Service packing

KHOU TV Houston

The long arm of the USPS

Idaho rural mail route delivers a mixed bag of charm and challenge
Capital Press

USPS- Reform passage doesn’t change plans for rate increase

DMM Advisory

Woman sentenced for postal stealing

Great Falls (MT) Tribune

So what’s your story?

postalnews blog

Two men indicted for Ohio postal worker's death

Canton Repository

USPS, FedEx, UPS brace for crush of packages

San Jose Mercury News

APWU will mail contract ballots to non-members too...

... but they can only vote if they join the union
APWU News

Burrus accuses other unions of 'me-too' contract negotiations

APWU News

Organizing the 110th Congress

Also: Reform Act siging set for Wednesday
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin

USPS quietly cancels 18-year network outsourcing deal

Network World
click here to read the News Link article that announced the original Lockheed-Martin contract

Postal Service delivers ... spam?

Network World

Cracked Vial Closes Portion Of El Paso Plant

KFOX TV El Paso

Postal worker struck in head by thrown rock

Peoria Journal Star

’I got a lot of stories’

Postal employee’s love of people, service mark 37-year career
Orangeburg (SC) Times and Democrat

BroadRamp Awarded Contract to Provide Video to USPS Web Sites

Press release

Summary of Tentative Mailhandlers' Contract

Earlier:
Mailhandlers, USPS Reach Agreement
NPMHU web site

Potter selects Lazaroff as new Chief Postal Inspector

USPS News Link

Hoaxes, Statistics and Anthrax

Do we worry too much about white powder?
Edward McSweegan commentary for OpEdNews.com

‘Simple’ vigil held for San Francisco postal workers

San Francisco Examiner

Making sure Santa's mail is answered

Louisville Courier Journal

Rural carrier retires after 39 years on the same rural route

Warren (OH) Tribune-Chronicle

Postcom Podcast #6

“Join PostCom President Gene Del Polito and PostCom General Counsel Ian Volner in a discussion of some of the key provisions of the new Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (H.R. 6407).”
click here to download the mp3 file, or here to listen online

Giordano replaces Jaffer

USPS News Link

Newspaper Publishers Urge Bush To Sign Reform Law

Seek to protect 'Within County' rate subsidy
Editor & Publisher

Virginia manager gets probation

Roanoke Times

Bilbray joins Postal Service governors

Las Vegas Review Journal

Mississippi postal employee gets three years probation

Jackson Clarion-Ledger

Editorial: Collins' work on postal reform worth the effort

Blethen Maine Newspapers

Catalogers Say Books are Still Primary Sales Drivers

DIRECT

Audio: Citing Disuse, USPS Pulls Old Blue Mailboxes

NPR's All Things Considered

The right to wear shorts

postalnews blog

Postal Service delivered this marriage straight to the altar

Daily Southtown

Postal workers say boss creating unsafe work environment

Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel & Enterprise

Mail Handlers Union Rejoins AFL-CIO

NPMHU web site

APWU Members to Vote on Tentative Contract

Mailing Starts Dec. 18; Vote Count, Results on Jan. 9
APWU News

Postal reform seen as boost for Maine

Portland Press Herald

Mail Carrier Injured When Flatbed Truck Strikes His Van

Hartford Courant

Magazine publishers applaud postal reform

DMNews.com

Chicago's mail tardier than suburbs'

Chicago Sun-Times

Valassis CEO tells court Advo withheld info

Associated Press

Burrus: Legislation Good for Major Mailers, Bad for Postal Workers

APWU News

Young explains why he gave in on reform bill

NALC e-Activist Newsletter

PRC meets Thursday to consider decision on Network Redesign

Federal Register

Adios, Farewell, Adieu, Open Season!

Mike Causey's Federal Report

Valassis: ADVO Hid Problems

(The ADVO-Valassis case goes to court in Delaware today- click here to read Valassis's pre-trial brief)
Hartford Courant

USPS, Washington Mutual withdraw request for NSA

Postal Rate Commission web site

Some of the stranger 'reforms' that made it into the bill

postalnews blog

Behind the scenes: how the reform bill made it through Congress

eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin

Plant consolidation provisions in postal reform act

postalnews blog

‘... I'll be OK'

Update on Maureen Deprince's battle to recover
Press of Atlantic City

Postal reform bill could save billions for mailers

DM News Blog

Postal Overhaul Bill May Delay Rate Hike

Associated Press

Mail lost in fiery cow vs. truck crash

Grand Junction (CO) Sentinel

Poll: What do you think of the proposed APWU contract?

postalforum.com

Collins: Reform will avoid USPS “death spiral”

Press release

UK: Post offices await fate as D-day looms

The Guardian

Reform bill passes Congress

postalnews blog

USPS, Rural Carriers Reach Agreement

Press release

APWU Rank-and-File Committee Approves Tentative Agreement

(Includes a summary of the agreement's provisions)
APWU News

Lawmakers Unexpectedly Take Up Postal Service Overhaul

Washington Post

Kentucky postal worker sentenced in child porn case

Lexington Herald Leader

South Carolina carrier dies in traffic accident

Rock City Herald

Postcom: House action on reform possible ‘at any time’

postalnews blog

Last-Minute Postal Reform Bill in Doubt

DIRECT

SteelCloud gets $12 million contract for Flat Recognition servers

Press release

PMG embraces employees and competition to improve USPS' performance

Government Leader

Legislators make last-ditch push on postal bill

Government Executive

USPS and APWU Reach Tentative Agreement

Negotiations with rurals, mailhandlers continue
USPS Press release

BOG approves FSS program, appropriation request, annual report

USPS press release

Health Premium Discounts

Mike Causey's Federal Report at FederalNewsRadio.com

NALC: USPS contract proposals were outrageous

NALC e-Activist

The Election Is in the Mail

New York Times Commentary by PRC Commissioner Ruth Goldway

OIG Revisits Battle Creek

Battle Creek Enquirer

Postal employees: Dog bites on the rise

Las Cruces (NM) Sun-News

Junk mail still going strong as spending forecast sees 7.5% increase

USA Today

Postal Service, Union to Take Their Differences to Arbitration

Washington Post

Mailers decry inaction on postal overhaul measure

Covernment Executive

FedEx ups FedEx Ground, Home Delivery rates by 4.9 percent

DMNews.com

Postal inspector going into business

Brownwood (TX) Bulletin

Experts cancel dreams of rare stamp find on absentee ballot

Southwest Florida Herald Tribune

USPS: NALC talks at impasse, discussions continue with three other unions

USPS News Release

APWU: 'Substantial Progress' Made in Contract Talks

APWU News

U.S. Postal Service training center aims to stay ahead of curve

Oklahoma City Journal Record

Experts to view mystery stamp

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Mail keeps coming to former WTC address

Associated Press

FedEx and DOT in stalemate over USPS revenue reporting

postalnews blog

The Postal Service of the Saved

postalnews blog

Letter carrier implicated in supervisor's slaying

Postal supervisor was shot outside her home, apparently by disgruntled employee who then killed himself
San Francisco Chronicle

Vancouver carrier dies after falling on ice

CBC

Mail handlers: Contract Talks Continue...

NPMHU: The Mail Handler Update

NALC: USPS Thwarts Agreement On New Contract

Arbitration Next...
NALC Bulletin

Burglar Gets Trapped In Post Office

WTVJ TV South Florida

Crooks targeting Montreal letter carriers, stealing keys

The Gazette

Holiday time can mean long lines at the post office

Oshkosh Northwestern

Stamps.com files patent suits versus Endicia, PSI Systems

Dow Jones

Revenue, pieces and weights- Oh my!

postalnews blog

Town mourns death of mail carrier, runner, friend

Appleton (WI) Post-Crescent