Private Maildrop Owner Accused Of Stealing From Boxes

WPLG TV Fort Lauderdale

Memorial Marks One-Year Anniversary of Goleta Postal Rampage

KSBY TV Santa Barbara see also the report on KCOY TV

NALC proposal: all fulltime, Monday-Friday workforce

NALC via PostalMag.com (Adobe .pdf file)

APWU gets '200 Man-Year' Office List

APWU News
click here to download the list in .pdf format

NALC's Young on Reforming Health Care

Washington Post
(Young's letter is a response to this commentary by Post columnist Stephen Pearlstein)

Ticking package turns out to be box of toys

Eureka (CA) Reporter

Tax season is prime time for mail thieves

KVUE TV Austin click here for video

Woman sentenced to eight years in PO robbery

Orlando Sentinel

USPS promises, but residents remain skeptical

Rio Rancho (NM) Observer

Franchisees Charge UPS Policies Force Them to Distribute Pornographic Materials

Press release

Lost US Mail Turns up in Juarez House

KDBC TV El Paso

Home Depot Sells Former Marina del Rey P&D to Investment Group

Houston Daily Business News

Conyers, Judiciary Committee to Put Bush Signing Statement Abuse of Power ''On the Table''

Hearing set for Wednesday
Baltimore Chronicle

Goleta Postal Shooting Anniversary

KEYT TV Santa Barbara
also: at nearby UC Santa Barbara, security is increased as a former University employee threatens a similar crime- from KSBY TV Santa Barbara

Supreme Court upholds legal immunity for federal employees

Government Executive

Arkansas Letter Carrier Risked His Life to Save Two Others

KATV Little Rock

Mailman helps nab assault suspect

KLBK TV Lubbock

Shipping store bets on big business from controversial name

Ocala Star-Banner

Word maven says USPS is not the style authority

Detroit Free Press

Valassis names new Advo President; stock rises on analyst upgrade

postalnews blog

Steroid dealer preferred the USPS

Stevens Point (WI) Journal

Honest postal workers return checks to sender

Charlotte Observer

Here's an irony for you...

Postcom asks: if collection boxes are disappearing, and it's not safe to leave mail in your mailbox, how do you send a letter?
Postcom.org

Ottawa postal worker rescues lost toddler shivering in snow

CBC

Shared savings plan could help Postal Service save energy

Government Executive

Man's post became welcome tradition

Roanoke Times

Study: Women Prefer Direct Mail to E-mail Ads

multichannelmerchant.com

eNAPUS Legislative Newsletter

This week: NAPUS Prepares for 2007 Leadership Conference, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Begins to Organize, FEHBP In the Spotlight

Rio Rancho residents promised better postal service

KOB-TV Albuquerque

New prescription benefit

Drug card for job-related injuries
USPS News Link

Postal worker faces gift card theft charges

Indianapolis Star

Burrus: Don't forget about COLA when comparing raises

APWU Burrus Update

Undelivered mail recovered in Mississippi town

'During the post office's busiest season, one Lowndes County mail-carrier apparently threw in the towel...'
Columbus (MS) Commercial Dispatch

Long lines, lost mail, area residents give post office agent an earful

Flatbush Life (NY)

Mailman saves family

Canton (OH) Repository

Movie based on 'Postal' game sure to offend

IGN.com

Consolidations, tech efficiencies expected to pare work hours

Federal Times

Editorial: Election posturing

'Postal Service should butt out of a Denver decision'
Rocky Mountain News

Two Questioned In Nebraska Post Office Bomb Threat

KTIV TV Sioux City

Mail Handlers Ratify Contract

NPMHU: The Mail Handler Update

Albuquerque: Automation forces postal job changes

Albuquerque Tribune
click here to read the press release from NM Senator Jeff Bingaman

Rise Seen In Postal Workers' Injuries Since Storms Began

KMGH TV Denver

Money order imprinter stolen from Ohio post office

"The machine and 60 blank money orders were taken. Authorities found a handwritten note on a desk that said they were sorry and only needed money."
Newark Advocate

Love, Loveland

Valentine PO gets ready
Rocky Mountain News
... and click here for a listing of other PO's offering Valentine cancellations

Postal delivery changes set in Massachusetts town

Springfield Republican

Video: APWU “Save Our Service” Rally in Minneapolis

postalnews blog

Politicians give postal trucks plan Bronx cheer

Chelsea Now

OSHA fines postal service more than $5,000 for 2006 incident

Suffolk (VA) News Herald

Virginia UPS Store offers free Valentine's Day postage to service men and women

Loudoun Times-Mirror

PMG Potter on new Sarbanes Oxley compliance requirements

USPS News Link
(Ironically, just this past October, new USPS CFO Glen Walker was asked "Are you glad that you don't have to deal with Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance issues now that you work for a government agency?")

Coming and going postal: APO down-low

How military mail travels to and from Europe
Saluting Angels Europe blog

It's a crime you can stamp out

Mailbox anxiety can be reduced, even if it means online bill paying.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Postal truck plummets from bridge

Driver is recovering after truck falls 50 feet. Click here for video report
WFAA TV Dallas

USPS notifies employees of whistleblower protections

Federal Register

Postal Service aims to assist

Tossed mail has residents worried
Tallahassee Democrat

Postal Service cites vote problems in Colorado

Rocky Mountain News

Postal officials stick with Yakima

Yakima Herald Republic

P-mail: Paper-based messaging. Like email but slower!

Boing Boing

ACLU and CNSS Seek Records on Warrantless Mail Surveillance

ACLU Press release

Pam Anderson goes postal over Col. Sanders stamp

MSNBC

Nonprofit Gives Perks To Execs, Layoffs To Others

MDI, supplier of plastic trays to the USPS, plans to lay off 250-300 workers, many disabled, many making minimum wage.
WCCO TV Minneapolis

Moving mail on the "communication superhighway"

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Gonzales defends Bush’s mail snooping statement

postalnews blog

Letter carrier who died aiding motorist leaves a legacy of helping others

The Oregonian

Contractor's employee seeks advice on hostile work environment

Boston Globe

Retired postmaster witness to mail transformation

Springfield (MO) News-Leader

Carbon monoxide levels trigger fine for Virginia PO

Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot

USPS offers digital color cancellation for Love stamp FDC

Postal Bulletin

Avoiding canine confrontation

“Dog Whisperer” comes to the aid of letter carriers
If you missed Cesar Millan's segment on dogs and letter carriers last night, the episode airs again this afternoon at 2 on the National Geographic Channel, and Friday Feb. 2 at 4PM. Click here for a video excerpt from the show.
USPS News Link

House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Organizes

eNAPUS Legislative & Political Newsletter

Update: Man killed in accident at Massachusetts PO

The individual who died was not a postal employee, but was retrieving a fork lift he had used earlier in the day to remove equipment he had purchased during an auction at the post office.
Springfield Republican

Kentucky postal worker pleads guilty to stealing cash, cards from mail

Associated Press

The checks are in the mail, but Kentucky postal workers still waiting

Associated Press

Missouri post office halts transition to curbside boxes

Southeast Missourian

Court: OIG employee can't claim whistleblower protection

DC Circuit Court of Appeals Decision (.pdf file)

Investigators: Postal worker likely dumped mail on other occasions

Tallahassee Democrat

Fired employee sues PMG

WTVC TV Chattanooga

Heckuva job, FEMA!!

Two years after the last 'Heroes' stamp was sold, FEMA starts disbursing the funds raised by the stamp sales.

APWU Lists Local-by-Local Ratification Vote Totals

APWU News

USAirports wins $24M contract to manage Newark Air Mail Terminal

Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

Tiny Montana town fights to keep its post office

Great Falls Tribune

Ice stops mail in Austin

Austin American Statesman

Manhattan Is No Place for Bronx Mail, Group Says

New York Sun

USPS Changes Couple's Address Without Notice

(Slow news day in the Big Apple?)
WCBS TV New York

Postal Prying

Cartoonist Daryl Cagle has compiled a collection of editorial cartoons commenting on George Bush's assertion that he can open your mail without a warrant.

Uncle Sam's Super CD

Mike's annual reminder for CSRS employees about the Voluntary Contribution Program
Mike Causey's Federal Report for FederalNewsRadio.com

Pitney Bowes: Postal Rate Increase to Drive Major Changes in Mailing Industry

Press Release

'Flat pack' post offices piloted in Scotland

BBC News

Report concludes Remittance Mail processing is taking less time

USPS News Link

APWU seeks to oust supervisor in Pennsylvania PO

Bucks County Courier Times

Postal Service Seeks Additional Comments on Proposed Mailing Standards

DMM Advisory

Mail operations to remain in Kinston

Kinston (NC) Free Press

Close call for mail carrier

Hickory (NC) Daily Record

Third letter found with powder

Harmless substance is traced to machine that processes mail
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Editorial: Arbitrator’s decision in postal police case costs millions, does nothing

Baltimore Examiner

Editorial: Don't Open Personal Mail

Hartford Courant

FedEx Kinko’s Introduces Direct Mail and Print Online Services

Press release

Carrying a full bag

USPS CFO seeks to deliver private sector know-how to the PO
Treasury and Risk

Why the Vanishing Mailboxes? E-Culprits Abound

New York Times

APWU Wins Debt-Collection Arbitration

American Postal Worker Magazine

APWU: Pilot Test Seems Designed To Take Data-Entry Task Away From Craft

also: "Polo Shirts Problems"
American Postal Worker Magazine

Mail too slow? Netflix to roll out online video

San Jose Mercury News

Waiting to Say 'Cheese!'

Crowds jam post offices to apply for passports
Syracuse Post-Standard

Good Call: Help Desk Delivers for Postal Service

Washington Technology

Stamps Go Up In Canada Monday, But Does Anyone Still Care?

CityNews

Commentary: The Imperial Presidency

Guantanamo, mail snooping, etc.: it's not about terrorism- it's about power.
Washington Post

Mail delivery change angers homeowners

Youngstown (OH) Vindicator

The Schroeders: Letter carriers have a first-class relationship

Belleville (IL) News-Democrat

Box Sent to Clinton Causes PO Scare

New York Times

Boyfriend Charged with Forgery of Postal Rampage Victim's Will

KSBY TV Santa Barbara

Video: How did you spend your Day of Mourning?

postalnews blog (click here for more postal videos)

UPS named most competitive U.S. retailer

Atlanta Business Chronicle

Possible arrest in Memphis postal worker attack

WREG-TV Memphis

UPS Store owner stole gift cards from mail

Daytona Beach News-Journal

Kentucky PMR pleads guilty to embezzlement

Press release

Magazine Publishers Square Off Over Postal Rate Case

Folio

Colorado postal worker indicted for gambling on the job

Arvada Press

Connecticut supervisor gets probation in theft case

Waterbury Republican American

Complaint line puts bad stamp on Postal Service

White Plains Journal News

Postal workers should oppose Bush's treason

Postal Workers United Against Tyranny

APWU Membership Ratifies Four-Year Contract

"APWU members ratified a four-year Collective Bargaining Agreement by a vote of 84,486 to 12,016."
APWU News
An Open Letter to the Union Membership
"Unfortunately, a majority of the members did not exercise their right to express their approval or disapproval of the negotiated provisions that will affect their lives over the four-year term of the agreement."
"The dates of the retroactive pay and the identification of the 200 work-year offices are expected to be available within the next 14 days and will be published as soon as they are known."
APWU Burrus Update

Postal carrier claims crime was part of job

""McDonald stated, in general, he attempts to deliver all the mail, and if unable to do so, he then puts the undelivered mail in the Dumpster ... if he was making a delivery to a customer and their mailbox was full or the customer 'was away,' he would put the current mail in the Dumpster."
West Valley (AZ) View

New California senior development without mail service

UPS delivers to residents, Postal Service doesn’t
Manteca (CA) Bulletin

2007 will be a good year for DM, says Winterberry Groups’ Biegel

"... the direct mail spend will see another 7.5 percent increase, ... catalogs and other Standard Mail, as well as First-Class mail will grow"
DMNews.com

USPS says its transformation plan has achieved remarkable results

DMNews.com
Click here to read the USPS report online, or here to download in .pdf format

New clues in Memphis postal worker assault

WREG-TV Memphis

Signing statement creates political firestorm

Also: Postal Subcommittees Resurrected, and Postal Appropriations Changes
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

More on Intelligent Mail

- Postcom.org has a copy of the presentation on Intelligent Mail given at this week's BOG meeting (.pdf file)
- The USPS has an Intelligent Mail web page

Baucus: Mail sorting services to stay in Helena

Billings Gazette

PO to open bilingual location in Arkansas

postalnews blog

Missouri post office wants boxes at curbside

Southeast Missourian

Direct mail faces year of reckoning

"All the evidence I’ve seen and heard in the last few months suggests that a significant number of marketers will reduce their direct mail volume in 2007."
Eric Schmitt commentary for DMNews.com

Postal service finds Virginia Social Security checks

WWBT TV Richmond

Congress renews focus on postal issues

DMNews.com

Two Colorado Carriers Charged With Throwing Away Mail

KCNC TV Denver

USPS prepares for foreign forays

DMNews.com

Collins introduces resolution reaffirming constitutional protection for sealed mail

Press release

'Intelligent Mail' fully operational by 2009

"Advanced technology to revolutionize business mail"
USPS News Link

BOG approves purchase of vehicles, raises Breast Cancer stamp price to 55¢

USPS Press release

Mail carrier accused of drunken driving in truck crash

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Ask President Burrus: More casuals?

APWU News

NY Post editorial misrepresented Bush signing statement

Media Matters

Rolling gun battle damages postal truck

KSHB TV Kansas City

Tampa's all-night post office cutting hours

St Petersburg Times

Editorial: Follow letter of law

"Bush opens way for attack on privacy of personal correspondence by taking exception to mail safeguard"
Atlanta Journal Constitution

Editorial: Bush's law trumps Congress

HamptonRoads Virginian-Pilot

Postal worker accused of taking gift cards

Detroit News

Video: Labor struggle in the Post Office, 1978

postalnews blog

Senator Feingold asks Bush to explain signing statement that gives President authority to open mail without warrant

Raw Story

Editorial: First wiretapping, now letter-opening?

Los Angeles Times

APWU Extends Contract Balloting to Jan. 12

APWU News

Financial Impact of Reform: The PMG's View

USPS News Link

Calls end, junk mail still piles up

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Editorial: First Class mess

DMNews.com

Pennsylvania man gets letter postmarked 1954

Associated Press

Furor continues over Bush signing statement

postalnews blog roundup

'Postal Service' advertises for UPS

postalnews blog

APWU sues USPS, Mailhandlers Union Over APPS Jurisdiction

APWU News (if your browser can't load the APWU site, click here to view the text of the story on our blog)
And click here to read the reaction from the Mail Handlers

Bypass mail still arrives, but with spoilage, criticism

Anchorage Daily News
(Question: Given Alaska's oil wealth, why are postal customers in the lower 48 still subsidizing freight deliveries in Alaska at all?)

Post Office Insists Carriers Delivering

Albuquerque Journal

Postal Service's study on Helena sorting relocation delayed

Billings Gazette

Postal worker accused of stealing customer's cash

WBBH TV Fort Myers

Stolen postal satchel leads to two arrests

San Diego Union Tribune

Postal carrier arrested for illegal drugs, guns and undelivered mail in his jeep

Montgomery County (TX) Courier

Security reduction by Baltimore City post office could cause $2.6M payout

Baltimore Examiner

Postal deal feathers nest at Kitty Hawk

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Postal workers on time despite holiday pileup

East Valley (AZ) Tribune

Editorial: George Bush, snooper in chief

Seattle Times

Collins questions Bush's signing statement

San Jose Mercury News

Long break forces extra postal zip

Plainview (TX) Daily Herald

Postal Worker Accused Of Running Gambling Operation - News

thedenverchannel.com

Bush: I've got mail! And it's yours!

W pushes envelope on U.S. spying: A New York Daily News 'exclusive' (on the story the blogs told us about last week).
More on Bush's Postal Reform Signing Statement

• Bush Signing Statement Claims Warrantless Mail Opening
  CoolAqua
• Susan Collins Tooting Her Own Horn
  White Noise Insanity
• Your Mail Is Officially Not Safe
  Donklephant.com
  
• Text of the Bush Signing Statement
• Text of the Act as passed by Congress (.pdf file)
  

BOG sets agenda for next week’s meeting

Press release

The USPS Shapes Up

"Great. We won. Congress has passed a postal reform bill, and our worries are over, right?"
DIRECT

APWU Locals Encouraged to Get Out the Vote

"Noting that participation in the contract ratification process has hovered in the range of only 33 percent, APWU President William Burrus is urging local presidents to get out the vote."
APWU News

Ford mourning marks third day without mail

Reno Gazette Journal

Business world adjusts to no mail

Oshkosh Northwestern

Trying to stamp out unwanted junk mail

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Dealing with the rate increase for catalog mailers- Part 1

Part 2 - Part 3
Catalog Success

Reports, reports and more reports...

Postcom has a listing of all of the new reports called for by the recently passed postal reform act.

Dispute stops mail delivery to tenants

Building manager, carrier are feuding
San Diego Union-Tribune

Vote by mail spreads across U.S.

The Oregonian

Memphis Letter Carrier in Critical Condition After Attack

Fox13 News Memphis

Airmail to the (Ohio) islands

Who knew we had bush pilots in the midwest?
Elyria (OH) Chronicle Telegram