Postal Service Tries HBO Tie-In
"HBO, which is not paying the Postal Service a marketing fee, appears to be receiving valuable advertising through a public agency without offering much in return..." Washington Post
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USPS files financial reports
The US Postal Service has released its Annual Report for fiscal year 2007. (A downloadable .pdf version of the report is available here). In addition, the USPS filed its first Quarterly 10Q report, the standard report normally required of publicly traded corporations, as required by the 2006 postal reform law. USPS, PRC web sites
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Iowa pols want small town's ZIP code written into law
"Windsor Heights officials get about 50 complaints a year about the city's lack of a unique ZIP code. The issue is the top one residents complain about, city officials said." Des Moines Register
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Sick Leave: Use, Abuse or Lose
"What are the odds that Congress will allow all federal workers to credit their unused sick leave toward their retirement?" Mike Causey's Federal Report
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First-Class and Standard Mail Down in Q1 2008
USPS "will have to figure out how to downsize or otherwise cut costs. This will prove difficult, since Congress seems to jump in whenever the Postal Service tries to do anything about its network or its labor costs.'" Min's BtoB
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