Blue Cross/Blue Shield Christmas Gift to Federal Employees: Surprise, We’re Cutting Your Benefits!

Press release

Pittsburgh carrier gets probation in thefts

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Postmaster's retirement ends small town's mail

WTOC TV Savannah

Does "postal dust" cause lung disease?

WTVD TV Raleigh NC

Does Post Office Hide its Lower-Cost Services?

NBC Washington via postalnews.tv

PMG earned $857,459 in FY 2008, will get $1.35 million retirement bonus

postalnews blog

USPS Delivery Operations cost containment strategies

From last week's MTAC meeting
Letter Carrier Connection -

How does the PMG’s compensation compare?

postalnews blog

USPS Seeks "Next Generation Mail Processing Technologies"

Federal Business Opportunities

Swedish PMG says he will work for free

Associated Press

Sarasota plant could be closed

Sarasota Herald Tribune

Feds say Detroit mail handler stole phones

Chicago Tribune

Will direct mail remain a top channel?

DMNews

Direct mail volume from banks on the rise

DMNews

APWU Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over Elimination of Tour 2

APWU News

UPS, FedEx battle Post Office for parcels

Florida Shipper

Addressing direct-mail deliverability and anti-marketing initiatives

Interview with the PRC's Nanci Langley
BtoB Magazine

What ails the mail? Businesses cite lateness

Meriden (CT) Record Journal

Cinder blocks thrown through windshields of 5 postal trucks

Orange County Register

Blue Mailboxes Disappearing

NPR's All Things Considered

Bronx Consolidation Plan – Finally – ‘Not Approved’

APWU News

Problems Plague U.S. Flex-Fuel Fleet

Most Government-Bought Vehicles Still Use Standard Gas
Washington Post

Something Old, Something New for the Postal Community

also: Postal Trust Fund Relief to Wait, USPS Nominee McGowan is Heard
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

Mailman fails to deliver, becomes local hero

Los Angeles Times

Postal Service Goes After DHL Shipping Business With Ad Campaign

Bloomberg

Postal service could be forced to shorten hours

KMOV TV St Louis

Pennsylvania: Rural carrier dies in crash

Reading Eagle

Post office closed when pick-up truck hits it

Ithaca (NY) Journal

Buying One Stamp? Get In Line!

New York Times

Union decries conditions for postal workers

KOB TV Albuquerque click here for video from postalnews.tv -

Chattanooga postal's remote encoding center to close in April 2009

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Stakeholders Urge Congress to Give USPS Legislative Relief

APWU News

Direct mail biggest charity complaint in UK

Precision Marketing

Rural mail carrier's car catches on fire

The News of Cumberland County (NJ)

Union Members to Gather for Obama Inauguration

APWU News

Mailman assaulted in Virginia Beach

WVEC TV Hampton Roads VA

From today's MTAC meeting: "Unprecedented route adjustment process targets 9,200 routes

Postcom.org

Former mail carrier pleads guilty to delay, destruction of mail

Jamestown (ND) Sun

Legislative change sought by USPS- not a bailout

National League of Postmasters

Smaller Postal Price Hikes?

Dead Tree Edition

Rural carriers withdraw from QWL-EI

Rural mail carrier news

Maine postal worker pleads guilty to card thefts

Brunswick Times Record

Mailman charged with DWI

KFSM TV Fort Smith AR

Mail Carrier Charged With Smoking, Delivering Crack

WISN TV Milwaukee

US Postal Service To Honor Mail Carrier Hero

WFMY TV Greensboro

Judgment day arrives for 'Mailman Steve'

Raleigh News and Observer

USPS Denies Existence of Program to Eliminate Tour 2

APWU News

Ex-Postmaster Sentenced For $53,000 Theft

KCTV Kansas City

Picketers oppose Postal Service merging Olympia,Tacoma plants

The Olympian

UPS Won't Forecast Holiday-Shipping Volumes

Wall Street Journal

New Slim-jim Standards Nearly in Sight

multichannelmerchant.com

Bush’s Lame-Duck Labor Department to Implement Onerous FMLA Rule Changes

APWU News

Bookspan Parent Firm Trims Staff, Possibly Mail

DIRECT

Mail thief sentenced to prison

Mobile Press Register

Postal Service investigates PMG's VIP mortgage

Associated Press

Another IMB Delay?

Dead Tree Edition

Next up for bailout? USPS

Federal Times

Interim Route Adjustment Data Instruction Guide

lettercarrierconnection.com

Postmasters once core of vast patronage system

Bloomington (IL) Pantagraph

Beware of scams involving U.S. Postal Service jobs

Los Angeles Times

New Bush Rules Narrow Family Leave for Workers

AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

Obama names transition team lead for postal issues

Change.gov

NAPS/USPS November Consultative Meeting Minutes

Minutes of meeting held November 12

Postal Workers Picket In Maine

WCSH TV Portland

300 mailboxes to vanish in Louisville

Louisville Courier-Journal

"Tour compression" begins at Trenton P&DC

Trenton Metro Area APWU Local

Postal Stimulation

More on the USPS proposal to lessen the impact of advance funding of retiree health benefits
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin

2 sentenced for $67,000 postal theft

KATC TV Lafayette LA

USPS Moves Up Parcel Rate Hike to Offset $2.8 Billion Loss

multichannelmerchant.com

USPS Chief Financial Officer's Presentation to the BOG

via Postcom.org

The Future is Now, USPS Seeks to Realign Its Retiree Health Benefit Obligations

also: Leadership Changes of Postal Oversight Committees Possible
National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative and Regulatory Update

USPS Seeks "Residual Mail Processing Sources"

"The new system will replace the current manual distribution processes of sorting letter and flat rejects or non-automation compatible mailpieces."
Federal Business Opportunities

USPS Lost $2.8 Billion in FY 2008

USPS News Release

Mail Delivery Dilemma in Connecticut

WVIT TV Hartford

Postal worker honored for helping shooting victim

Baton Rouge Advocate

Letter carrier fired after mail dumped in the desert

Hesperia (CA) Star

Should the USPS stop one delivery day?

DMNews.com

Election results could mean change for the USPS

National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative Newsletter

RCA pleads guilty to stealing credit cards from mail

Press release

USPS wants software to help procurement

Federal Computer Week

Massachusetts postal worker busted for selling oxycodone

Lynn Daily Item

Carrier Optimal Routing presentation

Outlines procedure for reducing the number of carrier routes using COR Minor Route Adjustment process rather than traditional route inspections
Letter Carrier Connection.com

Sorting Through a Sickness

"Nationwide, hundreds of postal employees say they're ill with what they call severe, mysterious, respiratory problems..."
WLS TV Chicago

Chicago meeting notes

postalnews blog

New mass-mail rules require more-frequent database scrubs

Crain's Detroit Business

The Earnings Warning Hiding in Your Mailbox

Motley Fool

Shiloh mayor upset with postmaster

The News of Cumberland County (NJ)

Orting corrals post office into branding

Tacoma News Tribune

Expect Less Junk in the Mail As Marketers Continue Cutbacks

Washington Post

Postal worker sent home for wearing Obama T-shirt

WLBT TV Jackson (MS)

Contract mail carrier accused of stealing customer's dog

WRAL TV Raleigh

Two Boston postal workers charged in drug conspiracy

Press release

More details on interim route adjustment process

NALC3825.com via lettercarrierconnection.com (.pdf file) -

Prison for Odessa carrier over undelivered mail

Associated Press

Suspension of mail delivery after fatal shooting triggers outrage

Maarina del Rey (CA) Argonaut

Former New Jersey NALC officer pleads guilty to stealing union funds

Newark Star Ledger

Knee-Jerk Reaction

DIRECT's Larry Riggs doubts privatizing BMCs will "will contribute to the good of mailers let alone the public at large"
Big Fat Marketing Blog

Presidential elections have Postal consequences

eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

ZIP, the post office is gone

Practically overnight, dispute leaves folks in lurch
Middletown (NY) Times Herald Record

Confusion Reigns Over Intelligent Mail Barcodes

Multichannel Merchant

Burrus Hails Election Results as Signifying ‘The System Has Changed’

APWU News
Letter Carriers’ Union President Young Applauds Obama Election
NALC Press release
Victory for Obama is Win for Working Families!
Mailhandlers Union

Union Requests Documentation Of Supervisors Performing Bargaining Unit Work in Small Offices

APWU News

If postal facility opens, neighbors fear clogged, noisy roads

SouthmilwaukeeNOW.com

Alternate route adjustment training presentation

Letter Carrier Connection

TSP funds continued slide in October

Government Executive

Management associations complain to BOG over "degradation" of consultative process

NAPUS

OIG probe closes contract PO in Oregon

Forest Grove News Times

Mailing options taking toll on USPS

Prescott Daily Courier

Postal worker loses job over illegal disclosure

Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette

Postage-due political mailings spark 'chaos'

San Antonio Express News

Postal Service to keep Sioux City mail center open

Chicago Tribune

Mailers Council warns USPS not to harm business partners for the sake of revenue

Press release

Ex-postal worker sentenced for assaults

Anchorage Daily News

E-Mail Greener Than Mail? Measuring Proves Elusive

Hartford Courant

13,000 pieces of mailfound in van of former contract carrier

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Delivering mail goes electric with T3 vehicle

Ocala (FL) Star-Banner

Letter carrier gets 5 months for stashing mail

Indianapolis Star