The "perfect mailstream"- from the customer's point of view

Postcom.org

DHL Ending Deliveries- USPS Targets Customers

WHIO TV Dayton

Mailers Council reacts to USPS deficit projection, 5-day delivery proposal

Press release

Postal Apocalypse Now

eNAPUS Legislative & Political Newsletter

Blaming the Post Office's Problems on the Media

Washington Post Federal Eye

Experts See Dim Future for USPS

Fox News

Five-Day Mail Delivery? Not So Fast

Washington Post

Young: "no plans to eliminate six-day delivery"

NALC Press release

Idaho postal worker saves elderly woman

Deseret News

2 ex-Oklahoma postal workers sentenced

The Oklahoman

Senators balk at proposal to cut back mail delivery days

Federal Times

Postal Service May Cut Deliveries

Washington Post
... and for a completely different take on the news, check Wonkette...

Man charged in sexual assault of letter carrier

Everett (WA) Herald

A smarter, smaller Postal Service?

Dead Tree Edition

Letter Carrier Saves Mail from Burning Delivery Truck

WFMZ-TV Allentown PA

Key points made by participants in today's hearing

Postcom

PMG's prepared statement for today's hearing

Key points:
- will seek to open talks with unions to "create needed levels of workforce flexibility"
- forecasts first "year-to-year revenue decline since 1946"
- will ask Congress to repeal six day delivery requirement
- seeks end to pre-funding retiree health benefits
via Intelisent.com
Click here to view the hearing video when it becomes available.

USPS Area offices to reduce staffing levels

postalnews blog

Senate sub-committee to hear from PMG, PRC Chair, GAO on USPS finances

The hearing is scheduled for 2:30 PM EST click the link for the webcast
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Georgia supervisor pleads guilty to embezzlement

Florida Times Union

Union, Postal Service differ on cutting job hours

Philadelphia Daily News

Postal worker critical after falling on ice

The Oklahoman

San Gabriel Valley's postal hub could cut service

Whittier Daily News

Judge may rule on Bridgeport equipment moves by Thursday

Connecticut Post

PMG Potter to Address Worsening USPS Finances Wednesday

NAPS Update

Connecticut AG: Don’t put kid’s pics on photo stamps

Press release

HQ shakeup: CFO replaced, Sales and Marketing Departments to merge

USPS News Link

Contract COLA: 0%

NALC News

Cutting corners, other USPS plans

APWU News

USPS to study consolidating Industry (CA) P&DC

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Will the USPS Ask for a Second Postage Increase?

DIRECT

DMA, coalition of publishers and associations, urge postal relief

BtoB Magazine

APWU heads to court to try to prevent moving Bridgeport jobs to Stamford

Bridgeport News

Significant Changes Expected; Sacrifices Must Be Shared, Burrus Says

APWU News

It's curtains for the window envelope

Dead Tree Edition

Lessons Learned: Revisiting the Anthrax Attacks

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center press release

Cher lobbying Postal Service for Sonny stamp

Palm Springs Desert Sun

Letter carrier charged in theft

Detroit News

Pitney Bowes is a bright spot in Calif. job scene

Greenwich Time

Postal worker pleads guilty to stealing gift cards

Arizona Republic

Mental treatment ordered for postal worker guilty of fraud

Associated Press

Man gets 2 years for assaulting pregnant mail carrier for pot package

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Rumor has it that the rumors were wrong…

postalnews blog

Contract carrier steals cash and DVD's from mail

Associated Press

Postal Rate Expected to Increase 4 Percent

Folio

Postal service moving jobs out of downtown Bridgeport post office

Bridgeport (CT) News

Mail-hoarding carriers uncommon but embarrassing

Associated Press

Woman turns junk mail into art

KRQE YV Albuquerque

Pot, Postal Service -- A Bad Combination

NBC Chicago

Postal Hike Capped At 3.8% Average

NonProfit Times

Postal Stimulus Initiative

also: Playing Defense – Again, White House and the Congress Filling Slots
eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin

Don’t Knock the Post Office

Matthew Yglesias for Think Progress

Postal Service Cuts Off SRO Tenants; Defies State and Local Law

BeyondChron.org

Letter carrier to be sentenced for mail theft

Alton (IL) Telegraph

Burrus addresses postal rumors

APWU News: Burrus Update

Postal costs to go up less than 4% -- maybe

Dead Tree Edition

NAPS Prez Sees Racism in USPS Absence Policy on Inauguration Day

PostalMag.com

Pennsylvania PMR indicted for embezzling money orders

Press release

Earth Class Mail wants online delivery to be part of Universal Service Obligation

Earth Class Mail Blog

Post office says military vet owes $3,000 for time spent in service before he can retire

Flint Journal

PCES Getting Older, Not Staying Longer, GAO says

FederalDaily.com

Postal service to move sorting work out of Canton to Akron

Akron Beacon Journal

Letter carrier loses job after going to shot fiance's side

Greenville News
Update: USPS relents, says it won't fire her after all Associated Press

USPS, Management Associations meet on NPA issues

postalnews blog

Federal Workers Delaying Retirement Because of Economic Crisis

Washington Post

Low-tech identity theft: it's in your mailbox

Connecticut Post

How USPS Will Deal With Inauguration Day in DC

DCist

Bulk Mail Entry Units to be upgraded

USPS News Link

City Council to examine options after Postal Service loses 6,500 newletters

Wisconsin State Journal

Mansfield (OH) post office again faces mail shift

Mansfield News Journal

Tiny Washington town ( pop. 200) will keep post office

Bellingham Herald

Postal history lessons

University of Washington Professor Richard B. Kielbowicz has published a collection of his papers on postal history and policy. Most have electronic versions available for download. And for something completely different, check out Molly Wright Steenson's research project on Postal services and pneumatic tube systems in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Mail call

Technology, availability alter how mail is sent, received
Vicksburg Post

Former DHL customers turn to USPS

Louisville Courier-Journal

Post office feline sparks cat fight in small Alabama town

KARE TV Minneapolis - St Paul

Missing Social Security Checks A ‘Wake-Up Call’

SSA pushes direct deposit
Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph

Website charging for "info" on USPS Jobs

KTVX TV Salt Lake City

Philadelphia P.O. design doesn't deliver, either

Philadelphia Inquirer

New postal delivery routes worry city business owners

Middletown (CT) Press

Postal Service will study consolidating Wilkes-Barre distribution facility

Wilkes Barre Citizens' Voice

Kentucky Postmaster Charged With Identity Theft

KYPost.com

USPS, Capital One dispute remains in discovery after six months

DMNews

Mail carrier to thief: Take that, you dog

Cincinnati Enquirer

For the post office: snow, rain. and now gloom of recession

TIME

USPS seeks contractors for "Secured Destruction of Undeliverable As Addressed Mail"

Federal Business Opportunities

The Unofficial Guide to Flats Sequencing

Dead Tree Edition

Social Security checks missing in Texas

KLTV 7 News Tyler

Georgia PMR gets jail for taking funds

Florida Times Union

California postal worker indicted for allegedly opening letters, stealing cash

Associated Press

Declining Volume, Killing the Messenger, Excessive Discounts

APWU Burrus Update

"Goin' Postal" CEO Goes Postal On Fire Marshal

Pasco (FL) Tribune

Postal routes get updates, adjustments

Contra Costa (CA) Times

Thieves target collection boxes

Wilson County (TX) News

Hundreds of gift cards “lost” at the post office

WHAS TV Louisville

Appeals Court Favors APWU in Latest Round of AMS Dispute

APWU News

Snow's gone, but some FedEx, UPS delivery complaints remain

... customer says postal workers were "the real heroes of the storm"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Postal Service Sees Less Mail In Slumping Economy

National Public radio

The year that lies ahead

Gene Del Polito commentary for Mailing and Technology Systems

Postal Service set for big shift

Some routes, delivery times will change
Detroit Free Press

Major Changes for USPS in 2009?

Tom 's Blog at Postalmag.com

Smoking mail brings out bomb squad

Cincinnati Enquirer

Alcohol issue addressed: Small town to keep post office

Abilene Reporter-News

Maine’s mail marathon

Bangor Daily News

Extension for finalizing route adjustment packages

NALC

Iowa letter carrier lauded for helping elderly woman

Southwest Iowa News

Hearing Held In Postmaster’s Death

Wheeling (WV) News-Register

Letter carrier questions motives of Hatch Act probe

Pine Bluff (AR) Commercial

Michigan: Ex-mail carrier expected to plead to federal charge

Livingston (MI) Press & Argus

Idaho: Postal workers weathering tough conditions

Bonner County Daily Bee