Mailer sentenced to prison for defrauding USPS

Trial of bulk mail tech he allegedly conspired with begins Wednesday.
Mount Pleasant (MI) Morning Sun

Armed Robber Holds Up Akron Mail Man

WOIO TV Cleveland

2009 Price-Change Stamps Unveiled

USPS News Release

Postal worker charged with theft of mail

Quincy (MA) Patriot Ledger

Mailman Finds Delivery Route Altered By Recession

NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday

USPS puts three Houston post offices on sales block

Houston Business Journal

Potter to execs: honor the contract

Letter Carrier Connection (.pdf file)

USPS OIG: Postal managers bought HD-TVs, TiVos, video games, designer watches with postal funds

postalnews blog
Update: the USPS has reportedly suspended the eAwards program until further notice.

More electric company payments missing in Connecticut

MSNBC

USPS Intelligent Mail Barcode and Direct Mailing Industry: Rhetoric vs. Reality

Postcom.org

NYC mailman among 3 charged in tax refund scam

Newsday

Connecticut Light and Power Payments Lost in Mail

WNLK Norwalk CT

UPS chief says postal service is "doing a better job running itself like a business"

... and says UPS isn't interested in delivering first class mail
MSNBC

USPS picks ad agency for $1 million "strategic messaging" account

PR Week

Postman carrying a lighter mailbag

Dubuque Times Herald

Postal Service to Revamp Bulk Mail Center Network

Plans don't include contracting out
PARCEL
see also the Mailhandler Union web site -

South Dakota contractor pleads guilty to stealing mail

Associated Press via KXMC TV Minot (ND)

UPS Expands Territory for Early A.M. Delivery

Press release

South Carolina postal employee indicted for theft

Press release

Five Or Six Day Mail Delivery?

The Big Fat Marketing Blog

Former Illinois carrier is suspect in undelivered mail

Jacksonville (IL) Journal Courier

NALC's Young: Cooperation doesn't mean ignoring the contract

Statement of NALC President Young On Compliance with National Agreement- NALC Bulletin

USPS Cuts Post Office Hours, Upsetting Customers

WSOC TV Charlotte

Rare but possible: Ads on collection boxes

Media Life Magazine

White powder scare closes mail center overnight

MSNBC

Paying the Postal Service

Minot Daily News

Will Netflix dump the red envelope?

CNBC

All in a Day's Work

rescuing lost children, saving lives...
FedSmith

Editorial: Saving Snail Mail Still Makes Sense

Tampa Tribune

Dogs Maul Postal Carrier Over Weekend

KMBC Kansas City

Plan to cut 1 day of mail doesn't go far enough

Arizona Star

Postal carrier dies after falling on metal marker in Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo News

Credit card direct mail volume down dramatically

Exceptions: airlines, Wal-Mart
DMNews

USPS loss for FY 2009 to date tops a billion, January mail volume down 16%

PRC filings show the USPS lost $751 million in January
postalnews blog

Congress to probe why PMG's pay soared as USPS finances tanked

Washington Times

NAPUS disputes PRC Public Representative's proposal to privatize post offices

NAPUS

Letter carrier sees mail decline first hand

Southtown (IL) Star

Post office cutbacks could hurt churches

New Orleans Times Picayune

Is The OIG Issuing "Tickets"?

The Eagles Den Blog

Changes to BMC network coming soon?

postalnews blog

Inquiry urged over embezzled APWU funds

Houston Chronicle

Mississippi postmaster attacked in robbery

Vicksburg Post

USPS cuts pay for newly hired casuals

NAPUS Hotline via postalnews blog

League President: Sylvester Black's remarks just a symptom of "sick management style" in "many areas and districts"

National League of Postmasters - Presidents Message -

Ex-postal worker gets probation for stealing mailed gift cards

St Petersburg Times

Truck driver admits stealing, destroying mail

Buffalo News

Neighbors battle postal service

Ft. Myers News-Press

Postal workers picket at Industry plant

San Gabriel Valley (CA) Tribune

Valpak Dubs Itself 'Original Consumer Stimulus Package'

BrandWeek

Settlement reached in postal job scam

Wichita Eagle

Driver who cost letter carrier her sight, both legs, and normal brain function gets five years in prison

WMGM TV Atlantic City

Valassis: Layoffs Will Continue as It Reduces Newspaper Coupon Business

"Basically, it’s a double whammy for newspapers from which they will never recover. The only winner here will be the U.S. Postal Service."
BNET Advertising

Postal officials accused of threatening some managers, saying they should be 'executed'

Sioux Falls (SD) Argus Leader
click here to read the original complaint from NAPS -

Connecticut postal worker caught with pot

Greenwich Time

Panel Chair Has Window Into Postal Service

Washington Post

USPS Rate Hike Will Sock Small Parcel Shippers

multichannelmerchant

No injuries in mail truck mishap

Lewiston-Auburn (ME) Sun Journal

When changing a carrier's route caused a national uproar

MetroWest Daily News
(note: the writer didn't know how the story ended- click here to find out...)

Dispute Over USPS Two-Tour Initiative Appealed to Arbitration

APWU - Industrial Relations
Click here for a copy of the appeal and the parties' 15-Day Statements -

FMLA Coordinators Soliciting Release of Medical Information to USPS Law Dept.

Denver Mailhandlers Local 321 web site via postalnewsblog.com

Postmaster to Country: Lick My Stamps!

NBC Philadelphia

Tough times for the post office, but not for the Postmaster General

ABC News

Postal service hits back at criticism of postmaster general's pay

CNN
details of the Postmaster General's $857k compensation deal -

Portsmouth postal workers fear for jobs

Portsmouth (NH) Herald

Ranking GOP member on House Oversight Committee addresses NALC gathering

postalnews.tv

A Case Where Congress Did Something Right ... Well Almost

NAPS Legislative & Regulatory Update

APWU Leads Protests of Florida Consolidation Plans

APWU News

USPS Smacks Nonprofit Mailers Again

NonProfit Times

Catalog Prospecting Rate? Not This Year

multichannelmerchant.com

Postal workers deliver for coworker

Killeen (TX) Daily Herald -

USPS Uses RFID to Manage Vehicles, Drivers

RFID Journal

For mail, the end of the line

No more home delivery to new developments
Waterbury Republican-American

House may consider resolution backing six day delivery

Federal Times

Postal customers angered at early closing

WHDH TV Boston

Moonie paper catches up with postalnews- after a couple of months...

postalnews blog

Commentary: New rates are first nail in the coffin for IMB

Postcom.org

Washington letter carrier credited with saving woman's life

Seattle Times

USPS changes holiday operations

KREM TV Spokane

Postal vehicles in Dallas to be tracked by GPS

Postalmag.com

Americans Advocate Reduced Services to Help Postal Service

Gallup Poll

Royal Mail privatisation plans 'dead in the water'

The Telegraph

Mailman rescues woman after week trapped on own kitchen floor

New York Daily News

Postal workers seek help to keep work

Mansfield (OH) News Journal

A postage stamp hike - sealed with a kiss

St. Paul Pioneer Press

PARS Software Grievance Resolved

APWU News

Connecticut postal worker suing for another chance

Litchfield Register Citizen

Mail industry ponders its future after rate hike - DMNews

DMNews.com

Minneapolis mail handler may have your Best Buy reward

A Minneapolis postal worker is being investigated for allegedly using at least 16,000 certificates to buy merchandise.
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Sylvester Black letter on "Zero Tolerance"

Iowa APWU web site

NAPUS President backs call for AVP's removal

NAPUS Hotline

Stimulus Bill Makes Tracks for White House – USPS Left at Station

also: H.R. 1 Provides $250 Tax Credit for CSRS and FERS Retirees
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter

PRC's Blair: USPS needs more financial transparency

Postal Regulatory Commission

OIC gets probation for stealing

State College (PA) Centre Daily

APWU Denounces USPS Rate Proposal

Planned Rate Hike Would Continue "Failed Strategies"
APWU News

NAPS calls for removal of Western Area VP, Dakotas DM for "inflammatory remarks"

"Some managers ought to be taken out and executed."
NAPS via postalnews blog
Update: League President weighs in on Western AVP comments -

Mail carrier faulted for not cutting across snow covered lawn

Buffalo News

Postal service offers fired letter carrier another job

USPS "... bombarded this week with complaints from locals"
Coeur d'Alene Press

More Lakeland Postal Jobs Threatened

Lakeland (FL) Ledger

Is It Time for a Postal Service 2.0?

Business Week

Postal Service considers shifting some operations from Springfield to Hartford

Springfield (MA) Republican

Attempts to Secure USPS Pre-Funding Relief Continue

NAPS Legislative/Regulatory Update

Twin Cities plant project to go ahead

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Early bird mail worm: $1,288 fee

New York Daily News

UPS and Postal Service launch pilot returns service

Internet Retailer

Louisiana postal worker arrested for buying drugs at work

Monroe News Star

Catalogers get a break

Catalog Postal Rates To Rise 2.3%, First Class 4.5%
Multichannel Merchant

USPS may study consolidating Utica, Binghamton into Syracuse

WKTV Utica

APWU can't afford to publish its magazine next month?

APWU News

Postage Prices to Increase May 11

USPS Press release

Long recession could stymie USPS struggle for solvency

Federal Times

APWU blasts USPS response to postal financial crisis

APWU News

Postal worker hero loses his job

Coeur d'Alene (ID) Press

Failing to deliver? Postal service cutbacks have marketers, publishers worried

BtoB Magazine

Zumbox creates an all-digital alternative to the U.S. Postal Service

VentureBeat

Postal carrier arrested, suspected of stealing mail

San Diego Union-Tribune

Earth Class Mail to sell business units in major focus shift

TechFlash

Plugging in the Postal Service

PRC Commissioner Ruth Goldway op-ed piece for the New York Times

Expanding, Tweaking, and Rethinking FSS

Dead Tree Edition

Saving universal service from an economic storm

President's Message, NALC Postal Record

Lawmaker to reintroduce FERS sick leave bill

Federal Times
see also "Insurance or Entitlement?" at Federal News Radio -

Postal workers shrug off bomb threats

Mankato (MN) Free Press

No Day Is a Good Day for No Mail

From Mags to Coupons, Call for Five-Day Service Has Everyone Scrambling
Advertising Age

Snow Keeps Mailman Away For Week

WRTV Indianapolis

Falling numbers are adding up to Postal Service cuts

Buffalo News

Public to have say on Wilkes-Barre move

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader

Coupon shuffle in Cleveland area Sunday papers

RedPlum switches to direct mail
WKYC TV Cleveland

Printers, ACMA Head Defend Five-Day Postal Delivery

multichannelmerchant.com

Audio: PMG Potter on NPR's Talk of the Nation

NPR Media Player

Mail carrier who stole checks on route sentenced to prison

Detroit Free Press

Mail Matters

"... the Postal Service has a better claim on federal support than Bear Stearns or General Motors"
The Nation

Labor-friendly Congressman to chair postal oversight subcommittee

Postcom.org

Postal Service says study won't seal Long Beach facility's fate

Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram

PMG briefs BOG on plans to insure viability of USPS

USPS News Link

Lakeland Postal Center May Be Moved

Lakeland (FL) Ledger

Miklwaukee P&DC project on hold

Business Journal of Milwaukee

USPS OKs two-way postage for reusable envelopes

DMNews

Ex-postal worker accused of taking Metro passes

St Louis Post-Dispatch

Sen. Susan Collins: Abandoning six-day mail delivery is unacceptable

Foster's Daily Democrat

Postal investigation of Amazon 'ongoing,' but details are scarce

TechFlash

USPS debuts new service standards rating process

Press release

NAPS to sue USPS over EAS representation issues

postalnews blog

Sarasota postal workers to protest job cuts and move

Sarasota Herald Tribune

Mailers ask administration to help USPS

The Mailers Council

Social Security checks delayed in Albany

Albany Times Union (... and more from Albany: "Loudonville-bound state pension checks missing") -

USPS loses $384 million in 1st quarter

USPS Newslink
BOG Financial Update presentation via postcom.or

Ex-Postal Worker Gets Probation, Fine In Netflix Thefts

Tampa Tribune

Area employees get timeline for staffing reductions

Great Lakes Area News Bulletin (identical timelines were given to employees in other Area offices)

UPS picks up DHL business, cuts 401(k) match

Louisville Courier-Journal

Operations could be reduced at Winchester VA PO

Northern Virginia Daily

Pit bulls attack Phoenix postal carrier

Arizona Republic

PRC Chairman Blair Addresses Five-Day Delivery Prospect

multichannelmerchant.com

Injunction on Bridgeport move denied

Connecticut Post

Postal Service Pushes the Envelope, Then Folds

Bloomberg.com

Mailman charged with holding, snooping through letters

New Orleans Times-Picayune

Could shrinking the post office help newspapers?

Nieman Journalism Lab

Massachusetts carrier charged with workers comp fraud

Press release

Post office here has already cut back

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Cut in mail delivery seen as no big deal

Norwich (CT) Bulletin

Akron PO celebrates anniversary

Akron Beacon Journal

Burrus: PMG's testimony missed the mark

APWU News

Amazon target of mysterious postal investigation

TechFlash

Some Zanesville postal work could be moved

Zanesville (OH) Times Recorder