postalnews.com: April 2009

Thursday, April 30

What’s Wrong …and What Can Be Done
APWU President's Viewpoint, American Postal Worker magazine Comment
Postal Service may close New Castle PA mail center
Associated Press Comment
Staten Island Residents Sound-Off On USPS Plan At Public Hearing
NY1 News Comment
The state of the postal service: You've got (no) mail
The Economist Comment
Catalog Tracker: Mailings Scarce in February, E-mails Up
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
Jobs won't leave even if mail is sorted off Staten Island, postal workers told
Staten Island Advance Comment
Iowa town sees end to post office impasse
Des Moines Register Comment
Mail carriers aim to collect 1 million pounds of food
Las Vegas Sun Comment
Woman pleads not guilty to bomb threats at Minnesota post offices, newspaper
St Paul Pioneer Press Comment
Postal carrier pleads guilty to burglary, possessing stolen property
San Diego Union-Tribune Comment
Wednesday, April 29
USPS CFO, COO provide updates at MTAC meeting
- volume forecast lowered to 180 billion pieces
- volume and revenue trends continue downward
- standard volume down 20% in Q2
Postcom.org Comment
USPS Joins MasterCard Easy Savings Program
"5 percent rebate for shipping services purchased online at the Postal Service website"
Press release Comment
Residents grumble about North Port post office
Sarasota Herald Tribune Comment
Chicago will have last 24-hour post office in U.S.
Chicago Tribune Comment
Queens mail could get rerouted to Brooklyn
Queens Courier Comment
New Slim-Jim Standards to Kick In May 11
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
Don't close main Palm Beach post office, callers tell mayor
Palm Beach Daily News Comment
Tuesday, April 28
Dallas NALC Local has appealed 2,100 grievances in the last 6 months
NALC Lone Star Branch newsletter via Postalmag.com Comment
25 chicks left at post office rescued
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Comment
Swine Flu Guide for Federal Workers
Washington Post Federal Eye Comment
Online Postage Tools Can Save You Time and Money
PC World Comment
Letter to the Editor: A novel way for Postal Service to cut costs
Mansfield (OH) News Journal Comment
Another Delay for Intelligent Mail?
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Texas Post Office robberies connected
The (Brazoria County TX) Facts Comment
Postal Service interested in selling historic Palm Beach post office
Palm Beach Daily News Comment
Kentucky Postal Worker Sentenced In Federal Court
WBKO TV Bowling Green KY Comment
Court Favors APWU In Latest Round of AMS Dispute
APWU News Comment
Mail Carrier Indicted On Mail Theft Charges
KMGH TV Denver Comment
Letter carrier/robber sentenced
Bradenton Herald Comment
Monday, April 27
Contract Driver Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft
WOWK-TV Huntington WV Comment
Appeals Court reverses MSPB on "zero tolerance" removal
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Comment
The OIG Wants to Know How You Feel about Sick Leave
USPS OIG Blog Comment
Georgia man sentenced in beating of mail carrier
Macon Telegraph Comment
Senate to Consider Legislation Giving Sick Leave Credit to FERS Retirees
APWU News Comment
In SoHo, They Hate the Post Office But Don’t Want to Lose It
New York Times Comment
"Lost" New Deal murals turn up in USPS office
Philadelphia Inquirer Comment
Four seriously injured in crash with postal truck
Minneapolis Star Tribune Comment
Sunday, April 26
Netflix: Kiosks Will Be No.1 Competitor, Future of Video Is Social
"believes there is still a lot of growth in its rental by mail business... doesn’t believe that a streaming-only subscription would drive as big a shift away from DVDs as people think"
NewTeeVee.com Comment
Liberating the Postal Service
Commentary for Postcom.org by A. Lee Fritschler, Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, former Chairman of the PRC (.pdf file) Comment
Saturday, April 25
Postal service truck hits sheriff’s deputy
Rockford (IL) Register Star Comment
PostCom podcast on the upcoming National Postal Forum
featuring PostCom President Gene Del Polito, NPF executive director Mike Genick, and the Postal Service's Alixe Johnson
PostCom.org Comment
Boston postal worker arrested after driving, crashing mail truck without a license
Blast Magazine Comment
Federal Court Orders Postal Service To Reconsider Mailing of Illegal Animal Fighting Magazines
Humane Society of the United States Comment
Debate over mail delivery continues in Elko
Elko (NV) Daily Free Press Comment
Man attempts to rob South Bend mail carrier
South Bend Tribune Comment
Former postal employee indicted for workers comp fraud
Glens Falls (NY) Post Star Comment
As volume of mail decreases, Postal Service drops collection boxes
South Bend (IN) Tribune Comment
Friday, April 24
This week's NAPUS Hotline
NAPUS web site Comment
Woman Indicted in Post Office Threats
KAAL TV Austin MN Comment
A mid fiscal year assessment
PRC Chairman Dan Blair's "A Word From the Chairman"
Postal Regulatory Commission web site Comment
Murray Comarow responds to "Georg Jensen"'s "The Imminent Death of the U.S. Postal Service?"
Postcom.org Comment
USPS seeks contractors to electrify LLVs
Federal Business Opportunities Comment
Will Vehicle Cuts Really Help USPS?
The Big Fat Marketing Blog Comment
Post office's blue boxes not safe at night
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Comment
Gamefly: we’d like the same deal Netflix has!
postalnews blog Comment
Postal Worker Accused Of Stealing Mail
KETV Omaha Comment
City Wanted Post Office Building for Free — or for a Fee
Kitsap (WA) Sun Comment
Congressman Calls for GAO Audit On Closing Florida Mail Center
Lakeland (FL) Ledger Comment
APWU: Our Battles Over ‘Tour Compression’ Initiatives
APWU Maintenance Divison Comment
Thursday, April 23
USPS ‘Clarifies’ Some Early-Retirement Deadlines
APWU News Comment
More bad numbers ahead for USPS
Federal Times: Fedline blog Comment
PostCom: Rural carriers to fight "Summer Sale"?
Postcom.org Comment
DMA's Jerry Cerasale on the Proposed USPS 'Summer Sale'
Target Marketing Comment
PRC to host briefing on "Postal Product Innovation and New Opportunities for Postal Commerce"
Federal Register Comment
Feds to end some newspaper, magazine subscriptions since "most publications can be found online"
Associated Press Comment
Victims say more was taken than just mail in theft scheme
They say they have a difficult time trusting the Postal Service
Muncie (IN) Star Press Comment
Wednesday, April 22
U.S. Postal Service taps optimization software to slash transportation costs
Green IT - InfoWorld Comment
USPS Unveils Further Details on 'Summer Sale' DMA Provides Update on Current Outline
Direct Marketing Association Comment
Mail Monster: Carrier Rifles Through Mail, Pockets Anything With Monetary Value
WOIO TV Cleveland Comment
Chrysler pitches electric minivans for mail carriers
Detroit Free Press Comment
Letter carrier charged with theft of mail
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Comment
UPS May Say Revenue Fell for Only Second Time on Shipping Slump
Bloomberg Comment
New Jersey postal worker accused of using stolen credit card info to steal $7,500
New Brunswick Courier News Comment
Authorities say Muncie trio makes mail theft a family affair
Muncie (IN) Star Press Comment
Detroit Letter Carrier Robbed
WDIV Detroit Comment
Tuesday, April 21
83 Year Old Carrier Gets Safe Driving Award
MyNC.com Comment
APWU Initiates Dispute Over USPS Failure to Furnish Notice of Changes to PS Form 1723
APWU - Industrial Relations Comment
USPS to reduce fleet by 10,000 vehicles
to reduce costs, help environment...
USPS News Link Comment
APWU publishes PowerPoint slideshow to promote HR 22
APWU News Comment
BookSwim: Netflix for books?
CNET News Comment
Omaha Post Office Robbers Caught
WOWT TV Omaha Comment
Post office juggling routes
Lafayette (IN) Journal and Courier Comment
Postal contract carrier accused of theft
McAllen (TX) Monitor Comment
Mail carrier signs, seals and delivers 50 years of service
Bakersfield Californian Comment
Monday, April 20
APWU-Led Consolidation Protests Gather Steam, Gain Public Support
APWU News Comment
Authorities searching for Jacksonville post office gunman
Man terrorized employees, customer during robbery attempt
Florida Times Union Comment
USPS looking for supplier for standardized ID cards
Federal Business Opportunities Comment
Mail Bans, Postal Woes
Graphic Arts Online
in the same issue: "National Postal Forum: Key Event" - Comment
New Deal art filled post offices
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Comment
Sunday, April 19
Going Postal
The Imminent Death of the U.S. Postal Service?
The American Interest Magazine Comment
Saturday, April 18
Collection box stolen on Tax Day recovered in Sun City
KVOA News 4, Tucson, Arizona Comment
WV Congressman Pushes Resolution to Maintain Six-Day Mail Service - Huntington News Network
Huntington News Network Comment
Man held for trial in beating, robbery of Pennsylvania letter carrier
Philadelphia Daily News Comment
Postcom reader: “Summer sale” raises lots of issues
Postcom.org via postalnews blog Comment
Friday, April 17
Q&A on rural route adjustments effective next Saturday
Rural Carrier Updates (.pdf file) Comment
Illinois rural carrier dies in accident on route
Bureau County (IL) Republican Comment
USPS ends Associate Supervisor Program (ASP)
NAPUS Hotline Comment
Florida ongressman calls for review of plan to cut local postal jobs
Bradenton Herald Comment
UPS, DHL end negotiations over $1 billion contract
Atlanta Journal Constitution Comment
Netflix Subscribers See Red Over Cracked Blu-ray Discs
"It almost looks like Netflix doesn't want to deal with the problem and they are pushing people to complain about the postal system"
Wired Comment
APWU Local Shows Support for H.R. 22 at New York City Rally
APWU News Comment
The Facts and Fictions of Online Shipping Costs
>E-Commerce Times Comment
The Limitations of USPS Delivery Confirmation
Auctioncope Comment
Collection box stolen in Arizona
Sun City Daily News-Sun Comment
Mailman accused of not delivering bulk business mail, political flyers
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Comment
Postal worker threw away mail because it was printed on inferior paper
KARE TV Minneapolis St Paul Comment
Post office robber, asssailant sentenced
WVTM TV Birmingham Comment
Thursday, April 16
Mail Moves America Update
Postcom.org Comment
SF City Attorney Threatens Discrimination Lawsuit Against USPS
Fog City Journal Comment
Postcom runs the numbers for summer postage discount program
DIRECT Comment
Commentary: First-Class Inefficiency
Forbes Comment
Postal employee and conspirator indicted in scheme to steal over $682,000 in stamps
DOJ Press release Comment
Tax Day lines dwindle at post office
Boston Globe Comment
Late Tax Returns, Angry Tax Payers After Post Office Closes
WOWK-TV Charleston WV Comment
Tulsa postal protest battles closure
The Oklahoman Comment
NY Postal Union Protests Cutbacks and Closings
Epoch Times Comment
James A. Farley Post Office to close 24-hour window
New York Daily News Comment
Wednesday, April 15
Burrus: ‘Summer Sale’ Will Discount Our Future
APWU News Comment
Catalog Mailers Like Mailing Discount, Probably Won’t Use It
Media Buyer Planner Comment
Mailers Like Postal Discount Idea, Balk at Timing
DIRECT Comment
Public meeting held to discuss Zanesville consolidatiion plans
Zanesville (OH) Times Recorder Comment
Editorial: Last-minute filers will find post offices closed tonight
"U.S. Postal Service gets a thumbs down for not staying open late tonight"
Greensboro (NC) News-Record Comment
Voluntary Early Retirement update
NALC Latest News Comment
Despite rally, Postal Service planning to move some processing off Staten Island
Staten Island Advance Comment
Tuesday, April 14
Making NPA Changes at Mid-year
League of Postmasters Advocate magazine (.pdf file) Comment
Summer Postal Rate Rollback May Make Big Mailers Big Winners
DIRECT Magazine Comment
DMM Advisory: May 11 Price Change – Updated Price List, New MailPro Available
click here for the price list, or here for MailPro
DMM Advisory Comment
Users face bulk mail blues
Advertiser bemoans costly slow delivery...
Buffalo News Comment
Video: Effort to stop junk mail meets resistance
WVTM TV Birmingham Comment
Newspaper asks: Would stopping mail on Saturdays hurt your business?
Sacramento Bee Comment
Nashville man convicted of robbing postal worker
The Tennessean Comment
Acting VPs named for Network Operations and Delivery & PO Operations
postalnews blog Comment
Monday, April 13
Leveraging Postal Service Purchasing Power to Generate Revenue
USPS OIG Blog Comment
Stamped Over Relocation Program
Human Resource Executive Online Comment
USPS changes insurance claims processing
AuctionBytes Comment
Ask President Burrus: Did the Postal Service really give our payroll records to the newspapers?
APWU web site Comment
USPS, ACMA Comment on Summer Catalog Mail Sale
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
Trade mag meeting hears "grim news" from USPS
Audience Development Comment
Pacific Grove postman still delivering at 78
Monterey Herald Comment
Post Offices Won’t Stay Open Until Midnight On Tax Day
WFPL Louisville Comment
Sunday, April 12
Some rural carriers not happy about "Summer Sale"
ruralinfo.net Comment
Mailing systems rivals Neopost, Pitney Bowes share industry, home state
Greenwich Time Comment
Pinehurst Post office hours cause emotional mail storm
Fayetteville Observer Comment
Saturday, April 11
Spam Replacing Postal Junk Mail?
Slashdot Comment
Problem Solver: Is it smart for an online business to use direct mail?
DMNews Comment
Texas RCA sentenced to prison for mail and identity theft
Press release Comment
DMA statement on proposed USPS 'Summer Sale'
DMA web site Comment
NAPUS Hotline
... cancelling cleaning contracts, employee organization presidents meet with BOG and more...
NAPUS Comment
Friday, April 10
Your next bank: The Postal Service?
Federal Times Comment
Fowl Play? Michigan mail carriers dealing with agressive turkeys
Grand Haven Tribune Comment
USPS Playing "Let's Make A Deal"
Dead Tree Edition Comment
DMM Advisory: Intelligent Mail® Services Weekly Update
USPS DMM Advisory Comment
Flint postal workers protest move to process Saturday mail in Pontiac
Flint Journal Comment
Fixing the Financial Woes of the Post Office
Brief audio report from WTOP Washington Comment
Valpak franchises opening up
DMNews.com Comment
Reservists Pay Safety Net
also- more on "FERS flu" remedy...
Federal News Radio Comment
Thursday, April 9
USPS tells NAPS information on RIF still not ready
NAPS/USPS April Consultative notes
see also: "NAPS to 'fully exercise our consultative rights under Title 39' on RIF issues" Comment
More executive changes at USPS HQ
USPS News Link
see also Postcom's summary of yesterday's announcements - Comment
Postal Service Launches 'The Simpsons' Stamps
Washington Post Comment
Postal Service to slash carrier routes
Federal Times Comment
Post office praises hero
Carrier checked on woman to find she had fallen
Coeur d'Alene Press Comment
West Virginia Postal Worker to Face Federal Charges
WTRF-TV Charleston Comment
Postal carrier to be tried on 9 charges
Detective: Man took gift cards and cash
San Diego Union-Tribune Comment
Postmaster indicted in theft of $106,500
Middletown (NY) Times Herald Record Comment
Study considers consolidation for Zanesville
Zanesville Times Recorder Comment
USPS publishes new rules for insurance claims
Federal register Comment
Wednesday, April 8
NALC, USPS agree to new interim route adjustment process
NALC web site (.pdf file) Comment
Columnist: Can't deliver a good defense for junk mail
Los Angeles Times see also Gene Del Polito's response - Comment
Postal Service looks to consolidate city carrier routes
USPS & NALC "could reach an agreement... as early as this week to consolidate letter carrier routes in the face of dropping mail volume"
Federal Times Comment
'Postal positions' ads won't deliver on promises of a job
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Comment
Lakeland Mail Center: No Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Snow
Lakeland (FL) Ledger Comment
Senators Ask Postal Service to Reconsider WV REC Closing
Metronews Charleston (WV) Comment
Postal consolidation faces stiff opposition
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Comment
Postal worker arrested on mail theft charges
WSYR Syracuse Comment
Mail Shenanigans in Maryland county council election?
"Navarro’s campaign is alleging that a supervisor of a Silver Spring post office branch has been blocking their direct mail in the special election"
Maryland Politics Watch Comment
Tuesday, April 7
DMM Advisory: Final rule on letter sized booklets to be published this week
Implementation postponed until Sept. 8, 2009
DMM Advisory (see also the April DMM Update, issued yesterday) Comment
Organizational changes and VERA timelines updated
USPS News Link Extra (note that links in the story only work on the USPS internal network- click here for the external VERA site) Comment
Get to the Post Office early on Tax Day
Late night service on tax night is no more
Virginia Gazette Comment
Post office to cut operating hours at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Cleveland Plain Dealer Comment
No delivery for postcard deemed "obscene"?
New York Post (You can click here to see the postcard) - Comment
Global postal sector feeling the pinch, but financial crisis not all doom and gloom
Report from last week's Universal Postal Union conference
postalnews blog Comment
HR 22: APWU Asks Members to Contact Congress
APWU News Comment
Monday, April 6
Small post offices: A dying breed?
Middletown (NY) Times Herald Record Comment
30 postal workers picket to save Winchester jobs
Winchester (VA) Star Comment
Mail used to come on Sunday
Belleville (IL) News-Democrat Comment
Postal Deficit Grounds Wilderness Mail
NPR's Morning Edition (audio available after 9AM ET) Comment
Smiles, Frowns, Upside Downs
... curious excerpts from the USPS glossary of postal terms
Schott’s Vocab Blog - New York Times Comment
Sunday, April 5
MSPB upholds firing of mailhandler for poor attendance- lack of prior discipline not an issue
Merit Systems Protection Board via PEN Comment
Postal Relief Bill Support Hits 252
also: PRC Issues Compliance Determination and Keeps Tabs on Postal Suspensions
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin Comment
Flats Sequencing Hits Some Bumps
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Delivering the Mail Moment
There's more to the mail than bills...
FedSmith.com Comment
Saturday, April 4
If health insurance companies ran the postal service...
Kansas City Star Midwest Voices Comment
Tulsa postal closure defies customer survey results
The Oklahoman Comment
Providence: Postal Service to trim 30 admin jobs across region
Providence Journal Comment
NAPUS Hotline
NAPUS Comment
Friday, April 3
USPS Agrees to Slow Down District Consolidations
NAPS Legislative Update
note: from the NAPS web site- "The USPS provided NAPS with a copy of a revised timeline on April 2, 2009. NAPS has not agreed with all of the elements of the latest timeline and continues to pursue its consultative rights on this reorganization and downsizing." Comment
Postcom: Shoenfeld out as VP for Shipping and Mailing Services
"PostCom has learned that Mailing Services vice president David Shoenfeld no longer works for the Postal Service." Shoenfeld, a 20 year FedEx employee before joining USPS, was "responsible for the growth and development of all postal mailing products, including First-Class Mail, advertising mail and Parcel Post. These products produce nearly 90 percent of all Postal Service revenue".
Postcom.org Comment
HQ Agrees to "make changes in the timeline for District consolidations and other EAS impacts"
click here for the revised timeline
National Association of Postal Supervisors Comment
Teabags in the mail?
USPS News Link Comment
Midland (OH) residents fight for post office
Wilmington News Journal Comment
Editorial: Postal disservice
Decision to move jobs lacks public openness
Bradenton Herald Comment
USPS to market test LTL-like services
... plan would make use of excess capacity in postal network
Logistics Management Comment
Thursday, April 2
Woman charged with punching out Yonkers postal worker
MidHudsonNews.com Comment
USPS Closing Three REC Centers, 1,490 Jobs Lost
Associated Press
see also this report from WSAZ TV Charleston WV Comment
PRC Chairman Blair: Next Postal Rate Hike: Less than 1%?
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
Is it time for the USPS to price Business Reply as a bulk service?
Gene Del Polito commentary for Postcom.org and click here for two more suggestions from Gene Comment
Postal service plans to cut Idaho backcountry airman's route
Idaho Press-Tribune Comment
Mail Moves America: Workers and Small Business Oppose San Francisco's Job- Killing Do Not Mail Proposal
Mail Moves America release via Postcom.org Comment
Study: Relocation of Winchester (VA) mail sorting would save $1.5 million
Winchester Star Comment
Louisiana TE Carrier pleads guilty to mail theft
Press release Comment
Missouri postmaster is charged with stealing $42,375 from PO
KYTV Springfield MO Comment
Politically Direct: Economic Pinch Impacts US Postal Service
Direct Marketing Association Comment
Wednesday, April 1
Albany (OR) post office paying $10K a month for storage
Albany Democrat-Herald Comment
House Approves Bill to Give Sick-Leave Credit to FERS Retirees
APWU News Comment
Small Parcel Shippers Shocked by USPS Rate Hike
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
Editorial: Congress must let Postal Service change
Rapid City Journal Comment
Iowa Post Office to Close its Doors
KAAL TV Comment
State employee information lost in the mail
Baltimore Sun Comment
Three Manhattan POs to close?
New York Post Comment
Postal Service Confirms Closure of Lakeland Processing Center
Lakeland (FL) Ledger Comment
San Francisco Passes First ‘Do Not Mail’ Resolution in Nation
Press release Comment
The Simpsons get postage stamps
BBC News Comment
Elko: Delivery not delayed by changes: Spokesman says local letters to be sorted here — except for Saturdays
Elko (NV) Daily Free Press Comment
Letters’ link soon to be lost?
Worcester Telegram Comment

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