postalnews.com: May 2009

Sunday, May 31

Man Tries To Rob Post Office, Threatens To Detonate Bomb
WOWT TV Omaha Comment
Saturday, May 30
Rising costs make mass mailing efforts less popular
Arizona Republic Comment
Former carrier gets three months for theft of mail
Alton (IL) Telegraph Comment
Postal service cuts funds that promote food drive
Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle Comment
Idaho Courier Survives Postal Cost-Cutting
New York Times Comment
50 years later, mail man still on job
Hattiesburg American Comment
Friday, May 29
Man dressed as postal worker robs store in Brooklyn
New York Post Comment
Time for the USPS to wake up and smell the coffee
Gene Del Polito commentary for Postcom.org Comment
Postal service finances continued downward spiral in April
postalnews blog Comment
Why USPS Must Consolidate Its Mail-Processing Network
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Georgia: supervisor gets jail time for stealing $57,000
Florida Times Union Comment
Northern Tier (PA) mail truck catches fire
Elmira (NY) Star-Gazette Comment
Thursday, May 28
Letter carrier babysits while grandma, neighbor douse fire
St Paul Pioneer Press Comment
Post office refuses to deliver mail on one way street because carrier would have to turn left???
Portsmouth NH Herald Comment
Mail carrier robbed at gunpoint
Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News Comment
Time for "PostalServiceDeathWatch.com?
Postcom notes the "Newspaper Death Watch" web site, and suggests the USPS is headed down the same path...
PostCom Home Page Comment
Zip code change riles Arizona residents
Arizona Republic Comment
Mail handler sentenced for false military leave claims
Indianapolis Star Comment
Businessman pleads guilty to defrauding USPS
Buffalo News Comment
Electric Drive Vehicles For Mail Delivery: Identifying Key Issues
Paper prepared by Michael Ravnitzky, who is on the staff of the of the Postal Regulatory Commission. See also the presentation "Develop Next Generation Postal LLV Using Stimulus Money for Electric Vehicles?", prepared by Erik Toomre of Mobility Future LLC Comment
Wednesday, May 27
WV Contract Mail Carrier Sentenced for Mail Heist
WHSV TV Harrisonburg VA Comment
Landlord's unpaid utility bill closes Post Office
Watertown (NY) Daily Times Comment
Rasmussen poll: 74% Say $1 Postage Stamp Likely in Next 10 Years
Rasmussen Reports Comment
Postal Service Pursues Hassle-Free Consolidations
Dead Tree Edition Comment
The USPS Responds to GameFly Complaint, Denies Giving Preferential Treatment to Blockbuster
Shacknews Comment
Tuesday, May 26
School bus crashes into PA post office - The York Daily Record
York Daily Record Comment
League President responds to PMG on suspension of PM convention leave
League of Postmasters (.pdf file) Comment
Hey Wait a Minute Mr. Postman
how not to deliver a parcel...
Brooklyn Heights Blog Comment
"Augmnented reality" incorporated into new online ads for PO
Wall Street Journal via Postcom.org Comment
The fight over rehiring retirees
Federal Times Comment
Post Offices Present and Preserve Work of Hundreds of New Deal Artists
Washington Post Comment
USPS wants to sell greeting cards in post offices
Federal Business Opportunities Comment
Monday, May 25
Letter carriers honored for lifesaving efforts
Gloucester County (NJ) Times Comment
Saturday, May 23
Slidell postal worker guilty in theft of mail
Baton Rouge Advocate Comment
Some postal operations might be shifted from Quincy IL to Springfield
Springfield IL State Journal-Register Comment
Postal Service to pay less for homes to relocate workers
CNN Comment
Friday, May 22
NAPUS Accuses USPS of Breach of Faith For Suspension of Convention Leave
NAPUS press release (.pdf file) Comment
Live From the ACMA Forum: H.R. 22 Should Be Law By Year’s End
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
NH Congressman seeks investigation of alleged falsification of carriers' timekeeping records
Nashua Telegraph Comment
Postal service suspends postmasters' convention leave
League of Postmasters Comment
Live From the ACMA Forum: Catalog Industry Broken
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
Home confinement ordered for contractor who destroyed mail
Buffalo News Comment
Lawmakers urge halt to closure of New Castle (PA) mail facility
Allegheny Times Comment
Binghamton consolidation plan draws protests
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin Comment
House Panel Action on HR 22 Delayed, Congressional Interest in Five-Day Delivery Begins to Grow
National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative and Regulatory Update Comment
Thursday, May 21
Mail-stashing gets Michigan postal worker probation
Detroit Free Press Comment
Amazon’s New Service Goes Postal Over Slow Broadband
GigaOM Comment
Postal Service Makes Strong Push for 5-Day Delivery
Washington Post Comment
Chicago to lose last 24-hour post office
Chicago Sun-Times Comment
GAO Report backs Philadelphia Daily News 'Dead Letter' stories
Philadelphia Daily News Comment
Postal unions vow to battle Watertown consolidation
Watertown (NY) Daily Times Comment
NAPS: Changes coming for Maintenance organization
National Association of Postal Supervisors Comment
GAO Report: Network Rightsizing Needed to Help Keep USPS Financially Viable
Government Accountability Office (.pdf file) Comment
Wednesday, May 20
Burrus Assails USPS Response to Financial Crisis
APWU News Comment
Gas prices are latest threat to USPS bottom line
Federal Times Comment
Liberating the Postal Service
Huffington Post Comment
Printed Direct Mail Declining
Study suggests 39% decline over next 5 years
Brandweek Comment
Summary of today's House postal oversight hearing
Postcom.org Comment
USPS Vows It Won't Cut Service
Graphic Arts Online Comment
Mail, packages scatter entire length of Indiana Toll Road
WSBT South Bend Comment
USPS to hold meeting on Long Beach (CA) consolidation
Long Beach Press-Telegram Comment
Arizona: Your Zip Codes May Change Soon
KSAZ TV Phoenix Comment
Dead Tree Edition: L.L. Bean Says Ye$ to Summer Sale
Dead Tree Edition Comment
USPS cuts 24 admin jobs in Providence as deficit looms
Providence Business News Comment
Mail truck runs into creek, mail carrier dead
Beaufort (SC) Tribune Comment
OIG confirms Philadelphia P&DC understated delayed mail volumes
"The Philadelphia P&DC reported about 19,000 delayed pieces of FCM in fiscal year (FY) 2008, similar-sized facilities had an average of 1.5 million pieces for the same period."
USPS OIG (.pdf file) Comment
OIG Report on city carrier street performance
- reduce number of DOIS reports
- consider switching to evaluated routes
- increase GPS tracking of carriers
USPS OIG (.pdf file) Comment
Postal workers criticize proposal to shift operations - Utica, NY - The Observer-Dispatch
Utica Observer-Dispatch Comment
The United States Postal Service & Power Company?
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Tuesday, May 19
Mail Carrier Attacks Dog?
Fox 5 TV New York Comment
DMA Calls on Direct Marketers to Contact PRC Chairman to Encourage Endorsement of Proposed USPS Summer Sale
Direct Marketing Association Comment
NPF: USPS financial situation drives morning panel
DMNews Comment
Armed robber hits New Jersey PO
postalnews blog Comment
Subcommittee Holds Hearing Tomorrow to Evaluate the Postal Service’s Cuts in Operations and Network
House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia Comment
USPS issues final, more-inclusive ‘summer sale’ guidelines
BtoB Magazine Comment
Postal Service Expects Steeper Declines
Washington Post Comment
Potter names new Chief Postal Inspector, VP for Finance and Planning
USPS News Link Comment
Comarow: USPS "on the verge of collapse"
Letter to Congressman Stephen Lynch, via Postcom.org Comment
Monday, May 18
Postal worker attacked on route in Gaithersburg
Gaithersburg (MD) Gazette Comment
Greening your mail cuts costs as well
DMNews Comment
Potter bullish on USPS' in recession: National Postal Forum
DMNews Comment
Editorial: The USPS needs help
DMNews Comment
Congressmen help convince the Postal Service to drop rural cost-cutting measures
New Richmond (WI) News Comment
Postal cuts rankle rural residents
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Comment
APWU questions Utica consolidation plan
Utica Observer-Dispatch Comment
Sunday, May 17
Letter Carrier to the Rescue
WGRZ TV Buffalo Comment
Editorial: Raw deal- Pennsylvania artwork now under U.S. Postal Service copyright
Harrisburg Patriot-News Comment
Charity beats mail carriers to food donations
Denver Post Comment
Saturday, May 16
Small Kansas Town Fights To Keep Post Office
KMBC Kansas City Comment
Postage increase makes for pricier nuptials
Sacramento Bee Comment
Scams now more frequent through snail mail
Beloit (WI) Daily News Comment
Postal Rate Hikes Unlikely Next Year
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Why shippers like zoneskipping
Logistics Management Comment
Friday, May 15
APWU, Mail Hauler Agree to One-Month Contract Extension
APWU News Comment
NAPUS Hotline for May 15
NAPUS Comment
Postal Worker Benefit Cuts in the Works?
NAPS Legislative Update May 15 2009 Comment
Man sentenced to 3 years for dumping, hiding undelivered mail
Tampa Tribune Comment
Excessing: Know Your Rights
APWU News Comment
Update: Postal workers caught in drug sting (includes video)
Fox 25 News Boston Comment
Reassigned postal workers facing big financial hardships
Tri State Defender (Memphis) Comment
Update: Rural mail carrier accused of ID theft
Toledo Blade Comment
Thursday, May 14
Syracuse ex-postal worker gets probation for workers comp fraud
Syracuse Post-Standard Comment
Five Massachusetts postal workers arrested on illegal prescription drug charges
Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune Comment
Arbitrator orders supervisor reassigned for "get your gun" comment
NALC Local 3825 via PEN Comment
"Truckload" of mail found in carrier's home
Gainesville Sun Comment
NALC: Limited Duty Carriers suffer the ultimate harm
NALC Local 2902 Bulletin (click here for the complete bulletin) Comment
R.R. Donnelley Stalks Quebecor World
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Postal increase forces businesses to cut more
Miami Herald Comment
Wednesday, May 13
Northern Virginia Chamber critical of postal consolidation
Northern Virginia Daily Comment
Postage increase produces long waits
New Orleans Times Picayune Comment
The mail must go through
Police: Letter carrier ran over firefighter’s foot
Warren (OH) Tribune Chronicle Comment
Former post office fleet manager charged in kickback scheme
Cleveland Plain Dealer Comment
The Men and Women behind the Eagle
FedSmith Comment
Tuesday, May 12
USPS ad campaign to promote Priority Mail "brand awareness"
USPS News Link Comment
Local Political Campaigns — The Forgotten Mail Volume Generator?
USPS OIG Blog Comment
USPS launches enforcement initiative against business mailers
"The potential financial exposure for big national mailers can be seven or eight figures."
Postcom.org Comment
Postal service: Worker stole $20,000 in stamps for mortgage
Detroit Free Press Comment
Despite rate increase, opportunities abound to deliver efficient, cost-effective direct mail campaigns
BtoB Magazine Comment
Junk Mail's Endless Summer
Huffington Post Comment
Monday, May 11
Postal service launches direct-mail promotional campaign
BtoB Magazine Comment
Letter Carriers’ Union President Young Says Frequent Postage Increases Can Be Avoided
NALC Press Release Comment
What the May 11, 2009 Postal Rate Increase Mean For Your eBay Business
Auctioncope Auction Blog Comment
Simpsons Stamps Rouse Ire
Roll Call Comment
More than 3,500 sign petitions supporting Plant City post office
Tampa Tribune Comment
Peel 'em and weep: First-class stamps rise 2 cents
Associated Press Comment
Monkeying Around with Postal Pallets
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Sunday, May 10
Post Offices Closes, Town Mad
KSFY TV Sioux Falls SD Comment
Man plows into East Anchorage post office
KTUU TV Anchorage Comment
Harrisburg museum delivers collection of post office art
Johnstown Tribune Democrat Comment
Saturday, May 9
Postal workers in Arizona help find missing child
Sierra Vista Herald Comment
Forever Stamps not lasting long
Athens (GA) Banner Herald Comment
UPDATE: USPS Agrees To Pay Insurance Claim On Lost Laptops
Consumerist Comment
A more “green” Postal Service?
Federal Times Comment
This week's NAPUS Hotline
NAPUS Hotline Comment
APWU Initiates Dispute Over Revisions to Contract Postal Unit Handbook
APWU - Industrial Relations Comment
Friday, May 8
After Postal Plus closes, customer sorts own mail at Spring Hill post office
St. Petersburg Times Comment
USPS mulls cost-cutting plan to sort letters in East New York
New York Daily News Comment
Thursday, May 7
Postal Service reconsiders; contract renewed for Idaho wilderness pilot
Associated Press Comment
USPS: Your Five New, Insured Laptops That We Lost Are Worth $74
Consumerist Comment
APWU to picket at New Castle PA Plant Friday
USPS is "studying consolidating the majority of the New Castle mail-processing operations into the Pittsburgh GMF"
Ellwood City Ledger Comment
NY postal worker arrested for alleged misappropriation of funds
EmpireStateNews.net Comment
Loisiana postal worker pleads guilty to theft of money orders
Press release Comment
Ex-police chief gets probation for DUI while "driving for the Postal Service"?
Kansas City Star Comment
Watertown (NY) AMP study suggests changes
"Reassigning 9 workers could save $1.15m"?
Watertown Daily Times Comment
Postal Service Ends Second Quarter with $1.9 Billion Loss
USPS Press Release - see also the Federal Times: Postal Service suffers more losses in second quarter Comment
USPS: Ve Haf Vays of Making You Use Our Barcode
Dead Tree Edition Comment
PMG:"Postal Service desperately needs help from Congress"
Letter from PMG Jack Potter to "selected Members of Congress" via PostCom Comment
Simpsons Get ‘Stamping Ovation’ To Tune of 1 Billion Stamps
USPS press release (.pdf file) Comment
Feeding America's Hungry

The Nation’s Largest One-Day Food Drive, May 9
USPS Press release - see also the NALC Food Drive page Comment
Busted pipe damages 5,000 pieces of mail
Charlotte Observer Comment
Wednesday, May 6
GAO: Intelligent Mail Benefits May Not Be Achieved if Key Risks Are Not Addressed
"lacks a comprehensive strategy,... information on costs and savings"
GAO Report via Postcom.org Comment
Maine letter carriers to make special delivery for pets on May 9
Portsmouth (NH) Herald Comment
USPS Notifies APWU of Flu Guidelines
APWU News Comment
‘FMLA Restoration Act’ Introduced
APWU News Comment
Postal workers allege USPS supervisor treats them 'inhumanely'
Orange County (CA) Register Comment
Postal customer asks if window sales pitches are really necessary
"I have better things to do than stand there and listen to something I have no desire to hear."
Winston Salem Journal Comment
Tuesday, May 5
Wild USPS Mail Delivery Services
"Crazy Technology for Sending Mail through the Years"
Popular Mechanics Comment
San Francisco City Attorney Sues Postal Service on Behalf of SRO Tenants
BeyondChron Comment
NALC President will retire soon
NALC Bulletin Comment
Recession forces new focus in e-commerce marketing
"online business is better suited to withstand an economic downturn than physical stores or catalogs..."
Associated Press Comment
DMA Nonprofit Federation Partners with US Monitor On First Ever Mail Delivery Study
DMA press release Comment
UK Government rejects plan to make Royal Mail a not-for-profit company
The Guardian Comment
Redplum mailer lets marketers dissect why some mail practices are not ideal
DMNews.com Comment
Editorial: U.S. Postal Service sends junk mail
NY Daily News Comment
Postal detectives crack the case of messy, missing addresses
Glendale REC is one of just five sites still operating
Arizona Republic Comment
Monday, May 4
No one at fault in rural carrier's death
Bureau County (IL) News Comment
Small post offices hang in
Kentucky Enquirer Comment
As mail dwindles, post office struggles
Columbus Dispatch Comment
As postal service swims in red ink, cost of sending mail to Mexico to jump nearly 10%
New Haven Register Comment
NDC Presentation details plans for redesigned BMC network
Postcom.org Comment
New Kindle aimed at newspaper readers?
Channel Wire Comment
Details of "Summer Sale" Announced
Postal Regulatory Commission (.pdf file) see also Dead Tree Edition Comment
First-class ripoff
News experiment finds pricier priority mail isn't faster than 42-cent stamp
NY Daily News Comment
Post office stamped out by lost lease
NY Daily News Comment
Sunday, May 3
Federal Administrative Judge has Harsh Words for San Francisco USPS Management
Postal Employee Network Comment
Irritation rises at old stamping grounds
"Forever is how long it takes to buy a stamp at the post office. "
Buffalo News Comment
Postal Workers and Paper Dust
HealthNewsDigest.com Comment
FedEx lawsuit alleges UPS 'most reliable' ad is false
Memphis Commercial Appeal Comment
Saturday, May 2
California Postal Worker Charged With Opening Cards and Stealing Money
Associated Press Comment
Congressional Budget Plan Recognizes Postal Challenge, But …
eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin Comment
Friday, May 1
SC postal worker charged with mail theft
The State (Columbia SC) Comment
Non-Profit execs assess impact of possible mail delivery cutbacks
NonProfit Times Comment
Mail carrier caught with meth
Redding (CA) Record Searchlight Comment
Jointly issued details of MIARAP agreement now available
Document "details the parties' mutual understanding of the provisions of the Modified Interim Alternate Route Adjustment Process"
NALC web site (6MB .pdf file) Comment
USPS doesn't have antiviral drugs for carriers who would deliver meds in pandemic
Washington Post Comment
Pitbulls maul Connecticut letter carrier
WTNH TV New Haven Comment
Postal worker’s call prevents house fire
Tomah (WI) Journal Comment
Waxman asks postmaster general about mailbox removals
Los Angeles Times Comment
Editorial- Go postal on buttleggers: Congress must shut down mail-order cigarette tax cheats
New York Daily News Comment
The Big Debate: Print or Digital Media - Which is more Sustainable?
Press release for The Green Media Conference Comment
Arbitrator Grants Postal Nurses Raises, Job Security
APWU News Comment

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