Dozens of Delaware Post Offices to End Bulk Mail Service Tuesday

WBOC-TV Salisbury MD

Postal employee guilty of opening mail

Burlington (VT) Free Press

Former Postal Worker Facing Prison Time

Wheeling (VA) News-Register

Five-day delivery can't happen without Congress's OK

Mexico (MO) Ledger

USPS work force down 5.4% compared to last year

36,326 fewer career employees
postalnewsblog

Residents of Florida Town Upset by Possible Post Office Closure

WMBB TV Panama City

Talk of closing downtown Nashville Post Office riles patrons

The Tennessean

What’s the Right Level of Financial Reporting?

USPS OIG Blog

High-tech mail service raises $30M

Atlanta Business Chronicle

APWU: Latest Consolidation List

APWU News

Postman doesn't even ring once

Patterson woman can't get home mail delivery because of distance rule
Lower Hudson (NY) Journal News

Stamped for extinction

Glens Falls Post Star

Editorial: Small Post Offices Serve As Community Link

Hartford Courant

Mail priorities

Postal cutbacks don’t worry businesses in age of e-mail
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Mail Carrier Robbed at Gunpoint

WCIV TV Charleston SC

Letter Carrier Finds Newborn Wrapped In Plastic in Abandoned Home

NBC4i.com Columbus OH

Investigators look for suspect who robbed post office

Carroll County (MD) Times

Friends rally to keep popular window clerk’s job

Chester (NJ) Observer-Tribune

'Temporary' post office replaced - 25 years later

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Richmond, APWU Official Indicted for Theft

National Legal and Policy Center

Locals react to possible loss of mail delivery

Santa Monica Daily Press

Carwash company accused of bilking USPS

Easton (PA) Express Times

PRC Seeks Commission Secretary/Chief Administrative Officer

PRC web site

Americans OK With Fewer Mail Days to Fix Postal Budget

Gallup

House Panel OKs Postal Relief Bill

also: Chaffetz Pushes for Census-USPS Partnership, and Congress Revives FERS Sick Leave
eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin

Window clerk suspended for not filling out "over 100" customs forms for customer

Tri County First Area Local (PA), APWU

House approves FERS sick leave retirement credit bill

National League of Postmasters

Car Slams Into Glenside (PA) Post Office; 1 Injured

WPSG TV Philadelphia

Postal Contract Carrier's Embezzlement Stamped Out

Mountain Times (NC)

Dallas realignment?

Postalmag.com

Florida: Local Postal Workers May Lose Jobs

WFTV Orlando

Save Your Post Office!

Reuters

Video: Kit Kat and Japan Post team up to offer edible mail

postalnews.tv

Former postmaster sentenced in mail theft case

Billings Gazette

NAPS Legislative and Regulatory Update

National Association of Postal Supervisors via Postcom.org

APWU asks OIG to investigate New Castle AMP study

New Castle (PA) News

Postal Service launches study on the elimination of Saturday delivery

NALC News

USPS lost $677 million in May: volume down 20% from prior year

postalnews blog

Has direct mail hit bottom?

Report suggests home loan direct mail decline has levelled off
Mintel Comperemedia press release

Complaints Fill Hearing About Federal Employees' Health Plan

Washington Post

H.R. 22 moves toward full committee

NALC

Mail Processing Staying In Mansfield

WMFD TV Mansfield OH

Former postal worker sentenced

Lewiston (ME) Sun Journal

Congressman Chaffetz suggests mail carriers conduct Census

Salt Lake Tribune

HR 22: Subcommittee recommends approving three year relaxation of USPS retiree health benefits pre-payment

PostCom.org
see also the reaction from the APWU -

Most Post Offices will close at 12 noon on Friday, July 3, 2009

USPS.com

USPS preparing price breaks for money-losing Periodicals class

Dead Tree Edition

Congressman Secures OIG Audit of Manasota Postal Consolidation

Congressman Vern Buchannan press release

Fears That Village Post Office Closings In Connecticut Will Stamp Out Local History

Hartford Courant

Postal inspectors investigate mail theft at Clemson

Greenville (SC) News

Through rain, sleet, snow and obscure rules

York Daily Record

Glens Falls mail sorting to relocate to Albany

Glens Falls (NY) Post Star

Postal worker on leave in gift card case

Daytona Beach News Journal

Schumer urges USPS to reconsider upstate NY plant consolidations

Press release

Plant City (FL) rallies to save downtown post office

Tampa Bay Tribune

NRP settlement clears path for hundreds of held grievances

also: NALC files national dispute on VER procedure
NALC Contract Administration

Fraud trial for postal worker begins

El Paso Times

South Dakota contractor gets 1 year for stealing mail

Associated Press

House sub-committee meets tomorrow at 9AM on HR 22

Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
see also HR 22 Markup Could Miss the Mark from the NAPS Legislative Update via Postcom.org -

Cost of CSRS retirement fix pegged at $40 million over 10 years

Government Executive

Carrier pleads not guilty in theft of mail

Toledo Blade

Former postal worker, faces sentencing on fraud charges

Saginaw News

PRC issues Final Rules on Confidentiality

PRC web site (.pdf file)

APWU on Five-Day Delivery: Don’t Do It!

APWU News

Movement on H.R. 22?

Federal Times

APWU: No more face to face step 3 meetings

Discussions to be held over the phone from now on
21st Century Postal Worker (.pdf file)

Local post offices feel the pressure

Cedartown (GA) Standard

OIG Reviews Estimates of Postal Service’s Liability for Retiree Health Care Benefits

USPS · Office of Inspector General

Federal employees win some, lose some on Hill

Washington Times

Mail stops early for July 4 holiday

Scranton Times-Tribune

Body removed from Pierre (SD) PO

Aberdee nNews

Editorial: Postal Service Must Enter 21st Century

Washington Post

Postage hikes force firms to cut costs

Miami Herald

Marines mom needs help taking on postal service

USPS refuses to make good on insurance claim- until the story appears on the local TV news
WABC TV New York

Troubled USPS eyes help from Congress

New Haven Register

In New Jersey, Many Post Offices May Be Marked for Closing

see also:

• Possible Post Office Closings in New York City Raise Alarm
• Postal Plan to Merge Postmarks Wounds Pride in Three New York Boroughs
• 150 Post Offices in Connecticut Being Marked for Closing
• On Long Island, Sag Harbor Shed Was First Post Office
• Westchester: Postal History
  

New York Times

NAPUS Hotline: Consolidation news and more...

Industry CA AMP cancelled, Palatine IL under study, Portsmouth NH to be consolidated into Manchester by October
NAPUS

New Castle (PA) mail processing facility to remain open

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ethical Implications of the USPS Mystery Shopper Program

postalmag.com

Postal clerk convicted of embezzlement, fraud

Carroll (MD) County Times

Did postal worker steal gift card?

Daytona Beach News Journal

Work Longer For a Smaller Benefit?

(Not any time soon...)
Federal News Radio

OIG seeks contractors to analyze "bill payment records to substantiate healthcare fraud"

Federal Business Opportunities

Postal Service To Issue List Of Post Offices July 1 That May Be Closed, Consolidated

Hartford Courant
see also: Post offices may fall victim to recession- New England Cable News

TSP Changes Timetable

Federal News Radio

USPS Killing Confirm?

Commentary by Mark Mandell, Data-Mail, Inc. Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Planning, from Postcom.org

USPS reposts solicitation for free-lance EEO Investigators

Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities

Congressman Calls on USPS to Provide Answers on Plans to Potentially Consolidate Connecticut Postal Operations

Rep. Chris Murphy Press Release

Postal Service Spending for Ads While Raising Rates

FOX 17 Grand Rapids

FedEx posts bigger loss with a gloomy outlook

Associated Press

Sacramento man sentenced to 21 months for fencing items stolen from the mail

Press release

Board of Governors to meet in closed session next Monday and Tuesday

... and Wednesday too, "If Needed"
Federal Register

Connecticut letter carrier gets home confinement, probation for mail thefts

Danbury News Times

Fewer Detroit post offices likely

Detroit Free Press

Mailboxes go boom as bombers go postal

WBBH TV Fort Myers

Inverted Stamps Expected To Sell For Millions

Associated Press

A year after fire, new Matinicus Island Post Office opens

Working Waterfront

U.S. Postal Service officials say 300 outlets closures nationwide likely

Newark Star Ledger

More junk mail means more scams, BBB says watch out

WSAV Savannah

Stamp Vending Machine Complaints Rise

KFOX El Paso

FERS Employees Get Smoked In Senate

Also: House GOP Leadership Proposes Federal Retirement Cuts
NAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin

Tens of thousands spent to prosecute $78 shortage...

... verdict? not guilty.
KMGH Denver

USPS Integrates Click-N-Ship with eBay's Bill Me Later

Auction Bytes

Oakland: Postal Truck Crash Erupts Into Highway Inferno

Associated Press via KRXI Reno

Contract mail carrier admits stealing mail

Rapid City (SD) Journal

Island residents raising money to save their post office

Islands' Sounder (WA)

Post Office Looks to Scale Back

Wall Street Journal

Former postal employee indicted for theft

Great Bend (KS) Tribune

IMB: Preparing for the biggest postal change in years

DMNews

Cops: Mail carriers delivered 'ice' through mud, sleet and snow

Dawson County pair charged with selling drugs on routes
Atlanta Journal Constitution

Post office for homeless wins reprieve to stay open

Arizona Republic

Convention leave, rumors and more...

NAPUS Hotline

NAPS Legislative Update

More on the FERS sick leave fix, the NAPS lawsuit, and making voting by mail more available.
National Association of Postal Supervisors

Burrus: What’s Wrong …and What Can Be Done

APWU News

APWU, USPS Agree to Revamped Maintenance Selection System

APWU News

Private mailbox store closes shop, questions raised about mail

Black Hills (SD) Pioneer

Financial incentive to call in sick lives on

FERS Flu Pandemic?
Federal News Radio

Shift in mail routes, carriers

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Union Challenges USPS Interpretation of Layoff Memo

APWU News

Bill advances with TSP reforms, but not sick leave fix

Government Executive

Local postal workers protest job cuts

Cincinnati Enquirer

Class action lawsuit filed against USPS alleging falsification of timekeeping records to avoid paying for overtime

USPS Class Action Lawsuit web site

Former western NY postal clerk gets probation for mail theft

Associated Press

Postal Service tightens its policy on packages

Jackson Hole Daily

Connecticut Could Lose 150 Small Postal Branches

Hartford Courant

APWU Assails Office of the Inspector General on Custodial Subcontracting Recommendations

APWU News

Fitz & Jen: U.S. Postal Service caves, reduces rates for segment typically used by newspapers

Editor & Publisher's Fitz & Jen Blog

Minneapolis letter carrier charged with mail theft

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Teamsters: FedEx Launches Deceptive Campaign to Protect Special Deal in Congress

Press release

Postal carriers rescue man, dog from smoke-filled home

Detroit Free Press

Oxnard council to Postal Service: Please don’t go

Ventura County (CA) Star

Delivering Mail and Kissing The Customer Leads to Removal

FedSmith.com
click here for the full text of the Appeals Court decision

NAPS sues Postal Service over right to represent supervisors and managers

National Association of Postal Supervisors

Postal Service Brings Augmented Reality Down to Earth

Adweek.com

Ex-postal worker in Virginia pleads guilty to taking money orders

Lynchburg News Advance

Zumbox lines up partner to launch paperless postal service

VentureBeat

Massive Old Post Office Headed For Auction

Now vacant, Chicago PO was once nation's largest.
Huffington Post

Casual mail handler pleads guilty to stealing mail

Youngstown Vindicator

Quebecor spurns RR Donnelley Offer

Dead Tree Edition

APWU Responds to USPS Notice on Retail Operations

APWU News

NC town's postal woes mirror those felt across the country, postal officials say

Sampson (NC) Independent

Postal Service studies retail network, office consolidations

USPS News Link

Teen steals mail, thousands of dollars from post office

KFDM TV Beaumont TX

Postal Service set to shed 296 community mailboxes in San Diego

San Diego Union-Tribune

Postal Service study creates concerns about delivery

Hannibal (MO) Courier-Post

DM Printing Giant Donnelley Makes Another Pass at Quebecor World

Dead Tree Edition

House approves paid parental leave for feds

Federal Times

Court Favors APWU In Latest Round of AMS Dispute

APWU News

USPS Leased Facilities Report

As the USPS reviews exiting lease arrangements for savings, you can find the lease costs, expiration dates and more, for all leased offices here.
USPS.com

Budget Rules Stymie Postal Relief Legislation – Déjà vu

also: FERS Sick Leave Measure Delayed
eNAPUS Legislative& Political Bulletin

Threat to shutter N.Y. post offices is pushing the envelope

"In reality, the $6 billion deficit is a burden dumped on the postal service by Congress."
New York Daily News - and a related story: Protestors rally to save post office named for Iraq vet -

Customers say retiring letter carrier delivered much more than mail

Amherst (MA) Bulletin

Congressman Fights To Keep Mail Processing Center In Binghamton

WBNG-TV Binghamton NY

USPS provides APWU with partial list of stations and branches being considered for "consolidation"

note: Scanned .pdf document. The document actually appears to be a listing of stations and branches at level 24 and 26 post offices. A note on the cover letter says that it doesn't include "Boston, Atlanta, New York Metro,... etc.". The letter does not say that all (or any) of the listed units will be closed- only that they are being reviewed, and that "a significant increase in the number of lease terminations and/or facility disposals" is anticipated.
APWU Industrial Relations Department via postalmag.com

DMA Applauds Approval of USPS Summer Sale

Press release

Montana clerk sentenced for money order theft

Great Falls Tribune

Drano Bomb Found In Kansas Mailbox

KCTV Kansas City

Global postal industry to measure carbon footprint

BusinessGreen.com

What does the future hold for catalogs?

DMNews

Recession, downsizing may force closure of twenty post office branches in NYC

NY Daily News

Postal Service Buyout Rumor (No. 63)

"Bottom line: If it sounds too good to be true (no matter how much you want it) it probably is too good to be true!"
Federal News Radio

NALC President Young to retire July 3

NALC News

Ohio Couple Will Marry at Post Office

WKRC-TV Cincinnati

Burrus Calls on Labor Department to Reverse Bush FMLA Rules

APWU News

Another eBay postage stamp fraud: Woman charged for embezzling $100,000

WPBN TV Traverse City MI

Mail truck wrecks, blocks I-65 in Alabama

Clanton (AL) Advertiser

Arbitrator: Vehicle Maintenance Estimated Repair Times Cannot Be Used for Discipline

APWU - Industrial Relations

Summer sale approved

Dead Tree Edition

USPS Board of Governors holds two closed meetings via telecon

postalnews blog

Dog Attack: Postal Worker Mauled On Cleveland's Westside

WOIO TV Cleveland

Man with rifle threatens letter carrier

Durango (CO) Herald News

Postal workers hold yard sale to benefit woman with lung disease

Newton (GA) Citizen

Confronting A Disruptive Technology

Has technology rendered the USPS business model obsolete?
Mailing Systems Technology

When it Rains, It Pours

Congress considering a laundry list of changes that would benefit current and former federal employees
Federal News Radio

Mail carrier thwarts robbery of blind man in wheelchair

St. Petersburg Times

Industry (CA) mail processing center to remain open

Whittier Daily News

Mail destroyed in small vehicle fire

Hanford (WA) Sentinel

Postal Worker Sentenced for Faking Military Service

WIBC Indianapolis

Texas postal worker indicted in mail thefts

KGBT TV Harlingen TX

Ohio VMF manager pleads guilty to $190,000 in post office thefts

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Senior Prank Launches Federal Investigation

Students completely filled school corridor with free Priority Mail boxes ordered from USPS
WJW TV Cleveland

Businessman objects to ZIP code change, says it will cost "millions"

Casa Grande (AZ) Dispatch

JCAM 2009 Released Online

Joint USPS-NALC Contract Administration Manual
NALC web site

"'Motomail' gets mail to troops in Afghanistan in 24-48 hours

Military Family Network

Gamefly replies to USPS filing in discrimination complaint

Company says manual handling of Netflix DVDs far more prevalent than USPS admits
Postal Regulatory Commission web site (.pdf file)

Smoking Hot Bill

Tobacco bill provisions could help federal workers
Federal News Radio

Postal contractor faces charges in hit and run with tractor trailer

Attleboro (MA) Sun Chronicle

Postman throws line to disabled

Boston Herald

ZIP code shakeup ahead for Fort Worth, Keller

Keller (TX) Citizen

Police investigate apparent employee suicide at Gastonia NC post office

Gaston Gazette

OIG releases report on postal relocation benefits

"... costly but comparable"
USPS OIG web site (.pdf file)

Pennsylvania Man Sentenced For Threatening Mail Carrier

WGAL TV Lancaster PA

McHugh Nominated for Army Secretary

NY congressman has been a long time advocate of postal reforms.
New York Times
see also: Letter Carriers' Union Applauds McHugh Nomination

Will e-trucks deliver your snail mail?

Christian Science Monitor

Local post office feels recession

Norman Transcript

Schumer renews call for Postal Service to sell New Rochelle site to Cappelli

White Plains Journal News

Record 73.4 Million Pounds Collected in Letter Carriers' National Food Drive

Donations Increase Slightly Despite Recession In Nation's Largest Effort to 'Stamp Out Hunger'
Press release

Big Time Changes In Your TSP

Federal News Radio

Collection box contents set on fire

Kalamazoo Gazette

Postal official says political fliers weren't misplaced

Parsippany (NJ) Daily Record