postalnews.com: July 2009

Friday, July 31

Stopping Saturday mail delivery could mean layoffs for USPS
Government Executive Comment
Burrus: Station closings, five day delivery are acts of surrender
APWU News Comment
Minnesota: Brainerd processing operations move to St. Cloud
Brainerd Dispatch Comment
List of USPS units "identified for full study" as targets for closing
Postal Regulatory Commission Comment
D-Day FoR Federal Workers Coming in September
Federal News Radio Comment
Postal Service health is still a concern
Government Executive Comment
Thursday, July 30
Testimony from today's subcommittee hearing on the Postal Service
click here for video
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, US House of Representatives Comment
Union Calls for Campaign to Defeat Anti-Postal Worker Senate Bill
Teleconference Set for Aug. 3
APWU News Comment
PRC Issues Retiree Health Fund Study
(click here for the full 57 page report)
Postal Regulatory Commission (links corrected) Comment
Burrus: Postal Decision-Makers Are Off the Mark
APWU News Comment
Fired postal worker arrested in Cheektowaga
Buffalo News Comment
Postal Service to review 1,000 post offices for closure
Federal Times
see also USPS Network Ops VP Testifies before House sub-committee from USPS News Link Comment
Postal Service Is Pressed to Restructure
Lawmakers to Weigh Overhaul Options
Washington Post Comment
Rising Postal Deficits Intensify Talks on Solutions
New York Times Comment
Senate panel blocks Postal bonuses
Washington Times Comment
Alabama postal employee indicted
Florence Times Daily Comment
APWU: Amendment to Senate Bill Hurts Workers
APWU News
NALC: Mark-up of S. 1507 adds 'poison pill' amendment
NALC's Legislative and Political Action Department Comment
Senate panel add s amendments to postal bill, delays final vote
Coburn says USPS "has a failed business model"
Federal Times Comment
APWU Slams Postal Service on BMC Name Change
APWU News Comment
Going Postal: A Year of Junk Mail
Sightline Daily, Seattle Comment
Wednesday, July 29
Senate committee approves amendments to USPS "bailout" bill
Amendments target arbitration, executive bonuses
Postcom.org - Comment
Kildee asks Postal Regulatory Commission to reconsider Flint mail sorting cuts
Flint Journal Comment
The Central Nervous System of Mail Delivery
New York Times Comment
Editorial: Bailout in the Mail
A break from pension obligations won't touch the Postal Service's fundamental problems
Washington Post Comment
Postal Service says as many as 30 mail sorting jobs leaving Flint for Pontiac
Flint Journal Comment
Postal relief bill goes to Senate mark up after White House meeting
NALC News Comment
APWU Urges Legislators to Reject Amendments to Senate Bill
APWU News Comment
Route change will separate long-time letter carrier from 'extended family'
KDVR Denver Comment
Singing postal workers from Richmond lose in America's Got Talent semifinals
Richmond Times-Dispatch Comment
Tuesday, July 28
Mailers Council Issues Statement on GAO Decision to Put USPS Back on High-Risk List
Press release Comment
GAO Adds Postal Service's Financial Condition to "High-Risk" List
"broad restructuring is urgently needed"
GAO Press Release
download the report here (.pdf file)
see also: Post office cited by GAO as a troubled agency from the Associated Press - Comment
Postal worker pleads guilty to theft
Aberdeen (SD) News Comment
Postal Worker Files FEC Complaint for "Illegal Union PAC Money Laundering Scheme"
National "Right to Work" Legal Defense Foundation Comment
FedEx Ground Drivers Win Class-Action Status in Eight States
Bloomberg Comment
EBay seller admits to counterfeiting $200,000 in postage
South Jersey Courier Post Comment
Postal Worker Injured In Crash
WLKY TV Louisville Comment
Dozens of mail truck tires slashed in Flint
abc12.com Comment
Quick Action Expected on Senate Bill to Ease USPS Financial Crisis
APWU News Comment
National Healthcare Call-In Day July 28
APWU News Comment
Monday, July 27
Senate committee will tackle Postal Service financial woes
Government Executive Comment
Making Sense of It All
An Examination of USPS’ Station and Branch Optimization Initiative and Delivery Route Adjustments- hearing scheduled for Thursday at 10 AM.
House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia - Comment
To Award or Not to Award: What’s the Postal Service to Do?
USPS OIG Blog Comment
Woman accused of stealing 78 gift cards while working at post office
WHAS TV Louisville Comment
NALC Executive Council Receives Fiscal Update On USPS Operations
NALC Bulletin Comment
Post Office and Retail Postal Facility Closures: Overview and Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service via FAS and Postcom.org Comment
FERS Flu Cure Yet to Come
Federal News Radio Comment
US on verge of closing anthrax probe after 8 years
Associated Press Comment
U.S. Postal Service may shut down as many as 40 Brooklyn retail offices
New York Daily News Comment
LocalpPost offices stop accepting bulk mail
Salisbury (MD) Daily Times Comment
Sunday, July 26
Postal office official: Quincy (IL) mail center won't close, some operations may move
Quincy Herald Whig Comment
Flooding turns ND elevator into post office
Associated Press Comment
Saturday, July 25
Mail Volume Expected to Continue Decline; USPS Adapting Services
Washington Post Comment
USPS Announces the Waiving of the ASP Requirement for Impacted Employees
NAPS Branch 202 Comment
Friday, July 24
Postal Service Emergency Aid Proposed in Senate
National Association of Postal Supervisors Legislative & Regulatory Update July 24, 2009
... and there's more on the story in the eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin - Comment
Could the USPS Turn a jobless recovery into a job full recovery?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Comment
FERS sick leave measure sinks in Senate
Federal Times Comment
Postal Officials Ponder Emergency Rate Increases
Dead Tree Edition Comment
UPS Profit Falls 49%, as Downturn Cuts Demand
New York Times Comment
Western Nassau Originating Operatings moving to Mid-Island
NAPS Branch 202 Long Island NY Comment
First-class predicament
Working Through Hard Times
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Comment
No decision yet on Otisfield collection box
Lewiston (ME) Sun Journal Comment
Postal clerk helps save the day for fallen man
Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune Comment
Winchester VA processing operations to be moved to Dulles
Winchester Star Comment
Shots Fired At Area Postal Worker
WTVR Richmond Comment
The evolution of the mailbox
Bergen Record Comment
Thursday, July 23
Former postmaster admits to stealing from 77 year old man
Middletown (NY) Times Herald Record Comment
OIG says PAEA forces USPS to overfund retiree health benefits by $4 billion a year
USPS OIG revised RHBTF review (.pdf file) see also this comment from the Federal Times - Comment
Congressional Budget Office says HR 22 will "cost" $2.5 billion
Congressional Budget Office Comment
Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud
WJZ TV Baltimore Comment
Postal worker crashes vehicle, knocks out power
Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle Comment
Wednesday, July 22
Donahoe: Mail volume continues to decline
DPMG says change needed to meet the challenge
USPS News Link Comment
Gamefly vs. Postal Service "prehearing conference" to be webcast live Thursday at 10
Postal Regulatory Commission Comment
Colography Group Predicts Tepid 2010 for US Expedited Cargo Transport
Parcel Comment
Mistake on Hawaii's New Stamp
KGMB9 News Hawaii Comment
Lousy economy has a bright side: Less junk mail
Direct mail companies change their approach, target specific customers as economy continues to sour
Orlando Sentinel Comment
Netflix Distribution Center Maintains Low Profile
Hartford Courant Comment
Beloved letter carrier's mail route changes, despite effort in Old Southeast
St. Petersburg Times Comment
Reading for Postal Policy
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Comment
Tuesday, July 21
Saving the 6th Day
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer Comment
Priority Mail delivery nets huge pot bust in Newburgh
Middletown (NY) Times Herald Record Comment
Postal inspectors targeting business mailers
Pitney Bowes Business Insight Communication Intelligence Comment
More on the PMG's meeting with the employee organizations
- Five day delivery beginning FY '11
- USPS back in the black by 2012
National League of Postmasters - Presidents Message
see also the summary of the meeting we posted on Friday. Also making the rounds on the web is what is said to be a summary of a telecon last week indicating that the USPS plans to start five day delivery in FY '11, with major staffing reductions - Comment
Postal Service Makes Woman Cry
USPS denies insurance claim, reverses decision when story appears on TV news
WNYW TV New York Comment
Charlotte airport postal station eliminates service on Sundays
Charlotte Observer Comment
Workers campaign to save Dallas Main Post Office; officials say it's not being phased out
Dallas Morning News Comment
Postal service axing 18 routes inColorado Springs
Colorado Springs Gazette Comment
Gamefly vs. USPS proceedings begin with a "Joint Staement of Dispputed and Undisputed Facts"
Postal Regulatory Commission Comment
Tidal Wave Running A Little Late
What happened to the once-feared federal brain drain?
Federal News Radio Comment
Shipping Options for Residential Deliveries
multichannelmerchant.com Comment
Monday, July 20
Brainstorm Ideas Part 2: The Poll
USPS OIG web site Comment
Texas: postal employee under investigation for dumping mail
KCBD TV Lubbock click here for video via postalnews.tv Comment
Health Premiums Could Slam Retirees
Federal News Radio Comment
Reporter learns what it’s like to be a letter carrier
WJBF TV Augusta GA via postalnews.tv Comment
Sunday, July 19
Fired APWU Local President gets his job back
Olympia Workers Resource Comment
Fewer people and businesses are going the postal route
Salina (KS) Journal Comment
Saturday, July 18
White House pressured to fix postal budget crisis
TheHill.com Comment
Postal worker sentenced for pilfering from greeting cards
Chico (CA) Enterprise Record Comment
Sculptor Sues Postal Service Over Stamp With Photo Of His Sculpture
Techdirt Comment
Sacramento postal worker accused of stealing gift cards
Sacramento Bee Comment
Friday, July 17
Neither snow nor rain nor recession nor technology?
Philadelphia Inquirer Comment
PMG briefs employee organizations on USPS situation, plans for five day delivery
postalnews blog Comment
155 post office employees in Cleveland assigned to new jobs, some up to 330 miles away
Cleveland Plain Dealer Comment
New Mexico: Local leaders upset over postal meeting
Clovis News Journal Comment
Postal worker advised drug trafficker about mailing dope, prosecutors allege
Kansas City Star Comment
Postal workers picket Texas post office
Brownsville Herald Comment
The disappearing USPS union letter
Federal Times Comment
APWU Urges Quick Action on Healthcare Measure
APWU News Comment
Thursday, July 16
Rural postmaster charged with theft
Grand Forks Herald Comment
OIG Reviews Estimates of Postal Service’s Liability for Retiree Health Care Benefits
USPS OIB Blog Comment
PRC initiates proceedings in Gamefly case
Federal Register Comment
Unions gather 14,000 signatures on petition to save New Castle (OH) Processing Center
WYTV Youngstown Comment
Postal Unions Seek White House Intervention
"...the Obama administration must intervene now to avoid both a political and economic train wreck."
APWU News Comment
FedEx Sees Continued Softness in Demand and Flat Shipping Volumes in 1st Half of 2010
StreetInsider.com Comment
Postal employee fired for excessive use of military leave wins partial victory in court
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (.pdf file) Comment
Richmond postal employees sing on America's Got Talent
WWBT TV Richmond VA Comment
HR 22:Inaction in the Senate
Federal Times Comment
Ohio Congressman Demands Answers From Postal Service on Zanesville Closing
WHIZ TV Zanesville Comment
Blighted Farmington (NM) post office draws complaints
Farmington (NM) Daily Times Comment
Wednesday, July 15
Nose trimmer sends bomb squad to post office
Fox 25 Boston Comment
Sentencing pushed back for former Michigant postal worker
Bay City Times Comment
Car, postal truck crash; 2 men injured
Newark (OH) Advocate Comment
Plan to Close PO Branches Draws Attention from Ohio Members of Congress
Associated Press Comment
Former postal employee indicted for suspicion of stealing mail
Durant (OK) Daily Democrat Comment
NJ Congressman blasts USPS for plans to close station
Press release Comment
Ad Mail Among Few Bright Spots In Media Sales Forecast: Magna
"The biggest surprise may be in Magna’s direct mail predictions... between now and 2014 it is seen as growing at 2% annually."
DIRECT Comment
Mail carrier saves three from fire
WEYITV Flint Comment
Round one to residents in mailbox dispute
Lewiston (ME) Sun Journal Comment
Tuesday, July 14
APWU Burrus Update: Changes and Challenges
APWU web site Comment
USPS prepares for five-day delivery
Federal Times Comment
Fact checking Congress
Rep. Stephen Lynch says the USPS told him it may have trouble making its payroll- the USPS says it's not true...
Federal Times Comment
Postal carrier sentenced for stealing mail to cash check
WQOW TV Eau Claire WI Comment
Bridgeport Postal Clerk Pleads Guilty in Thefts
Hartford Courant Comment
Postal Worker To Be Honored During All-Star Game
WWJ Detroit Comment
Will Postal Rates Decrease Next Year?
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Can This Life Ring Save the Postal Service?
Washington Post Comment
Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Big Scary Dogs
New York Times Comment
Brainstorm Ideas to Help the Postal Service
USPS OIG Blog Comment
Monday, July 13
Union claims sorting switch in Michigan will slow mail
Adrian (MI) Daily Telegram Comment
Terrain is toughest part of Pittsburgh letter carriers' jobs
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Comment
Direct Mail Cheaper than On-line Advertising
Todd Butler commentary for Postcom.org (.pdf file) Comment
Is the Dallas Main Post Office about to close?
pegasusnews.com Comment
Sunday, July 12
Feeling the squeeze
USPS affected by 'snail mail' image, changing lifestyles
St. Charles Sun Comment
Dramatically Reduce Junk Mail in 3 Easy Steps
Consumerist Comment
Postal worker to plead guilty to stealing $2,800 from PO
Associated Press Comment
Delivering Letters to Your Inbox
New York Times Comment
Gay pride display fails to get postal stamp of approval
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Secrets of the post office
There may be a few glitches in our local postal system, but the mail usually arrives on time
Elgin (IL) Courier News Comment
Feds Should Be Smarter About Closing Post Offices
Hartford Courant Comment
Saturday, July 11
Severe Weather Topples Mail Truck
KIMT TV Mason City IA Comment
Cost cuts on tap for local mail deliveries
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Comment
PRC schedules hearing on USPS plans to close stations and branches
PRC Press release Comment
USPS pushing ahead on five-day delivery study
NALC News Comment
Mail carrier attacked by dog for third time
WREX TV Rockford IL Comment
NAPUS Hotline for July 10
NAPUS Comment
Friday, July 10
House Committee OKs Emergency Postal Relief Bill for House Vote
also: NAPUS “Intervenes” in Facility Consolidation Initiative, and Al Franken Makes Sixty
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Newsletter (.pdf file) Comment
House panel votes relief for Postal Service
Federal Times Comment
Durbin-sponsored legislation will keep mail processing center in Quincy (IL)
WGEM TV Quincy Comment
The End of the Postal Service?
Has postal "reform" doomed the USPS?
Murray Comarow commentary via Postcom.org Comment
Mail Carrier's Reunion With Baby Turns Emotional
WBNS-TV Columbus OH Comment
USPS goes open-source with tracking system
Government Computer News Comment
Officials in NJ town want their collection boxes back
Press of Atlantic City Comment
US: 900 hybrids for Postal Service fleet
Automotive World Comment
Plant Consolidations: APWU Locals Fight Back
APWU News Comment
Thursday, July 9
Video: Postal van full of mail gets towed for parking in handicapped space
KOVR TV Sacramento Comment
Decision on merging Utica mail operations into Syracuse delayed
Utica Observer-Dispatch Comment
BOG schedules closed meeting for next Wednesday
June meetings were also closed to public
Federal Register Comment
NALC Intensifies effort to save 6-day delivery
NALC News Bulletin Comment
Downtown PO in Jonesboro (AR) faces "emergency" closure
Jonesboro (AR) Sun Comment
Dude! Who Moved The Stamp Machine?
WFMY TV Greensboro NC Comment
Bailing the Mail
Can government return profitability to the Postal Service?
WOWK-TV Charleston WV Comment
CMOs slash marketing budgets in 2009, direct mail takes hit
DMNews Comment
Plans for Cape Cod mail Consolidation detailed
Cape Cod Times Comment
Mail distribution center in Pembroke Pines to lose major role
Miami Herald Comment
Wednesday, July 8
Postal workers weigh in on the possibility of five-day mail delivery
Grand Rapids Press Comment
Letter Carrier sentenced to a year in prison for stealing mail, gift cards
KGTV San Diego Comment
Lawmakers question USPS plans to cut costs
The Hill Comment
Mailman accused of on duty hit and run
Tracy (CA) Press Comment
Car crashes into Idaho post office
KREM TV Spokane Comment
7 Cleveland P&DC Employees Arrested In Drug Investigation
WEWS TV Cleveland Comment
Post offices chopping hours
Cumberland (MD) Times-News Comment
Firework destroys U.S. Mail
Illinois Valley (OR) News Comment
Tuesday, July 7
Workers lobby to save jobs and facilities in Jackson
Jackson (MI) Citizen Patriot Comment
Could your Post Office be closing this fall?
WQAD TV Moline IL Comment
Ex-postal worker pleads guilty to mail theft
McAllen (TX) Monitor.com Comment
Mail Carrier Credited With Saving Man's Life
WGRZ TV Buffalo Comment
$50G reward for North Jersey post office bandit
Examiner.com Comment
Postal carrier is good Samaritan twice in one day
WTHR TV Indianapolis Comment
Monday, July 6
Few postal employees take latest early retirement offer
Federal Times Comment
Rolando Elevated to Letter Carriers’ Presidency
NALC Press Release Comment
Mailman? Rapist? Or Both
WFLD TV Chicago Comment
Postal workers picketing in front of downtown Jackson (MI) post office
Jackson Citizen Patriot Comment
Does Federal Law Limit Post Office Consolidation?
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Plan would close Cape Cod mail processing center
Cape Cod Times Comment
Missin’ the Machines
San Diego Reader Comment
Sunday, July 5
Postal union: Curbside delivery might eliminate jobs
Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram Comment
Postal Worker 'Did What He Had To Do' In Bank Robbery Shooting
WRTV Indianapolis Comment
Saturday, July 4
Packages missing, postal probe in progress
La Grange (GA) News Comment
Michael Jackson Stamp?
KTTV Los Angeles
Traffic Accident Claims Life Of Longtime Local Mail Carrier
KUSH AM Cushing OK Comment
Former postmaster sentenced in theft
Bangor Daily News Comment
Nashville's Arcade post office once bustled with activity
The Tennessean Comment
The Facts and Fallacies of Online Shipping Costs
"For some online shoppers, e-commerce bargains turn very sour the minute they get to the checkout page and find out what their shipping costs are going to be."
E-Commerce Times Comment
Thanks to electronic communication, letter-writing is a dwindling art
Harrisburg Patriot-News Comment
Friday, July 3
First-class carrier's move upsets town
Postal route changes a sign of the times
Lancaster (PA) New Era Comment
Consolidation fears loom in Flint
WEYI TV Flint Comment
Should the Post Office go to five-day mail delivery?
Grand Rapids Press Comment
Peorian allegedly shot at Postal Service truck
Peoria Journal Star Comment
Area cries foul over post office closings
New Haven Register Comment
Postal Service extends Idaho mail pilot contract
Associated Press Comment
Mailman shot trying to stop bank robbery suspect
Indianapolis Star Comment
Thursday, July 2
NY Metro, Northeast Areas to be merged
postalnews blog Comment
Galligan retires as USPS Senior VP
USPS News Link
(PMG Potter announced today that NY Metro AVP Steve Forte will replace Galligan) Comment
Jacksonville: Postal Pick-up Slip Lists Number for Sex Hotline (video)
postalnews.tv (click here for the text version) Comment
Mail carrier charged in sex attacks
Chicago Sun-Times Comment
Editorial: Postal predicament
Panama City (FL) News Herald Comment
NAPUS Hotline for July 2
NAPUS Comment
Mail-sorting operations to move off Staten Island, officials told
Staten Island Advocate Comment
Residents start petitions as USPS plans national review on consolidating branches
Anderson (SC) Independent-Mail Comment
USPS targeting Jackson MI P&D for review; could result in closure
Jackson Citizen Patriot Comment
Postal worker pleads guilty to tossing mail into dumpster
WWL TV New Orleans Comment
13 Post Office Branches On The Line In Connecticut
Hartford Courant
and in nearby Springfield MA: Post offices might be closing up shop (WWLP video via postalnews.tv) Comment
Wednesday, July 1
USPS briefs union on station closings
3,243 units being reviewewd, 740 already "identified as candidates for consolidation and/or closing",
APWU News Comment
What's your hurry? Grand Rapids-area post offices collect mail only once a day
Grand Rapids Press Comment
Postal carrier's letter ignites complaints
Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram Comment
Internet, e-mail cuts big into post office business
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram Comment
Post offices stamp out stamp machines
Customers say longer lines result
KRQE TV Albuquerque Comment

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