Stopping Saturday mail delivery could mean layoffs for USPS

Government Executive

Burrus: Station closings, five day delivery are acts of surrender

APWU News

Minnesota: Brainerd processing operations move to St. Cloud

Brainerd Dispatch

List of USPS units "identified for full study" as targets for closing

Postal Regulatory Commission

D-Day FoR Federal Workers Coming in September

Federal News Radio

Postal Service health is still a concern

Government Executive

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

Union Calls for Campaign to Defeat Anti-Postal Worker Senate Bill

Teleconference Set for Aug. 3
APWU News

PRC Issues Retiree Health Fund Study

(click here for the full 57 page report)
Postal Regulatory Commission (links corrected)

Burrus: Postal Decision-Makers Are Off the Mark

APWU News

Fired postal worker arrested in Cheektowaga

Buffalo News

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

Postal Service Is Pressed to Restructure

Lawmakers to Weigh Overhaul Options
Washington Post

Rising Postal Deficits Intensify Talks on Solutions

New York Times

Senate panel blocks Postal bonuses

Washington Times

Alabama postal employee indicted

Florence Times Daily

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

Senate panel add s amendments to postal bill, delays final vote

Coburn says USPS "has a failed business model"
Federal Times

APWU Slams Postal Service on BMC Name Change

APWU News

Going Postal: A Year of Junk Mail

Sightline Daily, Seattle

Senate committee approves amendments to USPS "bailout" bill

Amendments target arbitration, executive bonuses
Postcom.org -

Kildee asks Postal Regulatory Commission to reconsider Flint mail sorting cuts

Flint Journal

The Central Nervous System of Mail Delivery

New York Times

Editorial: Bailout in the Mail

A break from pension obligations won't touch the Postal Service's fundamental problems
Washington Post

Postal Service says as many as 30 mail sorting jobs leaving Flint for Pontiac

Flint Journal

Postal relief bill goes to Senate mark up after White House meeting

NALC News

APWU Urges Legislators to Reject Amendments to Senate Bill

APWU News

Route change will separate long-time letter carrier from 'extended family'

KDVR Denver

Singing postal workers from Richmond lose in America's Got Talent semifinals

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Mailers Council Issues Statement on GAO Decision to Put USPS Back on High-Risk List

Press release

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 -

Postal worker pleads guilty to theft

Aberdeen (SD) News

Postal Worker Files FEC Complaint for "Illegal Union PAC Money Laundering Scheme"

National "Right to Work" Legal Defense Foundation

FedEx Ground Drivers Win Class-Action Status in Eight States

Bloomberg

EBay seller admits to counterfeiting $200,000 in postage

South Jersey Courier Post

Postal Worker Injured In Crash

WLKY TV Louisville

Dozens of mail truck tires slashed in Flint

abc12.com

Quick Action Expected on Senate Bill to Ease USPS Financial Crisis

APWU News

National Healthcare Call-In Day July 28

APWU News

Senate committee will tackle Postal Service financial woes

Government Executive

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 -

To Award or Not to Award: What’s the Postal Service to Do?

USPS OIG Blog

Woman accused of stealing 78 gift cards while working at post office

WHAS TV Louisville

NALC Executive Council Receives Fiscal Update On USPS Operations

NALC Bulletin

Post Office and Retail Postal Facility Closures: Overview and Issues for Congress

Congressional Research Service via FAS and Postcom.org

FERS Flu Cure Yet to Come

Federal News Radio

US on verge of closing anthrax probe after 8 years

Associated Press

U.S. Postal Service may shut down as many as 40 Brooklyn retail offices

New York Daily News

LocalpPost offices stop accepting bulk mail

Salisbury (MD) Daily Times

Postal office official: Quincy (IL) mail center won't close, some operations may move

Quincy Herald Whig

Flooding turns ND elevator into post office

Associated Press

Mail Volume Expected to Continue Decline; USPS Adapting Services

Washington Post

USPS Announces the Waiving of the ASP Requirement for Impacted Employees

NAPS Branch 202

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 -

Could the USPS Turn a jobless recovery into a job full recovery?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

FERS sick leave measure sinks in Senate

Federal Times

Postal Officials Ponder Emergency Rate Increases

Dead Tree Edition

UPS Profit Falls 49%, as Downturn Cuts Demand

New York Times

Western Nassau Originating Operatings moving to Mid-Island

NAPS Branch 202 Long Island NY

First-class predicament

Working Through Hard Times
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

No decision yet on Otisfield collection box

Lewiston (ME) Sun Journal

Postal clerk helps save the day for fallen man

Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune

Winchester VA processing operations to be moved to Dulles

Winchester Star

Shots Fired At Area Postal Worker

WTVR Richmond

The evolution of the mailbox

Bergen Record

Former postmaster admits to stealing from 77 year old man

Middletown (NY) Times Herald Record

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 -

Congressional Budget Office says HR 22 will "cost" $2.5 billion

Congressional Budget Office

Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud

WJZ TV Baltimore

Postal worker crashes vehicle, knocks out power

Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle

Donahoe: Mail volume continues to decline

DPMG says change needed to meet the challenge
USPS News Link

Gamefly vs. Postal Service "prehearing conference" to be webcast live Thursday at 10

Postal Regulatory Commission

Colography Group Predicts Tepid 2010 for US Expedited Cargo Transport

Parcel

Mistake on Hawaii's New Stamp

KGMB9 News Hawaii

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

Netflix Distribution Center Maintains Low Profile

Hartford Courant

Beloved letter carrier's mail route changes, despite effort in Old Southeast

St. Petersburg Times

Reading for Postal Policy

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Saving the 6th Day

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Priority Mail delivery nets huge pot bust in Newburgh

Middletown (NY) Times Herald Record

Postal inspectors targeting business mailers

Pitney Bowes Business Insight Communication Intelligence

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 -

Postal Service Makes Woman Cry

USPS denies insurance claim, reverses decision when story appears on TV news
WNYW TV New York

Charlotte airport postal station eliminates service on Sundays

Charlotte Observer

Workers campaign to save Dallas Main Post Office; officials say it's not being phased out

Dallas Morning News

Postal service axing 18 routes inColorado Springs

Colorado Springs Gazette

Gamefly vs. USPS proceedings begin with a "Joint Staement of Dispputed and Undisputed Facts"

Postal Regulatory Commission

Tidal Wave Running A Little Late

What happened to the once-feared federal brain drain?
Federal News Radio

Shipping Options for Residential Deliveries

multichannelmerchant.com

Brainstorm Ideas Part 2: The Poll

USPS OIG web site

Texas: postal employee under investigation for dumping mail

KCBD TV Lubbock click here for video via postalnews.tv

Health Premiums Could Slam Retirees

Federal News Radio

Reporter learns what it’s like to be a letter carrier

WJBF TV Augusta GA via postalnews.tv

Fired APWU Local President gets his job back

Olympia Workers Resource

Fewer people and businesses are going the postal route

Salina (KS) Journal

White House pressured to fix postal budget crisis

TheHill.com

Postal worker sentenced for pilfering from greeting cards

Chico (CA) Enterprise Record

Sculptor Sues Postal Service Over Stamp With Photo Of His Sculpture

Techdirt

Sacramento postal worker accused of stealing gift cards

Sacramento Bee

Neither snow nor rain nor recession nor technology?

Philadelphia Inquirer

PMG briefs employee organizations on USPS situation, plans for five day delivery

postalnews blog

155 post office employees in Cleveland assigned to new jobs, some up to 330 miles away

Cleveland Plain Dealer

New Mexico: Local leaders upset over postal meeting

Clovis News Journal

Postal worker advised drug trafficker about mailing dope, prosecutors allege

Kansas City Star

Postal workers picket Texas post office

Brownsville Herald

The disappearing USPS union letter

Federal Times

APWU Urges Quick Action on Healthcare Measure

APWU News

Rural postmaster charged with theft

Grand Forks Herald

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

USPS OIB Blog

PRC initiates proceedings in Gamefly case

Federal Register

Unions gather 14,000 signatures on petition to save New Castle (OH) Processing Center

WYTV Youngstown

Postal Unions Seek White House Intervention

"...the Obama administration must intervene now to avoid both a political and economic train wreck."
APWU News

FedEx Sees Continued Softness in Demand and Flat Shipping Volumes in 1st Half of 2010

StreetInsider.com

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)

Richmond postal employees sing on America's Got Talent

WWBT TV Richmond VA

HR 22:Inaction in the Senate

Federal Times

Ohio Congressman Demands Answers From Postal Service on Zanesville Closing

WHIZ TV Zanesville

Blighted Farmington (NM) post office draws complaints

Farmington (NM) Daily Times

Nose trimmer sends bomb squad to post office

Fox 25 Boston

Sentencing pushed back for former Michigant postal worker

Bay City Times

Car, postal truck crash; 2 men injured

Newark (OH) Advocate

Plan to Close PO Branches Draws Attention from Ohio Members of Congress

Associated Press

Former postal employee indicted for suspicion of stealing mail

Durant (OK) Daily Democrat

NJ Congressman blasts USPS for plans to close station

Press release

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

Mail carrier saves three from fire

WEYITV Flint

Round one to residents in mailbox dispute

Lewiston (ME) Sun Journal

APWU Burrus Update: Changes and Challenges

APWU web site

USPS prepares for five-day delivery

Federal Times

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

Postal carrier sentenced for stealing mail to cash check

WQOW TV Eau Claire WI

Bridgeport Postal Clerk Pleads Guilty in Thefts

Hartford Courant

Postal Worker To Be Honored During All-Star Game

WWJ Detroit

Will Postal Rates Decrease Next Year?

Dead Tree Edition

Can This Life Ring Save the Postal Service?

Washington Post

Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Big Scary Dogs

New York Times

Brainstorm Ideas to Help the Postal Service

USPS OIG Blog

Union claims sorting switch in Michigan will slow mail

Adrian (MI) Daily Telegram

Terrain is toughest part of Pittsburgh letter carriers' jobs

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Direct Mail Cheaper than On-line Advertising

Todd Butler commentary for Postcom.org (.pdf file)

Is the Dallas Main Post Office about to close?

pegasusnews.com

Feeling the squeeze

USPS affected by 'snail mail' image, changing lifestyles
St. Charles Sun

Dramatically Reduce Junk Mail in 3 Easy Steps

Consumerist

Postal worker to plead guilty to stealing $2,800 from PO

Associated Press

Delivering Letters to Your Inbox

New York Times

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

Feds Should Be Smarter About Closing Post Offices

Hartford Courant

Severe Weather Topples Mail Truck

KIMT TV Mason City IA

Cost cuts on tap for local mail deliveries

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

PRC schedules hearing on USPS plans to close stations and branches

PRC Press release

USPS pushing ahead on five-day delivery study

NALC News

Mail carrier attacked by dog for third time

WREX TV Rockford IL

NAPUS Hotline for July 10

NAPUS

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)

House panel votes relief for Postal Service

Federal Times

Durbin-sponsored legislation will keep mail processing center in Quincy (IL)

WGEM TV Quincy

The End of the Postal Service?

Has postal "reform" doomed the USPS?
Murray Comarow commentary via Postcom.org

Mail Carrier's Reunion With Baby Turns Emotional

WBNS-TV Columbus OH

USPS goes open-source with tracking system

Government Computer News

Officials in NJ town want their collection boxes back

Press of Atlantic City

US: 900 hybrids for Postal Service fleet

Automotive World

Plant Consolidations: APWU Locals Fight Back

APWU News

Video: Postal van full of mail gets towed for parking in handicapped space

KOVR TV Sacramento

Decision on merging Utica mail operations into Syracuse delayed

Utica Observer-Dispatch

BOG schedules closed meeting for next Wednesday

June meetings were also closed to public
Federal Register

NALC Intensifies effort to save 6-day delivery

NALC News Bulletin

Downtown PO in Jonesboro (AR) faces "emergency" closure

Jonesboro (AR) Sun

Dude! Who Moved The Stamp Machine?

WFMY TV Greensboro NC

Bailing the Mail

Can government return profitability to the Postal Service?
WOWK-TV Charleston WV

CMOs slash marketing budgets in 2009, direct mail takes hit

DMNews

Plans for Cape Cod mail Consolidation detailed

Cape Cod Times

Mail distribution center in Pembroke Pines to lose major role

Miami Herald

Postal workers weigh in on the possibility of five-day mail delivery

Grand Rapids Press

Letter Carrier sentenced to a year in prison for stealing mail, gift cards

KGTV San Diego

Lawmakers question USPS plans to cut costs

The Hill

Mailman accused of on duty hit and run

Tracy (CA) Press

Car crashes into Idaho post office

KREM TV Spokane

7 Cleveland P&DC Employees Arrested In Drug Investigation

WEWS TV Cleveland

Post offices chopping hours

Cumberland (MD) Times-News

Firework destroys U.S. Mail

Illinois Valley (OR) News

Workers lobby to save jobs and facilities in Jackson

Jackson (MI) Citizen Patriot

Could your Post Office be closing this fall?

WQAD TV Moline IL

Ex-postal worker pleads guilty to mail theft

McAllen (TX) Monitor.com

Mail Carrier Credited With Saving Man's Life

WGRZ TV Buffalo

$50G reward for North Jersey post office bandit

Examiner.com

Postal carrier is good Samaritan twice in one day

WTHR TV Indianapolis

Few postal employees take latest early retirement offer

Federal Times

Rolando Elevated to Letter Carriers’ Presidency

NALC Press Release

Mailman? Rapist? Or Both

WFLD TV Chicago

Postal workers picketing in front of downtown Jackson (MI) post office

Jackson Citizen Patriot

Does Federal Law Limit Post Office Consolidation?

Dead Tree Edition

Plan would close Cape Cod mail processing center

Cape Cod Times

Missin’ the Machines

San Diego Reader

Postal union: Curbside delivery might eliminate jobs

Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram

Postal Worker 'Did What He Had To Do' In Bank Robbery Shooting

WRTV Indianapolis

Packages missing, postal probe in progress

La Grange (GA) News

Michael Jackson Stamp?

KTTV Los Angeles

Traffic Accident Claims Life Of Longtime Local Mail Carrier

KUSH AM Cushing OK

Former postmaster sentenced in theft

Bangor Daily News

Nashville's Arcade post office once bustled with activity

The Tennessean

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

Thanks to electronic communication, letter-writing is a dwindling art

Harrisburg Patriot-News

First-class carrier's move upsets town

Postal route changes a sign of the times
Lancaster (PA) New Era

Consolidation fears loom in Flint

WEYI TV Flint

Should the Post Office go to five-day mail delivery?

Grand Rapids Press

Peorian allegedly shot at Postal Service truck

Peoria Journal Star

Area cries foul over post office closings

New Haven Register

Postal Service extends Idaho mail pilot contract

Associated Press

Mailman shot trying to stop bank robbery suspect

Indianapolis Star

NY Metro, Northeast Areas to be merged

postalnews blog

Galligan retires as USPS Senior VP

USPS News Link
(PMG Potter announced today that NY Metro AVP Steve Forte will replace Galligan)

Jacksonville: Postal Pick-up Slip Lists Number for Sex Hotline (video)

postalnews.tv (click here for the text version)

Mail carrier charged in sex attacks

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial: Postal predicament

Panama City (FL) News Herald

NAPUS Hotline for July 2

NAPUS

Mail-sorting operations to move off Staten Island, officials told

Staten Island Advocate

Residents start petitions as USPS plans national review on consolidating branches

Anderson (SC) Independent-Mail

USPS targeting Jackson MI P&D for review; could result in closure

Jackson Citizen Patriot

Postal worker pleads guilty to tossing mail into dumpster

WWL TV New Orleans

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)

USPS briefs union on station closings

3,243 units being reviewewd, 740 already "identified as candidates for consolidation and/or closing",
APWU News

What's your hurry? Grand Rapids-area post offices collect mail only once a day

Grand Rapids Press

Postal carrier's letter ignites complaints

Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram

Internet, e-mail cuts big into post office business

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

Post offices stamp out stamp machines

Customers say longer lines result
KRQE TV Albuquerque