Postal Service asks for return of equipment in Western New York

Ithaca Journal

Thirty years of highs and lows for direct mail

DMNews

Postal Projections for 2010 Spark Predictable – and Misplaced – Alarm

APWU Burrus Update

In Rain, in Snow, but Not on Saturdays?

New York Times Room for Debate Blog

Postal Service future gets input from First Coast

As delivery bundles shrink, experts seek possibilities to keep the agency afloat
Florida Times Union

Clerk suspended for telling customers to write their Congressman about long lines at the window

postalnews blog
related: Florida Keys Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen intervenes in postal staffing -

Other Open Season Options

Federal News Radio

The shrinking post office

THE WEEK

UPS driver delivers packages, economic analysis

BusinessWorld Online

The Great Tie Debate

A letter carrier complains about being require to wear a tie, and a postmaster responds.
Asbury Park Press

Large response saves Tampa post office

Tampa Tribune

Stamp of disapproval: Postal Service considers moving Marysville sort to Sacramento, which may cause problems

Chico (CA) Enterprise Record

Who owns the biggest hotel in Oklahoma? The US Postal Service

The Oklahoman

Changes to USPS Letters to Santa program upend charities' plans

Christian Science Monitor

Wisconsin postal worker sentenced for destroying mail

Pierce County Herald (link updated)

Senate committee passes PACT Act to extinguish Indian mail order tobacco trade

Indian Country Today

Book Review - 'Yours Ever - People and Their Letters,' by Thomas Mallon

New York Times

Idaho: Letter carrier helps save elderly man's life

KXLY Spokane

Baghdad's postmen, delivering the mail at any cost

Agence France Presse TV via postalnews.tv

Black Monday?

Top ten thoughts from the USPS "Intelligent" Mail think tank
Intelisent Postal Affairs Blog

New Jersey letter carrier charged with stealing gift cards to buy Thanksgiving dinner provisions

Newark Star Ledger

Postal Service won't collect for charity effort this year

Columbus (OH) Local News

Jury exonerates cop in accidental wounding of postal carrier

Connecticut Post

US Postal Service Financials Published

• Annual Report for FY 2009
  
• FY 2009 Comprehensive Statement on Postal Operations
  
• Integrated Financial Plan, FY 2010
  

Postal workers awarded $75 million

1,500 employees share arbitration award for lost overtime pay
Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Everything You Need To Know About Full-Service Intelligent Mail Discounts

Dead Tree Edition

More of the nitty-gritty of Open Season options

Federal News Radio

$50,000 reward for help capturing N.J. post office robbers

Inspectors also ask for help identifying person of interest recorded taking video prior to crime
NewJerseyNewsroom.com

Analyst: UPS's announced 2010 rate hikes may not tell the tale

"Analysis by parcel consultant shows that in many cases, actual increases will be higher than the company has publicly disclosed."
DC Velocity

Holiday Packages: Who Ships Fastest, Cheapest?

WEWS Cleveland

Sen. Gillibrand And Congressman Maffei Fight To Keep Central New York Post Offices Open

Press release

Former postal employee sentenced for destroying mail

WEAU TV Eau Claire WI

Bayonne Postmaster accused of Hatch Act violations

Opponents charge he appeared in partisan ads, used USPS equipment in campaign
Hudson Reporter

FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitives posters rarely found in U.S. post offices

Kansas City Star

SF postal worker who died on route identified

San Francisco Examiner

Venture Capital-Backed Co. Pushes Envelope With Postmarked Email Service

"Goodmail’s product could open the door to other start-ups seeking to capitalize on the reduction in physical mail delivery..."
Venture Capital Dispatch

Job Cuts or Wage Cuts (2)

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Cops: Cambridge postal worker gets racist over parking space

Cambridge (MA) Chronicle

Hooah! Postal service to speed up for soldiers in Afghanistan

Stars and Stripes

New Jersey: Former rural carrier accused of workers compensation fraud

Shore News Today

Dunkin Donuts offers letter carriers free coffee tomorrow

Press release

Want Low Health Insurance Premiums? Marry a Postal Worker!!!!

Federal News Radio

The Future of the Document is the Future of Mail

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Video: PRC Chair Ruth Goldway discusses the future of the USPS

CSPAN Sunday Journal

New York: Mail carriers protest postmaster's tactics

White Plains Journal News

Letter carrier collapses, dies delivering mail

San Francisco Examiner

Rhode Island: Post office fires woman diagnosed with leukemia

WJAR TV Providence

Postal Service employees will receive pay raise in December

Government Executive

Minneapolis to send mail to virtual mailboxes

Minnesota Daily

Northampton MA postal workers protest service cutbacks

Springfield (MA) Republican

Ex-supervisor sues Postal Service over firing

Plaintiff says dismissal stems from not accepting late Netflix batch
Spokane Spokesman-Review

5-day delivery no sure cure for postal woes, economist says

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News via Postcom.org

Postal Service Announces Short-term Supervisor Selection and Placement Process

National League of Postmasters - Latest News Briefs

Salinas postal workers rally against possible move

Salinas Californian

Big Brother is watching?

"stay out of the U.S. Postal Service’s National Change of Address database"
Consumer Reports

Postal Service Selling 'Letters To Santa' Jazz CD

Jazz Times

Holidays a tempting time for mail thieves

Riverside Press Enterprise

USPS Shows $3.8 Billion Loss in FY09; 'No Way to Sugarcoat It' – Rolando

Financial Plan for 2010 Retains Six-Day Delivery
NALC Bulletin

Oprah Winfrey salutes heroic letter carriers

USPS News Link

Parcel services expect cheery holiday season

Fort Myers News-Press

Economy, Internet mean lighter load for post office

Asbury Park Press

Island mail at sea with no ferries

Block Island Times

The Postage Discount No Mailer Wants

Dead Tree Edition

USPS redesigns Click-N-Ship to aid Mac users

Washington Times

Coco-crazy town's post office saved

Washington Post: Federal Eye

National Reassessment Process Coming to Dallas

postalprofiles.com

Washington (state) postmaster gets surprise transfer

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Florida letter carrier arrested for mail theft

WINK TV Fort Myers click here for video -

Senate Finally Talking Turkey on Health Care

also: Senate Governmental Affairs Panel Conducts Kessler Confirmation Hearing
eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin

Mail keeps flowing despite cutbacks, changing times

Northwest Indiana Times

Ex-postal worker gets 46 months in gasoline scam

Philadelphia Inquirer

Man gets four months for chasing letter carrier with an ax

Belleville (IL) News-Democrat

Updated listing of post office locations being considered for closing

The first column gives the present status of each office- blanks indicate the office is still being studied. Click here for a 6 page document listing only those offices still being studied.
Postal Regulatory Commission

Postal Service to resume North Pole Santa letters

Associated Press

Credit Card Mailings Rise to Highest Level since December 2008

Mintel Comperemedia

Postal Service calls for cuts of 40 Kalamazoo area jobs, $2.5 million

Kalamazoo News

Postal Service updates list of offices that may be closed

only 241 offices still under review...
USPS Press release

Congressman intervenes in Key West postal staffing

KeysNews.com

Blizzard of catalogs stuff America's mailboxes: Merry mail or holiday headache?

San Jose Mercury News

Kentucky: Former postal employee charged with stealing items from the mail

DOJ Press release

Opinions divided over Hickory to Greensboro postal service shift

Hickory (NC) Record

UPS vs. FedEx vs. USPS. Which is best?

Practical eCommerce

North Pole letters to Santa hysteria overstated?

Federal Times
update: it turns out Santa actually lives in Canada, and his postal code is H0H 0H0 -

Mail switch reaction mixed

Postal Service, union differ on smoothness of Watertown to Syracuse transition
Watertown Daily Times

Mail Volumes Have Declined Faster Than The Postal Workforce, But That Might Change

Dead Tree Edition

OIG Audit faults NY Metro Area financial controls

USPS OIG web site

Can the Postal Service be Saved?

CBS News

APWU: Pay Raise Set for Nov. 21

APWU-represented postal workers will receive a 1.2 percent increase in their annual salaries effective Nov. 21. The raise will be reflected in the paychecks issued Dec. 11.
APWU News

Some post offices will be closed the day after Thanksgiving

postalnews blog

Progress with the Postal Act of 2006

PowerPoint presentation given by USPS COO Pat Donahoe at yesterday's MTAC meeting
via Postcom.org

Arbitrator Rules 'Separation of Casuals' Language in Article 12 Applies Only to Casuals in the Impacted Craft

APWU - Industrial Relations

J.C. Penney is turning last page on its Big Book

"The J.C. Penney Co. Big Book is dead – a victim of shoppers' growing reliance on the Internet."
Dallas Morning News

The End of Mail? (Just Kidding)

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

BioDefense safeguards the nation’s mail streams

Government Security News

The nitty-gritty of Open Season options

Federal News Radio

UPS sees holidays slightly busier this year

Reuters

The Future of the Catalog in America

"stop thinking of your company as a 'catalog company.' A truer description is that you are an e-commerce company that uses a catalog as an important advertising medium"
Marketing consultant John Lenser

Feds charge Danville mail truck shooter

Danville (KY) Advocate Messenger

Weighing Postal Service's Future

NPR interview with Anthony Conway, executive director of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers

Mayor of North Pole, Alaska says The (Postal) Grinch has stolen Christmas

KTUU TV Anchorage

Postal workers: Consolidation may slow mail service

Staunton (VA) News Leader

USPS Energy Use Down 9% From 2005 to 2008

Environmental Leader

Older locals want lower East Side post office to stay

New York Daily News

'Save Our Service': Postal workers fight for their jobs

Hickory (NC) Record

USPS provides additional information on post office closing process

Lists offices no longer being considered for closing, with the reasons given for keeping them open.
Postal regulatory Commission (.pdf file)

Burrus: Those Who Tell Workers to Sacrifice Fail to Understand Postal Realities

APWU News

Mail Carrier found Drunk, Inside a Residence

"She was in uniform and had mail and a mail-carrying bag with her..."
KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids IA

5-day delivery: Depends on your perspective

Federal Times Fedline blog

Unhappy Customer "Blogcasts" Live From Williamsburg (NYC) Post Office

Gothamist

Arbitrator Rules Maximization Provision Only Applies to Work Hours of PTFs

APWU - Industrial Relations

PRC to broadcast rebuttal testimony in Station and Branch Optimization Docket tomorrow beginning at 10AM

Postal Regulatory Commission: Breaking News

Trimming excess packaging could bring 10% payoff for shippers

DC Velocity

Postal Service Ends 2009 with $3.8 Billion Loss

2010 Financial Plan Predicts More Losses Next Year
USPS Press Release
click here for a copy of the full 10-K filing (81 page .pdf file)

Former postal worker sentenced

KSNT TV Topeka

Direct Mail Gone Wrong

The Big Fat Marketing Blog

2 South Jersey post offices begin sales of greeting cards

South Jersey Courier-Post

Marysville (CA) mail center could close

The Union

3 Lansing-area post offices could close, consolidate

Lansing State Journal

Accounting change boosts USPS bottom line

Federal Times

Mail thief caught on tape in Southwest Las Vegas

KTNV Las Vegas

Bremerton Mail Carriers Moving Out of Sylvan Way Branch

Kitsap (WA) Sun

Charlottesville mail center employees rally against job losses

Charlottesville Daily Progress

Residents say they'll fight Pleasant Gap PO closing

Centre (PA) Daily Times

USPS, UPS, FedEx Express and the RLA

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Angst at the Postal Service

Catawba County to host community meeting about a plan that would send 32 local jobs to Greensboro
Charlotte Observer

Summer Sale Boosted Catalog Mailings, Paper Exec Says

Dead Tree Edition

Take That, E-Mail

When the mail traveled through underground pneumatic tubes...
New York Times
The paper referred to in the story is available here -

Mom of 'proud soldier' dissatisfied with postal service

Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel

Postal Service Looking to Cut Costs in SE Kentucky

WTVQ Lexington KY

Newer non-profits can't afford direct mail

but "...big, established charities continue to use direct mail because it still raises more money than online tools"
Stephanie Strom in the New York Times. See also her article: New Fame for the Everyday Donor

Fact & Fiction: The US Postal Service

APWU News

Final rally for Elmwood Post Office today in Syracuse

Syracuse Post-Standard

U.S. Postal Service offers a new pricing deal for efficient packaging

Internet Retailer

Postcom podcast on Move Update

PostCom President Gene Del Polito, Grayhair Software postal affairs VP Angelo Anagnostopoulos, and Grayhair Software product development and management VP Raymond Chin discuss Move Update
Postcom.org (.mp3 audio file)

Postal service, union officials disagree on delivery day cuts

Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram

Postal Service doesn’t keep track of DUI records of it’s drivers? Umm… What?

James Jarman
link to original story published in August

Not your usual lunch break: Minnesota letter carrier helps free pilot from plane wreckage

USPS News Link

Postal Customer Satisfaction Score Reaches Four-Year High

USPS Press release

Potter insists on five-day delivery as part of Postal Service reform

DMNews

Is Your Mail Actually Safe in Your Mailbox?

NBC Los Angeles

Mailbox relocation spurred by vandals leaves neighbors without their mail

Tulare (CA) Advance-Register

NY Congressman rips PMG, requests face-to-face meeting on Elmira move

Elmira Star-Gazette

Kentucky postal worker gets 2 years probation on theft charge

KFVS Cape Girardeau MO

U.S. Supreme Court reviewing former postal worker's case

Tallahassee Democrat

Indiana man arrested after assaulting mail carrier

WSBT South Bend

How Does Labor Law Matter for the USPS?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Fire at store destroys Maine post office

Bangor Daily News

More Americans Are Paying Their Bills Online

My Bank Tracker

Congressman skeptical about cuts in mail delivery, seeks answers on long-term-care premiums

Washington Post

St Louis: all area post offices will remain open

St Louis Post-Dispatch

Postal Service might move Charlottesville mail operations

Staunton (VA) News Leader

PostCom: USPS appointment system forgot yesterday was a holiday?

PostCom Home Page

Small-Parcel Shippers to Get USPS Rate Breaks

multichannelmerchant.com

FedEx projects busier busiest day

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

UPS sees 2010 volume growth, higher rates

Reuters

Fort Payne postman acused of mail theft

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Somersworth NH NALC head claims time sheets were altered

Foster's Daily Democrat

New Hampshire Congressman Demands Answers in Postal Service Timekeeping Fraud

Press release

Police: Teens shot paint balls at letter carrier

Bristol (CT) Press

How Would You Make Over the U.S. Postal Service?

"We asked Inc. 500 CEOs..."
INC Magazine

Hacker Valley PO closing complaint leads to new PRC inquiry

... is the USPS misusing the "emergency suspension" process to effectively close post offices without public input?
Postal Regulatory Commission

4 killed in Arkansas crash involving truck carrying mail

Houston Chronicle

Missing mail prompts investigation

Former postal worker under investigation for allegedly taking mail.
Ft. Payne (AL) Times-Journal

Retrofitting CSBCS machines saves USPS $70 million

Chip Design

Disappearing Collection Boxes

Is the Postal Service thinking too narrowly and missing some of the value of collection boxes?
USPS OIG Blog

Driving the Customer Away

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

So, Who Drew the Short Straw?

Reaction to Mike Causey's "CSRS vs. FERS: Somebody's Got it Made!" column
Federal News Radio

Job Cuts or Wage Cuts?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Move Update and the Postal Inspectors

"...it appears the only thing the Postal Service is utilizing that Intelligent Mail barcode for is to bring big mailers to the attention of Postal Inspectors"
Mary Ann Bennett commentary for Postcom.org

150 plants and 400,000 employees?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Christmas Pay Procedures for Rural Carriers

Postal Bulletin

Local post office concerns eased

Kinston (NC) Free Press

BOG posts agenda for meeting Thursday and Friday

Press release

APWU President criticizes USPS for lack of diversity in executive staff

APWU News

Great Falls Couple Mad After Post Office Stops Delivering Mail

KFBB TV Great Falls MT

Postal Service holds public meetings on closing offices in Syracuse

Syracuse Post-Standard

Postal Subcommittee Trolls for Data on New Postal Products

... and Subcommittee Considers TSP Improvements
eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin

Elmira postal workers receive excessing notices

News 10 Syracuse

CSRS vs. FERS: Somebody's Got it Made!

Federal News Radio

PRC's Goldway Wary of Service Cuts

multichannelmerchant.com

At hearing on Postal Service future, hope is in short supply

Washington Post

Mobile post office, itself a stopgap, is now gone

Jersey Journal

Congressman says closing of Pholadelphia L&DC violates federal regulations

... demands detailed financial justification for shuttering facility
Philadelphia Inquirer

Family of murdered mail truck driver searches for answers

Dadeville (AL) Record

Yesterday's Subcommittee Hearing to Examine Postal Service Revenue-Generation Initiatives

Links to copies of prepared statements and streaming video of yesterday's hearing
Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia Subcommittee website

Postal Service eyes options beyond layoffs and buyouts

Government Executive

Feds weigh impact of new FERS sick leave benefit

Federal Times

How to avoid drowning in Open Season's flood of choices

Washington Post

GAO: USPS Revenue generation efforts have had limited results

Government Accountibility Office (.pdf file)

Albany hearing on postal closings draws crowd

Customer: "If you are the one that let this fire get started, why are you allowed to be the firemen to put it out?"
Albany Times Union

Postal service sets date for public forum on Hickory NC processing operations

Hickory record

More than Stamps: Adapting the Postal Service to a Changing World

House Oversight Subcommittee holds hearing this morning at 10 AM
Press release

Boynton Beach letter carrier charged with DUI on route

Palm Beach Post

Caught Like a Burglar With the Goods in Hand

APWU President restates his worksharing offer, responds to critics
APWU Burrus Update

USPS announces 2010 shipping rates

3.3% increase for priority, no change for first class, standard, parcel post
USPS press release
click here for details of the new rates.

Maponics ZIP Code Boundaries Captures Record Number of U.S. Postal Service Branch Closings

GISUser.com

Eight Challenges for a Postal Business Model

A preview of economist Alan Robinson's presentation at the upcoming Rutgers conference on the Future of the Postal Sector
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Summary of USPS HQ/Management Associations consultative meeting on October 28

postalnews blog

FERS Sick Leave Cure: Rumor vs. Reality

Federal News Radio

Mail Truck Rollover Kills Driver in Nevada

Mesquite (NV) Local News

Are 19 L.A. communities losing their U.S. Post Offices?

LA Weekly

Hearings scheduled on Albany NY area post office closings

Albany Times Union

Congressman seeks to save Green Bay mail processing center from move to Oshkosh

Oshkosh Northwestern

Local family battles post office over shredded death certificate

Santa Clarita Valley (CA) News

Who could replace Potter?

Rag Content

UK: National postal strike prompts the unlikely return of the telegram

The Telegraph

A perfect fit for postal ads

Second City actor really delivers in 'pretty hip' ads for flat-rate boxes
Chicago Sun Times

What’s next for the USPS?

Pitney-Bowes Business Insight Postal Updates Blog

USPS Mobile -or- 5 Things I Hate About m.usps.com

NRG Software Blog

APWU: USPS tries to circumvent preference-eligible employees' RIF protections

American Postal Worker Magazine

USPS promises “No 2010 Rate Increase”: But is there a "Giant Loophole" here?

Gilbert Direct Marketing Blog

UPS, FedEx reap the benefits of airports' pet projects

USA Today

Post office changes routes in recession

Janesville (WI) Gazette

Mail theft on the rise in Las Vegas

KTNV TV Las Vegas

Consolidation proposed for Kinston mail service | kinston, service, consolidation

Eastern North Carolina Today

Letter to the Editor: Wrong to close efficient postal center

Gloucester County (NJ) Times

Are There Other Viable Alternatives for 6-Day Delivery Operations?

USPS OIG Blog

Postal carrier charged with littering after dumping mail

Lorain (OH) Morning Journal

Family: Post office job pressures led to threats

Albany (GA) Herald

Q&A: USPS CIO Ross Philo On 'Post Office' In Your Hand

Information Week

Federal search warrant served in mail truck hijacking case

Taft (CA) Midway Driller

It's 3 p.m.; do you know where your postman is?

Cape Cod Times

Smith Electric Vehicles to partner with AM General on electric LLV

Autoblog Green

Dead letter

The world's ailing postal services
The Economist