Friday, April 30
Alaska woman gets five years' probation for stealing from U.S. Post Office
Bristol Bay Times
Smart Post - What Does its Success Suggest for Letter and Flat Mailers?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
Thursday, April 29
Postal Service angered by regulator review schedule
Washington Post
Magazine salesman found with stolen mail
Poughkeepsie Journal News
Is there a Problem with RPW Parcel Select Volumes?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
USPS moving Mojave mail processing operations to Bakersfield
Press release
Canada Post reports profit for 15th year in a row
Press release
Reform of Postal Service retirement system desperately needed
Audio: NALC's Fred Rolando is the guest on Your Turn with Mike Causey
Federal News Radio
Federal News Radio
New Minor Route Adjustments for Letter Carriers?
Tom Wakefield's Postal Blog
Wednesday, April 28
Full Service Resumes for International Mail to Europe
postalnews blog
More injured post office employees taken off the job
Carol Stream (IL) Press
APWU employees who retired last October still waiting for regular annuity checks
APWU via postalnews blog
USPS Board sets agenda for next week’s meeting
postalnews blog
Bill introduced to protect postmasters, postal supervisors
postalnews blog
Ohio businessman pleads guilty in Postal Service bribery case
Business First of Columbus
Netflix Streams Success
"For the first time, the company says more people streamed movies than got them through the mail."
NBCBayArea.com
NBCBayArea.com
Washington Post's New Magazine Will Bypass USPS
Dead Tree Edition
Tuesday, April 27
North Carolina mail carrier accused of stealing mail-order medicine
Marshall NC News-Record & Sentinel
Ohio postal supervisor arrested for drug abuse
postalnews blog
Contract employee accused of stealing from postal station
Duluth News Tribune
PRC holds pre-hearing conference on 5 day delivery
Postcom.org
Life term sought against suspect in Virginia post office standoff
Associated Press
Postal worker saves couple from house fire
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Postal Service postpones study on Daytona consolidation
Daytona Beach News Journal
Monday, April 26
Direct Marketing Assn Spent $250K Lobbying in 1Q
New York Times
APWU Update on National Reassessment Process class action complaint
American Postal Worker magazine
Mail order pharmacies criticize 5 day delivery plans
Press release
Letter carrier delivers in a heroic way
Livingston (MI) Daily Press & Argus
Sunday, April 25
OPM proposes new dates for health insurance open season
Federal Times
Letter carrier caught smoking pot on duty sues TV station
Boston Herald
Documentary on postal rampages warns of the perils of the workplace
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
Saturday, April 24
Postal service will place cameras in rural carriers' vehicles to gather data for contract negotiations
Rural Mail Carrier Postal News
Mail carrier guilty of delivering drugs
St. Petersburg Times
Letter writing: a lost art
With social networks and e-mail, is letter writing on its way to extinction?
Gainesville Sun
Gainesville Sun
What is the true cost of USPS labor?
APWU: Ask President Burrus
Friday, April 23
USPS "Smoke and Mirrors" approach to selling Intelligent Mail?
Postal Affairs Blog
PMG pushes 5 day delivery, retiree health funding changes
postalnews blog
USPS move to five-day delivery isn't a done deal
Government Executive
Thursday, April 22
APWU member accuses union of supporting "socialism"
APWU: Ask President Burrus
Postal inspector finds furry cargo in wayward ferret
Roanoke Times
USPS tightens policy on non-postal collection box use
postalnews blog
Olivehurst ag inspection time change called retaliation for postal comments
Marysville CA Appeal-Democrat
Baltimore: Acting Supervisor Charged in Theft of Mail
Allegedly Rifled Over 1200 Greeting Cards, Stealing Cash, Checks and Gift Cards
postalnews blog
postalnews blog
Netflix First-Quarter Profit Jumps 44% on New Users
CEO: proposed elimination of Saturday mail service would have a "pretty modest" impact. BusinessWeek
As Stamps Lose Hold as a Hobby, These Philatelists Push the Envelope
Wall Street Journal
Rural mail delivery as hazardous as ever
Chico (CA) Enterprise Record
USPS Q&A on proposed “Direct Mail Solution” partnership
postalnews blog
Wednesday, April 21
Illinois Postal Worker Charged with 17 Counts of Fraud
postalnews blog
Soapbox: Story about Salinas postal worker failed to mention his expungement
Salinas Californian
Decision nears on moving mail processing from Kalamazoo to Grand Rapids
Ka;amazoo Gazette
'Confidential' Letter Shows Postal Service’s Inefficiency
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Bob Cannon, WUMB host, Postal Service spokesman
Boston Globe
Tuesday, April 20
The Postal Service's Fiscal Crisis and Future Viability
Rep. Edolphus Towns for The Huffington Post
Suspicious Package Detonated at Pennsylvania Post Office
WHTM TV Harrisburg PA
Texas window clerk loses appeal of conviction
postalnews blog
Monday, April 19
Arbitrator: OIG Agents Intended to Make a Grievant’s Life a Living Hell
American Postal Worker Magazine
Full-Service Intelligent Mail USPS Release #4
"Instead of looking at compliance issues as a way to improve the mailstream, the Postal Service is more focused on catching errors and charging for them"
Postal Affairs Blog
Postal Affairs Blog
Printers and Mailers Debate Merits of Full-service Intelligent Mail Barcode from USPS
Printing Impressions
Ex-postal worker in Mobile pleads guilty to trashing, hiding mail on 'overloaded' route
Mobile Press Register
Flag looks fine but Nevada stamp riles native plant fans
Las Vegas Review Journal
Cleveland postal workers sentenced on drug charges
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hallmark Announces First Postage-Paid Postcards
Press release
Outlook grim for Postal Service as revenue ebbs
San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, April 18
OIG: Health care overcharges are unjust burden for USPS
Federal Times
Four Arrested for Theft from the Postal Service
WHAM TV Rochester NY
OIG says USPS executive pay practices are legal
postalnews blog
Saturday, April 17
Postal worker addresses Richmond Tea Party gathering
postalnews blog
Commentary: USPS is a great example of a successful government program
"If [the USPS] represents government failure, I hope the auto industry adopts the model." Huffington Post via postalnews blog
Analysis: Change the role of the Postal Service to keep it viable
Interview with GAO's Phillip Herr
Federal News Radio
Federal News Radio
Man who coined 'ZIP code,' dies at 84
Lynchburg News Advance
'Murder by Proxy'
Royal Oak Post Office shooting central to documentary that looks at hostile workplaces
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
Carrier: there's no such thing as 'junk mail'
South Bend Tribune
Going Postal in the Digital Age
John Nichols: An Essential Instrument of Democracy Should be Reimagined, Not Shrunk
CBS News
CBS News
Mail cull: Debating a proposal for limiting unsolicited direct mail
Spokane Spokesman
Friday, April 16
Postal worker accused of viewing child porn at Utica office
Utica Observer-Dispatch
House Hearing Raises Questions About Postal Plans and Numbers
eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin
Leaving the Mailstram: Saturation Advertising
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
Insights from the DMA's Jerry Cerasale and Nonprofit Mailers's Tony Conway
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
Texas: two postal service employees indicted by federal grand jury
KCBD TV Lubbock
Postmaster general says USPS could cut its workforce
Washington Post
Postal Service 800 number gives callers wrong tax deadline
KRCG TV Columbia MO
Oklahoma postmaster guilty of federal felony
Muskogee Phoenix
Postal Service prodded -- once again -- to do more with less
Government Executive
Thursday, April 15
Mail Design Professional certification program available online
postalnews blog
OIG: Postal gaffe led to lost NY pension checks
WRGB TV Albany
Ex-postal worker’s theft charge dropped
Mason City IA Globe Gazette
Ohio postal employee faces mail-theft charges
postalnews blog
Legal Challenge Likely for Exigent Rate Increase
Dead Tree Edition
Wednesday, April 14
Live From the National Catalog Forum: Catalogs Must Communicate With Congress
multichannelmerchant.com
Live From the National Catalog Forum: Deputy PMG Wants Action for Catalogers
multichannelmerchant.com
Rural Carriers' Union letter to PMG on 5 Day Delivery
National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (.pdf file)
Saving The Public Enterprise Model - Who Pays?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
Editorial: Mail plant in Bowling Green has scored a victory
Bowling Green (KY) Daily News
Mail truck hits Torrington CT home
Waterbury Republican-American
Tuesday, April 13
Postal Policy: Now its Congress's Turn
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
Postal Ponderings: Handling Incoming Mail
DOCUMENT mapping the document life cycle.
GAO Suggests Plant Closings, Two-Tiered Wage Structure for USPS
Dead Tree Edition
Postal Saturday Cut Isn’t ‘Done Deal,’ Regulator Says
BusinessWeek
Stamps.com Extends Offer of Free Service to eBay Sellers
postalnews blog
Full-year sale is one of several ideas for mailers at NPF
Mail Time Blog on Graphic Arts Online
Newspaper Group Continues Support For Six-Day Mail Delivery
postalnews blog
Monday, April 12
Fort Smith, Montana residents traveling to get mail
"Fort Smith residents have been driving 40 miles round trip to collect their mail in St. Xavier, where the post office is open a few hours a day, three days a week."
Billings Gazette
Billings Gazette
GAO report endorses cuts in U.S. Postal Service
Washington Post
More on the San Francisco early out offer
San Francisco District LiteBlue
Sunday, April 11
House oversight panel sets hearing on postal finances for Thursday
postalnews blog
Do we need Saturday mail delivery?
Donahoe: cut would "give us some breathing space" Burrus: "It's a phony crisis"
Belleville (IL) News Democrat
Belleville (IL) News Democrat
National Postal Forum begins in Nashville today
postalnews blog
Letter carrier delivers much more than mail
Huntsville Times
Saturday, April 10
Family: Post Office Lost Veteran’s Remains
KDFW TV Dallas Fort Worth
Postal worker pleads guilty to mail theft
Muskogee (OK) Phoenix
Man pleads not guilty to calling 911 to threaten postal workers
Bellingham (WA) Herald
USPS Just Doesn’t Get It - 8125s and Bills of Lading
Postal Affairs Blog
North Dakota postmaster charged with stealing government funds
Grand Forks Herald
Friday, April 9
Screaming supervisor loses appeal of demotion
postalnews blog
Update: Selective Early Outs for SF Bay Area Confirmed
postalnews blog
Postal employee sentenced for using the mail to distribute marijuana
postalnews blog
Masked, armed men rob Pasadena post office
Pasadena (CA) Star-News
California: Ex-postal worker indicted by federal grand jury
Redding Record Searchlight
A second chance to shine
After years of neglect, mural again graces post office wall
Boston Globe
Boston Globe
USPS to test direct-mail product sampling
USPS branded box designed to share marketers' costs, generate revenue
USPS Press release
USPS Press release
Thursday, April 8
Florida post office mailbox stolen, found three miles away
Bradenton Herald
The Postal Journal - New Look and features
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
Union says no Saturday mail may cut 300 WNY postal jobs
Workers lobby Congress to reject postmaster plan
Buffalo News
Buffalo News
Commentary: Postal service is not forthcoming on Saturday delivery issue
Evansville Courier & Press
East Texans feel relief after mailbox bomb arrest
Associated Press
Postal Worker Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison
WCCO TV Minneapolis
Mail destroyed in Pennsylvania tractor trailer crash
Pocono Record
Wednesday, April 7
APWU: Dispute Over 90 Day Notice of Excessing Appealed to Arbitration
APWU Industrial Relations
NY rural carrier admits to stealing $60,000 from workers comp
Chenango County Evening Sun
Prescription narcotics vanish from Sacramento post office
News10.net | Sacramento, California
USPS mum on leads to suspect in mail bombings
Mail carriers are 'on guard'
Kilgore TX News Herald
Kilgore TX News Herald
Postal workers launch lunchtime protest in Asheville NC
Asheville Citizen-Times
Eye Opener: Learning how to drive a mail truck
Washington Post
What is the Context for 5-day Delivery?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
Delivering mail no easy job in Alaska
Mat Su Valley Frontiersman
Last licks for local post office
Middletown NY Times Herald record
Postal Service as Giant Battery? A Plan for Cashing In
SolveClimate.com
Tuesday, April 6
MFSA Responds to USPS Direct Mail Solicitation
"Though we all support a healthier Postal Service, we do not support competitive actions - like Mailing OnLine - that infringe on our businesses."
Postal Affairs Blog
Postal Affairs Blog
Move of postal distribution center from Jackson MI to Lansing to start April 19
Jackson Citizen Patriot
Charges filed against Michigan letter carrier
Dearborn Press and Guide
Federal agencies to stop mailing earnings statements
postalnews blog
Easton MD mail hub eyed for consolidation
Salisbury MD Daily Times
Mail box mess
12 step standoff on Staten Island
WABC TV New York City
WABC TV New York City
USPS continues investigation on hiring of registered sex offender
Salinas Californian
Mail was delivered on Sundays a century ago
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Monday, April 5
Put out the fire, then build Postal Service back up
NAPS President Ted Keating in the Federal Times
Sunday, April 4
Postal worker gets wheelchair for boy, 10
Bergen (NJ) Record
Bizarre USPS Mural Photo Rules
USPS tries to control access to taxpayer funded murals
Wedding Photographer Blog
Wedding Photographer Blog
Saturday, April 3
Postal service cutbacks started long ago
Port Clinton OH News Herald
Postal worker delivers more than mail
Letter carrier credited with saving a life
WLUK Green Bay WI
WLUK Green Bay WI
Filing for Disability Retirement Benefits Under FERS & CSRS: Maintaining the Integrity of the Law
MyFederalRetirement.com
Friday, April 2
Postmaster General discusses imminent postal "collapse" on Meet the Press (in the late 60's)
(MSNBC dates this clip 4/1/1965, which was actually 4 years before Nixon took office and appointed Winton Blount as PMG)
MSNBC
MSNBC
California mail carrier stole medicine mailed to disabled vet
Sacramento Bee
Saturday mail service cuts may be felt only by letter carriers
Evansville Courier & Press
Neither rain nor sleet nor overtime
Letter carriers work late after mail is found undelivered
Huntsville Times
Huntsville Times
Re-Imagining the Postal Service - design mind on GOOD - GOOD
design mind on GOOD
USPS 8125s and Bill of Lading Disconnect Continues
Postal Affairs Blog
Thursday, April 1
Video: PRC Chair Ruth Goldway discusses the future of the USPS
C-SPAN Washington Journal
Letter carrier gets 9 months for mail thefts
Odessa TX American
Injured post office employees taken off the job
Westmont IL Progress
USPS to investigate hiring of California postman who is a known sex offender
Salinas Californian
Obama signs bill restricting mail-order cigarette sales
Buffalo News
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