Who Represents the Administration on Postal Policy?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Editorial: Can Fort Smith Win Postal Battle?

Fort Smith Times Record

Ross: OMB refusing to testify at hearing on USPS finances

postalnews blog

APWU President declines invitation to participate in DC demonstration

postalnews blog

Post office closings update Feb 28

postalnews blog

Future of Alaska mail subsidy uncertain

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Not all post offices should pay their way

Concord Monitor

Mail carrier nominated as postal hero

Wilmington DE News Journal

Representative Ross's Recommended Reading

postalnews blog

Somerville postman delivers big role in ‘The Fighter’

Somerville MA Journal

Flashback: Postal Service to deliver the e-mail (from 2000)

(This story unaccountably showed up in news searches this morning- an interesting reminder of an early USPS attempt to deal with the Internet)
ZDNet

February A Record Month For USPS Consolidations

Dead Tree Edition

Pennsylvania postal worker stole gift cards from mail

Pocono Record

USPS may consolidate Gary operations into South Bend

WSBT TV South Bend IN

Did newspapers burst the Postal Service’s bubble wrap?

Tri-City WA Herald

Postal worker gets prison for mail tampering

St Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Postal service can't abandon downtowns

Hartford Courant

Former Maryland Letter Carrier Convicted of Destroying Mail

Press release

Post office closings update Feb 26

postalnews blog

February MTAC meeting minutes and presentations

postalnews blog

The Battle in Wisconsin: ‘Are We Next?’

"An Urgent Video Message" From APWU President Cliff Guffey

House Subcommittee schedules hearing on USPS finances for Wednesday

postalnews blog

USPS posts $451M loss for January after $458M in “trust fund” charges

postalnews blog

Choosing a Road for the Postal Service in the Digital Age

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

USPS Seeks Competitive Classification for Commercial First-Class Mail Parcels

Press release

‘B.S.’ called at Fort Smith Postal Service public hearing

Fort Smith City Wire

Wichita Falls processing center will close

Wichita Falls Times Record News

It's worth preserving the small-town post office

Fall River MA Herald News

Indiana postal worker charged with theft

Indianapolis Star

Tennessee man indicted in Henning TN post office shooting

Jackson Sun

Service Resumes for International Mail to Egypt

Press release

‘Bailout’ bingo

(no prize for guessing the answer to this one!)
NALC Activist Alert

APWU Bargaining Committee to Meet; But There is No Tentative Agreement

APWU News

Management Association Presidents Meet with Postal Leaders

NAPUS

Man's Artwork Destroyed In Mail

Claims he sent $25K worth of valuables in one box, but didn't bother to insure it??
NBC Miami

Winning the Hearts and Minds of Government Employees

OhMyGov News

The Postal Service Role in the Digital Age

USPS OIG Blog
click here to download the white paper referred to in the blog post

FSS implementation halfway there

postalnews blog

Senator tells PMG West Virginia can’t afford more cuts to postal services

Press release

Postal Problem: Huntsville Hammered By Mail Delays

"Officials Say Reduced Staffing Contributed To Tuesday Tieups"
WHNT TV Huntsville

‘Business as Usual’ Isn’t Good Enough, Guffey Tells APWU Officers

postalnews blog

Audio: Interview with USPS CFO Joe Corbett

Federal News Radio

Glenwood CO mail sorting could move to Grand Junction

Grand Junction Free Press

Audio: Postal Problems

The Exchange: Ruth Goldway, R. Richard Geddes, NRLCA's NH President are guests
New Hampshire Public Radio

Continuing to Negotiate with the APWU is a Smart Business Decision

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

USPS to study Rockford IL plant

WREX TV Rockford

Editorial: USPS should have told workers about Lufkin closing first

Lufkin Daily News

USPS Goes Live With New Teradata Capabilities

Press release

Cash-Starved Postal Service May Buy Time With Obama Quick Fix

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

OIG uses open web poll to gauge impact of USPS rules on mailers

postalnews blog

Congressman Ross analyzes the postal worksharing discount litigation

postalnews blog

USPS pension puzzle

Federal Times Blog

APWU fighting possible consolidation of Gainesville into Jacksonville

Gainesville Sun

USPS files brief in workshare discount litigation

postalnews blog

For Most Publishers, Snail-Mail Editions Still Beat Apps

Dead Tree Edition

Pay for Performance: Fair and Balanced or Subject to Manipulation?

USPS OIG Blog

Small Town Fights To Save Post Office

KCCI Des Moines

Letter: Closing Hickory facility will cost Postal Service more

Hickory Daily Record

How Congress Makes the U.S. Less Competitive

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Alabama contract carrier accused of stealing veterans' medicine from mail

Mobile Press-Register

Competing In Competitive Markets

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Palm Beach Post Office Sold

Palm Beach Post

Post Offices For Sale

Hartford Courant

New postal overseer: “Public sector unions must go”

postalnews blog
see also Courier Express and Postal Observer -

City sues to keep post office open

Tuscaloosa News

Federal fraud: Healthy workers took disability

WLTX TV Columbia SC

Post office closings update February 19

postalnews blog

Possible suspect in Henning PO murders denied bond

Jackson TN Sun

Former postal employee receives probation in workers comp fraud case

Brighton-Pittsford NY Post

Missouri: Rural post offices seem safe from cuts so far

Columbia Daily Tribune

Postal Service to close Lufkin TX processing center

Austin American Statesman

City proposes consolidating post offices

Natchez Democrat

Fort Worth mailhandler union leader accused of defrauding members

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Postmasters say PO closings violate law, ask PRC to investigate

postalnews blog

eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin

National Association of Postmasters of the U.S.

Postcom’s This Week in Postal podcast for February 18

Postcom via postalnews blog

National Association of Postal Supervisors Newsletter for Feb. 18

NAPSHQ 2 U

Letter carriers join the fight to defeat Wisconsin Gov. Walker’s assault on workers

NALC Activist Alert

NALC: Collins’ bill is a good start, but it needs work

NALC News

Richmond newspaper goes off the deep end on postal identification requirement

postalnews blog

Congressman Dennis Ross says he’ll set up a website for public input on USPS

postalnews blog

Post office closings update for February 18

postalnews blog

Dog owner admits misdemeanor in scuffle with mail carrier

Billings Gazette

Politics as usual- postal relief measure squeaks through- for now

postalnews blog

Mail-theft scheme gets California man 14-month sentence

Sacramento Bee

Coburn reintroduces bill to fire tax-delinquent federal workers

Washington Post

Uncovering how questionable those big blue mailboxes are

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Letter: Postal Service woes easily resolvable

Asbury Park Press

Opinion: Postal Service needs fewer supervisors, more workers

Bangor Daily News

Fox News gets credit for first phony “Obama’s $4 Billion Taxpayer Bailout” headline

postalnews blog
Update: maybe we were premature- Alan Robinson has collected several more "bailout" stories-

Sources: Suspect confesses in Henning post office murders

WMC-TV Memphis

The "Bailout" Talk Has Begun. Or Has It?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
see also: USPS gets short-term relief from Obama’s 2012 budget, but some call it a bailout Daily Caller

Hallmark and USPS Launch Postage-Paid Greeting Cards

postalnews blog

Postal regulators seal branch's fate

Albany Times Union

Daytona consolidation will raise costs for mailers

Daytona Beach News-Journal

USPS will still subsidize grocery deliveries in Alaska

Anchorage Daily News

Book Stores as Community Centers; Should Congress Intervene to Keep Them Open?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

No penalties for poop delivery

UPI

PRC approves USPS rate increases, but is critical of discount calculations

postalnews blog

USPS announces resignation of Controller

postalnews blog

Anthrax panel releases report

Press release

From innovation to Monty Python: An interview with the USPS Inspector General

Washington Post

Washington Post gets it wrong again

postalnews blog

Cost-Benefit Analysis Provides First Attempt to Measure Economic Impact of Closing a Rural Post Office

Postal Journal

Daytona postmark ending with merger

Daytona Beach News-Journal

Video: Postal Credit Cards Used For Adult Stuff

WTXF TV Philadelphia

Maine postal employee accused of stealing drugs from mail

Bangor Daily News

Plan to study Las Cruces consolidation unwelcome delivery for many - Las Cruces Sun-News

Las Cruces NM Sun-News

Rasmussen poll: Americans Want to Keep Postal Service Public But Cut Delivery to 5 Days

Press release

Susan Collins introduces new “reform” law to fix problems she created in 2006

postalnews blog

APWU: Obama Budget ‘Recognizes Seriousness’ of USPS Crisis; Proposals Face an Uphill Battle

APWU News

NAPS Response to Obama’s Proposed Budget

Press release

Pennsylvania Man Threatened To Shoot Mail Carrier, Police Say

WPXI Pittsburgh

NALC: Proposed budget preserves six-day mail delivery and offers postal relief

postalnews blog
see also: Key lawmakers support six-day mail delivery -

What do House Republicans Think About Budget Changes Relating to the Postal Service?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Obama Hints At Changes To Postal Service Workforce

Dead Tree Edition

APWU Opposes Plans to Remove Bullet-Proof Glass at Some Retail Facilities

APWU News

Salary Protection Update – Impact of DUO on Postmasters

League of Postmasters

How much relief can the USPS really expect if Issa still thinks the CSRS overpayment is a “myth”

postalnews blog

Carper Responds to Postal Reform Proposals in 2012 Budget

postalnews blog

USPS CFO “encouraged” by budget provisions

Press release

Budget provides for $4 billion in relief for USPS in FY 2011

postalnews blog

Postal worker salary database updated for 2011

Asbury Park Press

Hacking General Delivery or Why I Live at the P.O. (virtually)

postalnews blog

Residents circulate petitions to back carriers caguht drinking on the job

Mt. Airy, PA Patch

Coal and Valentines, An Unlikely Pair with a Rich Philatelic History

National Postal Museum

When is $600,000 more than $6,200,000?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

When Will the OSHA Fines End?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Rural post offices put on notice in face of DIY digital age

USA Today

What LSU's Actions tells Us About Retail Postal Services.

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Thanks to so many for all the kindnesses

A message from the crazy lady's letter carrier
Fargo Forum
click here to see the original story and video -

With post office closed, Hardin (IL) residents unhappy

Jacksonville Journal Courier

Newspaper defends Moorhead crazy lady story

Fargo Forum

Priority murals at the P.O.

Des Moines Register

Drug maker Cephalon reveals it’s being investigated by the USPS OIG

postalnews blog

Court says USPS HQ exec’s sex discrimination suit can go ahead

postalnews blog

Hattiesburg postal center could move

Jackson MS Clarion-Ledger

Post office to move some processing to Kokomo from Muncie

Muncie Star Press

Questions surround postal distribution center’s closure

Bluefield WV Daily Telegraph

Congress Hears the Truth About Postal Service Finances

Dead Tree Edition

OIG Travel report: Carper says USPS leadership has ‘clearly failed to set a good example’

Press release

Washington Post ‘cleans up’ Collins quotes on travel report

postalnews blog

OIG travel report provides ammunition for right wing group

postalnews blog

PostCom: USPS competing with its own customers?

postalnews blog

USPS needs more outside ideas - but seeks less input from regulators

Post & Parcel

Senator Collins issues misleading statement on USPS travel card abuse

postalnews blog

Inspector General finds employees misused USPS credit cards

postalnews blog

Postal Service eyes moving processing from Frederick to Baltimore

Baltimore Sun

5-Day Delivery: Maybe the PRC's Decision Is In the Mail

Dead Tree Edition

Finally- one mainstream media source explains the REAL reason the USPS lost money in Q1

Associated Press via postalnews blog

Health Care Prefunding Sinks Postal Service’s Profit

NonProfit Times

USPS “default” threat gets media’s attention, but not its understanding

postalnews blog

Postal worker indicted in $40 theft from mail

Erie Times-News

Owner of Houston presort firm guilty of fraud, counterfeiting

postalnews blog

Newspaper carrier charged with mail theft

Evansville Courier & Press

OSHA cites USPS in Nashville with $70,000 fine for safety hazard

Press release

Letter carrier helps child, gets fired

NBC Philadelphia

Postal Service makes $226 million Q1 profit- but Congress won’t let them keep it!

postalnews blog

Zumbox and KUBRA Partner to Deliver Digital Postal Mail for Large Transactional Mailers

Press release
See also: Race for America’s digital postal mail market heating up | Post & Parcel -

Albuquerque postal worker pleads guilty to stealing U.S. Mail

Albuquerque Journal

Virginia: girl injured by mail delivery truck

Richmond Times-Dispatch

USPS awards multi-million dollar contract for package sorting camera systems

Press release

That was fast! Email on the decline...

Looks Like You Don't Have Mail!
PCWorld

Mailers ask Obama to intervene in USPS pension overfunding

postalnews blog

Postal Employee Weighs In On USPS Fiscal Woes

Tyler Morning Telegraph

Reward For Info In Florida Postal Worker's Killing Up To $100K

WPLG Miami

Mississippi postal worker pleads guilty to stealing mail

Biloxi Sun Herald

Congressman wants Stockton consolidation study made public

Press release

Bus, postal vehicle collide in Detroit; 7 injured

Detroit News

Michigan mail truck goes up in flames

"... fourth vehicle in the district to get stuck in the snow and catch fire"
The Observer & Eccentric

Postal service mechanic admits using USPS computer for child porn

postalnews blog

All Mail Service to Egypt Temporarily Suspended

DMM Advisory

How Much Longer for "Transaction" Mail?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

A lot of nonsense on the front page

"Shame on The Forum for giving the woman with the petty complaints about her mail carrier front-page coverage"
Fargo ND Forum

Does the USPS Now Require SCAN Forms for Online Postage?

Auction Bytes

Editorial: Efforts to streamline post office need congressional help

Peoria Journal Star

Roadside rule leaves couple in postal cold

Reading Eagle

Editorial: Time to fix the USPS

Fosters Daily Democrat

Study Says 2016 Is the “Tipping Point” for eBill Usage

postalnews blog

Letter to the Editor: We don't have to give up Saturday mail delivery

Beaumont TX Enterprise

Mailhandlers Union issues official call for bargaining proposals

postalnews blog

Redesigning USPS: Changes to be announced in late March

postalnews blog

‘Postal’ and ‘service’ don’t go together

Fargo ND Forum

Editorial: Unacceptable — Postal service should scrap closure plan

Bluefield WV Daily Telegraph

Unbundling Postal Prices

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Montana postal worker admits mail theft

Billings Gazette

For a Small-Town Fixture, a Postal Mortem

New York Times

USPS suspends mail service to Egypt

Press release

NALC opposes Collins FECA reform bill

NALC News

For rural Virginia town, post office delivers more than mail

Washington Post

NAPSHQ 2 U Newsletter

National Association of Postal Supervisors

NYC mail carrier pummeled with frozen snowballs

Wall Street Journal

Mail carriers plow through — if they can

Lawrence (MA) Eagle Tribune

Minnesota woman campaigns to get new mail carrier

Fargo Forum

Please, please Mr. Postman, it's been a long time

Tulsa World

Glenwood CO mail sorting could move to Grand Junction

Aspen Times

Pennsylvania postal worker pleads guilty to theft of USPS funds

postalnews blog

Printer Praises Postal Plant Consolidations

Dead Tree Edition

The postal service and its ‘process’

Petaluma Argus-Courier

Three arrested in Long Island Post Office thefts

Press release

OIG Report: Fundamental Questions for the Future of the Postal Service

postalnews blog

Turkey attacks mail truck on Cape Cod

postalnews blog

CRS Report: The USPS and Six-Day Delivery- Issues for Congress

postalnews blog

Collins introduces federal workers comp reform bill

Press release

Letter to the Editor: Congress to blame for for Postal Service troubles

Napa Valley Register

Big Lie update: California newspaper blames unions for USPS financial problems

postalnews blog

USPS plans consolidation study of Bluefield WV plant

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

How to Stem the New Flood of Mailers as USPS Eases Junk Mail Restrictions

TreeHugger

Postal Service 'AMPs' Up Facility Consolidations

Dead Tree Edition

Yuma mail now delivered on foot to save costs

Yuma Sun

Obama Budget to address “major financial concerns” of USPS

Post & Parcel

Oregon rural carrier charged with theft- 26 tubs of mail found in home

postalnews blog

APWU Urges Commission to Make Repeal of Pre-funding Mandate a Priority

APWU News

Postal Service unable to maintain full service due to snowstorm

Bay City (MI) Times

Post Office plans to deliver on Wednesday; not so with UPS, FedEx

Wisconsin State Journal

USPS Introduces New Flat-Rate Products

Press release

Meeting Held Over Possible Bowling Green Consolidation

WKBO TV Bowling Green KY

Post office closings may affect rural North Dakotans

Dickinson Press

Study to weigh consolidating Portsmouth NH plant

Foster's Daily Democrat

USPS wants to eliminate indefinite saved salary for RIFed supervisors and postmasters

League of Postmasters

Dozens of RI mail carriers hurt this winter

Providence Journal

Jammed vault closes Fort Myers post office

Fort Myers News-Press

UPS 4th Quarter Earnings Surge 44 Percent, 2011 EPS Expected to Set All-Time High

Press release

Delivering to Empty Houses

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Florida postal worker faces charge of defrauding patrons

Citrus Daily

Love is in the Mail at a Post Office Near You

Press release

Marketers' secret weapon: direct mail

Direct Marketing News

Editorial: When it comes to mail delivery, don't leave rural America behind

McCook NE Daily Gazette

Minneapolis Woman Tries to Mail Puppy

KMSP TV Minneapolis

Editorial: Break soldier out of Catch 02703

Attleboro MA Sun Chronicle