Friday, July 29

What Will the U.S. Postal Service Look Like in 10 Years?

Government Technology

Letter Carriers Join Rally on Debt Limit

NALC Activist Alert

Number of Post Offices on Chopping Block Closer to 4,400 than 3,700

AuctionBytes

Debt ceiling vote demonstrates extremist leanings of postal oversight committee

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Congressional Priorities: With No Debt Limit Vote, House Turns To Naming Post Offices

ABC News Radio

Riding the mail boat Sophie C. to the islands of Lake Winnipesaukee

Boston Globe

Senator Tester: USPS should cut pay for executives, not post offices

Press release

Bronx postal workers protest PO closing plans

New York Daily News

Thursday, July 28

APWU Vows to Fight to Keep Post Offices Open

APWU News

Competitors Circle as Postal Service Considers Service Cutbacks

NALC Activist Alert

Postal Regulatory Commission to Review Post Office Closing Plan

Press release

USPS Identifies First 100 NTFT Sites

"Non-Traditional Full Time" assignments
APWU News

How I Became an Injustice to the Postal Service

TE who wrote “All the Dogs Want to Kill Me” is fired
ryancbradford.com

Collins questions PO closing plans

Small post offices "not the cause of financial crisis"
Press release

House GOP Questions Postal Closings

Roll Call

Editorial: USPS "stonewalling" Sioux City

Sioux City Journal

Rural America worried about post office closings

Associated Press

Long live the postman! A humble hero shows why mail carriers are more important than ever

CultureMap Houston

UPS Comments On Postal Service's Financial Troubles

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Wednesday, July 27

NAPUS: USPS commits to try to find jobs for Postmasters displaced by PO closings

postalnews blog

The Politics of Closing Post Offices

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

OPM opposes Republican workers' comp plan

Federal Times

USPS OIG steps up contract fraud investigations

Lexology

USPS Seeks Special January Rate Increases

Dead Tree Edition

USPS 2011 loss now $5.6B, 82% of it due to Congressional mandates, not operations

postalnews blog

The Post Office List: Maps That Explain the Impact

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Police say Western PA postal worker faked attack, robbery because he needed 'break from life'

Associated Press

USPS wants $800,000 to reply to Sioux City Freedom of Information Act request

KCAU-TV Sioux City

Arizona letter carrier left outgoing mail that couldn't be reached

Arizona Republic

Tuesday, July 26

Lawmakers mixed on potential USPS office closures

The Hill

Clerks being detailed to carrier work in Florida

postalnews blog

PMG to Meet With Management Associations Presidents Tomorrow

NAPUS

USPS releases list of post offices to be considered for closing

postalnews blog

Post offices that serve Congress are on closing list

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Business Mailer's Group Supports USPS Plan to Restructure Post Offices

postalnews blog

National League of Postmasters reaction to PO closing list

postalnews blog

Netflix Lowers Outlook, Citing Disgruntled (Postal) Customers

New York Times

Missouri postal worker checks on elderly during summer heat

KYTV Springfield MO

Will USPS be included in a debt reduction deal?

NAPS Leg/Reg Update

Post Offices Pegged for Closure

Wall Street Journal

Collins asks PRC to consider Congress’s intent in deciding exigent case

Press release

The PMG’s “New Concept” Unveiled: Not so new, but what a concept

Save the Post Office

Thursday, July 21

Could the Deficit-Reduction Deal Limit Postal Pay Raises and Rate Increases?

Dead Tree Edition

Goldway dissents twice in two days on PO closings

Save the Post Office

Postal Service to consider closing thousands of new post offices

Washington Post

APWU Files Step 4 Disputes Protesting Violations Of Collective Bargaining Agreement

postalnews blog

Goldway says USPS could use taxpayer subsidy

Washington Post

Postal Service study could deliver bad news to Youngstown

Youngstown Vindicator

Modernisation has put the snail in Royal Mail

The Guardian

Postal Service to return to Hacker Valley

Beckley WV Register-Herald

Nevada postal worker sought in Netflix DVD thefts

Las Vegas Review Journal

New Documents Cast Doubt on Federal Anthrax Case

PBS Frontline

Wednesday, July 20

USPS mechanical snafu delays newspaper delivery to thousands

Jewish Chronicle

California letter carrier helps police nab burglars

KRON TV San Francisco

OIG: USPS on an “unsustainable trajectory”

postalnews blog
see also: "Postal Service Can No Longer Afford Money-Saving Tactics, Study Says" from Dead Tree Edition

USPS looks to unload real estate, awards contract for "strategic corporate real estate solutions" to CB Richard Ellis Group

postalnews blog

Eastern Oregon authorities investigating post office break-ins

The Oregonian

Video: PMG talks about postal finances, 5 day delivery

postalnews blog

PMG: USPS could go to 3 day delivery within 15 years

Detroit Free Press

America’s commitment to rural areas erodes

Grand Forks Herald

Senator to USPS: Ensure postal service in rural America

Press release

Tuesday, July 19

USPS will file for Advisory Opinion on nationwide post office closures | Save the Post Office

Save the Post Office

Issa follows in footsteps of Republican governors, attacks workers’ rights

NALC Activist Alert

On-line Share of Retail Sales Hits New High in May

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

A Penny for Your Post Office

Save the Post Office

The USPS Survival Plan and How It Impacts Bulk Mailers

thedirectmailman.com

Postal Service Offers Sneak Peek at 2012 Stamps

postalnews blog

Postal inspector charged in fight with brother

Daytona Beach News journal

Pennsylvania postal worker charged with stealing gift cards from mail

Harrisburg Patriot News

IG: Postal Service could sell buildings to pay obligations

Federal Times

Tuesday, July 12

APWU says USPS is violating the new contract in small post offices

APWU News

Businessweek Expanding Use of Alternative Delivery

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

The nations postal system is in a hell of a pickle

Gene Del Polito commentary for Postcom.org

USPS testing “Direct Mail Hub” for small businesses in Raleigh, Austin

postalnews blog

New Intelligent Mail release off to a rocky start

Postal Affairs Blog

How fast can you close a post office?

Save the Post Office

Six months into chairmanship, Issa isn’t what either side expected

Washington Post

Bridging the Environmental Chasm Between Mail and E-mail

Patch.com

Many unhappy with decision to scale back Helena postal services

KXLH TV Helena MT

Vandals slash 50 tires on postal trucks

WTVN Columbus GA

Wednesday, July 6

Alan C. Kessler to leave USPS Board of Governors

postalnews blog

NAPS: Pay For Performance freeze doesn’t apply to USPS supervisors, either

postalnews blog

APWU issues Q&A on the new collective bargaining agreement

postalnews blog

Union: Is Canada Post creating a crisis?

postalnews blog

USPS publishes new rules on shortpaid IBI and Express Mail

Federal Register via postalnews blog

Camden NJ Council Probes Mail Delays

WTXF TV Philadelphia

Groups urge leaders to reject proposals aimed at federal workforce

Government Executive

Issa presses on in the face of Democratic criticism

Riverside CA Press-Enterprise

Weather service testing vehicle sensor networks to track weather data

Government Computer News