Maryland MVS driver gets 6 months in jail for mail theft

postalnews blog

Every Door Direct Mail - How it is Being Used

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Vermont postmaster keeps mail moving despite Irene

postalnews blog via WCAX TV Burlington

Pit bulls attack Schenectady mail carrier

Schenectady Daily Gazette

APWU: Locations Announced for 740 New Jobs in the Motor Vehicle Craft

postalnews blog

24% of USPS real estate is empty space, says audit

Post & Parcel

Politics of Rural Post Offices and Smaller Processing Plants

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

NALC joins with other unions to picket Issa’s district office on Thursday

Press release

Deputy PMG to customers: “We aren’t going away”

USPS News Link

Postal employee admits worker’s comp fraud, was selling sex toys on eBay

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial: Down and Out at the Post Office

New York Times

Kearny postal workers recall failed rescue bid to save supervisor from deadly floodwaters

Jersey Journal

My View: Congress can fix Postal Service's woes

Salem News

Fund to aid injured postal workers at risk if USPS defaults

Chicago Tribune

Feds get second conviction in Detroit postal probe

Detroit News

Could USPS Launch Online Payments to Help Current Crisis?

AuctionBytes

Columnist: Congress, not the Internet, to blame for USPS financial woes

golocalprov.com

The Postal Service Means Business

Save the Post Office

Tempers flare at postmasters' meeting

St Joseph MO News Express

Mail delivery goes on despite storm

Wilmington DE News Journal

First-Class Mail Gets Slower: The Declining USPS Service Standards

Save the Post Office

Missouri postmaster gets prison in $3.8 million fraud scheme

Press release

USPS keeping an eye on Hurricane Irene

Press releases

Hours some USPS workers are paid to do nothing: Now under 1 million

Federal Times

USPS: No Excessing for Failure to Bid on NTFT Jobs

APWU News

How Bad Is the Postal Service's Financial Position?

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Congressman: USPS Continues to Run Out Clock on Sioux City

PMG reneges on promise to release data to the commmunity
Press release

USPS Year to Date Loss: $1.7 billion + PAEA = $7 billion

postalnews blog

What Postal Service can’t win from labor unions it hopes to get from Congress

Washington Post

Post Office Closings: List and Map

Save the Post Office

APWU: Thousands of Part-Timers to Be Converted Aug. 27

APWU News

Is USPS Underestimating the Number of Layoffs Its Downsizing Plan Would Require?

Dead Tree Edition

Former Kansas Postmaster Indicted On Embezzlement Charges

postalnews blog

PMG's proposal would "greatly reduce" health coverage for postal workers and retirees

Federal Times

Mineral, VA post office open for business after quake

USPS News Link

USPS Executive pleads guilty in bribery case

Press release

Temp letter carrier accused in theft of gift cards

Buffalo News

Postal service hurt by congressional mandate, not mail delivery

Zanesville Times Recorder
see also: U.S. Postal Service bled dry by federal politics -

Postal worker robbed, truck stolen

Fox Toledo

USPS tells postmasters not to sell against newspapers

Cherokeean Herald (TX)

Proposed Hike in Non-Profits Rates Does Not Sit Well With Local Organizations

Princeton NJ Town Topics

Postal Service pitches local direct mail service to small businesses

Direct Marketing News

Congress, White House join to enact bipartisan postal legislation- 12 POs get new names!

postalnews blog

Attorney says postal worker was coerced

Northern Virginia Daily

Consolidation: USPS Refuses Information Requests

postalnews blog

PostCom: USPS network realignment plan expected in mid-September

postalnews blog

Postal Service health benefits decision could have wide impact

Washington Post

Are QR Codes on Catalogs Cutting It?

multichannelmerchant.com

Slower mail could save USPS $1.5B

Washington Post

PMG caves, DMA wins, USA loses: USPS withdraws its request for a rate increase

Save the Post Office

USPS Braced for Massive Cuts

International Business Times

Postal Employees Need a New Plan

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Shot fired during attempted robbery at south St. Louis post office

KMOV.com St. Louis

Albuquerque window clerk gets prison time for theft

Press release

Postal carrier robbed while on mail route

WFMJ-TV Youngstown

Guest columnist: Postal Service is still competitive

Norwich Bulletin

USPS Pulls 25 Alaska Offices Off List for Possible Closure

Press release

Letter carrier ambushed by paintball-gun wielding thugs in PA

WHYY Philadelphia

Letter carriers' 47 cent an hour COLA effective September 10

National Association of Letter Carriers

Observers are leery of Postal Service plan to opt out of federal health and retirement programs

Government Executive

How to Save the Postal Service Before It’s Too Late

Save the Post Office

APWU: Save USPS, Stop Layoffs, Support H.R. 1351

APWU News

Opinion: Subsidizing Netflix

San Jose Mercury News

USPS hopes Congress delivers overhaul package

Reuters

Don’t lay off 120,000 postal workers in the middle of a jobs crisis

slacktivist blog

History of the US Mail delivery van

The Kansan

U.S. Postal Service bled dry by federal politics

Salem OR Statesman Journal

Editorial: Postal service needs help

Boston Herald

Balderdash! Queens residents question need for dash in postal addresses

The Postal Service is a Global News Story

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Two can play that game: The PRC changes the rules for appeals

Save the Post Office

USPS Taking Market Share in Parcel Delivery

Courier Express and Postal Observer see also June Deliverable Retail Sales Remain at 20.5% of Total -

Connecticut Senator questions need for massive USPS job cuts

Hartford Courant

Let’s Talk: How the Postal Service Values Its Employees

Save the Post Office

Congressman says USPS is stalling on promised release of Sioux City report

postalnews blog

More on the USPS's network realignment plans

MFSA Postal Points via Postal Affairs blog

Today is the twenty-fifth anniversary of Edmond OK post office shootings

Pauls Valley Democrat

Times uncovers more questionable business dealings by Darrell Issa

New York Times

Oklahoma clerk gets probation for stealing cash from mail

postalnews blog

There's Always Work At The Post Office? Maybe Not

National Public Radio

Neither snow nor rain

Nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers- but the internet will
The Economist

What Does Postal Service Insolvency Mean?

Courier Express and Postal Observer

NJ APWU gets prison time for embezzlement

Clifton Journal

APWU files four national grievances alleging USPS contract violations

APWU News

U.S. Post Office closures: Get ready for a battle

Los Angeles Times

The Postal Service is still a wealthy landowner

Washington Post

NALC contract talks begin

Press release

Postal Service plans to close about 300 mail processing plants

Federal Times

Cliff Rucker named Vice President, Sales

Measure to Eliminate Nonprofit Mail Discounts Could Cripple Fundraising

Fox News

Canada Post Pre-Tax Earnings Declined Sharply in 2010

postalnews blog

Kansas contract PO employee indicted for misappropriation of USPS funds

postalnews blog

Missing mail in Zanesville prompts suspension

Carrier taken off route while officials look into complaints
Zanesville Times-Recorder

Chicago letter carriers confronting violence on their routes

Chicago Tribune

The U.S. Postal Service- Will It Survive?

Slate

U.S. Court of Appeals Sets Hearing Date in Postal Sidewalks Petitioning Case

Ballot Access News

USPS Will Not Seek Exigent Rate Increase

Dead Tree Edition

Postal Service may not pull out of TSP after all

Federal Times

USPS financial presentation from today’s MTAC meeting

postalnews blog

Video: Donahoe Says Postal Service Needs 5-Day Delivery

Bloomberg

Postal Workers to USPS: Don’t Shred Our Contract

In These Times

MTAC: USPS will not “shut down” next summer due to cash crunch

postalnews blog
... and for a summary of what's been discussed at today's session, visit Postcom -

APWU: NTFT Assignments Cannot Exceed the Number of Employees to be Converted

APWU News

USPS Expects FY 2011 Losses Bigger than Previously Announced

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Postal workers won't go quietly

Portland Press Herald

Portsmouth NH plant to close

Foster's Daily Democrat

Authorities seek suspects in post office robbery

Opelousas LA Daily World

The Wolf Has Arrived: USPS Reaches the End of The Story

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Postal service has proven efficiency

Clovis NM News Journal

The Perfect Storm: How everything is coming together to take the Postal Service apart

Save the Post Office

NYU Professor Steve Hutkins Fights To Save The Post Office

Gothamist

Remember when Pat Donahoe only needed three things from Congress?

postalnews blog

Google gets into the catalog business

Official Google Blog

Can Direct-Mail Keep More Customers Than Groupon?

CNBC

Don't touch my junk: The bulk mail industry says hands off our profits

Save the Post Office

California man sentenced to 10 years in prison for plotting attack on letter carrier

San Jose Mercury News

Issa’s postal tweets tout phony tea party group

postalnews blog see also Courier Express and Postal Observer -

Grand Rapids man charged with threatening to cut off head of letter carrier

Detroit Free Press

Postal Service plan includes pulling out of TSP

Federal Times

The USPS Survival Plan and How It Impacts Bulk Mailers

TheDirectMailman.com

Postal "Watchdog" Issa: Helping His District, and Himself

New York Times

Postmasters: PMG’s “radical notion” is irresponsible nonsense

League of Postmasters via postalnews blog

Saying Goodby to the P.O.

Yes! Magazine

Why We All Have a Stake in the USPS

The Atlantic

Hallmark CEO: USPS should redesign, not cut, to get out of the red

Kansas City Star

USPS cutbacks "not good news for the real estate community"

"The government is no longer a solid tenant"
GlobeSt.com

Editorial: Postal Service out of options

Federal Times

Postal service, long a gateway to middle class, is facing big cuts

Washington Post

Rural carriers prepared to fight USPS's anti-union efforts

Rural Carrier Updates

The Shock Doctrine: Why the Postal Service is scaring the hell out of us

Pat Donahoe 6/23/2011: "we’re not going broke"
Pat Donahoe 8/12/2011: "the Postal Service will be insolvent next month"
Save the Post Office

Postal Service proposal to break contracts is blasted by unions

Washington Post

DMA Applauds Postal Service’s New Cost-Cutting Proposals

Press release

Postal Service Job Cut Plan 'Tough' to Do

"It would make the federal government the largest contract breaker in the country."
San Francisco Chronicle

Mailhandlers: “Has Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker been named the new PMG?”

Mailhandlers Union via postalnews blog

NAPS “Deeply Apprehensive” About USPS Legislative Proposals

NAPS Legislative and Regulatory Update

NAPUS: PMG’s plan “recklessly endangers” health and security of all postal workers

postalnews blog

Is the Postal Service's Proposal Constitutional?

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Did the postal service bargain in good faith?

postalnews blog

The Big Lie about postal ‘bankruptcy’

National Association of Letter Carriers

USPS statements and “white papers” on proposed layoffs and reductions to employee/retiree benefits

postalnews blog

Laying off postal workers won't be cheap

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Saving the great American post office

The federal government subsidizes oil companies- why not the USPS?
Philadelphia Inquirer

APWU: USPS seeks to end layoff protection, take postal workers out of federal health and retirement programs

APWU News
Washington Post: USPS wants to layoff up to 120,000 employees by 2015 -

Video: Rights of U.S. postal workers under attack

MSNBC

Postal Service Recognizes Political Reality

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer
also: Postal Service Cutting 228,000 Career Jobs -

NALC President Rolando Denounces PMG’s Latest ‘Radical’ Legislative Proposals

NALC News

Post office makes a profit Congress won't let it keep

National Association of Letter Carriers

APWU: NRP “eliminated” in name only

APWU News

Pennsylvania Mail Contractor Charged With Making False Mileage Claims

postalnews blog

NY legislators ask PMG not to consolidate Mid-Hudson GMF

Press release

First Village Post Office debuts in Washington state

Marketplace

Prosecutors Allege Bribery of USPS Official

Legal Times

How to Lie With Charts

Take a close look at the charts the USPS uses to justify closing post offices...
Save the Post Office

OIG says USPS falsified Pay for Performance scores to save money

postalnews blog

The Future of the Postal Service: An Analysis

Mailing Systems Technology

Postal Service Has Too Many Employees and Pays Them Too Much, Mailer Groups Say

Dead Tree Edition

Sources of the USPS deficit: Postal Service 23%, Congress 77%

postalnews blog

Mailbox Heat Affecting Mail Order Drugs

KSEE TV Fresno

Appeals Court rules against fired 204-B in discrimination case

Leagle.com

Congressional resistance to PO closing plan grows

Save the Post Office

USPS Ranks #3 on List of Biggest U.S. Job-Killing Companies

AOL Jobs

Another USPS worker expected to plead guilty to conspiracy in Detroit

Associated Press

Pennsylvania postal worker suffers chemical burns from soda-bottle bomb

Pocono Record

Workers, pols rally to save Staten Island's postal service

Staten Island Advance

In the Sorting Office: another view of postal privatization in Europe

London Review of Books

Smugglers Turning to Snail Mail to Ship Drugs

NBC Miami

Saved by the mail carrier

KKCO TV Grand Junction CO

US post offices spreading over time, 1700 to 1900

postalnews blog

Postcom podcast: The government’s use of mail

Postcom via postalnews blog

PRC Docket No. N2011-1 and the Future of the Post Office

Save the Post Office

Arbitration ahead for Postal Service, rural letter carriers union

Federal Times

More on the Kessler scandal

Sarasota Herald Tribune

North Carolinal carrier killed after crashing into a church

Fayetteville Observer

Why does the Postal Service want to destroy the Post Office?

Save the Post Office

USPS says NRP ended in January

postalnews blog

When is a bonus not a bonus?

When it's a U.S. Postal Service executive bonus.
Federal Times

Editorial: Fight for post offices

Wichita Eagle

SE Missouri post office reopens after floods

Associated Press

PRC Conducting Study to Allow More Flexible Costing And Pricing

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Party bias in PO closings, or just reality?

postalnews blog

Most post offices targeted for closure are in GOP districts

The Hill

Bundles of mail tossed down drain

Virginia Gazette

Video: PRC Vice Chair Mark Acton on the Future of USPS

postalnews blog

Brothers plead guilty in postal attack

Charleston WV Gazette

Post offices as beloved relics

Philadelphia Inquirer

The Downsizing of the Postal Workforce Slows

Dead Tree Edition
(... and according to the photo attached to this newspaper article, the USPS is still recruiting more managers?)

MSPB invites interested parties to file briefs in NRP (limited duty) case

postalnews blog

Connecticut Rural Carrier Arrested for Theft From Mail

North Branford, CT Patch

Sen. Tom Carper Statement on Most Recent USPS Financial Losses

postalnews blog

Darrell Issa Statement on Postal Service Losses

postalnews blog

Postal governor resigns amid real estate scandal

Federal Times

PMG Says PO Discontinuance Study Will be Ongoing

NAPUS

USPS loses $3.1 billion in third quarter

Press release

Camas woman moves to Vancouver, but mail takes a side trip

The Oregonian

"They want to close what?!"

Cleveland Daily Banner

Massachusetts postal worker crashes into tractor trailer

New England Cable News via postalnews blog

Frederick plant's closing angers union leader

Frederick MD News-Post

GOP Congressman calls on PMG to halt Oshkosh consolidation

postalnews blog

Tea-baggers pushing Issa “reform” bill

APWU News

APWU Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over USPS Refusal to Provide Consolidation Info

APWU News

Frederick Mail Processing Operations Moving To Baltimore

Frederick News-Post

Vigil in Modesto: PO Auction ends tomorrow, and whoever wins, we all lose

Save the Post Office

Can’t live at the P O any more

Anniston (AL) Star

Postal Service woes could hit poliical campaign mailings

campaignsandelections.com

Postal workers on edge after recent armed robberies

WJLA TV Washington

Postal worker sentenced for viewing child porn at Utica post office

Utica Observer-Dispatch

Kansas City postal worker found guilty of stealing from mail

Press release

DMA: Issa/Ross “Reform” Legislation Would Hurt Nonprofits

Press release

Bloomberg editorial rehashes attack on USPS, pushes Issa “reform” bill

postalnews blog

Save the Post Office!

Washington Post

Camden wants a refund- says USPS delayed thousands of certified letters to avoid overtime

WTXF TV Philadelphia

Robber Barons Plunder the Post Offic\

Save the Post Office

Back to Code Blue

NAPS Leg/Reg Update

FMLA requests to be handled by shared services center

postalnews blog

The debt ceiling and letter carriers

NALC via postalnews blog

Feds @ Work: Interview with Chuck McGann, USPS chief information security officer

AOL Government

USPS backs down on Sioux City FOIA request

KCAU-TV Sioux City

Hill Staff May Not Miss Post Offices

Roll Call

Audit finds Green Bay mail center insufficient for absorbing Oshkosh operation

... but USPS plans to go ahead with move anyway...
Oshkosh Northwestern

Destroying unions won’t fix the Postal Service

Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post by APWU President Cliff Guffey

Post office closing: Sign of deep trouble for Postal Service

Baltimore Sun

Crooked postal carrier nabbed swiping packages from Diamond District

New York Post

PRC sets schedule for consideration of USPS’s post office closing plans

postalnews blog