Friday, September 30

Darrell Issa Goes Postal, Job-Killing Retiree Bill Moves to the States

Center for Media and Democracy

Coverage of the Sept. 27 Save America's Postal Service rallies

Save America's Postal Service

Bipartisan Postal Reform Members Ask GAO to Settle Postal Overpayment “Issue” Once and for All

postalnews blog

Separating Roles of the USPS

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Carper, Carney confident Postal Service will be saved

WDEL

Snail-mail Hunters: Companies taking aim at core USPS products

Boston Business Journal

Two Alabama postal workers indicted for mail theft and delay

Press release

Former letter carrier claims local mail is routinely thrown in the trash

WXIN TV Indianapolis

With historic losses looming, USPS launches new ad campaign

Washington Post

Thursday, September 29

A Postmaster Goes to War Against His General

BusinessWeek

Undelivered Mail Pulled From Post Office Dumpsters

WRTV Indianapolis

Postmaster Murder Trial Hits Sudden Halt

Wheeling WV News-Register

5-Day Delivery Bill Not Likely to Pass This Year

multichannelmerchant.com

Darrell Issa doesn’t think unions should fight for postal workers’ jobs

postalnews blog

Video: When it comes to the USPS, Darrell Issa is pro-robot and anti-human being

Rep. Stephen Lynch appears on the Ed Show
MSNBC: The Ed Show

Man admits to role in scheme to dodge $1.3 million in postal fees

St. Petersburg Times

Editorial: GAO report could settle postal funding dispute

Wilmington DE News Journal

Feds have sacrificed enough, federal groups tell supercommittee

Federal News Radio

Saturday, September 24

Post Offices removed from the RAOI: List and Map

Save the Post Office

Postcom notes passing of Murray Comarow, who helped shape USPS

postalnews blog

Darrell Issa wants the USPS to die quickly

Darrell Issa's twitter via postalnews blog

Issa gets something right: wants Alaska to pay for bypass mail subsidy

postalnews blog

Preserving the People's Post Office: Nader writes Congress

Save the Post Office

Tennessee Congressman Introduces Bill to Help U.S. Postal Service Increase Revenue

postalnews blog

Video: Mail carrier’s car stolen at gunpoint

KVUE Austin

Postal service reform could 'cripple' South Florida nonprofits

South Florida Business Journal

John McCain and the Politics of Postal Reform

Courier Express and Postal Observer
click here to read the press release issued by McCain, and here for some earlier pearls of wisdom from John McCain -

Postal supervisor gets probation for for stealing prescription medication from mail

Spokane Spokesman-Review

Friday, September 23

USPS Responds to NAPUS on DUO, RIF and Staffing Issues

NAPUS

McCain joins the Postal Service debate- introduces Issa bill in Senate

Washington Post

The OIG tells the post office to get a divorce

Save the Post Office

330 Motor Vehicle Jobs Returned to APWU Bargaining Unit

postalnews blog

Ten Reasons That the U.S. Postal Service is Not a Failure — and is Vital to Our Country

New Deal 2.0

Postal Regulatory Commission Increases its Irrelevance in Policy Debate

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Glens Falls NY Letter Carrier Admits Stealing Mail

postalnews blog

USPS launches mobile app for Blackberry

Press release

UPS promotes Every Door Direct Mail-Retail

Press release

Forever stamp licks markets in race for investor returns

Globe and Mail

Without new vision, Postal Service heads toward irrelevance

St Louis Post-Dispatch

Rural postal carrier stays on job, healthy at 84

Quincy IL Herald Whig

Two postal workers accused of stealing iPhones

Sacramento Bee

Don't cancel Postal Service

Worcester Telegram

Thursday, September 22

Stop bashing government workers

Washington Post

Darrell Issa lobbied for same kinds of federal loans his committee is now investigating

The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Nonprofit group unveils ad opposing Issa bill

postalnews blog

Bad Customer Service Is Built into the Design of U.S. Post Offices, Report Says

Dead Tree Edition

Why the USPS Matters: FedEx

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Dueling hashtags show partisan bickering over USPS reform

The Hill's Twitter Room

Maine postal worker gets 30 days for stealing veterans’ prescriptions

Bangor Daily News

Three Ohio postal workers charged with mail offenses

Press release

Florida Postmaster Enters Diversion Program In Sexual Battery Case

NorthEscambia.com

Wednesday, September 21

Issa’s ‘Postal Destruction’ Bill Passes House Subcommittee

APWU News

Job cuts focus of heated Postal Service debate

Washington Post

There Used to be a Post Office Here

Save the Post Office

Issa's committee passes Issa's bill on party line vote

Connolly: "Issa’s bill applies a combination of flagellation and bloodletting to a patient who everyone acknowledges is sick"
Federal Times

Nationalize the Post Office

Harvard Crimson

Postal service publishes proposal for service standard reductions

Federal Register

Issa’s amended bill reverses RIF rules, would lay off most senior postal workers first

postalnews blog

Congressman: Drop pre-funding requirement

Youngstown Vindicator

Mailers' group launches "Save the Mail Save Jobs" web site

savethemailsavejobs.org

Postal service asks some Lincoln residents to install to curbside mailboxes

Lincoln Journal Star

Gary postal worker charged in coupon scam

NW Indiana Times

Yet another blog helps spread misinformation about USPS

postalnews blog

Tuesday, September 20

Congressmen Cummings and Lynch to Announce Innovative Legislation to Return USPS to Profitability

postalnews blog

NALC Report on Obama Plan for USPS

postalnews blog

APWU Board Approves Dues Assessment to Support Media Campaign

APWU News

Clerk sues USPS for violation of FMLA rights

Southeast Texas Record

NALC: Return of FERS surplus, other short-term relief a good start in Obama plan, but not enough

NALC News

Postal Service Sees ‘Breathing Space’ in Obama Plan, Deputy Says

Bloomberg

eNAPUS Bulletin: President Obama Weighs In on Postal Legislation

President’s Deficit Plan Impacts FERS and FEHBP
eNAPUS Legislative & Political Bulletin

The Postal Service leaves the driving to us

Save the Post Office

5 Businesses That Will Suffer From a Post Office Overhaul

InvestorPlace

Durbin adds amendment to stop USPS from closing Quincy IL plant

Press release

Will Post Office Cuts Cost You Credit Card Late Fees?

TIME

Obama Supports Postage Increase: Is He Dissing the Print Industry?

Dead Tree Edition

Monday, September 19

Video: The Great Postal Heist

The truth about the manufactured postal "crisis"
postalnews blog

Postal Service's first-class woes weighing on direct mailers

BtoB Magazine

President Obama deficit plans back ending Saturday mail

Washington Post

Postal Service plan would save $20 billion: White House

Reuters

Outline of White House proposal for USPS

postalnews blog

APWU Launches Phase 2 Of Television Ad Campaign

postalnews blog

Issa's new amendments would get rid of retirement eligible employees, end door to door delivery

Reuters

Netflix DVD mailing service to split off and become Qwikster

arstechnica.com

How Republicans crippled the U.S. Postal Service

Salem OR Statesman Journal

What to do when you learn your post office may close

Save the Post Office

Friday, September 16

NAPS Statement on USPS Network Reorganization Plans

postalnews blog

Postmaster General to Salute Postal Customer Council’s 50th Year

Press release

The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Postal Service in Fourteen New Yorker Covers

The New Yorker

Can Technology Save The U.S. Postal Service?

Fast Company

The Proposed USPS Network: A Second Best Solution

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

APWU NY Metro local says PMG should step down

Also Calls for Investigation into Former PMG Potter's Retirement Package
Press release

Let USPS use its own money to fix itself

Wichita Eagle

Privatization of US Postal Service could be costly

The Daily Cougar

Montana suffers brunt of rural post office closings

Great Falls Tribune

Video of yesterday's PMG press conference

C-SPAN

Thursday, September 15

Sen. Carper Statement on USPS Announcement Regarding Changes to Its Distribution Network

postalnews blog

DMA urges members to lobby Congress to throw out USPS union contracts

postalnews blog

APWU Denounces USPS Plans to Dismantle Mail Processing Network

APWU News

USPS Presentation on Network, Service Changes

postalnews blog

USPS: Postal Service Faces New Reality

USPS press release

Proposed USPS Plant Consolidation List Revealed

postalnews blog

How Congress Bankrupted the Postal Service in 3 Easy Steps

Dead Tree Edition

Digital ascends but print still rules catalog business

Direct Marketing News

Government denies coercing confession from deaf postman

Northern Virginia Daily

Postal Service proposal might slow deliveries

Washington Post

Legacy for Sale: The Postal Service has no shame

Save the Post Office

Video: Customer told to leave PO because she has too much mail

postalnews blog

Stephen Colbert offers suggestions to help USPS

postalnews blog

Wednesday, September 14

UPS Seeks to Banish 'Notorious' Delivery-Notice Slips

Advertising Age

The lunatic fringe weighs in on postal reform

postalnews blog

Post Office History Goes on Sale

Wall Street Journal via postalnews blog

Video: Neighborhood mailman reassigned after budget cuts

postalnews blog

Who gets hurt when the post office closes?

Save the Post Office

Retirement menu: Filet & cabernet or dog food & Dr. Pepper?

Federal News Radio

Letter carrier pleads guilty in tax refund fraud scam

St. Petersburg Times

Texas: Two accused of death threats against mailman

Amarillo Globe-News

He's got mail--lots of it

Fredericksburg Free Lance–Star

The new face of the US (Village) Post Office - CNN.com

CNN

Video: How the Right Wing Destroyed the USPS

Majority.FM

The Future Of Snail Mail

WBUR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook

Possible Post Office Closures in the Bronx Would Threaten a Way of Life

WNYC

Monday, September 12

Issa would force postal workers to retire

The Hill via postalnews blog

Democrats introduce totally irrelevant bill on postal finances

postalnews blog

Where are most federal employees? Not in Washington

Washington Post

Charlotte: Later mail likely due to loss of 14 routes

Deliveries as late as 8 PM may be typical
Charlotte Observer

'Junk Mail' May Be Last Hope for Saving the USPS

Advertising Age

Fate of USPS could impact local private sector jobs

Grand Rapids Press

The politics of a USPS default

POLITICO

Preserve the Postal Service

Why does it have to be self-supporting?
Philadelphia Inquirer

Donahoe's Downsizing Plan for USPS Yields Huge PR Coup

Dead Tree Edition

USPS rescue: Plan’s goal is to destroy union, employee benefits

Canton Repository

Feds plan their exits: Interest surges in retirement seminars

Federal Times

Saturday, September 10

Without rhyme or reason: The PRC turns down the Akron appeal

Save the Post Office

Would You Miss Your Post Office If It Closed?

AuctionBytes

No more postal service? What would Ben Franklin think?

Salt Lake Tribune

The Future of the U.S. Postal Service – Don’t Believe the Hype

Pitney Bowes Newsroom

Arizona postal worker indicted for forging money orders

postalnews blog

Man Who Shot At Postal Vehicle Convicted

WLEX TV Lexington Kentucky

EBay shares slip on concern over U.S. Postal Service closures

Reuters

Bill O’Reilly comes up with a brand new lie about postal finances

postalnews blog

Editorial: Postal Service crisis must be defused

Asheville Citizen-Times

Thursday, September 8

Postbusters! Jon Stewart on the postal “crisis”

Hulu via postalnews blog

Postal Unions Join Forces to Save America’s Postal Service

Rallies Set for Sept. 27 in Every Congressional District
postalnews blog

The Social and Economic Value of Postal Services

Save the Post Office

Postal Unions’ Grassroots Clout Tested by Planned USPS Job Cuts

Bloomberg

Possible USPS insolvency threatens FedEx/Boeing deal

postalnews blog

Save the USPS — from Congress

Deseret News

Postal Reform: Lobster or Road Kill?

Federal News Radio

Audio: The legal perspective on buyouts, VERAs

Federal News Radio

Ross responds (sort of) to demagogue charge

postalnews blog

Thousands of postal jobs in Ohio at risk

Middletown Journal

Carper says USPS could avoid default by using the billions it prepaid in pensions

Philadelphia Inquirer

Sen. Olympia J. Snowe: Diminishing postal service will hurt communication

Fosters Daily Democrat

David Letterman: Postal Service Top Ten

CBS.com

How to lie with charts, part 2

Business Insider shoots itself in the foot
postalnews blog

NAPUS President Discusses Early Outs and Incentives in Meeting With PMG

postalnews blog

Wednesday, September 7

A little demagoguery from Dennis Ross

postalnews blog

Postcom’s ‘This Week in Postal’ podcast for Sept. 7 2011

Postcom via postalnews blog

NALC Talking Points on the USPS Financial “Crisis”

NALC via postalnews blog

Senator McCaskill, the Postal Service’s Financial Strategist

National Review

Searching for consensus on US postal reform

Post & Parcel

Latest USPS buzzword: DRIVE

postalnews blog

Former letter carrier gets probation for stealing from union

Hazleton PA Standard Speaker

Video: Carper Says USPS Should Encourage Workers to Retire

Bloomberg

Untangling USPS financial knots won’t be easy

Washington Post

Doug McIntyre: If we stay divided, we are all sure to fall

Los Angeles Daily News

Iowa Governor Branstad: No conflict in ownership of post offices

Dubuque Telegraph Herald

Tuesday, September 6

How Should US Postal Service's Financial Problems Be Fixed?

Donahoe and Rolando on PBS NewsHour

Postmasters Call on Congress to Stop Closing Post Offices…

... and to Let USPS Pension Overpayments Prefund Retiree Health Benefits
League of Postmasters

Postal Service financial rescue plan in works at White House

Washington Post

OPM director questions savings of separate USPS health, retirement systems

Federal Times

Summary of testimony at today's Senate Hearing

Postcom.org

Veterans, minorities at risk with postal service layoffs

CNN Money

Senate Committee Hearing begins at 2 PM EDT

"Proposals to prevent a postal shutdown": Live video, witness list
United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs

New York Times Blames Workers for Postal Service Woes, Glosses Over Real Cause of Problems

Crooks and Liars

Postal Panic - Don’t Get Sucked In

Postal Affairs Blog
also: The State of the Postal Service -

USPS budget cuts will squeeze contractors big and small

Bloomberg Government via postalnews blog

Felix Salmon: How to solve the Post Office’s problems

Reuters

Senate Hearing Witness List Suggests Retiree Benefit Fix Still on Table

Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

Friday, September 2