postalnews.com: February 2012

Wednesday, February 29

Kan. Letter Carrier To Admit Hoarding Mail
KMBC Kansas City Comment
Editorial: Easier to battle rain, snow
Philadelphia Inquirer Comment
As USPS “crisis” deepens, Ross subcommittee investigates… Washington’s Birthday?
postalnews blog Comment
USPS Reaches Out to Spanish- and Chinese-Speaking Consumers
Press release Comment
Pitney Bowes to partner with Adobe on digital delivery service
Press release Comment
Funding of Early Retirement Incentives
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Union lists GOP attacks on federal workers
Washington Post Comment
Suspect identified in Ohio post office robbery
Pomeroy Daily Sentinel Comment
Questions over decision to close Queens mail sorting facility
New York Daily News Comment
Maine man sentenced in postal embezzlement
Waterville Morning Sentinel Comment
Going Anti-Postal: What kind of nation won’t fund a Post Office?
The Humanist Comment
Department of Labor Sues Postal Service Over Seattle Whistleblower
Seattle Weekly Comment
Senator says USPS executives need to make sacrifices too
Pres release Comment
Tuesday, February 28
The Clock Nears Twelve: The Approach of Postal Doomsday
Save the Post Office Comment
Darrell Issa Tone Deaf to the Need for Nonprofits
Chief Marketer Comment
Nearly one-third of APWU Mail Processing Jobs Cut in Eastern Area
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
"The US Postal Service is neither broken nor bankrupt"
Bangor Daily News Comment
Congressman questions closing of mail center
Postal officials circling wagons
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Comment
APWU: Excessing Rules Dramatically Improved
APWU News Comment
USPS still in the black year to date- before $4.5 billion in PAEA charges
postalnews blog Comment
Video: Possible Robber Shoots Manager At LA Post Office
postalnews blog Comment
Impact of USPS Consolidations on Employees
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Vermonters tell it like it is: The public meeting on the White River processing center
Save the Post Office Comment
Colorado post offices see increase in marijuana packages
Denver Post Comment
New stamp upsets local tribe
Gilroy Dispatch Comment
California postmaster pleads guilty to embezzlement
Redding Record Searchlight Comment
Editorial: Rescue the Postal Service
Closure of plant will alienate customers
Eugene Register-Guard Comment
Monday, February 27
As post offices close, so goes a way of life
Richmond Times-Dispatch Comment
Magic in the Nearly Forgotten Mailbox
Quirky Photos of Post Offices in the United States
New York Times Comment
Nine States Closing the Most Mail Centers
24/7 Wall St. Comment
Everybody's got a price: What's yours?
Federal News Radio Comment
ditorial: Postal Service silliness
Minot Daily News Comment
Sunday, February 26
Amid scrutiny of her travel, Postal Regulatory Commission chief bound for Switzerland
Federal Times Comment
Mail delivery returning to normal since Sioux City closure
Sioux City Journal Comment
Retired postman is loved beyond letters
Raleigh News Observer Comment
Businesses concerned about South Bend mail processing shift
WSBT-TV South Bend Comment
Saturday, February 25
Neither snow, nor rain, nor golf cart can stop Folly Beach Post Office
Charleston Post and Courier Comment
Mail delivery woes in Chicago Heights
Southtown Star Comment
The Postal Service's Plan: Worse Service, Higher Prices
Daily Finance Comment
Friday, February 24
Ohio Elections Boss Has Concerns Over Postal Plan
Associated Press Comment
Senator Levin to Postmaster General: Show Me the Data
Press release Comment
Washington state election office: Postal cuts pose no problem for vote-by-mail
Tacoma News Tribune Comment
Video: Eastern Iowa mail centers saved, but some fear future cuts
postalnews blog Comment
Sen. Brown Demands Answers On USPS Proposal To Close MA Plants
Press release Comment
Businesses Concerned over Post Office's Future
WNED Buffalo Comment
35,000 Postal Service jobs on the chopping block
CNN Money Comment
Mail Handlers: USPS Plans to Close the Doors on Service
postalnews blog Comment
Thursday, February 23
Comments of Representative Dennis Ross on USPS Consolidation
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
APWU: Members Must Continue the Fight!
APWU News Comment
The Politics of Network Optimization
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Sanders Calls Postal Service Plan ‘Deeply Flawed’
postalnews blog Comment
How safe is the mail?
Washington Post Comment
Complete USPS Consolidation List
postalnews blog Comment
Central Massachusetts plant to be closed
Worcester Telegram Comment
Burrus: excessing over 50 miles likely?
postalnews blog Comment
It hits the fan: The Postal Service can't wait to close the plants
Save the Post Office Comment
Sen. Harry Reid announces Reno plant will remain open
Twitter via postalnews blog Comment
Reports: Monmouth NJ, Corpus Christi TX plants to close
postalnews blog Comment
Inspection Service steps up security at plants as closing announcements are made
Washington Post via postalnews blog Comment
Duluth postal workers told 60 jobs could leave Duluth by June
Duluth News Tribune Comment
Pocatello mail center will close
Idaho State Journal Comment
Easton MD mail processing could move to Wilmington DE
Easton Star Democrat Comment
Wednesday, February 22
Sen. Collins' Statement on USPS Consolidation
WVII Bangor Comment
Postal workers shocked by Roanoke & Lynchburg facility closures
WDBJ TV Roanoke Comment
Eastern Maine plant employees told that staff will be cut from 183 to 13
Bangor Daily News Comment
Paducah postal facility to shut down
WPSD Paducah KY Comment
Delaware mail processing plant to stay open
WDEL Wilmington Comment
Kentucky Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Assaulting Mail Carrier
WLEX TV Lexington, Kentucky Comment
Cincinnati postal center will not close
WCPO Cincinnati Comment
Court faults USPS in firing of decorated Afghan war veteran
Washington Post Comment
Roanoke mail processing center to close, union rep tells reporters
WSLS Roanoke VA Comment
Video: USPS recommends closing Tulsa postal center
postalnews blog Comment
USPS Set to Announce Consolidations; APWU Continues to Oppose Plan to Slash Service, Jobs, Network
APWU News Comment
iPad game features mailmen avoiding dogs (and delivering mail)
postalnews blog Comment
The Shrinking Service: Why Are Post Offices Closing?
WWNY TV Watertown NY Comment
Subscribers are noticing that magazines are arriving later and later
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Comment
Feds ask judge to drop Calif. postal records suit
California Watch Comment
Rep Don Young talks bypass mail at Chamber luncheon
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Comment
Postal Regulatory Commission chairman responds (very publicly) to travel questions
Federal Times Comment
Tuesday, February 21
Greece Is the Word for USPS, Donahoe Says
Dead Tree Edition Comment
A Civil Action: The People of the United States vs. The U. S. Postal Service
Save the Post Office Comment
Amazon to begin using ePostage
USPS News Link Comment
Premium Mail Forwarding Service Debuts on USPS.com
Press release Comment
Miami: Postal worker’s master key stolen by “two juveniles”
postalnews blog via twitter Comment
Assault charges against Oklahoma Postmaster dismissed
Daily Ardmoreite Comment
Video: Postal Service loses urn, woman’s remains
postalnews blog Comment
Video: Postal Service rally in Bangor
WCSH TV Portland Comment
New Hampshire resident says USPS should close one of his town's two post offices
Portsmouth Herald Comment
Monday, February 20
Happy 220th Birthday, US Post Office!
postalnews blog Comment
A Mess in Maryland: Mail delayed and workers call for an investigation
Save the Post Office Comment
USPS can’t afford an Olympics stamp this year?
postalnews blog Comment
USPS, I love you
Athens GA Banner-Herald Comment
Canada Post CEO sees growth for service in e-commerce
Canadian Press Comment
Search continues for secret stamp honoring John Glenn's historic spaceflight
collectSPACE Comment
Returning military members allege job discrimination — by federal government
Washington Post Comment
Sunday, February 19
Editorial: Trim overhead and match postal reforms to financial reality
Seattle Times Comment
Postal Service again eyes buyouts, early retirements
Federal Times Comment
USPS Five-Year Plan "mostly PR"
Save the Post Office Comment
Editorial: Postal Service’s Future
"...reducing service while raising prices is not a business plan that will promote growth."
The Missourian Comment
Letter: Senator Collins in denial
Lewiston (ME) Sun Journal Comment
US Postal Service owns the largest hotel in Oklahoma
Norman Transcript Comment
Saturday, February 18
Campaign against postal service is about rejecting government
Rochester MN Post Bulletin Comment
'Anything good in mail?' These days, no
Mailbox anticipation has been replaced by onslaught of advertising, catalogs
Asbury Park Press Comment
Small-town newspapers face uncertain future with possible postal cutbacks
KYTV Springfield MO Comment
Friday, February 17
APWU: USPS Five-Year Plan Is Doomed to Fail
APWU News Comment
The Postal Service Business Plan: the Result of Choosing a Government Business Model
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Proposed pension contribution hike is latest foray into federal worker pockets
Washington Post Comment
New Jersey letter carrier charged with drunk driving in mail truck
Ridgewood, NJ Patch Comment
USPS may resort to buyouts, early retirements in aggressive downsizing
Federal Times Comment
Postal Service Warns It Could Lose $18 Billion a Year
Citing Losses, Postal Service Seeks Higher Stamp Prices
New York Times Comment
USPS Uses Wedding Stamps to Encourage Mail Invitations
New York Times Comment
Video: USPS mechanic finds Jesus on mail truck in Houston
postalnews blog Comment
100-Year-Old Photos of People Delivering Mail
Mental Floss Comment
Thursday, February 16
NALC reacts to USPS ‘business plan’ announcement
NALC News Comment
USPS Plan would eliminate 155,000 jobs, raise stamp price to 50 cents
postalnews blog Comment
The plant consolidation plan: 35,000 jobs lost, and "no significant impact"?
Save the Post Office Comment
APWU Update: Congress Refuses to Tax the Rich, But New Postal, Federal Workers Must Pay
APWU News Comment
USPS redesigning mail processing network based on area hubs
Post & Parcel Comment
Man who held Wisconsin letter carrier hostage gets 15 years in prison
Appleton Post Crescent Comment
Closing of postal centers could cause trouble with mail ballots
Ventura County Star Comment
State rep. says USPS is withholding study on closing Queens plant
NY Daily News Comment
NY letter carrier sentenced for stealing drugs and cash from mail
postalnews blog Comment
Rapid Renovation of Post Office Destroyed by Fire Wins Mellon Award for Excellence
postalnews blog Comment
Wednesday, February 15
Senate to Vote on Public Service Pension Tax On Friday
NAPUS Comment
USPS Plans to Implement Consolidations As Soon As Moratorium Ends
APWU News Comment
Congress Refuses to Tax the Rich But Postal, Federal Workers Must Pay
APWU News Comment
The Selling of the Venice Post Office: More than a touch of evil
Save the Post Office Comment
Former Ann Arbor Postal Service worker convicted of taking cash, lap dances as bribes
Associated Press Comment
PostCom: USPS to launch PR blitz around its updated business plan
postalnews blog Comment
Post Office contractor sentenced for hiding mail
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Comment
Increase to pension contributions part of tentative tax cut deal
Federal News Radio Comment
Tales of UPS’s Missing and Broken
New York Times Comment
NAPS: Obama Budget Would Help the Postal Service, Hurt Postal Workers
also: Democratic Senators Urge Improvements in Postal Bill
National Association of Postal Supervisors Comment
Audio: “Tiny works of art…” US Postal Service Stamps by Roman Mars
Soundcloud via postalnews blog Comment
Michigan letter carrier alerts woman and fire department to SUV blaze
Holland Sentinel Comment
Tuesday, February 14
NALC contract update: mediator appointed
NALC News Comment
Saving the Postal Service: 27 Senators call for “significant improvements” in USPS reform bill
Press release Comment
USPS Statement on White House budget: PMG thanks President for recognizing need for reform
postalnews blog Comment
Shop Talk: A new reality for political direct mail
Campaigns & Elections Comment
Special Report: Towns go dark with post office closings
Reuters Comment
Congressman Hinchey Leads 111 House Members Against Post Office Closures
Press release
see also:APWU applauds effort to halt PO closings - Comment
Letters by the thousands travel to tiny Texas town
Odessa American Comment
Video: Decision to close Albany GA processing plant may come sooner
WFXL TV Albany GA Comment
Business Mailers Rankled by Obama Call to End Saturday Delivery
Businessweek Comment
New Hampshire letter carrier dies on the job
Portsmouth Herald Comment
Plea change hearing set for ex-Post Office worker
Hattiesburg (MS) American Comment
Monday, February 13
NALC President reacts to Obama 5 day delivery proposal
NALC News Comment
Sen. Sanders and Rep. Cummings Call for Reform of Postal Service Pre-Funding Schedule
Press release Comment
Obama Urges End to Saturday Mail Delivery
Bloomberg Comment
USPS paid out $28 million in arbitration awards in 1st quarter
postalnews blog Comment
“Four Flags” stamps to debut next week
postalnews blog Comment
National Insurance Group switches most customer communications to Zumbox digital postal mail
Press release Comment
Valentine's post office faces closure
UPI Comment
Love stamp: Do you see fettuccine or gymnastic ribbons?
Colorado Springs Gazette Comment
Presentation from last week’s webinar on network optimization
postalnews blog Comment
Sunday, February 12
Pitney Bowes shares slump on outlook
MarketWatch Comment
Editorial: McCaskill's Post Office Proposal
The Missourian Comment
Open Season on the Federal Public Service?
Also: "Senate Postal Bill Stalled for Now" and "Retiree Costs Fully Funded in 21 years"
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin Comment
Appeals court upholds removal of letter carrier who told customer he was being investigated
Leagle.com Comment
Saturday, February 11
USPS awards $50 million contract for “Next Generation Retail Software” to Escher Group
postalnews blog Comment
Native and Rural Communities Face Devastating Post Office Closures
Huffington Post Comment
Friday, February 10
The spin doctors examine Post Office financials for Q1: “The patient is a goner”
Save the Post Office Comment
USPS fallout: Dems seek to treat bills as paid once they are postmarked
The Hill Comment
Don't like "junk" mail? There's an app for that!
Lifehacker Comment
USPS 1st Quarter Volumes and Revenues Better than Forecast
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Video: Explain it to me, GOP
"How does cutting my pay and benefits create jobs?"
American Federation of Government Employees via postalnews blog Comment
Postal trouble could harm FedEx
Analyst: Government may need to renegotiate lucrative contract
Memphis Commercial Appeal Comment
The Postal Service Just Lost $3.3 Billion: Blame Congress
The Atlantic Comment
NALC: Congress turns $200M USPS profit into $3.2B loss
NALC News Comment
Thursday, February 9
Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ introduces legislation to reform USPS’s profit-exhausting mandates
Press release Comment
APWU Contract now available
APWU News Comment
Republicans on House panel approve bill to cut postal, federal pensions
APWU News Comment
USPS losses continue in first quarter
$3.3 billion loss for first 3 months of FY 2012- $3 billion of it due to PAEA, not actual operations
postalnews blog Comment
Three Long Island Postal Workers Charged With Using Their Positions to Steal Cash
postalnews blog Comment
Senator Carper statement on USPS financial results
Press release Comment
Heart Health Forever Stamp Lands Featured Role on NBC’s ‘The Biggest Loser’
postalnews blog Comment
USPS move to close profitable Brooklyn CPU mystifies residents
Greenpoint Gazette Comment
World’s postal market changing faster than ever expected
Post & Parcel Comment
Video: The Republican War on Postal Workers
Senator Bernie Sanders on the Ed Schultz Show on MSNBC
postalnews blog Comment
NTEU: Breaking Pension Promises to Fund Transportation Bill is Wrong
postalnews blog Comment
Hundreds of post offices dropped from U.S. Postal Service closure list
Federal Times Comment
SC rural carrier honored for pulling woman to safety
Myrtle Beach Sun News Comment
Wednesday, February 8
Carper seeks trip details from Postal Regulatory Commission chairman
Federal Times Comment
Trump selected to redevelop DC’s Old Post Office
Save the Post Office Comment
Lawmakers continue battle over federal retirement benefits
Federal News Radio Comment
Video: Post Offices: Rural, Rustic, Relics?
Video profile of Going Postal publisher Evan Kalish
postalnews blog Comment
The postal service is slipping away
High Country News Comment
American tradition of anticipating mail delivery killed by junk mail
USA Today Comment
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Burlington artist crafts hand-lettered wedding stationery
Seven Days Comment
Mailman remembers real winters
Tri-City Herald Comment
Tuesday, February 7
Online brokerage TD Ameritrade will pay $1.5 million for breaking postal mailing rules
Columbus (IN) Republic Comment
USPS Flat tray shortage continues
USPS News Link Comment
Issa committee takes up bill cutting federal retirement benefits
Federal News Radio Comment
Postal politics gets ugly: The Post attacks the PRC Chair
Save the Post Office Comment
The Post Office Is Not Broke
The Nation Comment
U.S. Postal inspectors investigating The Second Mile, Sandusky
CBS 21 News Harrisburg Comment
Video: Residents Fight To Save New England's Smallest Post Office
WMUR New Hampshire Comment
Postal worker falls into storm drain, dies in freak accident at Miami P&DC
Miami Herald Comment
Only Congress can rescue USPS, says PRC commissioner Acton
Post & Parcel Comment
Video: Woman gets her entire block’s mail for the 4th time
postalnews blog Comment
Sen. Patrick Leahy: USPS plans endanger economy
"I have come to see the Postal Service as divorced from reality."
postalnews blog Comment
Relevance of PRC Decision In Network Optimization Review
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Sanders leads push to change Senate postal bill
The Hill Comment
USPS closes Connecticut post office, citing undisclosed safety and security concerns
The (New London) Day Comment
Monday, February 6
Postal Service Retiree Funding ‘Astonishingly High’
postalnews blog Comment
Carriers mobilize to oppose FERS bill
"Ross's bill is a blatant attack on federal pensions"
NALC NEWS Comment
APWU Members Urged to Take Action as Senate Reviews Postal Reform
APWU News Comment
Shock: Post Office delivers veteran's ashes to wrong family
KOMO News Seattle Comment
Post Office locations opening in retailers, run by retailers
WAVE 3 News - Louisville, Kentucky Comment
Trial getting under way in mail truck corruption
Associated Press Comment
PRC Chairwoman Ruth Goldway defends travel schedule
Washington Post Comment
Sunday, February 5
CBO score could blunt momentum for Senate Postal Service reform bill
The Hill Comment
Sen. Claire McCaskill to discuss postal proposals
Kansas City Star Comment
Postal regulatory chairman’s $70,000 in travel comes under scrutiny
Washington Post Comment
A Second Look: From the USPS Closure Files
Going Postal Comment
Senate Democrats divided over deep cuts to U.S. Postal Services
The Hill Comment
FSS Is Increasing USPS's Costs, Expert Says
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Postal reform legislation: "Who's on first?"
Postcom Comment
The “4th Parcel Carrier”, EquaShip, suspends operations
postalnews blog Comment
Help Put Pluto On Postage!
National Geographic Comment
Postal workers: Frederick mail piling up
Baltimore facility burdened after local plant's closure, transferred employees say
Frederick (MD) News-Post Comment
Saturday, February 4
What’s to hide? The Postal Service turns over some closing lists
Save the Post Office Comment
Editorial: Saving the Postal Service
Bangor Daily News Comment
Notable Authors Give Snail Mail a Boost
New York Times Comment
Banks want mail processing plant to remain in Delaware
Wilmington News Journal Comment
Friday, February 3
US mailers urge swift postal reforms from US Senate
Post & Parcel Comment
Reports: charges dropped in Lance Armstrong/USPS doping investigation
velonation.com Comment
USPS Pension Fund Surpluses Growing; Retiree Health Benefit Unfunded Liability Declines Even Without PAEA Payments
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Free Valentine’s Day Card Offer at Cardstore.com
Press release Comment
For Ninth Straight Year, FedEx Is USPS’s Largest Supplier
postalnews blog Comment
All Thrift Savings Plan funds post positive returns in January
Government Executive Comment
Texas mailman pleads guilty to stealing pain pill packages
Amarillo Globe-News Comment
OFF BEAT: Investigators get an eyeful in workers comp fraud case
Business Insurance Comment
USPS: Love Ribbons stamp available now
postalnews blog Comment
Video: Scammers use USPS change of address system to steal woman’s identity
(So much for "a refrigerator has never been hacked"!)
postalnews blog Comment
Letter carrier attacked by drunk
Battle Creek Enquirer Comment
St. Paul artist using homemade postcards to help save Postal Service
St Paul Pioneer Press Comment
Thursday, February 2
Postal system’s financial woes spark debate in Maine
Bangor Daily News Comment
GOP targets federal workers
Washington Post Comment
Where's the emergency? Suspended post offices in 2011 & a list of leases ending soon
Save the Post Office Comment
Video- Sen. Bernie Sanders: “Modernize the Postal Service!”
postalnews blog Comment
At 1st MPA Postal Summit, Industry Tackles Distribution Issues
Folio Comment
Scoring big at the Super Bowl
Fans huddle up at the Postal Service's Championship Station
USPS News Link Comment
Senators take OPM to task over long wait for pensions
Federal News Radio Comment
Mail carrier back at same Portland route after defecating in customer's yard
KGW TV Portland OR
see also: "Video: Postal worker in deep doo-doo after using yard as toilet" - Comment
Texas letter carrier gets 18 months for workers comp fraud
Press release Comment
California postal worker sentenced to 18 months in prison for theft, passing counterfeit bills
Press release Comment
Postal Worker Charged For Allegedly Dumping Mail In Dumpster
WBNS TV Columbus OH Comment
Wednesday, February 1
US regulators refuse to speed up review of USPS network cutbacks
Post & Parcel Comment
APWU Reports Movement on Maintenance Craft Jobs Memo
APWU News Comment
Oscar Ballots Are in the Mail -- For the Last Time?
Reuters Comment
UPS Conference Call Illustrates How Online Shopping is Changing Parcel Shipping
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
You’re not going to love this: the USPS screws up Valentine’s Day
Fletcher Prince Comment
Updated: The USPS’s Financial Condition: Overview and Issues for Congress
postalnews blog via Congressional Research Service Comment
Maine postal worker gets 3 months for stealing veterans’ pain medicine
Bangor Daily News Comment
Video: Paperless Post Offers E-Valentines for Stationery Lovers
postalnews blog Comment
Mail theft alleged in arrest of New York rural carrier
Watertown Daily Times Comment
USPS Tries To Scare Boomers Away From Online Banking
Business 2 Community Comment
Dead Tree Edition Media Bankruptcy Poll Results
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Michigan PO in "pilot test", using routers to case mail for carriers
Niles Star Comment
Plan to sell La Jolla post office upsets locals
San Diego Union-Tribune Comment
Paperless Post Offers E-Valentines for Stationery Lovers
Wall Street Journal Comment

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