postalnews.com: May 2012

Thursday, May 31

Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Willie Stargell and Ted Williams to be honored on Individual Forever Stamp Sheets July 21
Press release Comment
A day on the city's toughest postal route
Charleston WV Daily Mail Comment
Driver who killed postal worker faces year in jail
Los Angeles Times Comment
Postal processing center in Rochester (MN) to close in February 2013
Rochester Post Bulletin Comment
Postal Workers, Community Allies Increase Pressure as USPS Cuts Loom
Labor Notes Comment
Waiting on the mail: WV businesses try to find ways to adapt as postal closures loom
Charleston WV State Journal Comment
OPM contractor accidentally exposes retirees' Social Security numbers
Federal Times Comment
Thrift Savings Plan hackers could be targeting other government data
Nextgov.com Comment
Wednesday, May 30
Alabama teens say they were robbed by two men posing as postal workers
postalnews blog Comment
USPS Launches ‘Picture Permit’ Website for Marketers
postalnews blog Comment
Comparison of USPS Separation Incentives offered Postmasters and Mail Handlers
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
New Hampshire post office cut to half-hour each day
Manchester Union Leader Comment
Human foot mailed to Canada Conservative party HQ
Severed hand found in package at postal facility
Montreal Gazette Comment
Congress muddies waters around postal service
Louisville Courier-Journal Comment
Tuesday, May 29
PostalOne! Outage, aka The Neverending Story
intelisent Postal Affairs Blog Comment
Is Poor Service Causing the USPS to lose Standard Mail Customers?
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Mailhandler and Other USPS Separation Incentives
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
APWU Tells Members: Get Ready for a Busy Summer
postalnews blog Comment
Residents caught off guard as California post office is closed for fumigation
Los Cerritos Community News Comment
USPS struggles with alternative fuel delivery
Reuters Comment
Senate pushes House GOP to move on Postal Service reform bill
The Hill Comment
Hunger Strike to Save the Postal Service?
Postalmag.com Comment
Monday, May 28
Victory for Veterans Stamp would benefit veterans, postal service
Los Angeles Times Comment
TSP hacked: federal employees information exposed
PCWorld Comment
Sunday, May 27
USPS Misrepresentations Lead to Barrage of Criticism
APWU News Comment
The Postal Service Under Siege
postalnews blog Comment
Saturday, May 26
Details emerge in attack on postal worker
Stockton Record Comment
Man who defrauded Post Office to serve 2 years, pay back funds
Buffalo News Comment
How the Post Office Is Being Destroyed By a Phony Budget Crisis
On the Commons Comment
Friday, May 25
USPS extends Postmaster incentive decision deadline
postalnews blog Comment
APWU and USPS resolve dispute on maintenance staffing calculation
APWU News Comment
USPS submits a Request for an Advisory Opinion on POStPlan: How changing the rules changed everything
Save the Post Office Comment
JFK mail contractor employee accused of stealing troop mail
Queens Times Ledger Comment
House GOP 'working' to bring postal bill to floor
(If they can find the time to fit it in between vacations!)
The Hill Comment
Should Postal Service return to mailing children?
(... makes as much sense as some of the other ideas being touted to "save" the PO...)
The Daily Iberian Comment
New NALC ‘Guide to Route Inspections’ now available
postalnews blog Comment
USPS posts $1.6 billion “loss” in April- most of it imaginary…
postalnews blog Comment
USPS policy change may make it harder to send international mail
Abilene Reporter-News Comment
Mail handlers to be offered retirement incentive
postalnews blog Comment
Video: Twelve arrested in Occupy Portland OR protest to support post office
postalnews blog Comment
Thursday, May 24
NY postmaster admits stealing $21,705
postalnews blog Comment
Final Rule on Changes in Service Standards
Save the Post Office Comment
PostalVision 2020: The Future Starts Now
Quad/Graphics: Joe Schick's Think Tank blog Comment
Dog attacks up 34 percent; postal workers not surprised
Bucks County Courier Times Comment
Colombian drug dealer gets jail time for conspiring with postal workers to sell cocaine
postalnews blog Comment
Letter: A vital institution, Postal Service should be valued
Boston Globe Comment
Wednesday, May 23
The Case Against S. 1789
National Association of Letter Carriers Comment
Justice Department Honors Letter Carrier For Efforts To Find Missing Child
postalnews blog Comment
Video: Postal Worker Attacked By Dogs: ‘I’m Terrified To Go Back’
CBS4 Denver Comment
Mail carrier reports threat; couple arrested
Orangeburg SC Times & Democrat Comment
U.S. Postal Service Honors Capra, Ford, Huston and Wilder
Press release Comment
Wisconsin letter carrier escapes attack by two pit bulls
WEAU Eau Claire Comment
Baucus Slams Postal Service for Plan to Close Kalispell Mail-Processing Facility
Flathead Beacon Comment
Schumer calls on PRC to reject Valassis NSA
postalnews blog Comment
Tuesday, May 22
Why the Postal Service Is Fixable
"An unjustified pre-funding of health care costs is the biggest burden"
InvestorPlace Comment
How the West was won: The PMG's trip to Montana
Save the Post Office Comment
PayPal now available for Click-N-Ship customers
postalnews blog Comment
Federal News Radio Interview with Mail Handlers Union President John Hegarty
National Postal Mail Handlers Union Comment
Will the POSt, Processing Network Plans Provide An Easier Path toward House Action on Postal Reform?
National Association of Postal Supervisors Comment
Video: Mailbox break-ins at downtown Boulder post office lead to curtailed hours
Boulder Daily Camera Comment
Postal service driver injured in Wisconsin crash
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Comment
Video: Denver letter carrier attacked by dogs
Fox31 Denver Comment
A Long Term Vision for the USPS
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Monday, May 21
Gambling mailman's luck soured when inspectors caught him stealing mail
Sunbury PA Daily Item Comment
USPS employee in American Samoa charged with two counts of stealing
Samoa News Comment
Mail fowl
If you want to save the Postal Service from bankruptcy, consider chicken
Boston Globe Comment
Agencies prodded to reduce postage costs
Federal Times Comment
Sunday, May 20
The Postage Problem
Washington Monthly Comment
Network Consolidation: New plan, same old story
Save the Post Office Comment
Editorial: Mail shuffle
On-again, off-again post office dance
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Comment
Book review: Mail carriers a vital part of Alaska's history
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Comment
Saturday, May 19
Final Rule to Revise USPS Service Standards
Save the Post Office Comment
90 days in pen for ex-postal worker who got bribes
Associated Press Comment
Hampden postal facility workers, supporters grateful for Susan Collins’ efforts
Bangor Daily News Comment
To help itself, Postal Service willing to hurt old friend newspapers
Orangeburg SC Times and Democrat Comment
Free the Post Office!
"If Congress can’t do this one, nonpartisan thing, then it’s worth asking whether it can do anything at all."
Joe Nocera in the New York Times Comment
Friday, May 18
Kansas Postmaster Convicted Of Embezzlement
postalnews blog Comment
Revised Network Rationalization: Map & user-friendly list
Save the Post Office Comment
Letter carrier accused of stealing drugs from mail, selling them on route
CBS Sacramento Comment
Does the Issa-Ross Bill Pose a Credible Threat to the USPS?
also: House Passes Salary Cut Legislation, Senate Sticks With Last Summer’s Budget Agreement
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin Comment
Lieberman: “no mail processing centers will be closed this year”?
postalnews blog Comment
USPS lists over 4,000 post offices to be upgraded under POStPlan
postalnews blog Comment
Postal Money Pit: USPS spends millions renting empty buildings
Fox25 Boston via postalnews blog Comment
PMG “State of the Postal Service” Video on plant closings, VER
postalnews blog Comment
Danger and a death at Massachusetts postal facilities
Massachusetts workers killed, injured at facilities touted as 'Model Workplaces'
Center for Public Integrity Comment
Thursday, May 17
APWU: ‘Modified’ Consolidation Plan Is More of the Same
APWU News Comment
List of first 48 plants to be consolidated this summer
postalnews blog Comment
NAPS statement on USPS announcement regarding EAS VERA
postalnews blog Comment
USPS releases list of plants to be consolidated
postalnews blog Comment
USPS plans up to 140 plant consolidations through February
48 plants to close this summer
postalnews blog Comment
Florida Letter Carrier Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
postalnews blog Comment
Mid-Hudson mail facility to stay open for now
Middletown NY Times Herald Record Comment
Postal Service won’t close Eastern Maine facility after all, Collins says
Bangor Daily News Comment
Wednesday, May 16
USPS issues POStPlan FAQs
postalnews blog Comment
USPS Announces ‘Modified Consolidation Plan’; Implementation to Begin This Summer, No Specifics Provided
APWU News Comment
Is the Postal Service Really Broke?
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Making the Mail Snailier
Governing Magazine Comment
New USPS Chief Marketing Officer has eclectic, though non-postal background
postalnews blog Comment
USPS decisions to be announced Thursday
WPTZ TV Burlington VT Comment
Postal Service launching digital enterprise under Vogel
Coke exec to replace Vogel as CMO
Federal Times Comment
Pennsylvania postmaster charged with theft of nearly $28,000 from post office
Easton Express Times Comment
Tuesday, May 15
What are people — and the Post Office — for?
Save the Post Office Comment
OSHA probes postal worker's mysterious illness ‎
WUSF News Comment
Issa can’t even convince GOP members to back his bill?
postalnews blog Comment
Postal Worker Who Feigned Attack Admits Making False Statements To Postal Inspectors
postalnews blog Comment
Korea memorial sculptor entitled to more from USPS
Reuters Comment
How Makers, Hackers, and Entrepreneurs Can Save the USPS
MAKE Comment
Personal data for California home care workers, recipients lost in the mail
Los Angeles Times Comment
Monday, May 14
USPS halts closure of urban stations
Associated Press Comment
USPS to again offer mobile code discount promotion on direct mail
Press release Comment
POStPlan: Map, Charts, & More
Save the Post Office Comment
Postal Service Offering $50,000 Reward In Robbery Case
WTVQ Lexington Kentucky Comment
Northrop Grumman vs. USPS
A "strong" relationship turns sour
Federal Times Comment
House plans to delay action on postal reform, then take another vacation
postalnews blog Comment
Editorial: postal decision doesn't sit well with Montana delegation
"Shame on the Postal Service for playing games with numbers. Shame on Congress for playing politics with post offices"
Great Falls Tribune Comment
Post Office Hour Reductions, Called a “Win-Win,” Feel More Like a Lose-Lose
TIME Comment
Ex-postal carrier charged with fraudulently cashing $143,000 in disability checks
New York Daily News Comment
Sunday, May 13
Video: Postal food drive intercepted by thieves
KXTV Sacramento Comment
Schumer says Buffalo plant will remain open for at least three years
Press release Comment
Post office news met with relief, skepticism
Des Moines Register Comment
Ill postal worker fights USPS over toxic mail
Miami Herald
see also: Irondequoit mom, family, helped bring Lill's story to light from the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Comment
Saturday, May 12
POStPlan by the numbers
Save the Post Office Comment
Editorial: Capitol Hill, Slower Than Snail Mail
New York Times Comment
Postal workers can only wait, hope
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Comment
Video: Postal big rig involved in deadly accident in northwest Houston
KTRK Houston Comment
Ohio postal workers accused of embezzling, throwing away mail
Columbus Dispatch Comment
Ralph Nader Calls New Postal Service Plan a “Bait and Switch” Tactic, Not Good News for Rural Post Offices
Save the Post Office Comment
Friday, May 11
GOP Votes Pay Cut for Postal, Federal Workers
postalnews blog Comment
Members of Congress Seek Extension of Plant Closing Moratorium
APWU News Comment
Mail processing plant cuts to proceed this summer, Postmaster General says.
Federal Times Comment
Mail theft may be an inside job
Petaluma Argus-Courier Comment
Video: Teens Accused of Trying to Rob Letter Carrier in Detroit
postalnews blog Comment
Video: Unclothed customers make workers go postal
postalnews blog Comment
House GOP acts to protect federal pensions (not yours- theirs!)
postalnews blog Comment
APWU Urges House: Address Postal Reform Now, Start With Senate Bill
APWU News Comment
S&P revises Pitney Bowes outlook to negative
Reuters Comment
USPS Won't Ship iPads Overseas, And Techies Couldn't Care Less
The Atlantic Wire Comment
League VP candidate takes issue with “we couldn’t save the postmaster” headline
postalnews blog Comment
Thursday, May 10
Nightmare scenario: Vice President Issa?
postalnews blog Comment
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse: The Postal Service has a new plan for the post office
Save the Post Office Comment
APWU Statement on USPS Announcement About Rural Post Offices
APWU News Comment
Statement from NALC on USPS Q2 financial results
postalnews blog Comment
USPS reports $6.5 billion YTD loss- $6.1 billion of it due to PAEA
postalnews blog Comment
NAPS Welcomes USPS announcement on rural post offices
National Association of Postal Supervisors Comment
Sanders: Good News, Bad News in New Postal Plan
Press release Comment
APWU: More lies from Fox News
APWU News Comment
Letter Carriers’ Annual Food Drive Set for May 12
postalnews blog Comment
Sen. Jay Rockefeller concerned by USPS “constantly shifting plans”
Press release Comment
Wednesday, May 9
Can Part-Time Retirement Save USPS?
Government Executive Comment
List of “Postplan” Targeted Post Offices
postalnews blog Comment
League says it saved post offices, but couldn’t save the postmaster
postalnews blog Comment
Senator Collins “cautiously optimistic” on new USPS plan for small POs
Press release Comment
POStPlan: How small post offices will be reclassified
National League of Postmasters Comment
USPS Proposal Would Let It Increase Rates for Parcel Post
eCommerce Bytes Comment
Postmasters have until June 22 to accept buyout offer
postalnews blog Comment
USPS: “New Strategy to Preserve the Nation’s Smallest Post Offices”
USPS Press release Comment
USPS to offer VER to 21,000 managers, slash hours at small POs
"HUGE shift from full time employees to part time"
postalnews blog Comment
USPS to keep rural post offices open but at reduced hours
Associated Press Comment
Postal Service to announce plans to keep rural post offices afloat
Announcement scheduled for 10 AM EDT
postalnews blog Comment
USPS to allow periodicals to count some electronic copies towards circulation standards
postalnews blog Comment
Avalanche averted: Postal Service backs off plan to close thousands of post offices
Save the Post Office Comment
IPC: Postal industry requires fundamental transformation to seize window of opportunity
postalnews blog Comment
Tuesday, May 8
Postmaster Pay Package for FY 2011-2015 Announced
postalnews blog Comment
Video: New USPS iPhone/iPad app allows users to scan in barcodes, QR codes
postalnews blog Comment
Settlement Clarifies 204B Language for Maintenance Craft
APWU News Comment
How a digitial evolution could save the Postal Service
Washington Post Comment
Burrus: Why the delay in offering retirement incentives?
Burrus Journal Comment
Note to mailers: Darrell Issa does not care for your “junk mail” (or old people)
postalnews blog Comment
The obvious solution to the Northrup Grumann FSS contract dispute
(Just ask Darrell and Dennis to make it go away!)
postalnews blog Comment
Rural Wyoming post office users wait in limbo for news on closures
Casper Tribune Comment
House makes progress on USPS legislation: names 11 more post offices after people
postalnews blog Comment
Some rural post office users anxious for news on closures
Billings Gazette Comment
Flats Litigation System: USPS and Vendor Battling It Out Over Huge FSS Machines
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Monday, May 7
Going Postal in Washington, D. C.
The USPS, PAEA, Union Busting, and Paving the Road to Privatization
Jonathan Turley Comment
Northrop Grumman Sues USPS Over $874M FSS Contract
Law 360 Comment
Looking back on postal reform: Where were you in 1976?
Save the Post Office Comment
Senator Levin: Reform Bill an Important Step in Preserving Postal Service
postalnews blog Comment
5 things feds should know about Roth TSP
Federal News Radio Comment
Sunday, May 6
House members pitch for Senate postal bill
The Hill's On The Money Comment
Iron Range town fighting for more than the mail
Minneapolis Star Tribune Comment
Pundit says liberals should support PMG because Thurgood Marshall Jr. says so
postalnews blog Comment
Saturday, May 5
Postal inspector sentenced to prison for perjury and obstruction of justice
postalnews blog Comment
Postal inspector helped deliver justice to The Bishop
Chicago Tribune Comment
Editorial: Delivery time for postal bill
Scranton Times-Tribune Comment
Letter carriers fear tax criminals
Tampa Tribune Comment
Friday, May 4
Senators lobby both sides of postal moratorium
The Hill's On The Money Comment
Oakland letter carrier gets 4 years for attacking supervisor who fired him
Vallejo Times Herald
Romney vows to attack federal workers, unions
Government Executive Comment
Postal Service officials keep pressing for their own reform plan
Government Executive Comment
APWU, USPS Agree On New Lead Clerk Jobs
APWU News Comment
Editorial: Solve it- Congress has to find ways to help post office save itself
Longview TX News-Journal Comment
The Real USPS Crisis
Mesquite Citizen Journal Comment
Remarks by the USPS Board Chairman and Postmaster General at today's BOG meeting
postalnews blog Comment
The U.S. Postal Service is doing a little better (uh-oh)
Federal Times Comment
Bipartisan group of 43 Senators Urges USPS to Extend PO Closure Moratorium
postalnews blog Comment
Lawmakers push for vote to limit post office closures
Chicago Tribune Comment
Junior Seau paid tribute to beloved letter carrier just days before his own death
San Diego Union-Tribune Comment
Thursday, May 3
Bizarre courtroom performance by letter carrier accused of sending fake mail bombs
Atlanta Journal Constitution Comment
GOP Senators tell PMG to go ahead with shutdowns and cutbacks
postalnews blog Comment
Revised Estimates for Network Rationalization: Where have all the savings gone?
Save the Post Office Comment
The truth about postal reform
"Congress owns this confusion. Only Congress can fix it"
Reed Anfinson National Newspaper Association President Comment
Candidate for Congress: I know how to fix the post office
"The dirty little secret of this crisis is that the Postal Service is actually making a profit through delivering mail"
Queens Chronicle Comment
USPS: Shipping services are growing
USPS News Link Comment
May 15th is Approaching, So What Happens Next?
Mail Handlers Union via postalnews blog Comment
Tussle Over Connecticut Post Office Goes On
Litchfield County Times Comment
Manchin: ‘Nothing more American than the post office’
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Comment
Wednesday, May 2
Video: Letter carrier smashes into parked car, flees scene
postalnews blog Comment
Name change: Southwest Area is now Southern Area
postalnews blog Comment
The moratorium clock is ticking: Over 200 post offices set to close
Save the Post Office Comment
The truth about the U.S. Postal Service
Detroit News Comment
Window clerk pleads guilty to theft
Lafayette (LA) Advertiser Comment
New York letter carrier and her husband admit to workers comp fraud
postalnews blog Comment
Fate of Postal Service Awaits Action in House
New York Times Comment
Tuesday, May 1
Video: PMG’s State of the Postal Service message to employees
postalnews blog Comment
APWU, USPS Settle Dispute on Covering Custodial Absences
APWU News Comment
Carper countdown clock: “13 days until USPS facilities shut down”
postalnews blog Comment
Iowa letter carrier assaulted
Eastern Iowa News Now Comment
Would be robbers pull gun on Detroit letter carrier- reward offered
WDIV TV Detroit Comment
Rural carrier contract: arbitration hearings conclude
Ruralinfo.net Comment
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin. for April 30
NAPUS (.pdf file) Comment
Senators urge no more postal closings
The Hill Comment
Editorial: Thoughtful postal reform
Senate bill would slow rush to close rural post offices
Eugene (OR) Register-Guard Comment
Postal unions lukewarm to Senate bill
Washington Post Comment
Ex-Sioux City mail workers adjust to new life
Sioux City Journal Comment

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