Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Willie Stargell and Ted Williams to be honored on Individual Forever Stamp Sheets July 21

Press release

A day on the city's toughest postal route

Charleston WV Daily Mail

Driver who killed postal worker faces year in jail

Los Angeles Times

Postal processing center in Rochester (MN) to close in February 2013

Rochester Post Bulletin

Postal Workers, Community Allies Increase Pressure as USPS Cuts Loom

Labor Notes

Waiting on the mail: WV businesses try to find ways to adapt as postal closures loom

Charleston WV State Journal

OPM contractor accidentally exposes retirees' Social Security numbers

Federal Times

Thrift Savings Plan hackers could be targeting other government data

Nextgov.com

Alabama teens say they were robbed by two men posing as postal workers

postalnews blog

USPS Launches ‘Picture Permit’ Website for Marketers

postalnews blog

Comparison of USPS Separation Incentives offered Postmasters and Mail Handlers

Courier Express and Postal Observer

New Hampshire post office cut to half-hour each day

Manchester Union Leader

Human foot mailed to Canada Conservative party HQ

Severed hand found in package at postal facility
Montreal Gazette

Congress muddies waters around postal service

Louisville Courier-Journal

PostalOne! Outage, aka The Neverending Story

intelisent Postal Affairs Blog

Is Poor Service Causing the USPS to lose Standard Mail Customers?

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Mailhandler and Other USPS Separation Incentives

Courier Express and Postal Observer

APWU Tells Members: Get Ready for a Busy Summer

postalnews blog

Residents caught off guard as California post office is closed for fumigation

Los Cerritos Community News

USPS struggles with alternative fuel delivery

Reuters

Senate pushes House GOP to move on Postal Service reform bill

The Hill

Hunger Strike to Save the Postal Service?

Postalmag.com

Victory for Veterans Stamp would benefit veterans, postal service

Los Angeles Times

TSP hacked: federal employees information exposed

PCWorld

USPS Misrepresentations Lead to Barrage of Criticism

APWU News

The Postal Service Under Siege

postalnews blog

Details emerge in attack on postal worker

Stockton Record

Man who defrauded Post Office to serve 2 years, pay back funds

Buffalo News

How the Post Office Is Being Destroyed By a Phony Budget Crisis

On the Commons

USPS extends Postmaster incentive decision deadline

postalnews blog

APWU and USPS resolve dispute on maintenance staffing calculation

APWU News

USPS submits a Request for an Advisory Opinion on POStPlan: How changing the rules changed everything

Save the Post Office

JFK mail contractor employee accused of stealing troop mail

Queens Times Ledger

House GOP 'working' to bring postal bill to floor

(If they can find the time to fit it in between vacations!)
The Hill

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

New NALC ‘Guide to Route Inspections’ now available

postalnews blog

USPS posts $1.6 billion “loss” in April- most of it imaginary…

postalnews blog

USPS policy change may make it harder to send international mail

Abilene Reporter-News

Mail handlers to be offered retirement incentive

postalnews blog

Video: Twelve arrested in Occupy Portland OR protest to support post office

postalnews blog

NY postmaster admits stealing $21,705

postalnews blog

Final Rule on Changes in Service Standards

Save the Post Office

PostalVision 2020: The Future Starts Now

Quad/Graphics: Joe Schick's Think Tank blog

Dog attacks up 34 percent; postal workers not surprised

Bucks County Courier Times

Colombian drug dealer gets jail time for conspiring with postal workers to sell cocaine

postalnews blog

Letter: A vital institution, Postal Service should be valued

Boston Globe

The Case Against S. 1789

National Association of Letter Carriers

Justice Department Honors Letter Carrier For Efforts To Find Missing Child

postalnews blog

Video: Postal Worker Attacked By Dogs: ‘I’m Terrified To Go Back’

CBS4 Denver

Mail carrier reports threat; couple arrested

Orangeburg SC Times & Democrat

U.S. Postal Service Honors Capra, Ford, Huston and Wilder

Press release

Wisconsin letter carrier escapes attack by two pit bulls

WEAU Eau Claire

Baucus Slams Postal Service for Plan to Close Kalispell Mail-Processing Facility

Flathead Beacon

Schumer calls on PRC to reject Valassis NSA

postalnews blog

Why the Postal Service Is Fixable

"An unjustified pre-funding of health care costs is the biggest burden"
InvestorPlace

How the West was won: The PMG's trip to Montana

Save the Post Office

PayPal now available for Click-N-Ship customers

postalnews blog

Federal News Radio Interview with Mail Handlers Union President John Hegarty

National Postal Mail Handlers Union

Will the POSt, Processing Network Plans Provide An Easier Path toward House Action on Postal Reform?

National Association of Postal Supervisors

Video: Mailbox break-ins at downtown Boulder post office lead to curtailed hours

Boulder Daily Camera

Postal service driver injured in Wisconsin crash

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Video: Denver letter carrier attacked by dogs

Fox31 Denver

A Long Term Vision for the USPS

Courier Express and Postal Observer

Gambling mailman's luck soured when inspectors caught him stealing mail

Sunbury PA Daily Item

USPS employee in American Samoa charged with two counts of stealing

Samoa News

Mail fowl

If you want to save the Postal Service from bankruptcy, consider chicken
Boston Globe

Agencies prodded to reduce postage costs

Federal Times

The Postage Problem

Washington Monthly

Network Consolidation: New plan, same old story

Save the Post Office

Editorial: Mail shuffle

On-again, off-again post office dance
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Book review: Mail carriers a vital part of Alaska's history

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Final Rule to Revise USPS Service Standards

Save the Post Office

90 days in pen for ex-postal worker who got bribes

Associated Press

Hampden postal facility workers, supporters grateful for Susan Collins’ efforts

Bangor Daily News

To help itself, Postal Service willing to hurt old friend newspapers

Orangeburg SC Times and Democrat

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

Kansas Postmaster Convicted Of Embezzlement

postalnews blog

Revised Network Rationalization: Map & user-friendly list

Save the Post Office

Letter carrier accused of stealing drugs from mail, selling them on route

CBS Sacramento

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

Lieberman: “no mail processing centers will be closed this year”?

postalnews blog

USPS lists over 4,000 post offices to be upgraded under POStPlan

postalnews blog

Postal Money Pit: USPS spends millions renting empty buildings

Fox25 Boston via postalnews blog

PMG “State of the Postal Service” Video on plant closings, VER

postalnews blog

Danger and a death at Massachusetts postal facilities

Massachusetts workers killed, injured at facilities touted as 'Model Workplaces'
Center for Public Integrity

APWU: ‘Modified’ Consolidation Plan Is More of the Same

APWU News

List of first 48 plants to be consolidated this summer

postalnews blog

NAPS statement on USPS announcement regarding EAS VERA

postalnews blog

USPS releases list of plants to be consolidated

postalnews blog

USPS plans up to 140 plant consolidations through February

48 plants to close this summer
postalnews blog

Florida Letter Carrier Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud

postalnews blog

Mid-Hudson mail facility to stay open for now

Middletown NY Times Herald Record

Postal Service won’t close Eastern Maine facility after all, Collins says

Bangor Daily News

USPS issues POStPlan FAQs

postalnews blog

USPS Announces ‘Modified Consolidation Plan’; Implementation to Begin This Summer, No Specifics Provided

APWU News

Is the Postal Service Really Broke?

Dead Tree Edition

Making the Mail Snailier

Governing Magazine

New USPS Chief Marketing Officer has eclectic, though non-postal background

postalnews blog

USPS decisions to be announced Thursday

WPTZ TV Burlington VT

Postal Service launching digital enterprise under Vogel

Coke exec to replace Vogel as CMO
Federal Times

Pennsylvania postmaster charged with theft of nearly $28,000 from post office

Easton Express Times

What are people — and the Post Office — for?

Save the Post Office

OSHA probes postal worker's mysterious illness ‎

WUSF News

Issa can’t even convince GOP members to back his bill?

postalnews blog

Postal Worker Who Feigned Attack Admits Making False Statements To Postal Inspectors

postalnews blog

Korea memorial sculptor entitled to more from USPS

Reuters

How Makers, Hackers, and Entrepreneurs Can Save the USPS

MAKE

Personal data for California home care workers, recipients lost in the mail

Los Angeles Times

USPS halts closure of urban stations

Associated Press

USPS to again offer mobile code discount promotion on direct mail

Press release

POStPlan: Map, Charts, & More

Save the Post Office

Postal Service Offering $50,000 Reward In Robbery Case

WTVQ Lexington Kentucky

Northrop Grumman vs. USPS

A "strong" relationship turns sour
Federal Times

House plans to delay action on postal reform, then take another vacation

postalnews blog

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

Post Office Hour Reductions, Called a “Win-Win,” Feel More Like a Lose-Lose

TIME

Ex-postal carrier charged with fraudulently cashing $143,000 in disability checks

New York Daily News

Video: Postal food drive intercepted by thieves

KXTV Sacramento

Schumer says Buffalo plant will remain open for at least three years

Press release

Post office news met with relief, skepticism

Des Moines Register

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

POStPlan by the numbers

Save the Post Office

Editorial: Capitol Hill, Slower Than Snail Mail

New York Times

Postal workers can only wait, hope

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader

Video: Postal big rig involved in deadly accident in northwest Houston

KTRK Houston

Ohio postal workers accused of embezzling, throwing away mail

Columbus Dispatch

Ralph Nader Calls New Postal Service Plan a “Bait and Switch” Tactic, Not Good News for Rural Post Offices

Save the Post Office

GOP Votes Pay Cut for Postal, Federal Workers

postalnews blog

Members of Congress Seek Extension of Plant Closing Moratorium

APWU News

Mail processing plant cuts to proceed this summer, Postmaster General says.

Federal Times

Mail theft may be an inside job

Petaluma Argus-Courier

Video: Teens Accused of Trying to Rob Letter Carrier in Detroit

postalnews blog

Video: Unclothed customers make workers go postal

postalnews blog

House GOP acts to protect federal pensions (not yours- theirs!)

postalnews blog

APWU Urges House: Address Postal Reform Now, Start With Senate Bill

APWU News

S&P revises Pitney Bowes outlook to negative

Reuters

USPS Won't Ship iPads Overseas, And Techies Couldn't Care Less

The Atlantic Wire

League VP candidate takes issue with “we couldn’t save the postmaster” headline

postalnews blog

Nightmare scenario: Vice President Issa?

postalnews blog

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

APWU Statement on USPS Announcement About Rural Post Offices

APWU News

Statement from NALC on USPS Q2 financial results

postalnews blog

USPS reports $6.5 billion YTD loss- $6.1 billion of it due to PAEA

postalnews blog

NAPS Welcomes USPS announcement on rural post offices

National Association of Postal Supervisors

Sanders: Good News, Bad News in New Postal Plan

Press release

APWU: More lies from Fox News

APWU News

Letter Carriers’ Annual Food Drive Set for May 12

postalnews blog

Sen. Jay Rockefeller concerned by USPS “constantly shifting plans”

Press release

Can Part-Time Retirement Save USPS?

Government Executive

List of “Postplan” Targeted Post Offices

postalnews blog

League says it saved post offices, but couldn’t save the postmaster

postalnews blog

Senator Collins “cautiously optimistic” on new USPS plan for small POs

Press release

POStPlan: How small post offices will be reclassified

National League of Postmasters

USPS Proposal Would Let It Increase Rates for Parcel Post

eCommerce Bytes

Postmasters have until June 22 to accept buyout offer

postalnews blog

USPS: “New Strategy to Preserve the Nation’s Smallest Post Offices”

USPS Press release

USPS to offer VER to 21,000 managers, slash hours at small POs

"HUGE shift from full time employees to part time"
postalnews blog

USPS to keep rural post offices open but at reduced hours

Associated Press

Postal Service to announce plans to keep rural post offices afloat

Announcement scheduled for 10 AM EDT
postalnews blog

USPS to allow periodicals to count some electronic copies towards circulation standards

postalnews blog

Avalanche averted: Postal Service backs off plan to close thousands of post offices

Save the Post Office

IPC: Postal industry requires fundamental transformation to seize window of opportunity

postalnews blog

Postmaster Pay Package for FY 2011-2015 Announced

postalnews blog

Video: New USPS iPhone/iPad app allows users to scan in barcodes, QR codes

postalnews blog

Settlement Clarifies 204B Language for Maintenance Craft

APWU News

How a digitial evolution could save the Postal Service

Washington Post

Burrus: Why the delay in offering retirement incentives?

Burrus Journal

Note to mailers: Darrell Issa does not care for your “junk mail” (or old people)

postalnews blog

The obvious solution to the Northrup Grumann FSS contract dispute

(Just ask Darrell and Dennis to make it go away!)
postalnews blog

Rural Wyoming post office users wait in limbo for news on closures

Casper Tribune

House makes progress on USPS legislation: names 11 more post offices after people

postalnews blog

Some rural post office users anxious for news on closures

Billings Gazette

Flats Litigation System: USPS and Vendor Battling It Out Over Huge FSS Machines

Dead Tree Edition

Going Postal in Washington, D. C.

The USPS, PAEA, Union Busting, and Paving the Road to Privatization
Jonathan Turley

Northrop Grumman Sues USPS Over $874M FSS Contract

Law 360

Looking back on postal reform: Where were you in 1976?

Save the Post Office

Senator Levin: Reform Bill an Important Step in Preserving Postal Service

postalnews blog

5 things feds should know about Roth TSP

Federal News Radio

House members pitch for Senate postal bill

The Hill's On The Money

Iron Range town fighting for more than the mail

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Pundit says liberals should support PMG because Thurgood Marshall Jr. says so

postalnews blog

Postal inspector sentenced to prison for perjury and obstruction of justice

postalnews blog

Postal inspector helped deliver justice to The Bishop

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Delivery time for postal bill

Scranton Times-Tribune

Letter carriers fear tax criminals

Tampa Tribune

Senators lobby both sides of postal moratorium

The Hill's On The Money

Oakland letter carrier gets 4 years for attacking supervisor who fired him

Vallejo Times Herald

Romney vows to attack federal workers, unions

Government Executive

Postal Service officials keep pressing for their own reform plan

Government Executive

APWU, USPS Agree On New Lead Clerk Jobs

APWU News

Editorial: Solve it- Congress has to find ways to help post office save itself

Longview TX News-Journal

The Real USPS Crisis

Mesquite Citizen Journal

Remarks by the USPS Board Chairman and Postmaster General at today's BOG meeting

postalnews blog

The U.S. Postal Service is doing a little better (uh-oh)

Federal Times

Bipartisan group of 43 Senators Urges USPS to Extend PO Closure Moratorium

postalnews blog

Lawmakers push for vote to limit post office closures

Chicago Tribune

Junior Seau paid tribute to beloved letter carrier just days before his own death

San Diego Union-Tribune

Bizarre courtroom performance by letter carrier accused of sending fake mail bombs

Atlanta Journal Constitution

GOP Senators tell PMG to go ahead with shutdowns and cutbacks

postalnews blog

Revised Estimates for Network Rationalization: Where have all the savings gone?

Save the Post Office

The truth about postal reform

"Congress owns this confusion. Only Congress can fix it"
Reed Anfinson National Newspaper Association President

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

USPS: Shipping services are growing

USPS News Link

May 15th is Approaching, So What Happens Next?

Mail Handlers Union via postalnews blog

Tussle Over Connecticut Post Office Goes On

Litchfield County Times

Manchin: ‘Nothing more American than the post office’

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Video: Letter carrier smashes into parked car, flees scene

postalnews blog

Name change: Southwest Area is now Southern Area

postalnews blog

The moratorium clock is ticking: Over 200 post offices set to close

Save the Post Office

The truth about the U.S. Postal Service

Detroit News

Window clerk pleads guilty to theft

Lafayette (LA) Advertiser

New York letter carrier and her husband admit to workers comp fraud

postalnews blog

Fate of Postal Service Awaits Action in House

New York Times

Video: PMG’s State of the Postal Service message to employees

postalnews blog

APWU, USPS Settle Dispute on Covering Custodial Absences

APWU News

Carper countdown clock: “13 days until USPS facilities shut down”

postalnews blog

Iowa letter carrier assaulted

Eastern Iowa News Now

Would be robbers pull gun on Detroit letter carrier- reward offered

WDIV TV Detroit

Rural carrier contract: arbitration hearings conclude

Ruralinfo.net

eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin. for April 30

NAPUS (.pdf file)

Senators urge no more postal closings

The Hill

Editorial: Thoughtful postal reform

Senate bill would slow rush to close rural post offices
Eugene (OR) Register-Guard

Postal unions lukewarm to Senate bill

Washington Post

Ex-Sioux City mail workers adjust to new life

Sioux City Journal