postalnews.com: April 2013

Tuesday, April 30

Lawmaker Wants USPS to Bring You Your Booze
Government Executive Comment
USPS awards contract for non-career employee health benefits - postalnews blog
postalnews blog Comment
Video: California Postal Worker Accused of Trashing Mail
postu.be via postalcrime.com Comment
Pitney Bowes Misses Earnings Estimates; Cuts Dividend
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
A phony postal crisis threatens rural mail service
The American Reporter Comment
Post Office Issues Warning After Thieves Fish From Brooklyn Mailbox
CBS New York Comment
May Day Postal Rally in NYC
Save the Post Office Comment
Postal privatisation and the zero-hour workers' nightmare
The Guardian Comment
Monday, April 29
Lack of an adverse action dooms postal worker's discrimination case
Lexology Comment
USPS Board of Governors to Meet May 10
postalnews blog Comment
Think that Royal Mail is bad? Wait until you see its privatised successors
New Statesman Comment
NAPS survey reflects rising job anxiety, frustration with Congress
National Association of Postal Supervisors Comment
Congresswoman Angered over Postal Service’s Official Notice Wallingford Processing Center Will Close Early
"Hundreds of middle class jobs will be lost"
postalnews blog Comment
UK: Caught on camera, the private postal staff who drop, throw and kick your online parcels
The Daily Mail Comment
Op-Ed: Unjust pre-funding of benefits is killing the postal service
Washington Examiner Comment
Sunday, April 28
Maryland post office robbed by armed gunman
Baltimore Sun Comment
Man pleads guilty to burglarizing post office
Fargo, ND Forum Comment
Saturday, April 27
Former letter carriers union official sentenced
Piitsburgh Tribune-Review Comment
Two Democrats want to fix the postal service and they need your help
Daily Kos Comment
What's up in the Heights? The Postal Service relocates a post office, forgets to tell anyone
Save the Post Office Comment
Former Postal Carrier Heads to Federal Prison for Workers Comp Fraud
postalnews blog Comment
Wallingford Postal Processing Center to Close in September
NBC Connecticut Comment
Friday, April 26
Postal Bill: Are We There Yet?
NAPUS Comment
Updated list of letter carrier vacancies available for transfer opportunities now available
National Association of Letter Carriers Comment
German postal workers win 5.7 percent raise over 2 years in deal following string of walkouts
Washington Post Comment
Following ricin mailings, USPS and customers remain confident in postal security
Medill Reports Comment
Congressman Finally Takes Action To Remove Needless Requirement Bankrupting The Postal Service
ThinkProgress Comment
Thursday, April 25
People going postal over Manhattan PO closure plan
The Villager Comment
APWU: Postal Service Protection Act Gains Support in Congress
APWU News Comment
More “rebranding”: Express Mail becomes “Priority Mail Express”
postalnews blog Comment
Missouri postal workers being kept "totally in the dark" about what will happen to their jobs
Southeast Missourian Comment
Canada Post says it owns the phrase ‘postal code’
Ottawa Citizen Comment
Video: Pennsylvania postal worker stole money, gift cards, police say
postalcrime.com Comment
Congressman launches White House postal petition
The Hill's On The Money Comment
South Dakota PO closed because of leaky roof
Aberdeen News Comment
Mail collection boxes to be blocked for Nashville marathon
Associated Press Comment
Wednesday, April 24
NALC’s Rolando addresses PostalVision 2020 conference
NALC News Comment
Carper: Postal Reform on Obama’s desk by July 4?
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
As the revolving door turns: Obama nominates former Northrup Grumman exec for USPS Board
postalnews blog Comment
The Postal Service Hires a Cop to Bust Down the Digital Door
Direct Marketing News Comment
Canada Post asks Canadians: What kind of postal service will you need in the future?
Canada.PostNe.ws Comment
Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf Imagines the Postal Service of the Future
eCommerce Bytes Comment
Justice says Lance Armstrong was 'unjustly enriched'
USA Today Comment
Video: Residents of Jersey shore town want USPS to rebuild PO damaged by Sandy
News 12 New Jersey Comment
Woman now faces charges after ruckus in post office
postalcrime.com Comment
Tuesday, April 23
FedEx signs new 7 year contract with USPS worth $10.5 billion
postalnews blog Comment
UPS Expands Customized Delivery Options
Customers can opt out of USPS "last mile" delivery (for a fee)
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
PMG appoints Tom Marshall to succeed Mary Anne Gibbons as USPS general counsel
postalnews blog Comment
Forget About Email and Learn the History of the Zip Code
National Journal Comment
Email Pioneer Says the United States Postal Service Must Survive
Direct Marketing News Comment
Woman tries to steal San Francisco postal worker’s mail
San Francisco Examiner Comment
U.S. Postal worker robbed in Birmingham
WVTM-TV Birmingham, AL Comment
Video: Arizona man says he paid big to change his mailing address
postu.be Comment
Postal Service to Move Ahead with Sale of Berkeley Post Office
Berkeley, CA Patch Comment
Letter Carriers’ Annual Food Drive Set for May 11 Throughout Nation
postalnews blog Comment
Monday, April 22
Employee Resource Management VP to leave USPS
postalnews blog Comment
Postal Vision 2020 looks at the future of "postal services" and sees privatization
Save the Post Office Comment
Donahoe: Postal Service bailout looms if Congress doesn't act quickly
Federal News Radio Comment
Des Moines mailman who stole from mail to buy pot gets probation
The Highline Times Comment
Direct mail is dead. Long live direct mail!
Sarasota Herald Tribune Comment
Sunday, April 21
Tulsa man charged with assault on mail carrier over dogs
Tulsa World Comment
Mail delivery suspended after pellet-gun shooting
Riverside CA Press-Enterprise Comment
New Postal Incentive Could Backfire for Mailers
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Saturday, April 20
Senators press postal regulator on travel
The Hill's On The Money Comment
Powder scare at USPS facility caused by baby formula
Chicago Sun-Times Comment
PMG tells mailers Full-Service IMb on track for January implementation
postalnews blog Comment
USPS issues updated five year business plan
about.usps.com (Adobe .pdf file) Comment
Friday, April 19
Rolando: PMG’s Press Club speech paints improved financial picture
postalnews blog Comment
Text of Postmaster General's National Press Club Address
The National Press Club Comment
Burrus: Keeping You Busy
Burrus Journal Comment
Postal workers in marathon bomber manhunt areas told to stay home
postalnews blog Comment
Video: Detection System at Memphis Postal Center Didn’t Detect Ricin
postu.be Comment
East Harlem residents deliver harsh critique of USPS plan to relocate, downsize Tito Puente Post Office
NY Daily News Comment
Seven NY Postal Employees Plead Guilty To Making False Statements To Obtain Unemployment Benefits
postalnews blog Comment
Thursday, April 18
Video: Yesterday’s USPS Oversight Hearing
postu.be Comment
Issa: Postal reform bill coming ‘very soon’
Federal Times Comment
Postal Service Checks Employee Health After Ricin Scare
Wall Street Journal Comment
NALC’s Rolando testifies at oversight hearing
postalnews blog Comment
USPS under fire for reaction to ricin threat
WTOP Washington Comment
Editorial: Ridiculous pension requirement threatens future of post office
Buffalo News Comment
5 arrests in Salem, Ore., postal closure protest
San Francisco Chronicle Comment
Wednesday, April 17
Postal Service: No other reports of letters potentially containing toxins
Federal Times Comment
Postmaster General Urges Congress to Provide Delivery Schedule Flexibility to Address Broken Business
postalnews blog Comment
Issa blasts USPS management at hearing
The Hill's On The Money Comment
Postal carrier makes lifesaving delivery
Nordonia Hills OH News Leader Comment
USPS Retaining Saturday Mail is a Pyrrhic Victory for Publishers
postalnews blog Comment
Take That, Austerity! Outcry and Activism Save 6-Day Mail Delivery
The Nation Comment
USPS mailer sent to La Jolla merchants raises suspicions
La Jolla Light Comment
Postal Service's finances in the spotlight
The Hill's On The Money Comment
My Supervisors Need a Day Off
Postal Blog Comment
Ricin Detected in Letter Sent to Senator Roger Wicker
New York Times Comment
Tuesday, April 16
PMG asks supervisors to renegotiate salaries- NAPS says no thanks
postalnews blog Comment
Post office flags to be flown at half-staff through April 20 in memory of Boston victims
postalnews blog Comment
Postal Worker Allegedly Steals Customer's iPhone
Dearborn, MI Patch Comment
Electronic filing means smaller crowds on tax day in New York
Reuters Comment
News flash: USPS Warns it might run out of cash soon
postalnews blog Comment
APWU: More Jobs, Better Jobs, Career Jobs
postalnews blog Comment
House rejects bill that targeted federal employees (but not private sector workers) who evade taxes
Government Executive Comment
The Worst Postal System in the World, Except . . .
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Monday, April 15
Twenty Minutes at the PRC: Postal workers protest the plant consolidations
Save the Post Office Comment
Congress Refuses to Allow USPS to Fix Its Budget Woes
"Darrell Issa (R-CA) has been fighting to cripple the USPS under the guise of 'reform' for years."
The Nation Comment
Mail call: Congress ignores the pleas of the Postal Service
Staten Island Advance Comment
West Virginia: Two pitbulls shot after attacking postal worker, city police say
Charleston Gazette Comment
Barstow woman's mail-forwarding gig possibly fraudulent
Victorville Daily Press Comment
Post office a friend of late tax filers
Reading Eagle Comment
Editorial: Mailing it in: Congress must be helpful with the Postal Service
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Comment
Sunday, April 14
America's Quirkiest Post Offices
Travel and Leisure Comment
The 5-Day Delivery Saga Continues
Quad/Graphics Comment
Saturday, April 13
Oklahoma postmaster confuses customers with third letter regarding curbside delivery
... even though he says he "no longer cares whether people in this neighborhood put up curbside mailboxes"
Norman Transcript Comment
Binding the nation together: Berkeley and the Bronx join forces to save the post office
Save the Post Office Comment
Kalamazoo postal worker charged in home invasion
WKZO Kalamazoo Comment
Kingsford MI mail theft probed
Iron Mountain Daily News Comment
When public infrastructure goes private
The USPS "is based on the notion that essential infrastructure should be available to all. But you can kiss that notion goodbye"
Los Angeles Times Comment
Burrus: Return to Sender
Burrus Journal Comment
Mixed reaction to Postal Service decision
Salem OR Statesman Journal Comment
Postal Reform Still At Least Several Months Off
Government Executive Comment
Friday, April 12
USPS introduces new wedding stamps
Read more » Comment
Editorial: Retreat at the Post Office
New York Times Comment
Video: Letter carrier seriously injured in Colorado crash
Read more » Comment
The Post Office’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Saturday Delivery — It’s Congress
TIME Comment
Thursday, April 11
Congress Starting Bipartisan Postal Talks, Carper Says
Bloomberg Comment
AFGE official criticizes FEHBP proposals in Obama budget
Press release Comment
Postcom: Business Mailers Need Mail Planning Sunshine, Not A Cloak Of Fog
postalnews blog Comment
NALC calls USPS bid to renegotiate contracts “insulting and unnecessary”
postalnews blog Comment
Wednesday, April 10
Publishers May Pay To Preserve Saturday Delivery
Dead Tree Edition Comment
10 things the post office won’t tell you
MarketWatch Comment
Obama Budget Calls for Postage Rate Hike, Other USPS Reforms
Government Executive Comment
‘Congress is Killing the Postal Service,’ Guffey Declares
postalnews blog Comment
Issa “disappointed” USPS Board chose to obey the law
postalnews blog Comment
Highlights of testimony at today's postal subcommittee meeting
Association for Postal Commerce Comment
USPS Board tells PMG to delay 5 day delivery until Congress gives the OK
postalnews blog Comment
Americans' Use of the USPS: An AARP Bulletin Survey
AARP Comment
Oversight Subcommittee Considers Changes to Federal Employee Health Plans
postalnews blog Comment
Tuesday, April 9
Mailing Experts Hit Capitol Hill as Lawmakers Negotiate Postal Reform
Government Executive Comment
Postal worker who shoved stolen mail down his pants sentenced to 18 months in prison
Columbus Dispatch Comment
Arkansas PMR charged with embezzlement
postalnews blog Comment
Monday, April 8
Mid-Hudson APWU Local files a Complaint with the PRC to halt the plant consolidations
Save the Post Office Comment
USPS launches Inside Sales program
postalnews blog Comment
Postal board faces tough decision on five-day mail delivery
Federal Times Comment
Postal Service loses money despite customer growth
Denver Post Comment
The “Chained CPI” and Your Federal Retirement Package
FedSmith Comment
UK: Price of a first class stamp 'could soar to £1 in just three years if Royal Mail is privatised'
Daily Mail Comment
Preservationists protesting Postal Service's efforts to sell old buildings
Fox News Comment
Sunday, April 7
The Postmaster General clears up some mixed messages
Save the Post Office Comment
Saturday, April 6
Enjoy Your Local Post Office… NOW!
Santa Monica Mirror Comment
5 Myths of Saturday Mail Delivery
Dead Tree Edition Comment
New Jersey letter carrier arrested on drug, mail theft charges
Manalapan, NJ Patch Comment
U.S. Postal Service offers reward, releases robbery-try suspect drawing
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel Comment
Could social media stamp out the post office?
Philadelphia Inquirer Comment
Friday, April 5
USPS Ushers in spring with Vintage Seed Packets commemorative forever stamps
postalnews blog Comment
Same-Day Delivery: Not Yet Ready for Prime Time
bcg.perspectives Comment
Video: PMG’s State of the Postal Service Report to Employees
postu.be Comment
Postal Service to shift Norfolk processing to Richmond
Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot Comment
Thursday, April 4
Postal Service turns to data to deliver IT results
FedScoop Comment
U.S. Department of Commerce not supporting USPS objection to .mail top level domains
Domain Name Wire Comment
USPS Celebrates La Florida’s 500th anniversary with block of four floral forever stamps
postalnews blog Comment
Delayed delivery: Mail doesn't follow snowbirds south for the winter
Coeur d'Alene Press Comment
Mail carrier is recovering from dog attack in Missouri
St Louis Post-Dispatch Comment
U.S. Postal Service hunting for patent infringers
Lexology Comment
Rude Staff, 'Horrible' Service Plague Bed-Stuy Post Office, Locals Claim
DNAinfo.com New York Comment
Wednesday, April 3
Lawyer: 6 months sufficient in Ohio postal theft
WHIO TV Dayton Comment
Quad/Graphics Makes Multimillion-Dollar Investment in Mail Processing Plants
postalnews blog Comment
We just want our mail: A maximum degree of no postal services in Francitas
Save the Post Office Comment
New Orleans plant not on 2013 closure list
New Orleans Times Picayune Comment
Video: USPS will quit shredding children’s books
postu.be Comment
Bronx politicians rally to save landmark Bronx General Post Office targeted for sale
New York Daily News Comment
Editorial: Congress destroys the Postal Service
Hampton Roads Virginian Pilot Comment
Posting profits
Investment opportunities in the postal sector
Investors Chronicle Comment
Audio: PRC Chair Ruth Goldway discusses the Annual Compliance Determination with Postcom’s Gene Del Polito
postalnews blog Comment
Tuesday, April 2
APWU VP responds to NAPA privatization report
American Postal Worker via postalnews blog Comment
Starving the Postal Service
The Plot to Privatize Your Mail
Counterpunch Comment
Call for USPS review of mail products losing $1.5bn a year
USPS lost over a billion dollars on standard flats and periodicals last year
Post & Parcel Comment
Video: Mail carrier hospitalized after vicious dog attack in Missouri
postu.be Comment
Postal cuts start to come into effect
Great Falls Tribune Comment
Boosted by strong market, TSP funds make gains in March
Federal News Radio Comment
Turmoil
Burrus Journal Comment
Monday, April 1
PRC to analyze impact of changing Saturday mail delivery
Federal News Radio Comment
USPS Names McCann Creative Agency of Record
Advertising Age Comment
Privatizing the post office: The NAPA/Pitney Bowes study on reinventing the retail network
Save the Post Office Comment
As sale of Bronx General Post Office seems inevitable, there’s a push to safeguard its 13 iconic murals
New York Daily News Comment
UPS CEO got $10.7 million in 2012 compensation
Associated Press Comment
Postal Service may hurt its push for reform by antagonizing Congress
The Hill Comment

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