Monday, September 30
USPS Defaults on $5.6 Billion for Future Health Benefits
Reuters
3 Comments
Defendant in post office murders removed from courtroom after outburst
Knoxville News Sentinel
Comment
Google’s BufferBox Expands Its Shipping Kiosk Service For Parcel Pickups To San Francisco
TechCrunch
Comment
Video: 'Behind the Scenes' ... at the post office
Gwinnett Daily Post
3 Comments
Santa Clara residents resist plan to close downtown post office
San Jose Mercury News
2 Comments
Hearing will determine mental status of man charged with killing 2 Tenn. postal workers
Associated Press
Comment
FSS Postage Rates Will Raise Issues for Cataloguers, Publications, Printers, and USPS
Dead Tree Edition
Comment
Sunday, September 29
Return of the Forever Stamp Get Rich Quick Myth
postalnews blog
1 Comment
Postal Service refuses to release Lecompton KS revenue figures
Officials continue effort to restore post office hours
Topeka Capital Journal
Comment
Rochester NY: USPS truck stolen at gunpoint
WHAM TV Rochester
Comment
Saturday, September 28
Royal Mail fast-track gamble could cost the Treasury £1 billion
postalnews.co.uk
Comment
Sentencing of postal worker who admitted embezzling postponed
Buffalo News
Comment
£3.3bn Royal Mail privatisation pushed through ahead of possible strike
The Guardian
Comment
US mailers promise legal battle against USPS rate increase
Post & Parcel
5 Comments
Sorting machine downgrade could be beginning of the end for Roanoke Mail Distribution Center
WDBJ TV Roanoke
Comment
Mail fail: New York newspaper steamed up over USPS delays
Watershed Post
2 Comments
Friday, September 27
Lady Justice turns a blind eye: The PRC dismisses the Freistatt appeal as "untimely"
Save the Post Office
2 Comments
Proposed 2014 USPS promotions and Incentives
intelisent Postal Affairs Blog
Comment
GAO: USPS Health and Pension Benefits Proposals Involve Trade-offs
postalnews blog
Comment
Affordable Mail Alliance Stands United in Opposition to Exigent Rate Increase
postalnews blog
Comment
Video: USPS claims immunity after allegedly wrecking car
postalnews blog
4 Comments
British Postal Service Valued at $5.3 Billion in I.P.O.
New York Times
Comment
Mailing Industry Suffers Setback in Fight to Ward Off Exigent Postal Hike
Adweek
2 Comments
Netflix Shares Shrug Off Postal Service Changes
The Street
Comment
Rural Carrier Saves Customer In Tight Squeeze
FedSmith.com
Comment
Sellers to Pay More for Media Mail, Parcels under USPS Plan
eCommerce Bytes
2 Comments
Thursday, September 26
Catalog Mailers May See 5.9% to 6.1% Postal Rate Increase
Multichannel Merchant
Comment
Future of Postal Employees’ Health Care Uncertain as Senate Moves Forward With Reform
“We’re really just robbing Peter to pay Paul,” said Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
Government Executive
Comment
Why the Exigent Postal Rate Increase Will Backfire
Dead Tree Edition
link corrected!
2 Comments
There's no stamp for that: Postal Service’s 83-acre Bolger Center running deficit
Washington Business Journal
1 Comment
Outside the Box: Summary of today's Senate hearing on the USPS
Postcom.org
1 Comment
Shades of deception: The PMG testifies to the Senate
Save the Post Office
Comment
Lineup for today’s Senate hearing on the USPS
postalnews blog
Comment
Postal Rate Hike Proposal Faces Senate Scrutiny
ABC News
2 Comments
American Forest & Paper Association Opposes USPS Postal Rate Increase Plan
postalnews blog
Comment
OIG: USPS spent $1.3 billion in non-competitive purchases
postalnews blog
2 Comments
Late-Night Mail Delivery Surprises Chevy Chase Residents
BethesdaNow
also:
What’s Going On With the CCAs?
7 Comments
Wednesday, September 25
CHART: Even With 3-Cent Hike, Postage Still Cheap by Historical Standards
US News and World Report
1 Comment
Magazine industry fights postal rate increase
Crain's New York Business
2 Comments
USPS seeks 3 cent first class stamp increase
postalnews blog
Comment
Post office property sales and political connections in the U.S.
Digital Journal
Comment
Video: Postmaster General talks about revenue, 5 day and DonahoeCare
postalnews blog
Comment
USPS year to date operations loss $711 million- down 63% from a year ago
postalnews blog
Comment
Postmaster General pledges no post office closures during postal reform but closes post offices anyway
Save the Post Office
11 Comments
USPS Investigating Missing Mail in Canton MA
Canton, MA Patch
Comment
Cap Metro Area VP Fields sets retirement
postalnews blog
Comment
Man pleads guilty to role in Louisiana post office robbery
Opelousas Daily World
1 Comment
Tuesday, September 24
OPM Announces 2014 FEHBP Premium Rates
postalnews blog
13 Comments
What we have here is a failure to communicate: Learning from Jekyll Island
Save the Post Office
1 Comment
Maine letter carrier files complaint after allegedly seeing resident ‘buck naked'
Bangor Daily News
1 Comment
No one hurt as van hits Illinois post office
Champaign News-Gazette
Comment
'Moon Mail,' space stamps now on display in world's largest postal gallery
collectSPACE
Comment
Editorial: Congress doing what snow, rain & gloom of night can’t
Manteca CA Bulletin
4 Comments
Feds Reject Armstrong's Motion To Dismiss Whistleblower Suit
Cycling News
Comment
Monday, September 23
Dedicated to Pushing the Envelope: Review of the new William H. Gross Stamp Gallery at the National Postal Museum
New York Times
Comment
What We Could Do with a Postal Savings Bank: Infrastructure that Doesn’t Cost Taxpayers a Dime
Global Research
Comment
Cash strapped USPS is paying a celebrity “futurist” $1.5 million
postalnews blog
8 Comments
Do Amazon's Lockers Help Retailers? Depends on What They Sell
Businessweek
Comment
Cubs catcher’s home run ball smashes mail truck window
postalnews blog
2 Comments
Postal Service Prepares to Sell Email Encryption
Nextgov.com
Comment
Maybe the US Postal Service can't be profitable
consumeraffairs.com
2 Comments
Sunday, September 22
Privatizing the Postal Service is a Bad Idea, and the UK Has Proof
policymic
Comment
Postal Service, Americana and an eBay auction
Newark Star Ledger
Comment
World’s Largest Stamp Gallery Opens Today
postalnews blog
Comment
Saturday, September 21
Vermont sculptor wins historic settlement from Postal Service in copyright case
Burlington Free Press
2 Comments
NY Letter carrier sentenced to probation, $18K restitution for workers comp fraud
Syracuse Post Standard
1 Comment
Exigent Postal Rate Increase Expected Next Week
Direct Marketing News
Comment
Chattanooga Postal Worker Caught Mishandling Packages
WTVC Chattanooga
10 Comments
$25,000 reward offered in Studio City post office robbery
Los Angeles Daily News
Comment
To Be or Not to Be a Monopoly
Goldway defends price cap
Direct Marketing News
Comment
UPS to expand in FedEx's home base, bringing jobs, competititon
Scripps Howard News Service
Comment
Friday, September 20
Postal Service eyes digital dollars
Federal Computer Week
1 Comment
Encampment WY residents rise against post office
Rawlins Times
Comment
Former postal worker pleads guilty to indecent exposure
Clarksville TN Leaf Chronicle
12 Comments
Postal Service closes Stamford CT post office: A "relocation" with no new location
Save the Post Office
Comment
NPMHU Files Unfair Labor Practice Against USPS for Unlawful Formation of Lean Mail Processing Teams
postalnews blog
2 Comments
"Makes no sense at all": Ewa Beach Post Office headed for closure
Save the Post Office
1 Comment
The return of a loop-de-loopy postal mistake
"most legendary postal mistake in U.S. history makes a comeback"
USA Today
Comment
Saving the U.S. Postal Service’s New Deal Masterpieces
Businessweek
Comment
NYPD: Criminals using the mail to ship guns
NY Daily News
5 Comments
Thursday, September 19
In Senate Testimony, Guffey Blasts Carper-Coburn Bill
postalnews blog
1 Comment
NALC: Few surprises in first of two hearings on S. 1486
postalnews blog
Comment
The Postal Service’s 30-Year Relationship with Email
FedTech Magazine
Comment
Second Day of Arbitration Hearings On USPS ‘POStPlan’
APWU News
Comment
Democracy rests finally upon us: Saving the Bronx General Post Office
Save the Post Office
Comment
Post office offers $25,000 for attempted abduction of Virginia letter carrier
Fauquier Times
Comment
Highlights of today's Senate Committee testimony
Postcom.org
Comment
PMG Tells Senate: Postal Service in Midst of Financial Disaster, Liquidity Remains Dangerously Low
postalnews blog
9 Comments
FedEx Hikes Prices: America Shrugs
postalnews blog
Comment
A voting risk in 'forever' stamp
Lack of postmark could make some balloting materials invalid
Albany Times Union
Comment
Wednesday, September 18
Editorial: "The U.S. Postal Service doesn’t know how to make friends in the Santa Fe area"
Santa Fe New Mexican
2 Comments
Another iPhone app lets you send cards through the mail
postalnews blog
Comment
Going Postal
"The husband of US Senator Dianne Feinstein has been selling post offices to his friends, cheap"
East Bay Express
Comment
Canada Post: Yukon residents complain of waiting weeks for post office deliveries while worker goes on holidays
Northern News Services
Comment
Sutersville PA residents fight for post office
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Comment
Editorial: Congress should save Postal Service
Idaho Statesman
Comment
Tuesday, September 17
USPS to spend $42 million to remodel Houston P&DC
postalnews blog
3 Comments
Mississippi postal worker pleads guilty in mail theft case
WTVA Tupelo
2 Comments
Contract trucker admits to theft of diamond rings from U.S. mail
Tampa Bay Times
Comment
Podcast: What is the Future of the Postal Service?
Government Executive
Comment
USPS realigns Marketing/Sales again- to “take advantage of natural synergies”. Seriously.
postalnews blog
8 Comments
Post office flags at half-staff through September 20
postalnews blog
Comment
Homeowners upset over plan to relocate mailboxes
Park Hills MO Daily Journal
1 Comment
Massachusetts letter carrier follows in father's footsteps
Lowell Sun
Comment
Video: Postal inspectors investigate mail theft in Idaho City
postalcrime.com
Comment
USPS plans marketing gimmicks for Inverted Jenny stamp commemorative
postalnews blog
Comment
Should You Go Paperless? (Probably not...)
Yahoo Small Business Advisor
Comment
Monday, September 16
Postal Service Offers Early Retirement to More Than 15,000 Supervisors
Government Executive
33 Comments
You don’t have to make a federal case out of it! Do you?
Judge: USPS lawyers "inexplicably snatched defeat from the jaws of victory"
postalnews blog
Comment
Colorado flooding impacts postal services
postalnews blog
Comment
Parcel workers’ union wants labor board to void UPS-Teamsters contract
Winston-Salem Journal
Comment
Demographic Selections Now Available for Every Door Direct Mail Online Mapping Tool
Press release
Comment
Postal customers preparing for curbside delivery
Woodward OK News
4 Comments
Postal investigators target drug trade through U.S. mail
Baton Rouge Advocate
1 Comment
Louisiana window clerk gets probation for theft
postalcrime.com
5 Comments
Sunday, September 15
Congress turning to social media as use of mail privileges declines
Washington Post
Comment
International Paper Continues Business Adjustment As Accelerating Digitization Forces Mill Closure
Seeking Alpha
Comment
Groundhog Day at the Post Office: Time for an exigent rate increase, again?
Save the Post Office
Comment
Retired postal exec criticizes privatisation, “obscene” executive salaries
Sunday Times
Comment
Goodbyes sealed with sadness as North Carolina Post Office closes
Fayetteville Observer
Comment
Missouri: More workers report delays in mail operations
Southeast Missourian
Comment
Saturday, September 14
Poll: Who do you support in the APWU National Leadership Election?
postalnews blog
11 Comments
Video: Burrus urges APWU members to vote for Dimondstein
postu.be
Comment
Coveted 'master key' at root of robbery of mail carrier
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Comment
Chula Vista woman says postal worker who pepper-sprayed dog was not in danger
KGTV San Diego
3 Comments
▶ Video: USPS “Priority:You” Commercial
postu.be
Comment
▶ Behind the Scenes: The Making of the USPS “Priority:You” Television Commercial
postu.be
Comment
Friday, September 13
Royal Mail privatisation: How postal service sell-offs have fared across Europe
"The Netherlands was the first country to sell off its state-owned system but it has led to the closure of around 90% of post offices"
The Mirror via
postalnews.co.uk
1 Comment
Meet The U.S. Postal Service Worker Who Stole Hollywood Mail
OC Weekly
1 Comment
Police investigating Postal Robbery in Patterson CA
Patterson Irrigator
Comment
Nemec named Consumer and Industry Affairs VP
postalnews blog
2 Comments
Field organizational changes- USPS continues operational efficiency initiatives
postalnews blog
Comment
Neighborhood mourns death of popular letter carrier
Marin Independent Journal
Comment
Texas APWU local president gets probation for embezzling union funds
postalcrime.com
1 Comment
Drugged man clings to Bay Area mail truck, hits officer, police say
Contra Costa Times
Comment
USPS opens eBay postal store
postalnews blog
3 Comments
Ohio Mailman Walks Again After 2012 Accident
WSYX TV Columbus
Comment
Royal Mail staff set to strike after ministers unveil plans for £3billion sell-off
postalnews.co.uk
Comment
Royal Mail WILL be allowed to fall into foreign hands, Government confirms
postalnews.co.uk
Comment
USPS Schedules Full-Service Intelligent Mail Webinars
postalnews blog
Comment
Senate committee schedules another USPS hearing
postalnews blog
Comment
Thursday, September 12
Ex-postal worker nabbed for fraud on ‘Price is Right’ gets probation
postalnews blog
1 Comment
Unions’ Misgivings on Health Law Burst Into View
New York Times
Comment
A good day for bankers – a bad day for Royal Mail customers
Save Our Royal Mail
Comment
Bankruptcy Court Approves Cenveo’s Acquisition of National Envelope
postalnews blog
Comment
Mail Handler Union President Addresses Delegates at AFL-CIO Convention
postalnews blog
Comment
Apple quietly kills postal greeting card app
postalnews blog
Comment
Ballots Mailed in Election of APWU National Officers
APWU News
2 Comments
Britain defies unions with plan to sell Royal Mail in weeks
postalnews.co.uk
1 Comment
From twitter: Royal Mail Boss Moya Greene booed by postal workers
postalnews.co.uk
Comment
The Postal Service has a brand new bag: A post office or mail delivery, but not both
Save the Post Office
1 Comment
AFL-CIO convention passes pro-postal resolution
postalnews blog
Comment
Mailers in Talks with Postal Unions to Forestall Rate Increase
Direct Marketing News
2 Comments
Wednesday, September 11
New report describes conflicts of interest in sales of USPS property by CBRE
Save the Post Office
4 Comments
Don't Shrink the US Postal Service; Expand It
"The Postal Service is perhaps the best example that public institutions are in reality more efficient than private ones."
Truthout
Comment
Editorial: USPS needs to rethink delivery decision in New Mexico town
"residents... have already put up with quite a lot of post office nonsense"
Albuquerque Journal
Comment
Fighting Goliath: In defense of the post office and the public trust
Save the Post Office
1 Comment
Rosemarie Fernandez named USPS Employee Resource Management VP
postalnews blog
Comment
Will a Busy Fall Congressional Schedule Derail Postal Reform?
(Will other manufactured "crises" prevent Congress from dealing with the
postal
"crisis" it created? Or will it just take another vacation?)
Government Executive
Comment
Cash-strapped postal service to rent mail vans
CNN
Comment
Tuesday, September 10
Video: Flyers Handed Out As Hunt Resumes For Masked Mail Carrier Robber
postalnews blog
Comment
NAPS Analysis of Carper-Coburn Postal Reform Bill
postalnews blog
3 Comments
Pennsylvania post office heavily damaged after truck drives through it
Towanda Daily Review
Comment
Video: NRLCA Calls for Restoration of Bioterrorism Protection Program
postalnews blog
Comment
Fed unions say DonahoeCare would “destabilize the FEHBP and raise costs for federal employees, retirees, and their families”
DonahoeCare.com
27 Comments
Mail carrier bitten by dog in Flint: a recurring problem, says USPS
Flint Journal
Comment
Pompano Mail Carrier Robbed Of Keys While Delivering Mail
CBS Miami
Comment
Video: Sunny town is every mailman’s dream
Postal carriers retire to Nalcrest, Florida
postu.be
Comment
Monday, September 9
Berkeley looks at new zoning to help save post office
Contra Costa Times
Comment
Most dangerous jobs: Postal work tops list among federal civilian positions
Federal Times
7 Comments
Postal Service doesn’t want your spiders
San Diego Union-Tribune
Comment
Video: Pennsylvania Post Office Closed After Car Rams Into Building
postu.be
Comment
Neopost USA Launches Multi-Channel Document Delivery System
postalnews blog
1 Comment
Sunday, September 8
Portland demonstrators say USPS entered into sweetheart deal with bankrupt trucking company
postalnews blog
3 Comments
Mail carrier's book humorous
Hattiesburg American
Comment
Burrus: The Postal Rate Discount Ponzi Scheme
Burrus Journal
Comment
Saturday, September 7
Father and son plead guilty to million-dollar bulk mail fraud through New Jersey-based international mailing company
postalcrime.com
Comment
Alabama mail carrier arrested, charged with opening mail
postalcrime.com
Comment
Missouri: USPS says facilities not experiencing delays
Southeast Missourian
Comment
Friday, September 6
APWU files PRC complaint over USPS service standards
APWU News
Comment
Postal Service Board Postpones Decision on Rate-Hike Request
National Journal
Comment
Two Abington PA postal workers charged with ID theft
postalcrime.com
Comment
FBI: Ten postal workers and two doctors arrested in workers comp fraud scheme
postalcrime.com
1 Comment
Thursday, September 5
Early Outs to be offered to managers, supervisors and postmasters
postalnews blog
22 Comments
Postal lobbyists predict USPS will seek 49 cent stamp price
The Hill's On The Money
Comment
Dogs no longer welcome at PO in Minnesota
St Paul Pioneer Press
Comment
Texas man gets prison for attempted PO robbery
Longview News-Journal
Comment
Will mailers be asked to pay more to help the U.S. Postal Service?
Washington Post
1 Comment
Video: NALC President Fred Rolando on “The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann”
postu.be
Comment
Wednesday, September 4
Former Postal Supervisor Sentenced To 16 Months In Prison For Lying On A Federal Worker’s Compensation Document
postalcrime.com
1 Comment
Sorry for your loss: Hallmark struggles to update its card empire
The Verge
Comment
Court orders APWU to share member email list with leadership challengers
postalnews blog
2 Comments
Postal Service IG Puts Retirement and Leave Benefits Under the Microscope
Government Executive
Comment
Amazing Postal Discoveries: Cell Phones!
postalnews blog
Comment
USPS augments computer network to handle ever-expanding services
Federal News Radio
Comment
Magazine publishers argue against raising postage rates
Mary Berner, president and CEO of the Association of Magazine Media in the Washington Times
1 Comment
Tuesday, September 3
How USPS merges compliance, security in its huge enterprise
Government Computer News
Comment
Could a New APWU Leadership Stop Sell-Off of Post Office?
Labor Notes
4 Comments
Quad/Graphics Manager: Congressional action, not price hike is the answer for USPS's problems
Lexington KY Herald Leader
4 Comments
Students do not expect to be affected by USPS cuts
Daily Nebraskan
1 Comment
Postal employees report late mail, more work
"...mail processing center in St. Louis being overwhelmed by the volume of mail."
Southeast Missourian
Comment
3D Printing: Sparking an E-Commerce Revolution
"FedEx and UPS, be warned -- you may one day feel the pain the U.S. Postal Service has suffered over the demise of the stamped envelope."
E-Commerce Times
Comment
Monday, September 2
Owner of Houston “Mail Drop” Convicted of Manufacturing and Selling Counterfeit Postage
postalcrime.com
Comment
The Postal Service updates its five-year plan: A Labor Day Story
Save the Post Office
42 Comments
USPS Targeted in E-mail Borne Malware
SPAMfighter
Comment
Sunday, September 1
Police release sketch of post office bandit
KTVU San Francisco
Comment
A bowling ball in mailbox? Believe it in Ripley's contest
Orlando Sentinel
Comment
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