Friday, September 27

Lady Justice turns a blind eye: The PRC dismisses the Freistatt appeal as "untimely"

Save the Post Office

Proposed 2014 USPS promotions and Incentives

intelisent Postal Affairs Blog

GAO: USPS Health and Pension Benefits Proposals Involve Trade-offs

postalnews blog

Affordable Mail Alliance Stands United in Opposition to Exigent Rate Increase

postalnews blog

Video: USPS claims immunity after allegedly wrecking car

postalnews blog

British Postal Service Valued at $5.3 Billion in I.P.O.

New York Times

Mailing Industry Suffers Setback in Fight to Ward Off Exigent Postal Hike

Adweek

Netflix Shares Shrug Off Postal Service Changes

The Street

Rural Carrier Saves Customer In Tight Squeeze

FedSmith.com

Sellers to Pay More for Media Mail, Parcels under USPS Plan

eCommerce Bytes

Thursday, September 26

Catalog Mailers May See 5.9% to 6.1% Postal Rate Increase

Multichannel Merchant

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

Why the Exigent Postal Rate Increase Will Backfire

Dead Tree Edition link corrected!

There's no stamp for that: Postal Service’s 83-acre Bolger Center running deficit

Washington Business Journal

Outside the Box: Summary of today's Senate hearing on the USPS

Postcom.org

Shades of deception: The PMG testifies to the Senate

Save the Post Office

Lineup for today’s Senate hearing on the USPS

postalnews blog

Postal Rate Hike Proposal Faces Senate Scrutiny

ABC News

American Forest & Paper Association Opposes USPS Postal Rate Increase Plan

postalnews blog

OIG: USPS spent $1.3 billion in non-competitive purchases

postalnews blog

Late-Night Mail Delivery Surprises Chevy Chase Residents

BethesdaNow
also: What’s Going On With the CCAs?

Wednesday, September 25

CHART: Even With 3-Cent Hike, Postage Still Cheap by Historical Standards

US News and World Report

Magazine industry fights postal rate increase

Crain's New York Business

USPS seeks 3 cent first class stamp increase

postalnews blog

Post office property sales and political connections in the U.S.

Digital Journal

Video: Postmaster General talks about revenue, 5 day and DonahoeCare

postalnews blog

USPS year to date operations loss $711 million- down 63% from a year ago

postalnews blog

Postmaster General pledges no post office closures during postal reform but closes post offices anyway

Save the Post Office

USPS Investigating Missing Mail in Canton MA

Canton, MA Patch

Cap Metro Area VP Fields sets retirement

postalnews blog

Man pleads guilty to role in Louisiana post office robbery

Opelousas Daily World

Friday, September 20

Postal Service eyes digital dollars

Federal Computer Week

Encampment WY residents rise against post office

Rawlins Times

Former postal worker pleads guilty to indecent exposure

Clarksville TN Leaf Chronicle

Postal Service closes Stamford CT post office: A "relocation" with no new location

Save the Post Office

NPMHU Files Unfair Labor Practice Against USPS for Unlawful Formation of Lean Mail Processing Teams

postalnews blog

"Makes no sense at all": Ewa Beach Post Office headed for closure

Save the Post Office

The return of a loop-de-loopy postal mistake

"most legendary postal mistake in U.S. history makes a comeback"
USA Today

Saving the U.S. Postal Service’s New Deal Masterpieces

Businessweek

NYPD: Criminals using the mail to ship guns

NY Daily News

Thursday, September 19

In Senate Testimony, Guffey Blasts Carper-Coburn Bill

postalnews blog

NALC: Few surprises in first of two hearings on S. 1486

postalnews blog

The Postal Service’s 30-Year Relationship with Email

FedTech Magazine

Second Day of Arbitration Hearings On USPS ‘POStPlan’

APWU News

Democracy rests finally upon us: Saving the Bronx General Post Office

Save the Post Office

Post office offers $25,000 for attempted abduction of Virginia letter carrier

Fauquier Times

Highlights of today's Senate Committee testimony

Postcom.org

PMG Tells Senate: Postal Service in Midst of Financial Disaster, Liquidity Remains Dangerously Low

postalnews blog

FedEx Hikes Prices: America Shrugs

postalnews blog

A voting risk in 'forever' stamp

Lack of postmark could make some balloting materials invalid
Albany Times Union

Tuesday, September 17

USPS to spend $42 million to remodel Houston P&DC

postalnews blog

Mississippi postal worker pleads guilty in mail theft case

WTVA Tupelo

Contract trucker admits to theft of diamond rings from U.S. mail

Tampa Bay Times

Podcast: What is the Future of the Postal Service?

Government Executive

USPS realigns Marketing/Sales again- to “take advantage of natural synergies”. Seriously.

postalnews blog

Post office flags at half-staff through September 20

postalnews blog

Homeowners upset over plan to relocate mailboxes

Park Hills MO Daily Journal

Massachusetts letter carrier follows in father's footsteps

Lowell Sun

Video: Postal inspectors investigate mail theft in Idaho City

postalcrime.com

USPS plans marketing gimmicks for Inverted Jenny stamp commemorative

postalnews blog

Should You Go Paperless? (Probably not...)

Yahoo Small Business Advisor

Monday, September 16

Postal Service Offers Early Retirement to More Than 15,000 Supervisors

Government Executive

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

Colorado flooding impacts postal services

postalnews blog

Parcel workers’ union wants labor board to void UPS-Teamsters contract

Winston-Salem Journal

Demographic Selections Now Available for Every Door Direct Mail Online Mapping Tool

Press release

Postal customers preparing for curbside delivery

Woodward OK News

Postal investigators target drug trade through U.S. mail

Baton Rouge Advocate

Louisiana window clerk gets probation for theft

postalcrime.com

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

Meet The U.S. Postal Service Worker Who Stole Hollywood Mail

OC Weekly

Police investigating Postal Robbery in Patterson CA

Patterson Irrigator

Nemec named Consumer and Industry Affairs VP

postalnews blog

Field organizational changes- USPS continues operational efficiency initiatives

postalnews blog

Neighborhood mourns death of popular letter carrier

Marin Independent Journal

Texas APWU local president gets probation for embezzling union funds

postalcrime.com

Drugged man clings to Bay Area mail truck, hits officer, police say

Contra Costa Times

USPS opens eBay postal store

postalnews blog

Ohio Mailman Walks Again After 2012 Accident

WSYX TV Columbus

Royal Mail staff set to strike after ministers unveil plans for £3billion sell-off

postalnews.co.uk

Royal Mail WILL be allowed to fall into foreign hands, Government confirms

postalnews.co.uk

USPS Schedules Full-Service Intelligent Mail Webinars

postalnews blog

Senate committee schedules another USPS hearing

postalnews blog

Thursday, September 12

Ex-postal worker nabbed for fraud on ‘Price is Right’ gets probation

postalnews blog

Unions’ Misgivings on Health Law Burst Into View

New York Times

A good day for bankers – a bad day for Royal Mail customers

Save Our Royal Mail

Bankruptcy Court Approves Cenveo’s Acquisition of National Envelope

postalnews blog

Mail Handler Union President Addresses Delegates at AFL-CIO Convention

postalnews blog

Apple quietly kills postal greeting card app

postalnews blog

Ballots Mailed in Election of APWU National Officers

APWU News

Britain defies unions with plan to sell Royal Mail in weeks

postalnews.co.uk

From twitter: Royal Mail Boss Moya Greene booed by postal workers

postalnews.co.uk

The Postal Service has a brand new bag: A post office or mail delivery, but not both

Save the Post Office

AFL-CIO convention passes pro-postal resolution

postalnews blog

Mailers in Talks with Postal Unions to Forestall Rate Increase

Direct Marketing News

Wednesday, September 11

New report describes conflicts of interest in sales of USPS property by CBRE

Save the Post Office

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

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

Fighting Goliath: In defense of the post office and the public trust

Save the Post Office

Rosemarie Fernandez named USPS Employee Resource Management VP

postalnews blog

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

Cash-strapped postal service to rent mail vans

CNN

Tuesday, September 10

Video: Flyers Handed Out As Hunt Resumes For Masked Mail Carrier Robber

postalnews blog

NAPS Analysis of Carper-Coburn Postal Reform Bill

postalnews blog

Pennsylvania post office heavily damaged after truck drives through it

Towanda Daily Review

Video: NRLCA Calls for Restoration of Bioterrorism Protection Program

postalnews blog

Fed unions say DonahoeCare would “destabilize the FEHBP and raise costs for federal employees, retirees, and their families”

DonahoeCare.com

Mail carrier bitten by dog in Flint: a recurring problem, says USPS

Flint Journal

Pompano Mail Carrier Robbed Of Keys While Delivering Mail

CBS Miami

Video: Sunny town is every mailman’s dream

Postal carriers retire to Nalcrest, Florida
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