Wednesday, October 30

Take a bite out of crime? Oh, it’s just the new mailboxes

New York Daily News

OIG says USPS failed to recover almost $10 million in Voyager card overpayments

postalnews blog

White Plains postal driver charged in theft of 40,000 pallets

White Plains Journal News

GOP lawmakers eye federal-retiree benefits in upcoming budget talks

(Note: there's no immediate danger though: the House is currently taking yet another two week vacation!)
Washington Post

The rent is too damn high on Postal Service facilities, say auditors

Fierce Government

Driver crashes car into Palmyra NY PO

Canandaigua Daily Messenger

Greenville MO: No Mailboxes to Be Placed on City Property or Right-of-Way

Wayne County Journal-Banner

Kearney leaving USPS to head Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers

postalnews blog

Postal worker who stole, threw away thousands of letters hired as state employee

KIRO Seattle

500 garbage bills never reach Pottsville residents

Pottsville PA Republican Herald

Massachusetts family credits letter carrier with saving their home from fire

Springfield Republican

Wednesday, October 23

New Jersey Woman Accused of Assaulting Postal Employee

Bridgewater, NJ Patch

NALC: New MOU on CCA probation and holiday carrier assistants

postalnews blog

Susan Collins says USPS exigent rate request not authorized by PAEA

postalnews blog

Former Indiana postal employee pleads guilty to mail theft

WFIE Evansville

Why did the Stamford post office close? Conflicting answers, disturbing questions

Save the Post Office

Video: Family And Friends Of Postal Worker Injured In Compton Hit-And-Run Speak Out

postalnews blog

Workers complain of delivery delays at Conroe TX post office

"mail left to accumulate in undelivered six-foot piles at the facility for times as long as a week"
Conroe Courier

USPS will keep delivering for America if Congress allows

Billings Gazette

Will future postmen even ring once?

Boise Weekly

OIG: USPS used 14 million more hours than needed for mail processing in 2012

Fierce Government

Tuesday, October 15

Wednesday, October 9

Kristin Seaver Named Acting Capital Metro Area VP

postalnews blog

Video: PMG’s “State of the Postal Service” - postalnews blog

The PMG talks about alternative health plan proposals for postal workers and retirees
postu.be

Video: NH Widow Relieved Husband’s Lost Ashes Were Found

postalnews blog

2013 Letter Carrier Heroes of the Year

National Association of Letter Carriers

A Message from APWU President-Elect Mark Dimondstein

postalnews blog

Postal Workers Elect New Leaders Who Pledge to Build a Movement

Labor Notes

APWU Members Oust Guffey

postalnews blog

USPS Customers Frustrated by Long Downed Mailboxes

KUTV Salt Lake City

Two Maryland post office managers charged with taking bribes

postalcrime.com

Tuesday, October 8

Video: Teen With Long Rap Sheet Arrested In Florida Mail Carrier Robbery

postu.be

Video: Fresno Mail Carrier Fired For Throwing Away Mail About Obamacare

postalnews blog

APWU begins posting unofficial election results

APWU Election web site

Surprise! We closed your post office!

Hays (KS) Daily News

Video: Delivering a High Honor to a Postal Worker Turned Hero

postalnews blog

What's Weighing Down the Postal Service?

Dead Tree Edition

Government Shutdown Stalls Post Office Auction

Yankton Press & Dakotan

Retirement Backlog Falls 22 Percent in September

Government Executive

Darrell Issa's Health-Care Plan Is Basically a Plush Obamacare

The Atlantic (So apparently the GOP shut down the government so they could replace Obamacare with FEHBP- a more generous, FAR more expensive plan? Oh- OK...)

Monday, October 7

APWU Election Ballot Count Begins

postalnews blog

Minnesota Postal Worker Allegedly Assaulted Over Postage Due Package

KAAL Austin MN

Post office vehicle crashes in Sioux City

Sioux City Journal

Royal Mail IPO: ministers to increase amount of public shares

postalnews.co.uk

Postcom: Coburn got it wrong on the USPS monopoly

Association for Postal Commerce

Linns: USPS to destroy “Just Move” stamps over safety concerns

postalnews blog

Royal Mail shares: Speculators set to make millions

The Telegraph

The Postal Service couldn't be more troubled, but no help is coming

Politicus USA

Tea Party Denies Mail Service to SRO Tenants

BeyondChron

Post office mural restored and ready to return

Ukiah CA Daily Journal

Thursday, October 3

USPS reveals it printed 100 sheets of Inverted Jenny commemorative right side up

postalnews blog

USPS cracks down on school for the blind: “money in the bank for the Postal Service”

postalnews blog

New routes slow the mail

Albert Lea (MN) Tribune

Postal Service picks acting CIO

Federal Computer Week

Letter Carriers Recognized as Heroes of the Year

postalnews blog

Former APWU President Bill Burrus shutting down his blog

postalnews blog

Police: Mailing Meth Becoming More and More Common

KTXL TV Sacramento

Obamacare Glitches Show Why We Still Need the Post Office

US News

Husband's ashes lost in mail

WMUR TV Manchester

Hawaii letter carrier pleads guilty to stealing mail

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Postmaster, clerk appointed in Juneau

Beaver Dam Daily Citizen

Postal worker delivers ferret, joy

Long Island Herald

Wednesday, October 2

Tuesday, October 1

Postal shootings hearing in Memphis resumes after outburst

Associated Press

USPS Announces FY 2014 Pay for Performance Indicators

postalnews blog

Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Stamford, Connecticut Post Office

postalnews blog

Editorial: Mail fraud? U.S. Postal Service is set up by Congress to fail

Staten Island Advance

Postal shootings hearing to resume after outburst

Jackson Sun

GOP shutdown closes PRC

postalnews blog

USPS OIG shuts down

Office of Inspector General

Editorial; Closing regional sorting centers harms customers

The River Reporter

Direct marketers buffeted by legislative winds

B2B Direct