Friday, August 29

Video: Google introduces its “self-flying” drone delivery vehicle

postu.be

West Virginia letter carrier sentenced for dealing drugs while on duty

postalcrime.com

Bronx GPO sold, no details yet

Save the Post Office

Strike a blow for democracy - save a post office

San Francisco Chronicle

Video: Colorado couple’s birthday gift is stuck in endless USPS loop for over a month

The Colorado Channel

Video: Mail thefts becoming more common in Wichita

KSNW Wichita

Customs inspectors intercept "giant millipedes" at San Francisco mail facility

Government Security News

Connecticut postal workers fight for jobs

Waterbury Republican American

Letter Carrier Heroes of the Year to be honored

postalnews.com

Thursday, August 28

New Jersey cyclist hit by USPS truck

South Jersey Times

Donahoe turns to trusted friends for stamp committee

Linns Stamp News

Bronx letter carrier helps save a life

good.postalnews.com

Postal Reform Bill Could be At Least a Year Out

Fedweek

Employees at Doral FL post office complain of fumes from package

WPLG Miami

OIG: USPS has lost track of 35 trailers in the Northeast Area

postalnews.com

Postal worker sent to hospital after vehicle rollover in Niskayuna NY

Albany Times Union

Video update: Indiana rural carrier busted for allegedly stealing cash, gift cards from mail

WTHR Indianapolis

150th Anniversary of Railway Mail Service

National Postal Museum

Video: Detroit couple believes letter carrier won’t deliver because they’re gay

WJBK Detroit

Editorial: Post office questions warrant answers

Rocky Mount NC Telegram

Wednesday, August 27

Video: That E-mail’s Not From The Post Office

postalnews.com

CUPW: Canada Post $62 million profit proves cuts are unnecessary

CanadaPostNews.com

Court finds that FedEx Ground drivers are employees, not independent contractors

postalnews.com

Video: Two female letter carriers attacked while on the job in Milwaukee

WITI Milwaukee

Video: Postal “reform” proposals drawing consumer anger

KGTV San Diego

Whistleblower Says Northrop Knew It Would Miss USPS Order Deadlines

Law360

Driver crashes through wall of Fairfield MT Post Office

Great Falls Tribune

Video: Last post- US mail service winds down in Afghanistan

postu.be

Outgoing mail man

Woodburn OR Independent

Friday, August 22

MSPB changes rules on involuntary leave

Federal Times

Video: Wrong-way SUV driver dies in crash with USPS semi in Miramar CA

postalnews.com

Mail mishaps in Jersey Shore town

WCAU Philadelphia

How to Save the Postal Service and Boost the Savings Rate

Businessweek

NALC COLAs due Sept 26 total $1,227 a year

postalnews.com

Sneak peek at upcoming USPS stamp issues

stamps.postalnews.com

Video: USPS tracks 1 billion events per day- How the Internet changed mail

Interview with USPS CIO Jim Cochrane
postu.be

USPS issues “guidance” on ice bucket challenge

USPS News Link

USPS Truck Flips in Midland TX

KMID TV Midland

PMG appoints four new members to stamp advisory committee

postalnews.com

Protesters picket appearance of Deputy PMG in Vancouver WA

The Oregonian

Thursday, August 21

Buffalo NY carrier saves 6 year old boy from choking

good.postalnews.com

Louisiana postal worker admits to stealing DVDs, cash

Shreveport Times

Kentucky mailman accused of stealing drugs from packages mailed to veterans

WAVE TV Louisville

My Plan to Replace the Postal Service's Truck Fleet

Direct Marketing News

Letter carrier finds young man dead at East St. Louis home

Belleville News Democrat

Postal Service’s bleak financial picture requires Congressional action, deputy PMG says

postalnews.com

California man charged with stealing batteries from mail trucks

postalcrime.com

Mail Handlers Union and USPS Reach Agreement on Bidding Rights During Probationary Period

postalnews.com

Wednesday, August 20

Video: Letter carrier says she was assaulted over missing mail, but DC police tell different story

WTTG TV Washington

APWU: NLRB Judge Finds USPS Guilty of Bad Faith, Unlawful Tactics

APWU News

Former Waynesboro PA postal worker sentenced for failing to deliver

Chambersburg Public Opinion

Mailman mugged in Lexington KY

WKYT Lexington

Indiana rural carrier arrested after allegedly stealing mail

WBIW Indianapolis

Battle Over Postal-Service Cuts Looms in September

National Journal

Senate Ignores Postal Issues - Until They Could Impact Elections

EcommerceBytes

NALC fights back against plant closures, consolidations

postalnews.com

NY rural carrier rescues man injured in lawn mower mishap

good.postalnews.com

Delivery Start-Ups Are Back Like It’s 1999

New York Times

USPS Lowers Priority Mail Rates for Business Shippers

Direct Marketing News

Video shows Atlanta mail carrier throwing fragile package onto home’s doorstep

postalnews.com

Teachers and postal workers to protest Staples in Boston today

NH Labor News

Tuesday, August 19

Video: Albuquerque postal gunman planned to kill himself over sick leave “hassling”

KRQE Albuquerque

Uber wants to get into home delivery

Forbes

Postal Service releases schedule of plant consolidations set for 2015

Save the Post Office

Thieves raid California mailboxes

Auburn Journal

Texas businessman who lost 30 year retaliation suit against USPS wants another trial

Legal Times

Why we should bring back the Postal Banking system

Marketplace.org

Postal Inspectors return $14 million to victims of MoneyGram scam

postalcrime.com

Maine PMR admits stealing mail and cash

postalnews.com

UPS and FedEx Unhappy over USPS Pricing

EcommerceBytes

Video: South Carolina letter carrier saves baby's life

WYFF TV Greenville SC

Should the Postal Service continue its consolidation plan?

Office of Inspector General blog

Caught on camera: Postal worker throws package across driveway

KPRC Houston

Friday, August 15

Video: Fort Lauderdale postal worker injured by lightning strike

WPLG TV Fort Lauderdale

OIG reviews USPS plans to track letter carriers using GPS

postalnews.com

Mail truck, SUV collide in Montgomery AL

WSFA Montgomery

New From 500-Year-Old Deutsche Post: Self-Destructing Encrypted Chats

Wall Street Journal

U.S. Postal Service posts big loss or small profit

Linns Stamp News

Video: Texas disabled vet’s mail delivery woes finally addressed- after TV news crew shows up

KWTX Waco

Mail theft up in San Antonio

KSAT San Antonio

Editorial: "Congressional anchor" may sink the USPS

Raleigh News & Observer

Video Update: Federal Lawmakers call for action on Cape Girardeau delayed mail

Postal spokesperson says whistleblowers "damaged the integrity of their workforce"
KFVS TV Cape Girardeau

Residents in northeast Calgary shocked as mailbox left wide open

CTV Calgary News

Thursday, August 14

Standing up to post office privatizers

Jim Hightower

USPS beta testing mail notification service

Federal Times

Tracking data is driving business, USPS CIO Cochrane says

USPS News Link

Fifty Senators Call for Moratorium on USPS Plant Closures

RollCall

For IG, the future is now at USPS

Federal Computer Week

AP corrects story, says “increases in compensation and benefit costs” DIDN’T cause USPS “loss”

... but they still get the story wrong
postalnews.com

Texas letter carrier sues USPS for race and gender discrimination, retaliation

postalnews.com

Nebraska window clerk sentenced to probation, restitution for theft of postal funds

postalcrime.com

Arkansas postal distribution center closed briefly as package catches fire

postalnews.com

Louisville post office employee accused of hiding, throwing away mail

WDRB Louisville

Monday, August 11

Carper says USPS is in “downward financial spiral”, forgets he helped cause it

postalnews.com

NALC: USPS fiscal turnaround continues in Q3 2014

National Association of Letter Carriers

Exigency Pays Off for USPS in Q3

Direct Marketing News

USPS 3Q report shows year to date profit of $1 billion before PAEA charges

postalnews.com

Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for August 11

stamps.postalnews.com

USPS signs lease for new customer care center in Wichita

KSN-TV

Postmark for Batman’s 75th anniversary in Bat Cave, N.C

Linns Stamp News

Video: Postal truck driver in critical condition after driving off highway overpass in Mississippi

Mississippi News Now

Postal worker makes special delivery to children

... helps organize events to benefit children inn need on his route
Wilmington DE News Journal

‘You learn the world’: Postal history on display, for sale at Columbia SC stamp show

The State

More on the Postal Service as financial service provider

Off the Kuff

Thursday, August 7

On this Day in 1902: The first rural carrier to deliver mail using a car

National Postal Museum via twitter

Connecticut: USPS supervisor pleads guilty to drug and mail theft charges

postalcrime.com

Restoration Hardware’s "Mail"-Order Extravagance

17 pound catalogs delivered by UPS
New Yorker

Pennsylvania letter carrier helps rescue customer who fell and broke her hip

good.postalnews.com

Bill would provide disabled veterans with extra sick leave

The Hill

Publishers Still Waiting For The Tablet Revolution

Media Daily News

Postal Service is far from a loser

Jim Hightower in the Stillwater OK News Press

Connecticut postal worker faces court today in theft of cocaine package

Waterbury Republican American

Video: Village post office opens inside Kentucky liquor store

postalnews.com

Postal Service needs leaders who are qualified

The Buffalo News

Video: Colorado Mailbox Thieves Costing Rate Payers Thousands

postalcrime.com

Audio: Postal workers continue fight keep Roanoke mail processing center

WFIR Roanoke

USPS ‘prostituting’ its stamp program with commercial images, prominent former postmaster general says

Washington Post

The Fire Sale of the Post Offices

Consortiumnews

Wednesday, August 6

IG: USPS facility nearly 4 months late paying contractors

FierceGovernment

Arkansas man arrested for threatening postal worker

Baxter Bulletin

Texas: Two postal workers sent to hospital after suspicious package scare

KGBT TV Harlingen TX

Postal Service to issue wage garnishment rule, despite controversy

The Hill

Amazon Same-Day Delivery Expanding to Six More Cities

postalnews.com

How Post Office Banking Could Help the Unbanked Without Congress

Next City

Retirement Claims Backlog Inches Back Up

Government Executive

Fire Closes Oregon Post Offices

Jefferson Public Radio

Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Producing $76,000 in Counterfeit Postage Stamps

postalcrime.com

Is Print Really Killing Publishers?

Dead Tree Edition

Tuesday, August 5

Mailbox fishing scheme targets personal info in Eastchester NY

News 12 Westchester

DC Congresswoman Norton to Host Roundtable on USPS Problems Tomorrow Night

postalnews.com

Another collection box vandalized, mail stolen in Pennsylvania

Easton PA Express-Times

APWU: The Senate Can Help Stop Service Cuts and Plant Closures

APWU News

Wall Street Journal says “The USPS has generated about $1 billion in operating profit so far this year”

postalnews.com

Analyst sees Royal Mail share price sinking further

postalnews.co.uk

Amazon to Open 15 Sortation Centers in 2014

Multichannel Merchant

Senators call for moratorium on USPS plant consolidations, service cutbacks

postalnews.com

South Carolina letter carrier celebrates 50 years with USPS

Myrtle Beach Sun News

To fight privatization dogma, look to the US military

The Guardian

Monday, August 4

Does the USPS really make money delivering for FedEx and UPS?

postalnews.com via Wall Street Journal

USPS continues to shred Imagination Library books

Maryville TN Daily Times

Nader's post office speech fails to deliver

The Daily Californian

USPS threatened Postmaster with “life changing” criminal charges after he filed an EEO complaint

Labor Relations Manager found to have destroyed evidence in case postalnews.com

Video: Linns Stamp News Monday Morning Brief for August 4

postu.be

Former law enforcement officer faces sentencing for postal embezzlement

Charlotte Observer

Former PMG quits Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee

"Bailar suggested that the committee has become overly concerned about trying to raise money for the cash-poor U.S. Postal Service and less worried about what message U.S. stamps offer the world."
Linns Stamp News

An unlikely survivor in the digital age: political mail

POLITICO.com

Royal Mail rolls out ‘click and collect’ to small and medium sized businesses

postalnews.co.uk via the Telegraph

Friday, August 1

Rivals’ unfair advantage contributes to Royal Mail shares plunge

postalnews.co.uk

2015 USPS Price Changes (Part 2)

Quad/Graphics Leading Change blog

Hewlett-Packard Agrees to Pay $32.5 Million for Overbilling USPS

postalcrime.com

82 More Postal Facilities to Close; Mailers Expect Not to Notice

"the USPS has become very good at closing and consolidating postal facilities"
Direst Marketing News

Frenemies: The Love-Hate Relationship Between UPS and the Postal Service Blossoms

Dead Tree Edition

Missouri postmaster sentenced to prison for robbery conspiracy

postalcrime.com

Virginia congressmen express concern about closure of Roanoke plant

postalnews.com

Post office: Sorry, never mind that ban on mailing packages to Israel

Detroit Free Press

Audio: Lawyer discusses USPS's trumped up "terrorist" charge against whistleblower

FederalNewsRadio.com