postalnews.com: March 2012

Saturday, March 31

Dispute among Senate Dems threatens postal reform before May 15 deadline
The Hill Comment
Satisfaction Guaranteed (not!): Redefining "service" — the Postal Way
Save the Post Office Comment
Northern Virginia residents battle to save local post offices
Office of Rep. Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly (D-VA) News Release Comment
Video: Postal Truck Strikes 6-Year-Old Child
Fox Atlanta via postalnews blog Comment
Defendants Convicted in Widespread Identity Theft Scheme
Mail Carrier Obtained U.S. Citizenship Under Stolen Identity and Then Stole Identities of Over 85 Victims on Her Mail Route
postalnews blog Comment
Mail-sort centers' fate unresolved, with Congress in recess
Middletown NY Times Herald-Record Comment
Postal worker confesses to stealing $40,000 worth of valuables in mail
New York Daily News Comment
Friday, March 30
USPS Plans to Allow Mailer Logos and Marks on Permit Indicia
postalnews blog Comment
More on this week's Senate hearing, and the future of reform legislation
eNAPUS Legislative and Political Bulletin Comment
Maintenance Craft PSE National Dispute Resolved
APWU News Comment
Mail stopped after post office gets it dead wrong
KVAL TV Eugene OR Comment
House postal bill would save billions, CBO says
Government Executive Comment
West Virginia Senator Introduces Postal Service Bill
Press release Comment
APWU Calls for April Actions to Save the Postal Service
APWU News Comment
Reward offered for info on suspects involved in assault on letter carrier
Newark (DE) Post Comment
Postman’s heroics draw adoration from neighbors
San Diego Community News Group Comment
National Postal Forum - This Ain't Your Grandfather's Post Office
eCommerce Bytes Comment
Opinion: Cloned Postal Service op-ed offers small comfort
Kennebec Journal Comment
What happened to postal reform?
Washington Post Comment
Thursday, March 29
Another LLV bursts into flames- carrier rescues mail
WKMG TV Orlando Comment
US Senate considering commission to review USPS business model
Post & Parcel Comment
Why letter carriers can’t expect a retirement incentive anytime soon
postalnews blog Comment
Wisconsin carrier pleads guilty to driving postal van while intoxicated
Northwoods River News - Rhinelander, Wisconsin Comment
Magazines' Digital Circulation More Than Doubles-- But Remains Small
Advertising Age Comment
Barbara Quirk: Hightower’s take on Post Office is right on
The Cap Times Comment
PRC Chides Cash-Strapped Postal Service for Pricing Issues
eCommerce Bytes Comment
People Will Tell You That You're Late and You'll Hate Them for It
The diary of a TE letter carrier
San Diego Reader Comment
NYC clerk gets 5 years probation for workers comp fraud
postalnews blog Comment
PRC Approves Sequel to USPS's QR Code Promo
Catalog Age Comment
Lawmakers seek to limit postal executive compensation
The Hill Comment
Why Merchants Should Move to Intelligent Mail Barcode Full Service
MultiChannelMerchant Comment
Hallmark Cards to close Sunrise Greetings subsidiary
Kansas City Star Comment
Wednesday, March 28
Florida letter carrier busted for trying to "deliver" 10 pounds of pot
KeysNet.com Comment
Postal Service bars TV cameras from meeting with businesses on service changes
KYTV Springfield MO Comment
Mail burned in fire at Ohio Post Office
WXIX TV Cincinnatti Comment
Retired postal worker in American Samoa charged with stealing money, stamps
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Comment
USPS February Financials: Year to date loss from operations: $46 Million- from PAEA: $5.6 Billion
postalnews blog Comment
Banks find opportunity in U.S. Postal Service woes
Reuters Comment
Postmaster general supports ‘practically everything’ in draconian Issa-Ross bill
NALC via postalnews blog Comment
USPS Planning Retirement Incentives To Help Downsizing, Donahoe Testifies
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Tuesday, March 27
Bernie Sanders says steps may lessen impact of postal cuts
Burlington Free Press Comment
GOP Senators block GOP authored postal reform bill in bid to help Big Oil?
postalnews blog Comment
Cloture Vote Fails on S. 1789 USPS Reform Bill
Postmasters.org via postalnews blog Comment
USPS plan to set up own health plan faces lawmakers' skepticism
Federal News Radio Comment
APWU: Senate Debate on Postal Bill Expected in Mid-April
APWU News Comment
Highlights from today's House committee hearing on USPS health benefit plans
Postcom Comment
Largest Postal Union Calls on Senate to Reject S. 1789 As Currently Drafted
Press release Comment
Postmasters Hear Frank Assessments of Challenges Facing the USPS
NAPUS Comment
A Final Tale from the CPU Hit List
Going Postal Comment
USPS Seeks 'Soft Landing' For Downsized Employees, Donahoe Says
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Monday, March 26
NALC: Senate will take up S. 1789 after Easter recess
postalnews blog Comment
Modern Times at the Postal Service: Network Rationalization gives work to idle machines
Save the Post Office Comment
Expert: USPS pullout would jeopardize federal health insurance program
Federal Times Comment
Postcom: S. 1789 on hold until after Easter recess?
postalnews blog Comment
Sanders aims to save postal service jobs
Barre Montpelier Times Argus Comment
Senate turns attention to the Postal Service
Washington Post Comment
Post office debate triggers lobbying
New York Times Comment
Australia Post launches online letterbox
Adelaide Advertiser Comment
Sunday, March 25
Editorial: Wrong message- USPS executives not making sacrifices like others
Daily Independent (Ashland, KY) Comment
It’s Show Time: NAPS Leg/Reg Update – March 24, 2012
postalnews blog Comment
NAPUS: Senate Finally Ready to Move on Postal Bill
NAPUS Comment
Saturday, March 24
USPS still can't get its story straight on secret survey
Save the Post Office Comment
APWU Makes Progress On ‘Shared Services’
APWU News Comment
NAPUS Board Prepares to Deal with Tough Issues
postalnews blog Comment
Video: Arizona woman blames post office for losing 10 packages
postalnews blog Comment
Congressman requests immediate review of “loophole” the USPS may be using to close offices
postalnews blog Comment
Friday, March 23
Mail handlers’ contract talks move to mediation process
postalnews blog Comment
Postal Service steers attention away from 'flawed' revenue study
Government Executive Comment
North Carolina supervisor guilty of workers comp fraud
Watauga Democrat Comment
Man Who Fatally Hit Postman, Severing His Legs, Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter
LAist Comment
Why the Postal Service is Needed: the Digital Divide
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
NALC: Senate could vote on S. 1789 on Monday
NALC Comment
Postal Service could play vital role during anthrax attack
Federal Times Comment
Postal bill vote to be held over Mikulski's opposition
Salisbury MD Daily Times Comment
Kansas OIC indicted for money order fraud - postalnews blog
Press release Comment
77 year old Kansas letter carrier admits not delivering mail
Lawrence Journal World Comment
Thursday, March 22
Postal reform bill to hit Senate floor next week
The Hill Comment
Mikulski places hold on postal legislation “in objection to flawed USPS consolidation plan”
Press release Comment
NALC’s Rolando: Ryan GOP budget a “path to inequality and national decline”
postalnews blog Comment
Wisconsin letter carrier cited for drunk driving while delivering mail
Northwoods River News - Rhinelander, Wisconsin Comment
Postal Service Delivers a Record share of FedEx Ground Shipments
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Secret market survey reveals USPS plans would cost over $5 billion in lost revenue
Save the Post Office Comment
Rhode Island mail handler to plead guilty in card theft
Associated Press Comment
Feds probe possible theft of passport payments at Pennsylvania post office
Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice Comment
Postal workers union warns of impact of closings
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Comment
To cut costs, Postal Service turns to groceries
New York Times Comment
Wednesday, March 21
Senators to PMG: Clean House before Cutting Rural Post Offices
Press release Comment
Politics, Network Optimization and Early Retirement
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
USPS has cut 27,547 career jobs in the last 12 months
... but it has spent $1.3 billion on overtime so far this fiscal year
postalnews blog Comment
Letter: Greed is undermining the noble work of USPS
Wilmington (DE) News Journal Comment
Connecticut postal worker due in court in theft case
Associated Press Comment
Tuesday, March 20
Your Local Post Office: From Public Service to Profit Pi�ata
Politicus USA Comment
What UPS-TNT Merger Could Mean for Postal Service
ChiefMarketer.com Comment
California postal clerk pleads guilty to embezzlement
Sacramento Bee Comment
Cash4Gold missing jewelry still not found
WFTS TV Tampa Comment
USPS Targets Small Businesses for Growth
Press release Comment
Oakland postal employee charged with wire fraud
San Francisco Chronicle Comment
MIT forum discusses USPS future
The Tech Comment
Sen. Susan Collins faults the Postal Service (and the Postmaster General)
"What’s noteworthy is not so much what Collins said, but how she said it—criticizing Postmaster General Pat Donahoe in sharply personal terms"
Federal Times Comment
"Because we said so": The unassailable logic of postal managers and their salaries
Save the Post Office Comment
Monday, March 19
UK Government to take on Royal Mail pensions
postalnews blog Comment
When Will USPS VERA Announcements Come, What Will be Offered, and Who Will Be Eligible?
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
NAPS wooing postmasters?
postalnews blog Comment
Congress should stop targeting federal employees
Federal Times Comment
Sunday, March 18
Editorial: The USPS vs. Maryland's Eastern Shore
Salisbury Daily Times Comment
Could Royal Mail’s Approach to Postal Retail Services Work in the United States?
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Idyll Banter: Junk mail? Worth more than you know
Burlington Free Press Comment
Editorial: Rural post offices must be preserved
Salem (OR) Statesman Journal Comment
Saturday, March 17
It was a very good year: The salaries of USPS executives
Save the Post Office Comment
Arizona letter carrier convicted on mail theft charges
Press release Comment
Friday, March 16
90 days in jail for Detroit VMF technician in bribery case
WLNS TV Lansing Comment
Delaware letter carrier robbed at gunpoint
WPVI TV Philadelphia Comment
Senator calls on PMG to visit rural post offices before closing them
Billings Gazette Comment
Maryland Senators outraged over lack of transparency or public input on plant closing
Press release Comment
Optimized Postal Service Infrastructure
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Man Who Robbed Postal Carrier Sentenced To 13 Years
WCMH TV Columbus OH Comment
Updated USPS Employee Salary Database
Updated as of February 2012
Asbury Park Press Comment
Thursday, March 15
If at first you don’t succeed, try revising the survey
Save the Post Office Comment
USPS Early Retirement, RIF, and Reasignments Rumors
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Teen faces felonies for allegedly shooting mail truck with pellet gun
Gwinnett (GA) Daily Post Comment
Drug-dealing mailman walks after rehab stint
Gloucester Times Comment
Mail delivery delayed, customers in Maryland say
Gaithersburg Gazette Comment
Even money-losing rural post offices must stay open, Senator says
Salem (OR) Statesman Journal Comment
Hopes of a Senate hearing for US postal reform “within weeks”
Post & Parcel Comment
North American advertising spend to increase in 2012
"...direct mail has and will continue to hold steady"
Direct Marketing News Comment
The U.S. ~~Postal~~ Parcel Service
DC Velocity Comment
Wednesday, March 14
Congress’s war on the post office
The Postal Service faces a threat greater than email or economics: Politics
Salon Comment
A Stunning Admission: USPS Hasn’t Considered Combined Effect of Proposed Changes
APWU News Comment
Reid says he'll plow ahead on postal reform
The Hill Comment
Postal workers: ‘We can’t do this by ourselves’
Frederick MD News-Post Comment
Connolly Calls on USPS to Release Hidden Report
PotomacLocal.com Comment
Dead Tree Edition: Printed Magazines or Digital Magazines: Do We Have To Choose?
Dead Tree Edition Comment
South Carolina town again fights to keep post office open
DatelineCarolina Comment
Gene Del Polito: It’s Time To Eliminate The USPS Monopoly
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Three keys to saving the U.S. Postal Service
Baltimore Sun Comment
Tuesday, March 13
VER announcement coming?
postalnews blog Comment
The Case of the Missing Market Research Study
Save the Post Office Comment
Postcom introduces quarterly journal for "mail owners and end users of the mail"
Postcom.org (.pdf file) Comment
Gene DelPolito: A New Approach for Government Provision of Postal Services
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Communities miss perks of old post offices
Parkersburg WV News and Sentinel Comment
U.S. Postal Service Cutbacks May Impact Large Customers
Long Beach Business Journal Comment
NALC: Issa continues campaign to dismantle the Postal Service
postalnews blog Comment
Video: New APWU TV ad
APWU Comment
Monday, March 12
Postal Service defends executive salaries as lawmaker looks to cap pay
Government Executive Comment
Direct Mail: Alive And Kicking - Forbes
Forbes Comment
Great minds think alike, and so do USPS District Managers
Save the Post Office Comment
Gene DelPolito: The Impact of Congressional Inaction
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Best Date to Retire Tips
Government Executive Comment
Workers, supporters protest closing of Maryland mail sorting facility
Frederick News-Post Comment
Police searching for man in Kentucky post office theft
WYMT TV Hazard KY Comment
Gene Del Polito: The Prospect for Any USPS Reform Legislation This Year
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
Katherine Tobin to return to USPS Board of Governors
postalnews blog Comment
What Should Be Done to Save the Postal Service?
Letters to the Editor of the New York Times from the DMA and the NALC Comment
Sunday, March 11
USPS takes advantage of disaster to eliminate door to door delivery in Joplin MO
postalnews blog Comment
Closure of Frederick MD Mail Processing Facility 'utter disaster'
Hagerstown Herald Mail Comment
Letter: Postal profits diverted
Pueblo Chieftain Comment
Saturday, March 10
Why Not Allow Phased Retirement For Postal Workers?
Dead Tree Edition Comment
Postal Supervisors: Congress is Causing the Postal Service’s Problems
NAPS Leg/Reg Update Comment
Postal worker who discovered children living in school bus speaks out
KENS TV San Antonio Comment
‘Hero’ Mailman Stops Attempted Abduction In Bucks County PA
KYW TV Philadelphia Comment
USPS Salutes Girl Scouts’ 100th Anniversary with Forever Stamp
postalnews blog Comment
Private mail haulers try to steer through uncertainty of Postal Service changes
KYTV Springfield MO Comment
Containers fall off mail truck in Amity PA, block lane
Reading Eagle Comment
In Easton, loss of mail center would ripple through economy
Baltimore Sun Comment
Friday, March 9
The Post Office is not broke--and it hasn't taken any of our tax money since 1971
"Answering the lies that privatization zealots and FedEx are peddling "
Hightower Lowdown Comment
Congresswoman Announces Legislation To Cap USPS Executive Pay
postalnews blog Comment
More AMP Studies Released: Network Rationalization not looking very rational
Save the Post Office Comment
Gene DelPolito on the Status of Postal Reform Bills
Courier Express and Postal Observer Comment
In Meeting With PMG, Sen. Brown Pushes To Minimize Ohio Closures, Preserve Rural Post Offices, And Maintain Six Day Delivery
Press release Comment
Best time to retire: Not now!
Federal News Radio Comment
How Postal Service's cost-cutting moves may affect Philadelphia area
Philadelphia Inquirer Comment
Network Rationalization Operational Consolidation Studies
Postalmag.com Comment
Senate approves 'phased retirements' for feds
Federal Times Comment
Thursday, March 8
Lost and Found: Mail Unites Lost Pets with Owners
National Postal Forum Industry Blog Comment
California postal worker dies days after pit bull attack
North County Times Comment
USPS spokesperson retracts "guarantee" that no one will be fired in plant consolidation
Queens Chronicle Comment
Kansas postal worker indicted for mail theft
Press release Comment
How Republicans crippled the United State Postal Service
Jersey Journal Comment
"We must not be rushed into false choices": Two Congressmen call for sanity
Save the Post Office Comment
California letter carrier hospitalized after pit bull attack
North County Times Comment
Closure of US post offices threatens smalltown America
The Guardian Comment
Arizona Congressman Introduces Bill to Prevent Post Office Closures In High-Growth ZIP Codes
Press release Comment
Postal reform may be the only thing our do-nothing Congress does this year
postalnews blog Comment
Burrus: Confusing Dates
Burrus Journal Comment
Wednesday, March 7
Rural carrier arbitration update
Ruralinfo.net Comment
USPS will suspend consolidation efforts during “election mailing season”
Press release Comment
More numbers on the AMP studies, and they still don’t add up, not even close
"Now that we can see the final AMP studies for more than half the facilities, it looks like the Postal Service may not save anything at all."
Save the Post Office Comment
What kind of a Postal Service do you want?
Save the Post Office's Steve Hutkins on the USPS OIG Blog Comment
Post office clerk arrested in Connecticut
Middletown Press Comment
Connecticut congressmen push for vote on bill to cut wasteful spending, not USPS jobs
Press release Comment
Hispanic Letter Carriers Instructed Not to Speak in "Native Tongue" on Workroom Floor
Tom's Postal Blog Comment
Elderly driver crashes into Arizona post office
Eastern Arizona Courier: News Comment
Tuesday, March 6
Carper: PRC’s legitimacy and role endangered by delay in issuing advisory opinion
postalnews blog Comment
Burrus: APWU contract was changed after ratification vote
Burrus Journal Comment
USPS sues APWU over the size of employee lockers
St. Paul Business Journal Comment
Editorial: ‘Study’ justifies bad decision
Postal Service relies on a flawed report in attempt to close Buffalo mail facility
Buffalo News Comment
The U.S. Postal Service is worth saving
"Remove the unfair mandates, and the financial crisis disappears."
Bergen Record Comment
Ohio Letter Carrier Admits To Trashing Mail
WBNS TV Columbus Comment
Gay postal worker sues over alleged discrimination
Key West Citizen Comment
Texas Congressman Steps Up Efforts To Save Contract Post Office
KWTX Waco Comment
Phony Postal Inspector Busted For Swiping Pot Shipments
The Smoking Gun Comment
Monday, March 5
MSPB Issues Precedent-Setting Decision in NRP Cases
APWU News Comment
Postal Service may RIF up to 2,000; buyouts, early outs also expected
Federal Times Comment
Who gets the blame for postal service problems?
"Congress, which has a habit of ignoring pressing problems, especially during election years, shares a lot of the blame"
Tulsa World Comment
Questions for Mr. Hammond: The Senate considers a nomination to the PRC
Save the Post Office Comment
Decades of delivery
Youngstown’s Postal Service ... from boom to bust
Youngstown Vindicator Comment
Postal carriers brave the darkness
Chicago Daily Herald Comment
Postal worker: 'They're tearing apart my business'
Wallingford Record Journal Comment
Local leaders demand to see postal facility study
Dayton Daily News Comment
Sunday, March 4
Editorial: It’s galling- Postal Service’s top executives get big salaries
Cumberland Times-News Comment
The numbers on Network Rationalization just don't add up
Save the Post Office Comment
Dennis Ross claims he isn't an idiot
Government Executive Comment
Ex-post office worker facing charges of theft
La Porte Herald Argus Comment
More Stories from the CPU Hit List
Going Postal Comment
Saturday, March 3
House GOP readying another attack on federal workers
NALC e-Activist Network Comment
Rep. Meehan Announces Independent Review of Southeastern PA Plant Consolidation
postalnews blog Comment
Post office at former leper colony on Molokai saved from closing
Press release Comment
Congressman Connolly Defends PRC Chairman Goldway as Advocate of Innovation
Save the Post Office Comment
Friday, March 2
USPS, Supervisors fail to reach agreement on pay package
National Association of Postal Supervisors Comment
USPS Looks to Hire Hundreds of Rural Carriers in Pennsylvania
WPMT York PA Comment
Tucson Mail Service Going to Hell in a Hand Basket (via Phoenix)
Tucson Weekly Comment
Postal workers give management a vote of "No Confidence" on VOE survey, but who's listening?
Save the Post Office Comment
USPS Central Repair Facility to Remain in Topeka, Expand
Press release Comment
Editorial: There is time, and there are ways to save postal centers
"... it is now clear that the USPS was only going through the motions when it asked for public input into its plans"
Youngstown Vindicator Comment
Franken: Mail cuts hurt businesses, families
Bemidji Pioneer Comment
Wisconsin letter carrier stole 9,000 pieces of mail
LaCrosse Tribune Comment
Buffalo plant study spurs questions
Fails to account for shipping costs, Congressman "livid"
Buffalo News Comment
Senator, BOG exchange volleys over USPS executive pay
Billings Gazette Comment
Congressman calls on USPS to delay closures, consolidations until Congress can act on comprehensive postal legislation
Press release Comment
Lawmakers question postal regulator chief's travel as USPS bleeds cash
The Hill Comment
Thursday, March 1
Postal Cuts a Dead Letter in Congress
Wall Street Journal Comment
Postal Workers Need Support from the 99%
Labor Notes Comment
How Many Postal Workers Will Consolidations Affect?
APWU News Comment
Minnesota man sentenced to 18 months for manufacturing fake postage stamps
postalnews blog Comment
Video: Postal Worker’s Legs Severed In Freak Fatal Accident
CBS Los Angeles Comment
Pay raise or retiree COLA: Timing is everything!
Federal News Radio Comment
Florida: Mail truck bursts into flames
Naples Daily News Comment
Marketers split on the impact of mixed postal promotions
Direct Marketing News Comment
Editorial: USPS should close Boston site, allow for expanded South Station
Boston Globe Comment
Editorial: Reforming the Postal Service
New York Times Comment
Postal worker indicted in Alabama PO shooting
postalnews blog Comment

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