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TODAY'S POSTAL NEWS
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January 28, 2012
Congressman Hinchey calls for a moratorium on
the closing studies
Save the Post Office -
No Change
in OWCP Procedures for Physical Therapy
Authorizations
Please scroll to the bottom of this article for
this ALERT from OWCP regarding Align Networks
(chosen by USPS for treatment of injured
employees). -
Why Mail
Matters: Political Attack ads Can be Tougher
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
USPS, NALC
& Mail Handlers' Negotiations
- Burrus Journal -
January 27, 2012
Postal
Service, NAPUS and League Agree to Postmaster
Pay Talks Extension -
USPS
Launches Express Mail Flat Rate Box
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APWU Says
Members Must Take Action Now Because Senate Will
Soon Vote On Postal Bill -
NALC:
Thanks to you and your brothers and sisters
across the country, S. 1789 will not be brought
to the Senate floor next week. -
The
Challenge of Good Legislative Execution
Gene Del Polito -
Former
postal worker to serve 6 years for using
Davenport house to store cocaine, marijuana
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Former
postal worker gets probation in painkiller theft
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PMG Will
Respond to Issa Comments On CNBC's Squawk Box
This Morning At 8 ET -
link leads to video -
Diet
pensions on the menu? -
USPS
offers commercial mailers a free ounce for promo
inserts -
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Moonshine
Leak Prompted Jensen Beach Post Office
Evacuation
January 26, 2012
Postal
employee, 4 others indicted in $590K theft of
Treasury checks -
APWU
Discourages Members from Participating In 'Align
Networks' -
Postal
Service’s Overfunding of Pension Plans Grows to
$13 Billion -
Video
shows mail carrier allegedly stealing
prescription medicine -
USPS Says
Letter Carrier Positions Are Available
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How the
USPS is Using Its Flexibility Under the APWU
Contract -
Ex-Postal
Employee Pleads Guilty to Attacking Postmaster
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A former
contractor for the US Postal Service
was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for
stealing more than $30000 -
PRC
unveils new rules for handling post office
closing appeals
Federal Times -
Netflix
CEO: DVD subscribers to decline now and forever
- Also see
Netflix
Decides to Ditch Video Game Rentals
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GAO
Report: FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT -
Preliminary Observations on Fraud-Prevention
Controls
January 25, 2012
Senate
Poised to Consider Postal Bill
It appears likely that Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid (D-NV) will call up S. 1789, the
Lieberman-Collins-Carper Brown postal relief
bill sometime next week. -
We Already
Have A Veterans Job Corps -- It's Called the
Postal Service -
OPM:
Fixing retirement backlog 'vitally important'
Federal News Radio -
Invisible Hands: The
Businessmen's Campaign to Dismantle the Post
Office -
Rep. Issa:
US Post Office Needs to Cut 260,000 Jobs
The U.S. Postal Service needs to slash 260,000
jobs and end weekend delivery if it is to climb
out of its "financially insolvent" condition,
Rep. Darrell Issa said. - Also see Issa Says
USPS is Committee’s Priority, And Should Cut
260,000 Employees -
2nd Ounce
Free for First-Class Mail Automation and Presort
Letter Mailers -
USPS
Shoots for $1 billion in Annual Every Door
Direct Mail Sales -
OIG Blog:
Thinking Outside The Envelope
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Prosecutors: NJ postal worker took part in tax
scheme -
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Hillsborough deputies accuse postal worker of
possessing child porn
January 24, 2012
Misplaced
Priorities: Environmentalists, Junk Mail and the
Keystone Pipeline -
"...there has been no push by Democratic
lawmakers or encouragement from the
environmental left to create a “Do Not Mail”
registry." -
Va. Rep. Gerry Connolly Offers
Proposal To Help The US Postal Service Battle Deficit -
Man finds
dumpster full of mail -
72-Year-Old Postal Employee Makes Shocking
Confession -
A former
postal worker who faked injuries
to get disability benefits has been sentenced to
seven months in prison. -
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Truck
loaded with mail burns north of Waycross
January 23, 2012
Postal
union talks reach impasse, arbitration likely
Federal Times -
Six Day
Delivery and H.R. 2309
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Federal
employees owe $1.03 billion in unpaid taxes
WP reports that our elected officials are out to
get tax evading federal and postal employees
again for not paying their taxes - we contend
that this effort should certainly include
Timothy F. Geithner, our Secretary of the
Treasury, who failed to pay his taxes for
several years - and, this effort should also
include any employee of our current government
administration - including any Senator or
Congressman.
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Congressman Higgins: mail facility closing
violates policy act -
Making
sense of the Post Office financial situation
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Stamps.com
Automatically Updated With New USPS Postage
Rates
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Video of
mail being stolen
January 22, 2012
Stamp
prices go up as postal labor talks fail
Washington Post -
Former
Postal Employee Sentenced for Mail Theft
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Occupy
Rockford Raises Awareness Surrounding Mail
Processing Center Closure -
Harsh
penalty for hard work -
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Letter:
Postal workers dedicated to providing security,
good service
January 21, 2012
Latest
Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal
Union Officials -
USPS
declines to extend contract talks; NALC
‘disappointed’ - Also
see USPS statement
Labor
Contract Negotiations with Two Major Unions
Reach Impasse - Also see
Mailhandler -
USPS-union
talks expire for third time since November
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Former
postmaster: Closing post offices not the way to
save money
Huron Daily Tribune -
Senator
Carper addresses U.S. Postal Service on future
of Hares Corner Processing Facility
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Postal
Service Has 180 Job Openings In SC
January 20, 2012
Bipartisan
majority in the House backs six-day mail
delivery
The NALC has learned that 218 House members from
both parties—a majority—have now signed
on as co-sponsors of H.Res. 137, the measure
introduced by Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO). -
USPS
Celebrates Alabama’s 14th National Football
Championship
PEN is proud of the University of Alabama and
their win of their 14th national football
championship. PEN calls Alabama home. -
Statement
from Congressman Brian Higgins on William Street
Mail Facility Job Posting -
“The sign outside the William Street mail
processing facility may say they deliver jobs
but it seems to me these days the United States
Postal Service is much better at delivering
confusion and mixed messages." -
Carrier in
Taylor, MI accused of taking cash from mail
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Guilty
plea in post office murder -
Which of
These 4 Print-Related Giants Is Headed for
Bankruptcy? Cast Your Vote -
Gruesome
Murder-Suicide In Kanawha County - crime
possibly committed by a postal employee
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Senate
bill would reimburse US Postal Service
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PostCom:
House Oversight and Government Reform committee
report on HR2309 (PDF)
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eBay Warns
Sellers to Prepare for USPS Postage Rate Changes
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Collins
says Postal Service situation is 'dire'
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Elderly
woman rescued from fire thanks to quick actions
of letter carrier
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Oshkosh
man who took mail carrier hostage get 15 years
in prison
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Man
accuses post office of losing expensive baseball
card collection, jewelry
January 19, 2012
Sen. Susan
Collins: US Postal Service cannot be allowed to
fail -
Statement
on Postal Service Asking PRC to Accelerate
Review of Network and Service Standard Changes
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U.S.
Postal Service cuts could slow Oregon's mail
voting in November -
Postal
Workers Have the Right To Speak Out Against
Facility Closures -
A post
office worth preserving
Save the Post Office -
Careless
mailman caught on tape -
video -
Ex-mail
carrier sentenced for fraud -
Dillons to
end Postal Service contract -
Man
Accused of Breaking in to Post Office
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Sheriff's
Office continuing to ask for tips regarding
postal manager's beating -
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US Postal
Service Worker Robbed At Gunpoint, DC Police
Looking For Suspect -
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Blame
'inventor' Al Gore for Postal Service woes
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January 18, 2012
Portland
area postal workers rally to save jobs, Saturday
delivery -
Mailman
accused of stealing money from greeting cards
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USPS
delivers magazine to Coral Gables home 36 years
late -
Postal
cuts: 5 Montana libraries forming next-day
delivery courier system -
ARBITRATOR
BLOCH RULES THAT THE POSTAL SERVICE’S 2010 TIME
STUDY VIOLATED ARTICLE 34
- rural carrier information -
Postal
Service Self Sufficiency, Financial Viability
and the Business Model
Courier Express and Postal Observer - author
says "Therefore, it is time for postal service
stakeholders, and in particular its labor unions
to develop an acceptable path toward
privatization." -
OPM sends
Congress its plan to fix retirement services
Washington Post -
Peekskill
Man Charged in Assault of Postal Worker
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Springfield Mail Sorting Center Under the Axe
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Ending the
'franking privilege' could help save the postal
service
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Postal
workers aren't 'mules,' Mr. Johnston
January 17, 2012
USPS Says
It's nobody's business
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OIG: What
Else Could Postal Carriers Do?
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Updates to
Express Mail refund policy begin on January 22
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IG: USPS
plant consolidations were justified
Federal Times -
Under
Siege: The Outlook for Print Media Is Even Worse
Than We Thought, Expert Says -- But Publishers
May Prosper - Dead
Tree Edition -
The Fair
Political Practices Commission v. the U.S.
Postal Service -
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Postal
Service sued after worker causes collision
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Candy-eating raccoons leave mess
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Police say
man raided post office in pursuit of bath salt
delivery
January 16, 2012
Postal
Services on Holidays
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Post
Office Closings in 2011: Lists, maps, the whole
mess
Save the Post Office -
To Avoid
Collapse The Post Office Should Deliver Health
Care And Other Services
- Forbes -
Mailboxes
go digital with Zumbox -
January 15, 2012
A savings
account at the post office?
CNN -
USPS
changes to slow bill payments
Hartford Business Journal -
Competing
bills aim to fix Postal Service
Springfield News-Leader -
Administrative waste a likely cause for postal
service woes -
CT mail
industry backs postal service cutbacks
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US Postal
Service receives no subsidies to operate
The Tennessean -
January 14, 2012
SUV Rear
Ends Postal Vehicle, Pinning Carrier Between SUV
and Postal Vehicle -
Bangor
post office suddenly shut down due to mold
problems -
Congressman Higgins Requests Meeting with
Postmaster General
Frustrated by the lack of data to justify
closings and drastic job cuts in Western New
York, the Congressman is asking the U.S.
Postmaster General for a meeting to discuss the
issue. -
Rep.
Barletta to USPS: Reopen Shickshinny post office
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N.D.
delegation urges officials to reconsider Postal
Service closures -
MOST
FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICES ARE PROFITABLE; THE U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE LAGS (PDF) -
Institute for Research on the Economics of
Taxation -
California
political watchdog agency sues US Postal Service
Fresno Bee -
Judge
delivers prison sentence for Turlock postal
worker on multiple convictions of workers’
compensation and mail fraud -
Dog bites
mail carrier, who sues its owner
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January 13, 2012
APWU Warns
Members to Beware of Risks in USPS Campaign For
Voluntary Transfers to Letter Carrier
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Postmaster
Pay Talks Continue -
FPPC sues
United States Postal Service over records
request
Sacramento Bee -
Could
Email Save Snail Mail, Or Is The Internet Too
Reliant on the USPS? -
The US
Postal Service Is Borrowing Taxpayer Money At An
Interest Rate Of 0.14% -
Postal
Service Sued in Dispute Over Campaign Mailers
Businessweek -
The
Check’s in the Mail - for Two More Days
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Post
offices reach end of the road in US
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Former
Pasadena mail carrier gets 97-month sentence for
receipt of child pornography
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January 12, 2012
Retirement
Incentives at the USPS
Courier Express and Postal Observer - "...all
other Federal agencies can offer incentives up
to $25,000 while the Postal Service is limited
to a $20,000 maximum incentive." -
At crammed
forum on possible postal cuts, Collins says
‘proposal could create a death spiral’
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New Postal
Service App for iPhone Scans Shipping Labels for
Package Tracking on the Go -
The OIG
wants your opinion
Save the Post Office - The OIG wants to hear
your opinion regarding the Postal Service's plan
to close 3,652 post offices. -
Crowd
dismisses claim of postal finance woes -
Legislators pledge to support unions
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Snail
Mail’s Slow Death by Government Intrusion
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Mail clerk
admits to embezzling funds -
Myth,
Reality, and the U.S. Postal Service
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Rep.
Elijah Cummings via Fed. News Radio:
"...as we are about to address the postal
issues, [Issa] is saying that he wants to make
sure that over 130,000 of them [postal
employees] are let go without any kind of
benefits exiting package." -
Retiree
Health Benefits Causing Financial Strain on
Employers
USPS has made headlines over the past year as
economic woes have forced it to announce plans
to close facilities, change delivery schedules
and eliminate jobs. -
Lawmakers
have postal workers backs in Wallingford, CT
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