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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
December 2011 News
December 31, 2011
A Close Up
Look at goPost
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Occupy the
Post Office? Tucson Postal Workers, Supporters,
Fight Back Against Threatened Job Cuts
-
USPS
ranked tops - Yes, you read that right
Federal Times -
Why Mail
Matters: It Drove the Decline of Newt Gingrich
in Iowa
Courier Express and Postal Observer - Also see
Gingrich
Hit Hard by Iowa Mailers -
December 30, 2011
USPS Puts
GoPost Website Up
Courier Express and Postal Observer
NOTICE OF
INTERVENTION BY THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
(PDF)
MAIL PROCESSING NETWORK - The City of New
Orleans comprises approximately 384,000
constituents who utilize and rely on the United
States Postal Service and expects to be an
active participant in this proceeding.
The RAOI
Advisory Opinion: A Transformative Moment or a
Bump in the Road?
- Save the
Post Office
December 29, 2011
Pray for
the Postal Service
Save the Post Office -
Fredric
Rolando: Issa misleads on Postal Service
Orange County Register -
Postal
Service's closure review process was flawed,
panel says
Washington Post -
Erie man
charged with assaulting mail carrier
-
December 28, 2011
SENATOR
COLLINS' STATEMENT ON POSTAL REGULATORY
COMMISSION OPINION ON POST OFFICE CLOSURES
-
House
Passage of HR 2309 Likely in 2012
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Head to Head: What should we do
about the U.S. Postal Service? Fix it or nix it? -
25
Predictions for the U.S. Courier, Express and
Postal Market for 2012
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Postal
picket in Toledo
Toledo Online -
USPS
Preliminary Financial Information For November
2011 (PDF) -
Commission
faults USPS planning for post office closures
Federal Times -
A
Conversation with Postmaster General Patrick R
Donahoe
GOVERNING.com -
Time to
accept the death of the Postal Service
Congress should consider repealing the PAEA -
giving the USPS the freedom to determine
adequate postal rates and a sustainable level of
funding of retiree benefits. -
Post
office still vital for the masses
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
Crime
spree suspect says, 'Jesus made me do it'
Reno Gazette Journal - ...says he targeted strip
clubs, Sparks police, a Verdi post office and
Reno Fourth Street motels - wants people to call
him a “gangster,” an “assassin” and a “shadow.”
-
Editorial:
What Brown couldn't do for Denver
Denver Post -
Cut postal
managers, not letter carriers
-
December 27, 2011
Mail
Delivery: Are There Unnecessary Steps?
OIG Blog -
Week in
Review: Tis the Season
Save the Post Office -
Possible
Post Office Arson May Be Gang Related
-
The gift
of the postal service
Washington Examiner -
Federal
workers' pay gains are the slowest in 10 years
USA Today -
December 26, 2011
Congressman Aderholt Introduces Rural Postal
Service Preservation Act
-
A fire,
apparently caused by vandals,
roared through the U.S. Post Office in Verdi
Christmas morning, heavily damaging the building
and closing down postal operations at the site.
-
NALC union
official blames fiscal woes on management
-
Act would
open the next era of Postal Service
-
December 25, 2011
Unbinding
the Nation: America and the Post Office
Save The Post Office -
Going
Postal: What kind of nation won’t fund a post
office?
Truthout -
Merger of
Oshkosh, Green Bay mail facilities to continue
despite union calls of a 'disaster'
- Oshkosh Northwestern -
December 24, 2011
The Postal
Service propaganda machine kicks into gear
Save the Post Office -
PRC
Advisory Opinion Finds USPS Proposal for Retail
Closures Lacks Proper Analysis
-
Unleash
the eagle
Chicago Tribune -
Sen.
Carper Statement on U.S. Postal Service
Announcement Regarding Hares Corner Processing
Center -
Sheriff: Letter carrier acted as
lookout in burglary -
4th metro Detroit postal worker
pleads guilty in kickback scheme
Detroit Free Press -
Postal worker shot with BB gun
December 23, 2011
House
leaders accept Senate payroll tax plan without
federal pay, benefits cuts
- Federal News Radio -
Can USPS
Eliminate $5.5B Annual Prefunding Retiree
Obligation?
Insurance News Net - Tony Vegliante, chief human
resources officer and executive vice president
of the U.S. Postal Service, says not only does
the annual prefunding of retiree health benefits
to the tune of $5.5 billion need to be resolved
for the USPS to become profitable again, he
knows it can be done through a new health
insurance plan for postal workers. -
Postman
burglarized decorated veteran's home
KCTV Kansas City -
Congressmen Can’t Include "Merry Christmas" In
Any Franked Mailing -
Mail
carrier risks job wearing Santa suit
Also see this update:
Bellevue
postal worker gets OK to wear his Santa outfit
-
December 22, 2011
To Save
Post Offices, Turn Them Into Public Banks
-
4th postal
worker pleads guilty in kickback scheme
-
Sen. Akaka
and Rep. DeFazio Introduce Postal Bills
-
Cash-Strapped US Postal Service Turns To
Deliveries After Dark
CBS NY -
Funding
Bill Postpones Pre-Funding Due Date
-
Postal
employee accused of setting up illegal Ecstasy
shipment
Naples Daily News -
In a
post-postal world, Christmas still delivers
Washington Post -
December 21, 2011
USPS open
Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
Most will have shortened retail lobby hours and
will close at noon. Mail delivery for Dec. 24
and Dec. 31 will be the same as any other
Saturday. Post Offices will be closed Monday,
Dec. 26, and Monday Jan. 2. -
US Postal
Service doesn't need radical surgery
Sen. Merlin Bartz -
3rd
defendant pleads guilty in case of sex slave
held in home near Lebanon
Henry, former postmaster of Nevada, Mo, admitted
he engaged in sex with the victim and
participated in torture sessions of her that
lasted for hours.
Postal
Workers Fight for Snail Mail
-
The Postal
Ties That Bind -
Bovard:
U.S. mail: Slow and slower -
NALC:
House Republicans reject payroll tax deal
-
Postal
Service delivers Christmas gift to Indian River
family - one year late -
Man dies
from injuries in bike-postal truck crash
Suspect
sought in postal employee robbery
December 20, 2011
Week in
Review: The plot thickens
Save the Post Office -
Blame both
Congress and postal management
-
Check may
not be in the mail -
A postal
worker and her stepson were stabbed during a
violent domestic dispute in Queens early Tuesday
-
Postal
Service should adapt, not angle for a bailout
By none other than our favorite politician -
Issa -
Postal
Service Enhances Online Service in Spanish and
Chinese -
Congress
grants Postal Service a big extension
Washington Post -
Does
Congress really want to save USPS?
-
Postal
Service Busiest Mailing and Delivery Days are
this Week -
The Post
Office Shutdown: Answers To Your Most Important
Questions
Postal
carrier finds missing boy after mother claims
car was stolen
December 19, 2011
Wanted:
New Postmaster General; Must Be Able To Kiss 535
Backsides Simultaneously
- Dead Tree Edition -
Fixing the
United States Postal Service
Huffington Post -
Woman
killed after psycho sets her on fire
New York Post - “This is devastating,” said
Heidi Matthews, who has known the victim for
decades, and said the woman worked for the Post
Office. - Also see NY Times -
Police
Arrest Man in Burning Death of Woman
-
Postal
service needs to deliver on hard choices,
lawmakers say
San Angelo Standard Times -
Another
View: Put some heat on Congress to save U.S.
Postal Service
The Bay City Times -
Letter:
Let postal workers give up pay and benefits like
the rest of us
Muskegon Chronicle - PEN Ed: this letter begs
for your comments at the MLive.com site -
December 18, 2011
Postal
Service saddled with funding mandates Boston
Globe
Opinion by NALC Nat. Business Agent -
Police
Investigate Postal Service Manager Attack
-
Editorial:
Canceled - Congress can save Postal Service from
extinction -
Trucks
stuck for hours waiting to unload Christmas mail
-
December 17, 2011
Senator
Akaka Introduces Postal Investment Act of 2011
NAPUS -
House
approves spending bill, along with almost 2
percent rescission for most agencies
- Federal Times - The bill would also give the
U.S. Postal Service another reprieve on a
legally required $5.5 billion payment into a
retiree health care fund. The payment, which
USPS officials say they lack the money to cover,
was originally due Sept. 30. -
Oregon
post office robbed at gun point
KMTR NewsSource -
APWU Says
Dual Appointments Will End In January
-
Sorting
out the Postal Service’s woes
Rolando Letter to the Editor - Washington Post -
A year
without a Santa Claus - USPS carrier not allowed
to deliver while wearing Santa suit
-
The USPS
Meets the Daily Show
The Big Fat Marketing Blog -
Estimates
of Benefits Changes in 2012 -
December 16, 2011
Ross Says
Firing PMG May Have To Be First Step
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
USPS Needs
Indiana Senators' Support Union Says
Indiana Public Media -
Judge
denies bond reduction in post office shooting
Montgomery Advertiser
CAGW
Condemns Political Interference in USPS Closure
Decisions
Citzens Against Government Waste (CAGW) -
USPS: We
can't pay retiree prepayment even if delayed
The Hill -
Postal
Service proceeds with first-class mail service
standard change
Federal Times -
USPS Gives
Congress More Time to Kick Can
by Tad DeHaven at Cato - PEN Ed: your friend and
mine....not. -
It's time
to stamp out post office's monopoly on letter
delivery
LA Times - another article by yet another
so-called postal pundit -
RIF
Competitive Areas for the Postal Service
Shutdown
Plan for the Postal Regulatory Commission
(PDF)
December 15, 2011
G20 Postal
Services Report: United States Postal Service
Ranked Number One In The World
- Sacramento Bee -
New Senate
House Bills Seek to Prop Up Ailing Postal
Service
Auctionbytes -
Capital
Constraints Should Worry USPS Employees, Unions,
and Management Associations
- Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Postal
Service 'crisis' overblown -
Tech Has
Saved the Postal Service for 200 Years—Today, It
Won't -
A truck
driver for the U.S. Postal Service
in California was pepper sprayed,
punched in the face and robbed of some mail by
two men Tuesday evening -
Duncan,
Corker, Roe agree: Time for Postal Service to
get creative -
FedEx Uses
USPS for 30.4% of Ground Shipments
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
House
Republicans Attack Postal and Federal Retirement
Benefits -
Issa: USPS
wants a taxpayer-funded bailout
Washington Examiner -
Criminal
Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union
Officials -
USPS to
simplify pricing policy that offers 7,600
domestic options -
Female
Postal Employee Found Guilty Of Misappropriating
$2,600 In Postal Service Funds
-
Bloomfield
Post Office Robbed At Gunpoint
WPXI Pittsburgh -
Apartment
resident arrested after confrontation with mail
carrier -
December 14, 2011
Sen.
Carper Statement on USPS Decision to Delay
Closure or Consolidation of Post Offices and
Mail Processing Facilities
-
Delays in
Restructuring Operating and Retail Networks Will
Increase Red Ink; Delay Possible Early
Retirements - Courier
Express and Postal Observer -
Postmaster
General Cave-in on Postal Reform Paves Way for
Taxpayer-Funded Bailout - PEN
Ed: from the Issa-Ross couple -
Why the
Postal Service's halt to plant and P.O. closings
may not mean much
Federal Times -
Area
congressmen want Postal Service to shape up
-
Arbitration Hearing Begins on Schedules of New
Full-Timers -
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More Postal News
December 13, 2011
Postal
Service to delay cutbacks until mid-May
The Associated Press - The U.S. Postal Service
on Tuesday agreed to delay the closing of 252
mail processing centers and 3,700 local post
offices until mid-May. -
Also see:
Under
pressure from Congress, Postal Service to delay
major closings, layoffs until mid-May
-
Cost of
payroll tax holiday should not be paid for by
federal and postal employees
-
Congressman Hinchey Introduces Legislation to
Help Stop Postal Service Layoffs and Service
Reductions -
Postal
Service’s Future Beyond 2013 Cloudy Due to
Severe Capital Constraints
- Courier
Express and Postal Observer -
Outbox
Wants to Revolutionize US Mail
Also see
Austin
tech startup Outbox raises $2.2 million in
funding -
Coming
Changes in USPS Health Benefits
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Postmaster
General Talks Sustainability in Durban While
Promoting Junk Mail Back Home
-
21st
Century Postal Service Act: Senators Propose
Beer, Wine Delivery To Generate Revenue
- Huffington Post -
A Post
Office employee in Neshoba County, MS has
pleaded guilty to stealing a credit card and
gift cards from the mail
PRC
Chairman Send Letter To Congress
(PDF) -
Longer
routes for mail carriers -
USPS hopes
for another deferral on mandatory payment
GovExec.com - The U.S. Postal Service hopes to
receive another deferral this week from Congress
on a multibillion-dollar payment to prefund
retirees' health benefits. -
There's
More Than One Way to Send a Holiday Card
USPS OIG -
Minn.
Senators want to Push Back Post Office Decisions
-
USPS
Collection at Lands End
Mail
Carrier Helps Save Woman From Burning Home
December 12, 2011
The Last
Gasp Of The USPS?
Retail Solutions Online - The Internet isn't
killing the USPS. The USPS is committing
suicide. -
Post
Office Manager Throws Christmas Carolers Out
into the Cold -
Give
Postal Service time to re-invent
NALC's Rolando via Politico -
Postage
due: Direct-mail industry already addresses post
office cutbacks -
USPS
Launches Express Mail Flat Rate Boxes for
Overnight Delivery
Auctionbytes -
Building a
21st-century postal service
By Senators Lieberman, Collins,
Carper, and Brown -
The Postal
Service plots its own demise
-
Occupy
These USPS Streets
Ron Williams, Jr. -
Postal
Service plant closures will be 'a mess'
-
USPS Sends
a Message to Congress
by Tad DeHaven - PEN ED: and you know what we
think of his opinions. -
Let's
raise rates on junk mail
Las Vegas Sun -
Our View:
Postal plan to slow mail will repel consumers
St. Cloud Times -
December 11, 2011
Delayed
Retirements, Rising Overtime Bedevil USPS
Finances
Dead Tree Edition -
Will Congress act to stop Postal
Service closures? Should it? -
Week in Review: What a mess
Save the Post Office -
Window clerk accused of stealing
money from California post office was allegedly living in Fargo motel
-
December 10, 2011
Congress
is overdue to address USPS problems
-
Editorial:
Let the postal service evolve
Newsday -
The Case
for Consolidation: Overview of the Postal
Service's Request for an Advisory Opinion
- Save the Post Office -
DeFazio
Counters USPS Closure Plans
KEZI TV -
Proposed
postal cuts worry businesses
Boston Globe -
December 09, 2011
Congressman Owens Introduces Bill to Preserve
Postal Services and Cut Costs
-
Postal
Service Cuts Ignite Congressional Outrage
-
Senators
Seek To Stop USPS Cutbacks -
PMG and
Postmaster Organization Presidents Agree to
Re-open Pay Talks -
Chicago
Postal Workers Denounce Service Cuts, Massive
Layoffs
Chicagoist -
Cash-strapped Postal Service paying millions for
unused building
My Fox Boston -
PRC
receives USPS proposal to change service
standards -
Carper:
USPS looking to change with the times
-
Will The
Postal Service Save Email from the Grave?
Huffington Post -
It's Time
to Transform the U.S. Postal Service
-
For crying
out loud, help the USPS
SunHerald.com - PEN Ed: I second that motion -
U.S.
Postal Service through the years
Postal
worker released from hospital following pellet
gun shot -
December 08, 2011
The Public
Be Damned: Using the Amtrak Script to Kill the
Post Office
Huffington Post -
Time to
Save the Post Office
Nader.org -
U.S.
Postmaster General Takes International Stage to
Make Business Case for Going Green
- PEN Ed: the next thing he will be promoting is
'please, use email - we don't have time to
process and deliver mail' -
Our View:
Original vision for Postal Service still applies
PostBulletin.com -
Postal
Service and Two Unions Continue Negotiations to
Midnight Dec. 16 -
Registered
and Certified by Email?
NextGov -
APWU:
Deadline to Submit Questionnaires For Walker
Class-Action Case is Dec. 15
-
Former
Tuscaloosa, AL mail carrier who buried mail in
his backyard sentenced to home detention
-
Issa on
Fox News: Postal Service Needs Real Reform
-
Politico
says NALC warns of USPS 'death spiral'
-
Cuts to
U.S. Postal Service to include next-day,
Saturday delivery
The Seattle Times -
Pitney
Bowes expresses patience with Postal Service
financial dilemma
Ct Post -
Workers'
comp reform has lawmakers crisscrossing partisan
lines
Washington Post - Also see
Feds use
video surveillance to catch fraud for workers'
comp - Washington Times -
December 07, 2011
NALC
contract talks extended again
USPS Moves
Forward its Ill-Advised Plan to Reduce Service
Standards
from Mail Handlers Union -
Postal
workers behaving badly
Washington Post - ...some postal workers steal
mail, burn it, hoard it or claim thousands of
dollars in fraudulent workers compensation
claims, according to a new
watchdog
(OIG) report (PDF). - Also see
Fraud
persists within US Postal Service
-
Mother of
suspect in Alabama post office shooting says son
needs mental care -
Manufactured Crisis About to Cripple the Post
Office
AllGov -
USPS
Slowdown Unlikely to Cramp Netflix's Style
E-Commerce Times -
The Postal
Service has a process to ensure
that workers are kept safe from
accidents on the job. But the Inspector General
has found that employees don't always follow
those processes. Federal News Radio - Also see
Postal
Service addresses concerns uncovered by safety
review -
How the
Business Model and Congress Failed the Postal
Service -
More fun
with charts: The Times graphs mail volumes
Save the Post Office -
USPS mail
carrier wrapped in Christmas-y gauze
(photo)
For Postal
Service, it's not in the mail
Los Angeles Times -
Downsize
Means Destroy
New York Times -
How to
Help the Post Office
New York Times -
Internet
Killed the Postal Star
-
Snail Mail
May Arrive More Slowly. Will It Matter?
NPR -
New Yorkers stamping feet over
Postal Service's drastic cutback plans -
Farewell, first-class mail
Federal Times -
Stop the Postal Service’s ‘panic
selling’ -
The good, the bad, and the ugly: The
Postal Service finds its own hired gun -
December 06, 2011
Congressman
DeFazio unloads on US Postmaster proposals to
curtail services -
MUST watch video -
Congressman Kucinich Says Postal Service
Privatization Plan Will Hurt Business, Workers
and the Economy -
Video:
Corridore Says U.S. Postal Service Cuts to Hurt
Economy
Washington Post -
Sen.
Collins Blasts USPS Money-Saving Plan
-
NALC Says
Reduced Delivery Standards Will Harm USPS
-
APWU Says
USPS Plan Will Hasten Demise Of a Still Vital
Institution -
Netflix
will be Doomed by USPS Cuts -
Ala.
postal employee worked 4 years before arrest
-
December 05, 2011
USPS Files
Proposal With PRC to Change Service Standards
PMG states “The proposed changes to service
standards will allow for significant
consolidation of the postal network in terms of
facilities, processing equipment, vehicles and
employee workforce and will generate projected
net annual savings of approximately $2.1
billion.” -
Also see:
Senator
Carper Statement on USPS Adjustments to
Operations
-
Precedent
Provides Hints about how PRC Will Rule on USPS
Service Changes Courier
Express and Postal Observer -
House
democrat calls for firing postmaster general;
blames Obama, GOP Congress -
Importance
of PRC Appointments
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
Mailers
urge PMG to pull exigent request
-
Near-Bankrupt US Postal Service Plans
Unprecedented Cuts To First Class Mail
-
Arbitration between the USPS and NRLCA Begins
Today -
Michele Bachmann: Why the U.S.
Postal Service May Need to Resort to Bake Sales -
What were you thinking, Mr.
President? Obama nominates Hammond to the PRC - Save
the Post Office -
December 04, 2011
The
Junking of the Postal Service
NY Times -
Man
charged in attack of postal service staffer
-
Facing
bankruptcy, Postal Service pushes forward with
big cuts to first-class mail next spring
- Washington Post -
December 03, 2011
Postal
employee named in Montgomery, AL post office
shooting
A Montgomery man is charged with two
counts of attempted murder in a shooting
Thursday at the city’s main post office. Arthur
Lee Darby Jr., 29, is being held at the
Montgomery County Detention Facility on a total
of $1 million bond. Darby was an employee of the
post office, but authorities are remaining quiet
about what the motive of the shooting might have
been. Also see
Ala.
postal employee came to work with 3 guns, fired
shots in mail room; none hurt and
Washington
Post -
USPS
Selling Advertising on Trucks in Pilot Program
-
NAPUS
Meets With USPS Headquarters to Review ELM 650
Process
This section of the ELM covers nonbagaining
disciplinary and appeal procedures, including
letters of warning in lieu of time off
suspensions, emergency placement and other types
of adverse actions. -
H.R. 2309
Postal Reform Act of 2011 - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
OFFICE COST ESTIMATE (PDF) -
Reports
conflict over USPS freight truck advertising
-
Delivering
red ink, US Postal Service to cut costs at
Dallas' main PO -
EDITORIAL:
Savannah closing: U.S. Postal (dis)Service
Savannah Morning News -
PRC Issues
Order Denying Motion for Renewal of Complaint
and Alternative Request for a Stay of the
Effective Date - NAPUS -
DC postal
worker robbed, locked in truck
Washington Post -
USPS wants
to limit next-day guarantee -
SC postal
district needs rural carrier associates
Buena man
gets more than 19 years in prison for assault of
postal worker
Ex-Hiltons
postmaster arraigned on federal charges
Newest
Village Post Office Opens In Missouri
-
December 02, 2011
Shots
fired at Montgomery, AL post office; no injuries
reported
Montgomery Advertiser -
Congress
Is Putting US Postal Service Out Of Business
Ramona Sentinel -
APWU
Supported Workers' Compensation Bill Passes
House -
USPS
promises to fix “unacceptable” flats processing
delays
Post & Parcel -
700 USPS
jobs in Queens jeopardized
Queens Chronicle -
Senate
Postal Reform Bill Needs a New Title
From PEN's what its NOT worth dept. -
Obama
hears O'Brien's pitch for postal jobs
Scranton Times-Tribune -
Spammers
spoof USPS messages -
December 01, 2011
Postal
Service Will Introduce Parcel Lockers December 6
Courier Express and Postal Observer -
What a
difference a day makes: The Postal Service slows
down the mail
Save the Post Office -
San Jose
police: Man who caused post office shutdown was
jogger in unusual gear
-
Twisted
Government Accounting Behind Postal Service Woes
-
Postal
watchdog: Alaska subsidy costs millions
Washington Times -
Postal
Employees Bash Plan To Move Chattanooga Mail
Processing
The Chattanoogan -
Former VA
Postmaster Free On Bond -
Two former
Alabama postal employees indicted by grand jury
for mail-related violations -
USPS
Begins 99th Year of Operation Santa
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