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February 2006 Postal News

Friday - February 24, 2006
- Union victimizes postal victim's kin
- USPS: Late Mail Delivery is a Temporary Problem
- See GAO Report Filed 02/14/06 (PDF)
- PRC: USPS realignment plans
- Mail theft plaguing rural residents
- Federal Times: Supreme Court backs case against USPS
- 6 Months After Katrina: A Postal Worker's Struggle to Rebuild
- Postal truck, mail go up in flames
- U.S. Rep. Steve King tours mail processing center; urges
 
local input on reorganization plans
- DMA Allies With Postcom Against Do-Not-Mail Bills

Thursday - February 23, 2006
- Poor Attendance Can Result in Removal- And Withstand Court Review  
- USPS: We're Working on Fixing Service Problems 
- Justices Allow Postal Customers to Sue
More: Justices Curb Postal Service's Immunity From Lawsuits | High court: Injured woman can sue Postal Service

- USPS Headed for $1.8 Billion Loss This Year
- Reform May Be Decided by Summer, Postal Official Says
- Americans Say US Postal Service Most Trusted Agency
- Former Postal Worker, Infected in 2001, Still Feels Effects
- Demonstration at Senator Clinton's Talk in South Bronx
- Postmaster: Mail changes won't hurt Nashville service
- Former postal union leaders arrested

Monday - February 20, 2006
- Convicted postal employee retires with full benefits
- Debate Heats Up Over Mail Processing Study
- Postal Service says bill to fix finances is unworkable

Sunday - February 19, 2006
- LLV Destroyed by Fire NJ See Photo
- Mail carriers deliver in a crisis
- Postal Service to fill eight mail carrier jobs in Great Falls
- SF postal depot unveils new solar upgrade

Saturday - February 18, 2006
- New Jersey APWU officers arrested for embezzling over $400,000
- US Postal Service a no-show at meeting with Waterbury Mayor
- Substitute mail carrier saves day
- Relief in sight for erratic mail
- Post Office's Impending Closure Irks Residents

Friday - February 17, 2006
- The 'hidden tax' that's in the mail
- Postal Service to study US mail facilities
- Postal Service Outlines Plans for New Network
- New mail-sorting system draws criticism
- NAPUS Newsletter - Feb. 17, 2006
- US Postal Service Office completes investigation
- Mail truck catches fire
- Downtown businesses unhappy about mail service

Thursday - February 16, 2006
- USPS Briefs APWU on Plans to Realign Network
- Postal Service says union spreading misinformation  
- Former postal worker held in mail thefts
- Ronald Reagan Stamp to be Reissued
- Postal Service Committed to Improving Service in New Orleans
- Rockford postal study remains on hold
- USPS Custom Pub Serves Small Business

Wednesday - February 15, 2006
- Postal Expenses Continue to Rise
Read The Postalwatch Briefing (PDF)
- Jaffer Responds: USPS: Council doesn’t serve postal customers
- White House veto threat looms over postal bill negotiations
- US Postal Service Sends Comics to Educate
- Mail delivery in battered New Orleans should improve by spring
- USPS ponders national E-recycling, solicits industry partner
- No decision in postal study SD
- Rebuttal: USPS Objection to Postal Reform Legislation Is

Tuesday - February 14, 2006
- USPS Assigns Jurisdiction For ‘Enhanced’ AFSM-100 Machines
- Ask President Burrus
- Postman charged in accident
- Mail carriers worried over powder leak
- It's a busy time at Valentine post office
- Cheney Warned Over Missing Hunting Stamp

Monday - February 13, 2006
- National League of Postmasters President Regarding DOIS
- Disgraceful Slap at Postal Workers
- Six Slain Postal Workers Honored
- Temporary Mail Delivery Plan In Egan SD
- A Stranger In Your Queue
- DMA Calls for Quick Congressional Action on Postal Reform
- Chevron, US Postal Service Partner on Energy Upgrades at Mail Centers
- Mailman Sheds Weight, Obtains Age Waiver to Join Corps

Saturday - February 11, 2006
- Postal Reform Bill as Amended by Senate from PostCom
  Excerpts from this bill by PEN - Go here

  Senate approves postal reform bill
More: Senate Passage Sends Postal Reform to Conference | Postal overhaul bill finally passes Senate, heads to conference | NALC: Young Praises Senate Passage Of Postal Reform Legislation | NALC: Press Release | APWU: Senate Approves Postal Reform Bill | APWU: Conference Committee Will Decide Fate of Key Provisions | Akaka Named as Conferee to First Postal Reform Bill in 30 Years 

- APWU: Bush Budget Proposal Addresses Postal Reform 

Friday - February 10, 2006
- More on Postal Reform: PostCom Applauds Senate for Postal Reform Bill Passage | DMA Applauds Senate on Postal Reform Vote | Pitney Bowes Considers Senate Passage of Postal Reform Legislation a Positive Step

- White House Point Person for Postal Reform Resigns 
- Local Postal Employees Suspended
- Nighttime deliveries highlight postal woes
- Latest list of USPS facilities designated for consolidation or for an
  Area Mail Processing (AMP) feasibility study [updated 02/06/06]
- APWU Establishes Fund for Shooting Victims’ Families
- Chevron, US Postal Service Launch Unique Alternative Power System
- Postal Service to Cut Electric Bill, Improve Environment
- Royal Mail hit with hefty fine over missing post
- FedEx Makes Deal on Tobacco Shipments
- FedEx Bolsters Cigarette Restrictions
- Bill could stop movement of SC postal center
- Tracking Credit Card Offers in the Mail

Thursday - February 9, 2006
- Eyewitness accounts of tragedy  
- USPS Says DPS Flats Will Reduce Carrier Office Time
- Court reinstates lawsuit against postal service
- Letter Carrier Held Up In Dayton
- The Big Easy? Now It's Limbo Land
- Bill aims to help Postal Service compete
- Stamford postman's route starts and ends on memory lane
- Portal Gives Quick Access to Crucial USPS Forms
- USPS Proceeds on New Flats Sorting Technology
- Post Office honors employees, including 'heroic' carrier
- Postal Service considers processing Helena mail in Great Falls

Wednesday - February 8, 2006
- Senators Withdraw Hold on Postal Reform Bill - Legislation
 
Could Pass Today
- BOG Approves Approves Flat-Sequencing Technology 
- Postal service: delving into delivery delays
- New Mexico's gun laws much less strict
- FedEx makes deal on tobacco shipments
- $12K Reward Offered In Postal Truck Theft Case
- The Most Valuable Stamp in the World Returns to the US

Tuesday - February 7, 2006
- Former postal worker facing charges after allegedly making threats
- Brentwood Postal Workers Want Lawsuit Revived
Read about the Brentwood Anthrax Case at Judicial Watch
- Senators Keep Postal Reform Bill on Hold
- Bloomington-area Leaders Oppose Plan to Move Mail Processing
- Setting the record straight: Costs not the reason for price increase
- Melissa Data Releases Delivery Indicator for Parcel Shippers
- FedEx agrees to penalize companies that ship cigarettes
- Whether rain nor snow ...: Mail carriers carry on through weather

Monday - February 6, 2006
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President’s 2007 Budget Discusses USPS
- Former PMG Nolan Asks for 'Time Out' On Postal Reform
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Memorial funds established for Goleta victims
- Late Deliveries in West, Southwest Trouble Mailers
- No Backlog of Mail at Post Office
- Friends Say Goodbye to Postal Shooting Victim
- USPS 2006 - Benjamin Franklin doubtless would be proud

Sunday - February 5, 2006
-
New Orleans Mail Delivery Slowly Improving
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Man pleads guilty to bank fraud, stealing mail
- Worried about the mail
- Goleta Rampage Funerals

Saturday - February 4, 2006
-
Police officials say Sanmarco executed her neighbor
- Postal Worker’s Writings Posited Conspiracy Theories
- More on shooting tragedy: Goleta’s deadly lesson | Funeral service draws hundreds | Offices shut down for workers' funerals | 911 tape provides chilling record of horrific night | "I kept thinking that she would come after us' | Gun used in killings traced to pawn shop | Killer believed postal workers plotted against her

- Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail
- Post office employee gets probation
- Editorial: Is The Term 'Going Postal' Really a Misnomer?
  An editorial by Rick Owens - PEN owner
- Leper colony stamps its mark
- Anthrax hoax traced to Asbury Park
- Former employee sues post office, cites harassment

Friday - February 3, 2006
-
Jenson v. Potter - Letter Carrier Wins Case
- Critics Blame Delivery Problems on Cutbacks and Consolidation
- Congress Seeks Data on LA Mail Delivery PDF
  Read This Letter (PDF)
- NM postal problems headed to Congress
- NJ Man Charged in Anthrax Mail Hoax
- Postal Service: Burlington postmark could soon be history
- Current NAPUS Newsletter PDF
- Postal carriers can walk on lawns if OK with customers

Thursday - February 2, 2006
-
Widow Wins Suit in Postal Worker Suicide
-
'Blame game' unfair, postal authority says 
- Postal Killer's Rampage Began With Ex-Neighbor's Slaying See Photos
Also see: Employees gather to mourn co-workers | Mass Murder Stuns Friends of Victims Note: Expressions of condolence can be sent to: Santa Barbara Post Office, P.O. Box 24006, Santa Barbara, CA 93121-4006.

- Emerging portrait: Spiral into insanity
- Postal service ‘goes postal’ about expression
- More on the posting tragedy: Counselors, extra security provided | Deaths in Calif. Shootings Rise to Eight | Unclear If Postal Killings Racially Motivated
- Government Checks Switch To White Envelopes
- Hashknife Posse Leaves Today On 48th Annual Pony Express Ride
- Restaurants receive mailed bomb threats

Wednesday - February 1, 2006
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Sixth shooting victim dies
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A postal worker's shooting spree
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Mass Killer Had Been Put on Leave by Postal Center  See Photos
> APWU: Postal Workers Mourn Santa Barbara Shootings
> Joint Statement of USPS, Union, and Management
- Postal shooting a grim reminder of past
- Deliveries delayed in aftermath
- Detroit council backs off pit bull ban

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