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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
January 2015 News
January 31, 2015
Video: Two Tulsa letter carriers receive
Postmaster General's Hero Award - PEN
Video: Nyack Residents Say Postal Problem Is
Causing Mail To Arrive Late - PEN
Evidence clears postal worker in Christmas Day
killing - FOX 13 News
Bills would allow voters to vote through email,
fax, and without postage - The Olympian
January 30, 2015
Postal worker robbed at gunpoint in Peoria
- CI NEWS NOW
New postmaster general started as letter carrier
in Lancaster - Penn Live
SUV crashes through Saginaw post office wall
after two-vehicle crash - MLive
USPS truck crashes into home in Va. Beach
- WAVY
Sen. Tester Meets Incoming Postmaster General -
Says USPS Delivery Standards Have Become a Disaster
- PEN
USPS OIG values Postal Service brand for first
time at $3.6B - Fierce Government
Rolando: News misses nuance on USPS
- The Detroit News
Postal Banking – Good For Low-Wage Workers And
For Saving Postal Jobs - Workers Independent News
New USPS boss faces old problems
- Marketplace.org
Command Security Announces Developments Regarding
Recently-Awarded U.S. Postal Services Contracts - The
Street
OPM Medical Retirement: The numbness of inaction
- by Robert R. McGill at Lawyers.com
January 29, 2015
Staples Masquerades as Quill
- PEN
Shrinking First-Class Mail a Big Joke to Postal
Service - PEN
CSI: Postal Inspection Service - Forensic
division celebrates 75 years - PEN
H.Res. 54 Moves to Restore Service Standards to
Those in Effect on July 1, 2012
- NPMHU via PEN
Letter carrier uses carjack to rescue trapped man
- USPS news via PEN
USPS: J.C. Penney resurrects its catalog
- PEN
Sen. Stabenow Using Keystone Vote to Block USPS’s
Cost-Savings Measures
- Market Watch
USPS Should Get into the Banking Business, Union
Says - FEDweek
USPS plant closures would halt under Keystone XL
bill rider - Fierce Government
Delivering mail in Mystic after blizzard is a
breeze for Mount Everest climber/letter carrier - The
Day
Your outgoing mail may not be making it to the
post office
- THV 11
OPM Disability Retirement: An Expectation of
Disaster - Robert R. McGill Administrative Law Blog on
Lawyers.com
Elizabeth Johnson has been named acting vice
president, Corporate Communications - USPS news via PEN
January 28, 2015
Congressman David B. McKinley, R-W.Va.,
introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for an end to the postal
slowdown and a return to prior service standards - PEN
Torrance Post Office Burglar Sentenced To 5 Years
In Federal Prison - CBS Los Angeles
Man hit by postal truck dies -
Delaware Online
Nyack, NY residents are flooding Facebook
with complaints about their mail service, accusing the local post office
of, well, mailing it in - Journal News Media Group
New House Resolution Takes Aim at Delayed Mail
- PEN
Video: Mail carriers enjoy rare day off thanks to
Blizzard of 2015 - PEN
Video: Man's fruit package rots after being
delivered late by postal service - PEN
Senator Looks to Keystone Bill to Stop Postal
Facility Closures - GovExec.com
Woman chases postal worker -
Summerville Journal Scene
Mail Delivery Resumes Today After Blizzard of
2015 - NBC Connecticut
Editorial: Postal Service goes wrong way
- Green Valley News:
Three-vehicle crash involved postal truck in Ohio
January 27, 2015
USPS now one of the ‘Big 3,’ top industry exec
says - PEN
Winter Storm Juno expected to dump up to two feet
of snow on Northeast - USPS service alert via
PEN
Video: Postal worker keeps Crossville woman from
falling victim to scam - PEN
Know the signs of frostbite and hypothermia
- PEN
Former Iowa Postmaster Admits Stealing VA
Medication from Veteran
Former Madison postal worker sentenced for
stealing mail - NBC
Lance Armstrong apologizes to Sir Bradley Wiggins
and Chris Froome for putting them through doping questions
- UK Telegraph
The Multiplier Effect: How consolidating mail
processing plants hurts the economy - Save the Post
Office
Suspect, two victims in west Stanislaus shooting
were postal workers - Modesto Bee
USPS to raise shipping rates 3.4%, but rules out
dimensional pricing - Post & Parcel
Irish postal service apologizes after returning a
little girl’s letter to Santa Claus - The Washington
Post
USPS Priority Mail Rate Filing Impacts Merchants
- eCommerce Bytes
January 26, 2015
Senator McCaskill to Senate Colleagues: Postal
Service ‘essential to rural America’ - PEN
NALC: If oil prices stay where they are (or go
lower), they will boost USPS - PEN
APWU: With a ‘Golden Parachute’ in Hand, Donahoe
Opposes Retirement for Young Workers - PEN
Senator Stabenow Introduces Measure to Stop USPS
Facilities Closures - PEN
USPS aims to capitalize on package growth
- PEN
Rep. Brenda Lawrence, a postal retiree, praises
USPS - PEN
Catalogs, After Years of Decline, Are Revamped
for Changing Times - NY Times
NAPS: New Faces To Watch (PDF)
Do You Know About The Big Change In Postal Rates
That Takes Effect Today? - Forbes
Federal employee bills show the partisan divide
on Capitol Hill - The Washington Post
Post Office Finds Package But Still Doesn't
Deliver It - WFMY News 2
Study: Merchants Unaware of Dim Weight Shipping
Rates - eCommerce Bytes
Postal Service Employee Sentenced To Probation
With Home Detention For Stealing From Mail - PEN
Unfair burden hurts profitable Postal Service
- Rolando via Lexington Herald Leader
Video: Hidden Side of the Post Office - The
Police Force Behind the USPS - PEN
Missoula post office alters delivery standards,
could delay mail - Missoulian
OPM Medical Retirement: Smiley, Ace of Hides
- Robert R. McGill, Esquire via Lawyers.com
New mailbox setup an issue for proposed south
Forsyth subdivision - Forsyth County News
Video: A Job That Really Delivers
- PEN
January 25, 2015
Postmasters and Managers of America - AKA: PMA
- PEN
Video: Armed Robbery At Taylor Ridge, IL Post
Office - PEN
January 24, 2015
Video: Former mail carrier now delivering
doughnuts - PEN
Former Postal Service Employee Sentenced For
Stealing And Embezzling Over 20,000 Pieces Of Mail -
PEN
Postal Service sues to create new product for DVD
mailings - Federal Times
UPS Prepared Too Well for Holiday Rush and Paid
the Price - Bloomberg
Paris, TX Postal Truck Lost in Fire
January 23, 2015
Carrier arrested for stockpiling three days'
worth of mail while shacking up at his girlfriend’s Staten Island home
- NY Daily News
NALC and USPS settle case over maximization
- PEN
Consolidation of NAPUS and League of Postmasters
Moves Forward - PEN
Hanover, NJ motorist, blinded by sun, crashes
into postal truck - Daily Record
The Postal Service Emerges as Shipping Powerhouse
for Small Businesses - Entrepreneur
Video: South Bend residents have been missing
mail for about two weeks - PEN
NALC: Trade Promotion Authority (a.k.a. ‘Fast
Track’) - PEN
Local Postal union still fighting to keep
processing center open - Kokomo Tribune
Video: Carrier Tosses $4000 Package - Texas
Resident Upset - PEN
North East mail carrier honored for aiding sick
man - GoErie.com
Hashknife Pony Express keeps history alive with
mail delivery - AZ Central
January 22, 2015
Donahoe reflects on the past - and looks toward
the future - PEN
NALC: House and Senate lawmakers introduce
pay-increase legislation - PEN
USPS runs rings around The Onion
- PEN
Unused sick leave helps CSRS and FERS retirees
- PEN
Handbook EL-505 Revision: Rehabilitation Program
- Postal Bulletin 22407
ELM Revision: Safety and Health
- Postal Bulletin 22407
Mail carrier, attacked by youths at Forest Park
neighborhood intersection - masslive.com
Daily Kos says "Americans spend $103 billion a
year on predatory lenders. Postal banking could change that"
Neenah postal worker pleads not guilty to dumping
campaign mail - WTAQ News Talk
Former postal worker pleads guilty to stealing VA
medicine packages - The Telegraph
Snow nor rain nor biting dogs prevent 50 year
celebration for letter carrier - WRCB TV | Chattanooga
What the Latest USPS Rate Hike Means for
Magazines - Folio
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A gun-toting thief robbed a
post office in Rancho Bernardo late Wednesday afternoon
Postal Unions Support Move to Offer Non-Banking
Financial Services Through the USPS - NPMHU via
PEN
Ex-postal worker failed to deliver mail, says he
'got lazy' - Fox News
"Gone With the Mail?" Postal Museum Readies Mail
Industry Saga - Direct Marketing News
Postal service ditches local overnight letter
delivery, considers closing Rock Springs processing plant
- Star Tribune
Pushing the Envelope: The USPS Long Life Vehicle
- PEN
January 21, 2015
The Onion targets stamps, Postal Service fires
back
- Federal Times
USPS: W-2 data did not display correctly Jan. 20
- PEN
USPS Seeks Next Generation Vehicles
- PEN
Iowa postal worker expected to plead guilty
- Des Moines Register
New sick leave plan may spotlight fed benefits
- Federal News Radio
Want to end poverty in America? It's pretty
simple
The Week says turn the post office into a bank.
Longtime employees of the Chamberlain and Round
Pond post offices could lose their jobs as the result of a U.S. Postal
Service effort to eliminate "postmaster relief" positions,
although local and nationwide petition efforts seek to save the positions.
- Lincoln County News
Mail theft causes more serious crimes, including
identity theft - HeraldNet
Postal worker finds marijuana in mailbox
- Aiken Standard
January 20, 2015
Next generation mailbox undergoes testing
- PEN
Alabama District employees thanked for customer
service - PEN
PMG Donahue featured in ‘CBS Sunday Morning’
stamp story - PEN
APWU: Postal Unions, Allies Launch ‘Campaign for
Postal Banking’ - PEN
Postal Service proposes rate hikes to keep up
with inflation - Washington Post
APWU calls for expanded financial services at
post offices - Fierce Government
Salon: Why postal banking is so needed — and on
the rise
Familiar White Postal Service Trucks Too Small
For Increasing Amount Of Parcels Being Mailed
- CBS San Francisco
Video: Thieves waiting for packages left on your
doorstep - PEN
Woman admitted stealing money from Coffeeville,
AL post office - AL.com
The US Postal Service has cut short an agency
review it was conducting for wide-ranging strategic communications
assistance - PR Week
NALC joins postal banking coalition
- PEN
Disabled Seymour resident petitions for post
office access - New Haven Register
Since 2004, USPS Prices +38%, Consumer Prices
+27%, Printing Prices +13%, Computers -44%, Wireless Communications -37%;
What’s It All Mean? - What They Think
The Way We Were…and Are Not
PEN Ed: The mailing industry supports almost any USPS plan as long as
their rates do not increase. - PostalVision 2020
Brace yourselves: Congress preps civil service
reform -Federal Times
January 19, 2015
Not so distressed at the Postal Service
- Timothy O’Malley, executive VP for the NALC, for The Washington Post
US Postal Service asks for nearly maximum rate
increase possible for periodicals - Talking New
Media
2015 Equipment Maintenance Allowance Schedule for
Rural Routes - PEN
Deciding the future of the US Postal Service
- Bakersfield Californian
Former postal worker charged with fraud, identity
theft - Winston-Salem Journal
January 18, 2015
Senators: Stop Postal Service Cuts
“At a time when Postal Service revenue is increasing, it makes no sense to
eliminate thousands of jobs and slow down the mail service that millions
of Americans rely on,” Senator Sanders said. - PEN
Lawmakers Call Postal Reform a Priority, But
Familiar Battle Lines Are Already Being Drawn -
GovExec.com
Postal rates going up again — and maybe down too
- Save the Post Office
Postal Service withholds information about Tacoma
mail carrier charged with assault, harassment - The
News Tribune
January 17, 2015
South Carolina letter carrier rescues another
customer - PEN
USPS 2015 Holidays - PEN
A love letter: The U.S. Postal Service delivers
under tough conditions - Chicago Tribune
Senator Feinstein's Husband Stands To Profit BIG
From USPS Real Estate Deals - Page Six
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More Postal News
January 16, 2015
NALC: Cost-of-living adjustment update
- PEN
Donahoe: ‘Stop Staples’ Campaign is Taking a Toll
- PEN
Coalition looking to spread awareness of Postal
Service consolidations - Kokomo Tribune
Former Reidsville postal worker indicted on
identity theft, fraud charges - WXII-TV
Edgecombe: Snail mail even slower
- The Journal Record
USPS To Raise Some Rates
- PEN
Foul play suspected in death of retired postal
worker - Florida Times-Union
USPS Raising Rates, Imposing New FSS Rules, and
Perhaps Inviting a Legal Challenge - Dead Tree
Edition
January 15, 2015
APWU: Fighting Consolidation
- PEN
Rolando Responds to 'Fixing The Post Office'
Opinion Column - Xenia Gazette
USPS More Forthcoming, but Post Office’s Future
Still Up in the Air - Chelsea Now
Rep. Nolan cites defects in USPS impact study of
Duluth processing center - Northland's News Center
Video: Shots Fired at Little Rock Postal Worker,
16-Year-Old Arrested - PEN
Video: Residents Of Brooklyn Building Fuming
After Change Of Address Leaves Them With No Mail - PEN
Video: Poor Response To Post Office Mailers
- PEN
Special interests deliver obstacles to fixing the
Postal Service? A bogus anonymous piece by - The Washington Post
- Intelisent Postal Affairs Blog
Postal Service change leaves some Portland boxes
empty - Portland Press Herald
Kansas postal worker indicted for theft of mail
- KSN TV
Mail carrier charged in political flier dumping
- Post Crescent
PMG takes aim at postal unions, mailers
- Linns
Ex-Chairman of PRC Speaks Out on USPS Mail Slowdown
- eCommerce Bytes
January 14, 2015
Former MO President of National Postal Mail
Handlers Union Local 314 Found Guilty of Embezzlement
- PEN
NALC: USPS November 2014 results: $689 million
YTD operating profit - PEN
USPS: Employees keep mail moving despite frigid
temps - PEN
Postal union head accused of embezzling
- Journal-Gazette
Special interests deliver obstacles to fixing the
Postal Service - Washington Post
USPS News Link Story - Digital innovation
- Intelisent Postal Affairs Blog
Mailing a letter across town today? Don’t expect
it to arrive tomorrow - Columbus Dispatch
Russia's 'Nazi' Postal Uniforms Create Internet
Buzz - Radio Free Europe
Postal Service worker a suspect in Lake Forest
mail theft investigation - Chicago Tribune
January 13, 2015
Same-Day Delivery Is Coming To DC (But It
Probably Won’t Work Out) - Daily Caller
Video: Fayetteville postal workers protest
downtown facility closure - PEN
APWU: Service Cuts Disrupt Workers’ Lives
- PEN
Postal Service cuts ill-considered
- By Ruth Y. Goldway for The Hill
The Maricopa Post Office is alerting all postal
customers about the loss of a set of master keys. The
keys open all community mailboxes in Maricopa. PEN Ed: yes...let's
change all delivery to community mailboxes (NDCBU's) - - - NOT!
NALC: More congressional committee assignments
announced - PEN
Remaining defendants sentenced in Georgia postal
robbery - Jackson Progress-Argus
CPI rate increase looks likely as exigent
increase comes to an end - Save the Post Office
6 Bethpage postal workers plead not guilty in
marijuana case - Newsday
NALC Legislative Update -
PEN
OPM disables Web portal after finding employee
information exposed - Federal News Radio -
postal retirees would be interested in this article
Oklahoma letter carrier helps injured woman
- PEN
Shrewsbury postal workers say their lives are in
limbo - Worchester Telegram and Gazette
Federal News Radio audio interview with John
Pickett, Senior Economist, Office of Inspector General, USPS
- Federal News Radio
Western Illinois postal worker to be sentenced
for theft - The State Journal-Register
Government Mail
How do you get information from local, state and federal government
sources? Television and radio? Email? Other social media? The U.S. Mail? -
OIG
Do you find flexibility policies helpful or
harmful in your workplace? - OIG
January 12, 2015
APWU: New MOU to Create Hundreds of Career Jobs
in Level 4 POStPlan Offices - PEN
APWU: Who Qualifies as a ‘Medical Officer’ with
Authority to Sign CDL Health Cards? - PEN
You Won't Believe What This Fortune Teller
Predicts for Publishing in 2015! - Dead Tree Edition
Sunday deliveries bring changes, challenges for
postal workers
41 years ago: Postal Service should modernize
January 11, 2015
OIG Sets Up Phony Fishing Expedition To Catch
Carrier Receiving Workers Comp – Judge Says OIG Went Too Far
- PEN
How the new service standards may slow down much
more mail than the Postal Service is saying -
Save the Post Office
Oneida man arrested for robbing postal carrier
- The Register-Mail
Mailers Just Don’t Get It?!?! Joe Schick Responds
to the Departing PMG - Quad Graphics
Chaffetz: Fire Tax Delinquent Federal Employees
- Federal Times
January 10, 2015
NALC: Door delivery resolution reintroduced in
House - PEN
NALC: Safety in cold temperatures
- PEN
OIG: Postal Service, Customers Would Suffer if
Mail Processing Were Eliminated - APWU news via PEN
Do workers want ‘flexibility’? Depends on how you
define it - The Washington Post
USPS OIG: Suitability of Rail Transportation
Suggest It Is Time To Use Rail Once Again -
CleanTechnic
Stamps case: 7 acquitted for allegedly possessing
and circulating fake postal stamps - The Economic Times
Ex-postal worker offers to pay back alleged
embezzlement - Appeal-Democrat
Postal Workers Union to Rally Against Proposed
Closure - Time Warner Cable News
3,000 Pieces of Undelivered Mail Found at
Deceased Postal Worker’s Home - Breitbart News
January 09, 2015
Bel Air mail carrier retires after 40 years
- PEN
NALC: Postal Service cash balance improves
- PEN
Video: Saving the U.S. Postal Service - The Ed
Show - PEN
6-day resolution re-introduced as Congress
convenes - PEN
POSTAL PROTESTERS CHARGES DISMISSED, Again
- PEN
Video: Postal carriers: A good friend for those
homebound during winter - PEN
USPS Data Breach Was For Profit – ‘Health Files’
Fetch Handsome Figures, Indicate Investigators - The
Inquisitr -
See related at PEN
Postal worker pleads guilty to harassment for
outburst at Financial District beauty salon - NY Daily
News
Man Killed In Head-On Crash With USPS Truck In
Huntington Park - CBS Los Angeles
Ex-CBS Reporter Sharyl Attkisson’s Battle Royale
With the Feds - The Daily Beast -
See related article at PEN
Postal worker rescues two horses
- Central Maine
Metro Post to Debut in DC Next Week
- Direct Marketing News
Kirkwood Postal Carrier Struck By Vehicle;
Suffers Serious Injuries - Kirkwood Times
January 08, 2015
Video: Letter Carriers Brave Below Zero Temps
- PEN
NRLCA, APWU, and USPS go to court over who sorts
the mail - Save the Post Office
2 men get hefty prison sentences for shooting
postal truck driver - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Anchorage mail carrier gets probation, fine for
throwing away mail - Alaska Dispatch
Better Options Exist for Postal Reform in 2015
- Roll Call
Guest opinion: Rural customers suffer most with
USPS cutbacks - Intelisent Postal Affairs Blog
Old Postal Soldiers Never Die
- Direct Marketing News
New Direction Set for Postal Oversight Committee
in the House - Direct Marketing News
USPS reverses ruling, allows some Paris, Norway
residents to put mailboxes back - Sun Journal
Postal truck involved in three-vehicle crash in
Brighton - Wayne Post
January 07, 2015
PMG Blames Union, Mailers in Farewell Address
- PEN
Video: HOUSTON USPS WORKERS NOT GETTING PAID ON
TIME - PEN
PMG lauds employees, looks toward the future
- PEN
Postal Service Announces RIF Effective Date
Change, Career PTF Assignment Option for Remaining Impacted POStPlan
Postmasters - NAPUS news via PEN
Dimondstein Statement on PMG’s Remarks to the
National Press Club and his Verbal Attack on APWU - PEN
PMG praises employee efforts during peak season
- PEN
Former California postal employee charged with
embezzlement - Appeal-Democrat
Kirkwood postal worker in critical condition
after being hit by car - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Michiganders Can Expect Mail Delays from Planned
Closures, Postal Unions Warn - MLive
Do workers want ‘flexibility’? Depends on how you
define it - The Washington Post
Postmaster general takes parting shot at unions,
mailers - The Washington Post
Video: When Bullies Become Bosses
- PEN
January 06, 2015
Postmaster General addresses National Press Club
Farewell Address offers perspective and advice for postal
stakeholders/Congress - PEN
Video: Former CBS reporter Attkisson sues USPS
and Justice Department - PEN
APWU's Dimondstein Statement on Lower Service
Standards This Week - PEN
NALC: January 2015 transfer opportunities under
M-01834 - PEN
NALC: National Election Committee to review
appeals - PEN
APWU: Gearing Up and Gettin' Down (to Business)
- PEN
South Carolina rural carrier helps ill woman
- PEN
US Postal Service to Expand Same-Day Delivery
Test - eCommerce Bytes
Reward Announced for Info on Letter Carrier
Assault Suspects - Times of San Diego
RIF date for POStPlan Postmasters extended until
February - Save the Post Office
January 05, 2015
USPS Delays Scheduled Consolidations at Many
Facilities - Management - GovExec.com
USPS still struggling to meet costs of monopoly
services - Post & Parcel
The wrong fix for the U.S. Postal Service
- by Rolando via Denver Post
Opinion: Postal Service seems bound to shoot
itself - NE MS Daily Journal
Ten Words That Summarize What Happened to
Publishing in 2014 - Dead Tree Edition
January 04, 2015
USPS Medical File Hack Affected Nearly Half a
Million Postal Workers - PEN
USPS: Welcome to 2015 - The year ahead will bring
new PMG, other milestones - PEN
Federal theft trial postponed for Iowa postmaster
- KIMT 3
Mail truck catches fire on I-80
- Standard Speaker
January 03, 2015
Former Virginia NALC President Pleads Guilty To
One Count of Embezzlement - PEN
Video: Postal Service to Begin Cuts in Service
Monday - PEN
Former Virginia NALC Secretary-Treasurer Charged
With Embezzlement of $10,744 from Local NALC Branch -
PEN
Iowa Postmaster theft trial continued to February
- Globe Gazette
Former Treasurer of South Dakota Postal Union
Charged With Embezzling $36,309 of Union Funds - PEN
First class mail delays take effect Monday
- Lansing State Journal
Branson postal worker charged with forging
mail-in subscriptions to get back at co-worker
- Branson Tri-Lakes News [subscription required] - A Branson postal
worker is facing multiple forgery charges after being accused of
falsifying several magazine orders for a fellow employee to get back at
her for rebuffing his sexual advances.
January 02, 2015
Video: USPS Personnel Files Litter Street Near
Plant Fire
- PEN - UPDATE:
USPS Cleanup Crews Remove Debris from Burned Post
Office
Video: 1,000 baseball, football cards lost in
mail - USPS wants 'evidence of value' - PEN
Red flags raised in north Forsyth over mailbox
shift Cluster setup not ready, yet service stopped -
Forsyth News
Where have all the blue boxes gone?
- Save the Post Office
Postal worker intervenes during assault on
disabled man
USPS Wants New Delivery Trucks -
KGO 810
January 01, 2015
Postal Service must come clean on costs
- Opinion - Detroit News
Senators push to delay Postal Service closings
- HearldNet - Also see
Senators’ plea to delay postal closings ignored
- Columbus Dispatch
Postal Service Ramps Up Address Quality
Monitoring - Direct Marketing News
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