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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
July 2011 News
July 31, 2011
What we’ll
lose if we lose the post office
Washington Post -
APWU: USPS
Identifies First 100 Sites To Utilize
Non-Traditional Assignments -
Casey
Pushes for Transparency in Post Office Closure
Process -
Welcome to
Ye Olde Village Poste Office
Save the Post Office - If you want to get a
sense of what all those closures look like,
check out the
interactive map of the
closing list presented on Tuesday. -
Give The
Post Office A Break -
Blogging
Mailman Fired for Being an ‘Injustice,’ Whatever
That Means -
AL mail
carrier continues route after breaking wrist
July 30, 2011
Senator
Tester questions Postmaster General's salary
amid post office closures
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Postal
Service apologizes for refusing Mexican voter ID
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Senator
Carper: Postal Service Is Drowning
-
Letter
Carriers Join Rally on Debt Limit
NALC Activist Alert -
What Will
the U.S. Postal Service Look Like in 10 Years?
GovTech.com -
Feds ready
to declare death penalty decision in Henning
postal killings -
Post
office shutdowns could make the Appalachian
trail tougher for hikers -
Postal
Reform and the Debt Ceiling Vote
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Number of
Post Offices on Chopping Block Closer to 4,400
than 3,700
AuctionBytes.com -
Scheduled
Extended Microstrategy Report Downtime -
PostalOne
Postal Affairs Blog
July 29, 2011
Bronx mail
workers enveloped in anger over federal closures
-
PRC Will
Review USPS Post Office Closing Plans
-
Also see:
USPS Files
Request for PRC Advisory Opinion on Post Office
Closings -
Post
office closings: Necessary but insufficient
Opinion by The Baltimore Sun - Our view: Closing
low performing locations is a small step toward
solvency, but bigger changes - like new labor
contracts and fewer delivery days - are needed.
-
APWU Vows
to Fight to Keep Offices Open
“In most cases, Village Post Offices will not be
able to provide the American people with the
service they expect and deserve,” Guffey said.
“The so-called ‘Village Post Offices’ are just a
warm and fuzzy name for privatizing the USPS. -
NALC:
Competitors Circle as Postal Service Considers
Service Cutbacks -
Postal
Service reduction proposals spark more questions
than answers -
Postal
Reform Act is imperfect, but needed
Washington Post -
Reassignment of ZIP Codes Between Memphis NDC
and Dallas NDC
Postal Affairs Blog
July 28, 2011
Sioux City
to USPS "Give Us a Break"
Long story short...USPS told Sioux City they
plan to close their mail processing center -
city officials requested, via FOIA, "...to see
the feasibility study on which the closure
decision was based" - USPS responded with a
letter - one line in said letter reads "Computer
Processing and Personnel Costs:"
"System/database administrator time: $642,697
($100/hour x 6,426.975 hours)." - total stated
cost for information Sioux City desires?
$830,943.16 -
House GOP
Questions Postal Closings -
USPS Seeks
Special January Rate Increases
Dead Tree Edition -
NAPUS Says
USPS Commits to Finding Jobs For Postmasters
Impacted By Post Office Closings
-
Politics
of Studying Closing Post Offices
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
OPM
opposes Republican workers' comp plan
Federal Times -
OIG Blog:
The High Cost of Low-Cost Mail
-
Residents
of rural areas oppose post office closures
-
USPS
Postal Bulletin Correction: 2011 Pay Dates and
Leave Year
July 27, 2011
The Post
Office List: Maps That Explain the Impact
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Mesa postal carrier left outgoing
mail that couldn't be reached -
USPS Video: PMG Talks About Expanded
Access -
Workers' comp reform bill would hurt
injured feds, witnesses say -
USPS
ANNOUNCES POST OFFICE REPLACEMENT MODEL
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Also see:
Small Town
Post Offices Threatened |
Save The
Post Office |
USPS Study
List |
Expanded
List of Offices Being Studied for the USPS
Village Post Office Concept
|
Village
Post Office Fact Sheet
(PDF) |
USPS FAQ's
(PDF) |
Converting
Low Activity Post Offices Into Village Post
Offices (PDF)
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On this
day in 1775, the U.S. postal system is
established by the Second Continental Congress,
with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster
general. -
PMG to
Meet With Management Associations Presidents
NAPUS -
Postal Service tells Sioux City
documents will cost $830,000 -
USPS
targeting 3,653 post offices for closure;
retailers would replace some
Washington Post -
Post-Office Closure List Sent
Wall Street Journal -
USPS
Politics and You
Op-Ed by Ronald Williams, Jr. -
Police say
western Pa. postal worker faked attack, robbery
because he needed 'break from life'
-
July 26, 2011
Senator
Collins: Mailers should not pay for USPS
problems -
The Postal
Service Needs Relief from Congressional Mandates
USPS Deliver Magazine -
Post
office in Ben Franklin's house may close
-
Sen. Jon
Tester: Save six-day delivery
-
July 25, 2011
USPS
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe discusses the
financial woes facing the U.S. Postal Service
and the future of the agency
- Fox Business Video -
Post
Offices Pegged for Closure
The WSJ tells us that Tuesday, tomorrow, PMG
Donahoe will release a list of "Some 3,653 post
offices, mostly in small communities (are)
targeted for possible closure this year..." -
login requires subscription -
Daphne, AL
postal worker admits to failing to file income
tax returns for nearly a decade
-
Burrus
Says What Went Wrong?
from the Burrus Journal -
It's the
end of the post office, and the national media
didn't get the press release
Save The Post Office -
Postal
clerks bear the brunt of USPS downsizing
Federal Times -
USPS.com
Has a New Look Starting Today
- Also see
NEW USPS
WEBSITE READIES FOR DEBUT -
Faithful
letter carrier built a post office
-
Owney the
mail service mascot gets makeover and his own
stamp -
Postal
Service bears unique financial burden
Rolando via USA Today -
Editorial:
USPS Shows How Little City Valued
-
July 24, 2011
National
Association of Presort Mailers Hires Retired
USPS Manager Robert Galaher as Executive
Director -
The Post
Office Gets Its Day in Court
Save the Post Office -
Postal
Worker who Began in 1948 Retires
-
No known
motive in Waldo post office slaying
-
July 23, 2011
Report:
USPS Can Save $4.5B with Curbside Delivery
-
Preparing
for the Uproar and Debt Ceiling Blackmail
NAPUS Newsletter -
Jackson,
MS Teen Says Postman Attacked Her
-
72
year-old killed in Waldo post office
- Also see
Suspect
Arrested In Murder Of Post Office Custodian
-
Postal
Service overhaul has broad support
-
US Postal
Service Honors Letter Carrier For Saving
Family's Home From Fire -
July 22, 2011
On
Tuesday, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe
will release a list of post offices to be
studied for closing, as well as announce “a new
concept” for possibly replacing them, postal
officials said Wednesday. Washington Post -
USPS Plans
to File an Advisory Opinion With the PRC Next
Week
NAPUS - Yesterday, Postal Headquarters officials
notified NAPUS leaders that the Postal Service
would file a request for an advisory opinion
with the Postal Regulatory Commission to study
nearly 2,800 post offices for possible
discontinuance. The service review list is
expected to contain approximately 2,800 post
offices and 700 stations. Postmasters will be
briefed on July 25 and 26 and list of offices
will be be provided to Postmasters at that time.
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Postal
worker guilty of stealing veterans' pills
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What a
smaller Postal Service will mean for you
-
OUR VIEW:
Daily mail delivery will be a thing of the past
The Journal-Standard -
Could the
Deficit-Reduction Deal Limit Postal Pay Raises
and Rate Increases? -
Dead Tree Edition -
Former Las
Vegas postal worker accused of stealing Netflix
DVDs -
July 21, 2011
PRC
Chairman Goldway dissents two times in two days
Save The Post Office -
Lawmakers
Prepare to Overhaul Postal Service
NY Times -
Regulator
says USPS could use taxpayer subsidy
Washington Post -
Issa
Bill’s Hidden Agenda -
APWU:
Enforcing the Collective Bargaining Agreement in
Small Offices - The USPS has
begun implementing several policies in small
post offices that we believe violate the
2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement. -
With
Pensions Threatened, Postal Workers Union Goes
on Offense
The Heritage Foundation -
AZ carrier
arrested on weapons, domestic violence offenses
-
Congress
addressing Postal Service losses
-
Postmaster
General Promises to Gradually Stop Pestering Us
With Mail
- NY
Magazine -
July 20, 2011
Postal
Service Can No Longer Afford Money-Saving
Tactics, Study Says -
Dead Tree Edition -
Related OIG Report:
The Cost
Structure of the Postal Service: Facts, Trends,
and Policy Implications (PDF) -
PMG says
days are numbered for Saturday mail delivery
Falling mail volume and soaring red ink may soon
doom Saturday mail delivery and prompt
three-day-a-week delivery within 15 years,
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe warns. Also
see video
Five
questions for Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe
-
Wyckoff
postal clerk caught using customer's credit
card, police say -
Fed.
Register Notice to Revise Move Update Standards
Postal Affairs Blog -
USPS Will
File a Request for an Advisory Opinion On a
Nationwide Plan to Review Post Office Facilities
for Closure -
July 19, 2011
The Clock
is Ticking
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
APWU
Rejects Issa’s Call to Cancel Ad Campaign
-
IG: Postal
Service could sell buildings to pay obligations
Federal Times -
Phase Two
of APWU Ad Campaign -
USPS: When
It’s Critical -
Help
Wanted: Math Teacher for the Postal Service
Save The Post Office -
Postal
Service Offers Sneak Peek at 2012 Stamps
-
Council
for Citizens Against Government Waste Supports
Issa’s Postal Reform Act -
Post
Office Offers $19.45 an Hour for Rural Routes
-
OIG Audit
Project: Cost of Appeals for Closing Postal
Service-Operated Retail -
July 18, 2011
Burrus
Response to Congressman Issa’s Criticism Of APWU
Ad -
Postal
Workers Rally for Cancer-Stricken Co-Worker
-
Leveraging
the post office
Save The Post Office -
Federal/Social Security COLA Stalling?
-
July 17, 2011
Postal
Service is a vital hub for America
W. B. Cook - Pres. NALC Branch 358 -
OIG: Mail
Volume Measurement for City Delivery Carriers –
Greater Indiana District
(PDF) - ...management’s reliance on the Delivery
Operations Information System (DOIS) cased mail
volume data for these delivery units may result
in management making incorrect daily operational
decisions. -
July 16, 2011
Congressman King and Senators Want Postmaster
General to Answer Sioux City Processing Center
Questions -
Federal
workers ask for information on possible
government shutdown
- President
Obama on Friday predicted “Armageddon” will
result after Aug. 2 if the debt ceiling is not
raised - and now, federal workers have written
to the administration to find out who will be
expendable once the government cannot pay its
bills. -
Postal
Employee Saves Co-Worker's Life
-
Turkey
Shot Dead After Attacking Mail Carrier
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Bulldog
mauls mail carrier -
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More Postal News
July 15, 2011
Why is it
so wrong to close a post office?
Save The Post Office - Also from this site see
The plan
is we have no plan: Postal Service claims it has
no program to close a large number of post
offices nationwide -
Twin
Cities mail carrier's theft sentence includes
saying sorry, home confinement
-
Customers
Affected by Missing Mail - ...She doesn't trust
the Winter Haven post office
-
Stolen
Mailboxes Pose ID Theft Risk To Valley Postal
Customers -
Upcoming
NALC Ad (PDF)
To be placed in the Congressional Quarterly, The
Hill and Roll Call. -
Post
Office Organization and Administration:
Establishment, Classification, and
Discontinuance - posted in
the Federal Register 7.14.11 - Also see
Post and
Parcel -
Six months
into chairmanship, Issa isn’t what either side
expected
Washington Post -
OIG:
Leveraging Assets to Address Financial
Obligations (PDF) -
Postal
authorities on high alert after mailbox thefts
July 14, 2011
GAO Says
Abuse of Benefits by Federal Employees Can Be
Reported Anonymously -
OIG Audit
Report – Modes of Delivery
Converting existing door-to-door to curbside
delivery could save the Postal Service more than
$4.5 billion. If the Postal Service converted
all delivery modes to centralized delivery, it
could save an additional $5.1 billion. (PDF) -
Mail
carrier: 'I thought I was going to die'
-
NALC:
Protect six-day delivery
The calls from NALC members across the country
to their representatives helped delay—at least
until tomorrow—the power grab by Rep. Darrell
Issa (R-CA) to eliminate six-day mail delivery.
-
USPS
Publication of Final Rule on Retail
Discontinuance Actions
-
Postal Union Refuses to Pull Ad
After Issa Calls Funding Claim 'Misleading' -
Latest Criminal Enforcement Actions
Against Postal Union Officials -
Why Do Americans Hate Labor Unions?
Burrus Journal -
NAPUS: Postmaster Pay Talks Begin
-
Seattle
postal workers to picket over delivery changes
-
July 13, 2011
Issa asks
APWU to stop running ‘misleading ad’ about USPS
financial situation
-
Postal
Unions Ask Congress To Protect Six-Day Delivery
-
Is there a
USPS "crisis" or isn't there? The Postal Service
tries to have it both ways -
Save The Post Office -
Dog-versus-carrier incident stalls mail delivery
to block of homes in Vallejo
-
Netflix to
U.S. Post: Drop dead -
Lawmakers
push to reform federal workers' compensation
program -
NEW USPS
WEBSITE READIES FOR DEBUT -
New MTAC
User Group #5-Addressing - Postal Affairs Blog
Postmaster
Murder Trial To Move a Second Time
-
Federal-Postal Coalition Asks President Obama to
Reject Proposals that Would Harm Federal Workers
-
OIG Blog:
Masters of Innovation -
APWU: The
USPS has begun implementing several policies
in small post offices that we believe violate
the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement -
Bloomberg
Businessweek Expanding Use of Alternative
Delivery
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
How fast
can you close a post office?
Save the Post Office -
Augusta
employees concerned with post office move
July 12, 2011
Vandals
slash 50 tires on postal trucks in Columbus, GA
-
APWU: OIG
Audit Confirms Improper Deletion Of Employees’
Clock Rings -
OIG:
Web-Based Application for the Discontinuance of
Postal Service -Operated Retail Facilities
(PDF) -
July 11, 2011
Man Who
Robbed Whiteside Post Office, Took Clerk Hostage
Gets Over 79 Years In Federal Prison
-
Postal
union begins TV ad campaign
Federal Times - Also see
APWU to
Launch TV Ad Campaign -
National
Association of Postmasters of the United States
2011 Legislative Agenda (PDF)
Also from
NAPUS see
2011 Briefing Book (PDF) -
STATEMENT
BY NAPS PRESIDENT LOUIS ATKINS ON POSTAL REFORM
LEGISLATION (PDF) - The
sweeping legislation proposed by Congressman
Darrell Issa (HR 2309) to overhaul the United
States Postal Service is dangerously misguided.
It is an attack upon the management authority of
the Postal Service and its dedicated workforce.
The legislation should be firmly rejected by the
Congress. -
Debt deal
may mean lower COLAs for retirees
Federal Times -
July 10, 2011
Congressional interference eating Postal Service
profits
Rolando for SF Examiner -
Going
Postal: Darrell Issa's War on the USPS
-
Postal
Service pushes changes: Dropping Saturday
delivery considered to cut costs
-
July 09, 2011
PMG
Donahoe predicted nearly half
of the roughly 32,000 postal facilities
currently in the U.S. will be closed in the next
six or seven years. “We have to look at our
labor structure and figure out how to merge hard
copy with digital.” - MultiChannel Merchant -
Letters:
U.S. Postal Service
Readers at Sign On San Diego respond to Rolando
rebuttal -
How to
Privatize the Post Office: Piece by piece, step
by step
from Save the Post Office -
Farewell
to local post offices -
July 08, 2011
Misinformation obscures Postal Service's
profitable work
Fredric Rolando Op-Ed for the Washington
Examiner -
Postal
workers to protest today in front of Rep. Chris
Gibson's Saratoga Springs office
-
Postal
sorter saves time, replaces workers in West
Sacramento -
CA postal
worker hit by car while crossing the street
-
Discrimination allegations on the rise, report
shows
GovExec.com - Of the Cabinet-level and large
federal agencies, the U.S. Postal Service was a
significant contributor to the total number of
discrimination complaints and investigations in
fiscal 2010. -
NAPUS
Leaders Attend Second Meeting with Postal
Headquarters Officials on APWU Contract Issues
-
Postal mail most effective in
marketing to customers, study finds -
July 07, 2011
APWU to
Launch TV Ad Campaign
-
Postal
Service Outperforms Green Goals
-
Rolando
rebuttal: Postal service runs net profit
-
Mangled
mail problem not new, ex-postal worker says
USPS spokesperson states "...although select
managers or administrators are authorized to
speak to the press as part of their job
responsibilities, let me emphasize that the
Postal Service policy does not prohibit
employees from speaking to the press." -
Letters
From the Edge
GovExec.com - With revenues in freefall and a
complex business mandate, Postmaster General
Patrick Donahoe sets the path out of fiscal
crisis. -
White
House Using Twitter to Bully Critics
"...USPS is not broke, it earns over one billion
a year, every year, and so …there you have it."
-
Timeline
announced for VER offered to carriers and clerks
in select Pacific Area locations
-
NAPUS and
LEAGUE File a Response to the
Postal Service’s Motion to Dismiss Postmaster
Organization’s Complaint Over Proposed CFR
Changes - All the documents can be found at the
PRC.
-
APWU:
2010-2015 Contract: Questions and Answers,
Staffing Tool -
NAPS
Obtains Clarification from USPS on
Pay-for-Performance Freeze -
To save
money, East Grand Forks post office will
transfer employees to Grand Forks
-
ELM
Revision: Employee Assistance Program
Optional
Procedure Mailers, Pay Attention
Postal Affairs Blog
July 06, 2011
CONGRESS:
Issa presses on in the face of Democratic
criticism -
Alabama
Postal Employee Indicted for Mail Theft and
Delaying Mail -
Former
Bangor postmaster retired after admitting to
harassing women -
Groups
urge leaders to reject proposals aimed at
federal workforce -
GovExec.com -
OIG Blog:
A Future Mail Processing and Transportation
-
July 05, 2011
NAPUS has
been informed by Postal Headquarters
officials that Postmasters were not
included in the recently announced freeze on
Postal Service officer and executive
compensation, as it relates to the Postal
Service’s pay-for-performance program. -
Is it
Cheaper to Offer Early Retirement?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
6 Points
Donahoe Left Out of His Bailout Rebuttal
Dead Tree Edition - Also from
Dead Tree see
Donahoe's
Answer to Postal Bailout Criticism
-
Rural
Alabama communities struggle with post office
closures -
Will House
GOP Wait For Pawlenty to Reform Post Office
-
Charges
Unlikely For Postal Truck Driver Who Killed
Cyclist Marilyn Dershowitz -
OIG:
Postal Service Core Strategy Linkage
-
July 04, 2011
Editorial:
Saturdays off -
Man
Charged In 1981 Murder of Postal Employee
-
July 03, 2011
Retired
Judge Marilyn Dershowitz, 68,
died Saturday after being hit by a mail truck in
New York City during an afternoon bike ride with
her husband. -
Former
Bangor postmaster Gregory Schlegel retired after
his guilty plea, sentencing -
Retired
veteran and postal worker flies Nazi flag in
protest of Obama’s policies -
Sioux City
officials blast Postal Service's cost analysis
-
Pit Bull
Attack Halts Mail Delivery To Paradise Hills
Street -
July 02, 2011
Postal
Service Expands Cash Conservation Initiatives
-
Statement
of NALC President Fredric Rolando on U.S. Postal
Service Response to PRC’s Ruling on 5-Day
Delivery (PDF) -
More On
The USPS Suspension of Employee Awards Spending
for Nonbargaining Postal Employees
-
Who's who in the Postal Service
debate? You can’t tell the players without a scorecard
-
USPS Monthly Financial Data for May
(PDF) -
NALC: Deep
disappointment in Pawlenty
(PDF) -
Sioux
Falls Postal Work To Run With The Bulls
-
NATIONWIDE POST OFFICE CLOSINGS MUST
STOP -
USPS
conducting agency review
DM News -
New
Management Instruction FM-131-2011-2, Closing
the Financial Accountability of a Discontinued
Post Office, Station, Branch, or Community Post
Office
July 01, 2011
NALC Says
Rep. Dennis Ross Misfires on the Myths and the
Facts -
Postal
Service cancels execs' bonuses, performance
awards
Federal Times -
Houston
man gets 14 years in largest counterfeit postage
loss in U.S. postal service history
-
Editorial:
USPS Error Gets Ross' Attention
-
USPS in
Midst of $100 Million Agency Review
-
3 charged
with Lyndon area burglaries; 1 tries to hold up
mailman -
370 AL
post offices to close for holiday weekend
Residents
come out to fight possible closure of post
office
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