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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
March 2014 News
March 31, 2014
IG: USPS
Financial Reporting IT Strong, but Controls
Could be Better -
FEDweek
If You
Build It, They Will Come. Maybe.
How important is same-day delivery to you when
shopping online? - Office of Inspector General
Four
postal unions bury the hatchet to save services,
standards - Truth Out
$10000
reward in string of Eugene, OR mail thefts
Address
errors cost the USPS millions IG finds
- Washington Examiner
U.S.
Postal Service delivering profitable service
- by NALC's Fredric Rolando via Watchdog.org
USPS:
Contextual keying at POS terminals launches in
April - PEN
Bamboozled: Mail, wedding gifts, dog's ashes and
even pizza not delivered due to USPS, GPS foul
up - NJ.com
Letter
Carrier Lends Helping Hand of Elderly Customer
March 30, 2014
APWU:
Maintenance Memo Outlines Steps For PSE
Conversion to Career
- PEN
New Postal
Hires Mean More 'Return To Sender' Mail
- Dead Tree Edition
March 29, 2014
Video:
Behind The Postal Banking Push
- PEN
PRC tells
USPS Load Leveling not ready for prime time
- Save the Post Office
Co-op City
mailbox lock problems - WABC-TV
NY
Postal
workers protest mini post offices at Staples
- Napa Valley Register
March 28, 2014
Video:
Mail Handler and Letter Carrier Receive Nation’s
Highest Honor - PEN
Owner Of
Bulk Mailing Company Sentenced To 18 Months In
Prison For Multimillion-Dollar Fraud
- PEN
NALC: USPS
announces new scanning device
- PEN
USPS sets
the record straight - but only internally
- Intelisent Postal Affairs Blog
Video:
USPS Delivery Fail -
PEN
Russian
Post moves to unify Russian and Crimean postal
systems - Post and Parcel
USPS Says
“No plans to privatize the Postal Service”
- PEN
Postal
Worker Charged For Role In Planning Conley, GA
Postal Robbery - PEN
Allegations grow as more postal workers send
stories of abuse - The Jersey
Tomato Press
PRC Pans
USPS's Load-Leveling Plan -
Direct Marketing News
Former war
vet turned mail carrier claims postmaster
corruption after firing
Video:
Police Identify Man Charged With Shooting At
Postal Worker - The
Advertiser
Congressmen request study of federal employee
morale - FedSmith
Are
Printed Magazines Growing or Shrinking? Yes
- Dead Tree Edition
March 27, 2014
Police:
Suspect in shooting fired at mail truck
- KATC - Lafayette, Louisiana
USPS sets
the record straight - online
- PEN
Video:
City Carrier Assistants (CCAs)
- PEN
Regulator
expresses concern over changes to US Standard
Mail - Post & Parcel
Comments
on the PRC Advisory on Load Leveling
- Intelisent Postal Affairs Blog
Postal
employees use travel cards to gamble, pay bills
and go bowling
- according to reports by the USPS inspector
general- Washington Examiner
Former MD
postal worker pleads guilty to making false
disability claim - CBS -DC
Sen. Tom
Carper (D-Del) Audio -
Federal News Radio
March 26, 2014
Lessons
from Canada: Ending Door-to-Door Delivery Isn’t
the Solution
- Delivering for America
PRC Says
USPS Destination Sectional Center Facility
(DSCF) Load Leveling Plan May Negatively Affect
Mail Volumes - PEN
Postal
Reform Bill Also Awaits -
FEDweek
Video:
Clearwater Beach U.S. Post Office to close in
January - PEN
Chicago
Woman Wants Post Office To Recycle Rubber Bands
- CBS Chicago
Mail
carrier robbed in Maplewood, NJ
Video:
Skimmers at Washington County post offices?
- Pen
Man sold
$500K in USPS bins as scrap
- Courier-Post
Suspect
charged in postal worker’s death
- Colusa Sun Herald
Video:
Camera captures USPS driver throwing hard drive
against garage door - PEN
USPS Taps
Honeywell to Make Mobile Delivery Devices
- Direct Marketing News
March 25, 2014
Update:
Police notified U.S. Postal Service about Smith
following crowbar attack
- Winston-Salem Journal
Postal
employee given probation for misappropriating
funds - Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
OIG:
Fiscal Year 2013 Postal Service Financial
Statements Audit
(PDF)
'Billion-dollar bet' on Postal Service
- Federal Times
Four
Reasons the Government Isn't Going to Sell Off
the Post Office
Coming to
a Postal Carrier Near You: New Scanners
- eCommerce Bytes
Update:
Postal contractor kills 2, shoots himself
- Winston-Salem Journal
Future-gazing in the US and Global Postal
Industry - Post & Parcel
March 24, 2014
APWU, USPS
Reach Agreement On Filling Residual Vacancies
- Settlement Will Result
in PSE, PTF Conversions - PEN
Postal
Service releases its February financial
statement: First impressions of the rate
increase?
- Save the Post Office
USPS HR
Initiative Not Following Established Processes,
Says IG - FEDweek
Plugging
up the ‘Brain Drain’
- Office of Inspector General
Jimmy
Carter uses ‘snail-mail’ to thwart NSA
- New York Post
Wanted man
dead after alleged double-murder, assault on
postal worker - My FOX 8
NALC sends
letter to House subcommittee
- PEN
What if
the USPS Disappears? With Postal Service on the
brink, marketers weighing the unthinkable
- Target Marketing
Pennsylvania hatchery ignored postal weather
warnings, leading to dead chicks for Maine
farmer
- Morning Sentinel
Postal
Service says it plans on filling more than 70
skilled maintenance positions in both Nashville
and Memphis - San Antonio
Express News
Postal
workers host fundraiser for coworkers
-
Rapid City Journal
March 23, 2014
POStPlan
implementation: 9,000 post offices downgraded,
4,000 to go, RIF's coming
- Save the Post Office
‘Mountains’ of stolen mail recovered from
Mother/Daughter team in Burien
- The B-Town Blog
Newark
residents say Springfield Avenue post office is
the pits - NJ.com
March 22, 2014
Video:
USPS stops delivering Bay Area woman's mail
- PEN
Letter:
Somerville Journal shouldn't print Postal
Service propaganda -
Somerville Journal
U.S.
Postal Service postpones initiative to pull 300
jobs from Scranton - The
Times-Tribune
March 21, 2014
Good
Samaritan - a postal employee - Shot and Killed
After Breaking Up Domestic Dispute
- PEN
Vermont's
Sanders stews over post office money problems
- Watchdog.org
Time to
save the Post Office – The
Post and Courier
Postal
truck overturns on ramp to WB I-70 from 18th
Street - KMBC Home
Video:
Postal Service Postpones Plans to Move Jobs Out
of Scranton - PEN
Questions
swirl around sale of Stamford post office
- Stamford Advocate
Catalogs
Shrink After USPS Hike -
Independent Retailer
Video:
Letter carrier robbed, carjacked at gunpoint
calling for backup - My Fox 9
Detroit
NALC signs
onto AFL-CIO letter to Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee (DCCC) -
PEN
Poshmark
and USPS Fashion an Exclusive Shipping Deal
- eCommerce Bytes
How Often
Should the Postal Service Deliver Mail?
[POLL]
Why Is My Mail
Delivered Now At 6 P.M.?
March 20, 2014
Mastermind
of mailbox robbery pleads guilty in federal
court - The Denver
Post
Mail burns
when delivery truck catches fire
- Cape Gazette
USPS IG
Calls for Knowledge Management Strategy
- FEDweek
USPS
package price rollback for rural Alaska to take
effect Sunday - ADN
Former
Whiteville postal clerk ordered to pay
restitution for money stolen
- fayobserver
Postal
Service CIO Makes a Case for Intelligent Mail
- Direct Marketing News
Analysis
of United States Postal Service Financial
Results and 10-K Statement for Fiscal Year 2013
- (PDF) PRC
National
Association of Letter Carriers Stands with APWU
to ‘Stop Staples’
- PEN
Postal
banking: USPS can and should start offering
financial services -
Slate
Boston
postal worker adds experience with bad treatment
to Post Office series
- The Jersey Tomato Press
Driver
slams into postal service truck, 1 hurt
March 19, 2014
Video: New
Haven postal worker retires after 54 years
- PEN
Video:
Mail Carrier Allegedly Tossed 1,000 Letters and
Packages - PEN
Anonymous
Postal employee writes to JTP: We are NOT
slaves....read this letter. -
The Jersey Tomato Press
Former
Spring Lake Post Office employee sentenced for
stealing mail - MLive.com
Man
accused of mailing bomb pleads not guilty
- azfamily.com
USPS Needs
a Plan B for Flat Mail, Coalition Says
- Dead Tree Edition
USPS to
deploy 75,000 next-generation package scan
devices - Post & Parcel
Postal
worker charged with stealing money from greeting
card - WTAE
Mail No
Longer Largest Revenue Source for Postal
Agencies, Accenture Study Finds
- WSJ
Sen.
Carper and PMG Donahoe Paint a Brighter Future
for the Postal Service
- PEN
Newark man
sentenced to 57 months in stolen check scheme
involving mail carrier -
NJ.com
US postal
unions unite to combat “unprecedented attack” on
USPS
- Post & Parcel
Postal
Service pushing package delivery into Sundays
- Federal Times
Mount
Vernon Post Office Helps Foil Fake Check Scam
- KCRG-TV9
Sen.
Heitkamp: Postal service changes will improve
service
- Bismarck Tribune
Carrier
alerts homeowner to fire -
Cape Cod Times
Mail
carriers get new mobile device
- FCW
Letter
Carrier Robbed at Gunpoint in Detroit
Former
McDonald's Exec Named USPS Corporate
Communications VP
March 18, 2014
Two Former
Postal Employees Receive Medal of Honor
- PEN
Coming
soon - Postal Service sets My USPS.com launch
- PEN
Video:
Resident attacks mailman, mail stops for entire
complex - PEN
USPS, Sony
Pictures join forces - Marketing campaign
features Spider-Man and Priority Mail
- PEN
Long
Island mailman threw out thousands of pieces of
mail
- New York Post
Wild
turkeys terrorize Grand Haven postal workers
- Grand Haven Tribune
Is the
Post Office the Next Frontier for the Banking
Industry? - Motley Fool
Donohoe:
Mail's a Refuge in a Chaotic Marketing World
- Direct Marketing News
CBRE :
Postal service officials see no conflicts when
its top real estate agent also represents buyers
- 4-Traders
March 17, 2014
Marketers
Giving Mail A Fresh Look, Says Postmaster
General
- PEN
The
masquerade continues: Playing politics with the
Postal Service's unfunded liabilities
- Save the Post Office
Postal
Service to reduce workforce by 10,000
- Federal Times
Postal
Service worker sues alleging discrimination
- Southeast Texas Record
Celebrating Sunshine – the Best Disinfectant
- Office of Inspector General
Video:
Amazing Delivery - PEN
OIG:
Seeking Computer Forensic Analyst
- PEN
OIG:
Seeking Criminal Investigator
- PEN
Shipment
of dead chicks to Mercer farmer raises questions
about animal treatment
- Morning Sentinel
eBay
Sellers at the Mercy of USPS Tracking
- eCommerce Bytes
Governments Mandate Monopolies Then Complain
About a Lack of Competition -
[PEN Ed - anyone who thinks the delivery of this
nations mail should be given up to private
companies is a total idiot - don't agree? send
me your plan that would remove USPS from
delivery of this nations letter mail and how/who
would then satisfy delivery to every nook and
cranny of the country.]
Video:
Postmaster helps victim untangle himself from
sweepstakes mess
March 16, 2014
Why The
Poor and The U.S. Postal Service Need Proposed
Postal Financial Services
- Opinion - Sky Valley Chronicle
Letter of
the Day: Mail carrier's response made him a hero
- Lubbock Online
10 ways to
tell you have been a federal employee too long
- Fedline - Federal Times
FYI: How
to play the retirement catch-up game
- MSN Money
March 15, 2014
Video:
USPS truck collides with car, flips over in SE
Houston
- PEN
Swoope
'device' investigated
- The News Leader
Video:
Stolen postal box leaves Louisville woman
questioning USPS
Through
rain and snow, sure, but try getting mail in
some new neighborhoods - WRAL
Chicago
postal employee wins $4M Illinois Lottery prize
on her birthday - abc 7
Chicago
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More Postal News
March 14, 2014
Buffalo
letter carrier dies on duty
- NALC news via PEN
Postal
Committee Considers the 800-Pound Gorilla in the
Room - Direct Marketing News
Georgia
postal employee gets 15 months for stealing
checks - PEN
What can
USPS learn from TRICARE in funding retiree
health care costs? - Federal
News Radio
Retirees
could lose health benefits if USPS can't pay
prefunding requirement -
Fierce Government
Winter
mail woes land Haslett woman in handcuffs at
post office - Lansing State
Journal
Poll: If
you found wad of cash like Jersey City postal
worker did, would you return it?
- NJ.com
Merchant
Complaints about Delays in USPS Acceptance Scan
Dates - eCommerce Bytes
Postal
service officials see no conflicts when its top
real estate agent also represents buyers
- Washington Examiner
US Postal
Service testifies before congress urging
elimination unfunded liabilities
- What They Think
Ardmore,
OK area postal employee federally indicted
Post
office vehicle stolen driver arrested
- Press Enterprise
March 13, 2014
GAO:
Action Needed to Address USPS Unfunded Benefit
Liabilities - PEN
Misdirected Mail: White House Budget Proposes
Damaging Postal Service Cuts
- The Nation
Video:
Postal Service Delivers Marijuana To
Unsuspecting Residents
Postal
Service might send retirees to Medicare
- Benefits Pro
USPS
Should Keep Funding Future Health Care Costs,
Republicans Say - GovExec.com
Some of
the Key Points from Today's Postal Hearing
- PostCom
Bypass
mail proposals draw ire from Alaska delegation
- Alaska Journal of Commerce
Jersey
City mail carrier finds wad of cash, then its
rightful owner - NJ.com
Brains
Lost in Mail - Postal Bank Bunkum
- Truthdig - Also see
Warren’s
Post Office Proposal: Palast Aims at the Wrong
Target
Milwaukee
man charged in robbery of postal carrier
- Journal Sentinel
Postal
workers help nab drug dealer
- Chattanooga News
Postal
Service: Pot Shipments With Fraudulent Return
Addresses On Rise - CBS
Sacramento
Issa eyes
privatizing US Postal Service
- video - MSNBC
March 12, 2014
USPS Truck
Driver Sentenced for Disability Benefits Fraud
- PEN
USPS
announces new scanning device
- PEN
Bringing
big data to the U.S. mail -
Scott Davis, acting USPS VP/controller, on
financial information, sales and workforce data.
Also see
GovExec.com article
PRC
Names David A. Trissell to General Counsel Post
- PEN
USPS:
Effective March 6, 2014, USPS
revised Handbook EL-312, Employment and
Placement - Supervisor Selection Process
USPS
Strategic Management Office muffled negative
report on workers' comp initiative
- Fierce Government
Show Me
the Money - Office of
Inspector General
Pitney
Bowes develops parcel sortation offering
- PrintWeek
Residents
and USPS react to bogus letters
Okla. man
allegedly mailed bomb to Ariz.'s Sheriff Joe
- USA Today
USPS
continues study on Pony Express Station
- Nevada Appeal
A
Renaissance for Print, Or Is Flat Just the New
"Up"? - Dead Tree Edition
ail Envelope
Restrictions - eCommerce
Bytes
March 11, 2014
Postal
Unions Form Alliance
- APWU News via PEN
National
Day of Action To Stop Staples Set for April 24
- PEN
Criminal
Investigator Position Open at the USPS OIG
- PEN
What the
US can learn from Norway's postal reforms
- Businessweek
GovExec.com: The total number of federal
employees
-- including military personnel and U.S. Postal
Service employees -- will actually shrink under
the president’s proposed budget. Obama would cut
2,400 USPS jobs and slash uniformed military
personnel by 92,000.
Is USPS
Outsourcing Itself to Staples?
- New Republic
Postal
worker pleads guilty to stealing iPhones from
the mail -
Boston.com
OIG
Seeking Student Cooperative -
PEN
Former
Treasurer of APWU Local 65 Sentenced
- Minneapolis-St. Paul region
March 10, 2014
'Prefunding' Benefits, New Services and the New
USPS
- Sen. Tom Coburn - Letters to the Editor - WSJ
USPS
Withdraws Challenge, PSE Hours Count Toward
Desirable Duty Assignments -
Converted Unencumbered Regulars to be Assigned
to Residual Vacancies - APWU news via PEN
Bipartisan
Support for the Postal Service
- Delivering for America
Postal
union pickets El Cerrito Staples store
- Inside Bay Area
Former
Borger postal worker sentenced to probation
- Amarillo Globe-News - Also see
Ex-Dumas
post office worker sentenced for failing to
deliver mail - Amarillo
Globe-News
Car
shatters Sherman Oaks postal center window, 2
injured - LA Daily News
Mail
Handlers Union Joins ‘Stop Staples’ Campaign
- APWU news via PEN
Postal
employee accused of driving mail truck while
drunk - wave3.com
Who leaked
the plans for upcoming postage stamps?
- Washington Post
Bailout
Baloney: Issa holds a hearing on the "Postal
Service's $100 billion in unfunded liabilities"
- Save the Post Office
Elizabeth
Warrens Crusade to Nationalize Payday Lending
Squeezes Native American Tribes
- Townhall.com
Alaska
bypass mail program: creating division in the
House - Linns.com
Beaten
postal worker gets help from friends
- Fox 42
OPM losing
ground in processing federal worker retirement
claims - Washington Post
Earning
extra income during retirement for federal
government employees -
FedSmith
March 09, 2014
USPS pays
$180,000 for unopened post office
- Times Tribune
Are eBay
sellers misusing USPS Flat Rate Mailers?
- Examiner
Winter has
meant injured mail carriers -
Washington Times
Seaside
carrier helps elderly woman -
FedSmith
Dire
unemployment situation worsening
-
The federal government cut 12,000 people from
its payroll in January, with 8,500 of those pink
slips coming from the U.S. Postal Service. - The
Epoch Times
March 08, 2014
Video:
Training Letter Carriers Against Dog Attacks
- PEN
Postal
Service to reverse rate increase for rural
Alaskans -
Alaska Dispatch
Heitkamp
Calls on USPS to Make Needed Service Changes in
North Dakota
Carrboro,
NC postal workers complain of dizziness
March 07, 2014
Video: PMG
On USPS State of the Business
- PEN
PMG
Update: Donahoe reports on legislation, customer
service, scanners -
PEN
Sale of
the Bronx General Post Office moves forward:
Final offers due March 12 -
Save the Post Office
USPS says
there is no 'war' on custodians at postal
facilities - PEN
Daylight
Savings Time – Spring Forward
- PEN
National
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to
Meet in Oakland on Sale of Historic Post Offices
- Save the Post Office
Chicago
Mail Carriers Fret Over Later Shifts
APWU:
White House Budget Misses the Mark on Postal
Matters - PEN
APWU:
Staples’ Decision to Close 225 Stores
- Further Proof That It ’s a Bad Idea To Move
U.S. Post Offices into Staples Stores - PEN
Why angry
postal workers should buy staples stock
- Bloomberg Business
Silver
Spring postal worker filed for millions in
fraudulent tax refunds
Postal
theft prompts indictment of postmaster
Postal
workers to picket Ben's in Belleville over
in-store post office
Largo post
office was robbed Wednesday - Postal Inspectors
Offer Reward -
Washington Post
White
House budget proposal calls for restructuring
USPS healthcare prefunding -
Fierce Government
Postal
workers worry about the sustainability...of
Staples - Wall Street Journal
March 06, 2014
Obama’s
2015 budget follows PMG’s misguided lead on
Saturday delivery -
PEN
'See if it
arrives' say postal officials after truck fire
- The Orange County Register
PostalVision
2020/4.0 to Explore New Delivery Models and
Digital Innovations - PEN
Fighting
Schemes to Privatize the USPS
- Tri States Public Radio
Hail,
mail! - Herald Tribune
March 05, 2014
Senator
Sanders: There's No Need to End Saturday Mail
Delivery - PEN
Video:
Burned mail: San Gabriel Valley, O.C. senders
urged to check deliveries -
PEN
Union Wary
of USPS Pilot with Retailer -
FEDweek
Obama
Proposes 20bn in Financial Relief for USPS
- Post and Parcel
Berkeley:
Federal Watchdog Criticizes Post Office Brokers
Dual Role
USPS can
do more to prepare for future spikes in package
volume - OIG
USPS
Publishes Final Rule on Service Changes for
Standard Mail - Save
the Post Office
Proposed
Obama Budget, WRONG On Postal Service
- Jeanette Dwyer, President of the National
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association via
Boston.com
White
House (Obama) Backs Major Postal Overhaul
- GovExec.com - Also see
Sen.
Carper's statement
Carrier
busted in Delaware, CO for stealing cash and
gift cards - My
Fox Philly
Postal
Service official, lawmakers question subsidy for
Alaska mail service -
Anchorage Daily News
Auxiliary
Postal Routes Deserves Same Service As Permanent
Routes - The Ledger
March 04, 2014
New USPS
Rules for Delivery of Standard Mail Effective
April 10, 2014 - PEN
Obama's
2015 Budget Includes a Few Postal Suggestions
- PEN
Retired PA
Postal Employee Sues OPM to Get Work Records
- Washington Times
California
USPS Truck Burns In Massive Fire On Freeway
- NY Daily News - Also see
USPS
Big-Rig Fire Burns 120,000 Orange County, CA
Letters - O.C. Register
USPS
Exceeded Operating Revenue Expectations Last Two
Fiscal Years - Fierce
Government
Police
Arrest Suspect in Robbery of Mail Carrier in
east Kansas City - Kansas
City Star
Atlanta
Postal Workers Protest Mail Service Inside
Staples - AJC
Postal
worker runs stop sign and causes crash
- Fox 43
GameFly
Gets Into Mail-order Movie Rentals
- Time
6
Challenges Facing the Commercial Printing
Industry - Dead Tree
Edition
Milwaukee
Postal Carrier Injuries Up 50 Percent This
Winter
Dispelling
Mail Carrier Myths
Letter to Bucks County Courier Times
USPS truck
crashes mail flies everywhere
- carrier was thrown from vehicle as well - Q13
Fox
Retired
Georgia Carrier Wins $1 Million in State Lottery
- Access North Georgia
March 03, 2014
NLRB: USPS
Must Give APWU Staples Info
- PEN
Big
Changes in Canada -
Office of Inspector General
Suspicious
packages that closed Berea Post Office Monday
deemed safe
FORMER
USPS FACILITIES PROJECT MANAGER PLEADS GUILTY TO
BRIBERY, FRAUD AND TAX CHARGES
- ...GIULIETTI has agreed to pay restitution in
the amount of $882,064.68, and back taxes
penalties and interest in the amount of
$291,026.82. - PEN
Rolando
appoints Drass as VP, Renfroe as city delivery
director - PEN
Mail
Handlers to Receive Wage Increase Effective
March 8, 2014 - PEN
As Postal
Reform Slogs Along, the Exigent Rate Appears
Here to Stay - Direct
Marketing News
Montclair
residents complain about interruption of mail
service - NorthJersey.com
March 02, 2014
Under same
management: Some reservations about postal
banking - Save the
Post Office - Also see
Debate
Over Post Office Bank Rages On
March 01, 2014
Video:
Drug traffickers turn to Express & Priority Mail
- PEN
APWU:
Arbitrator Rules on NTFT Excessing
- PEN
As Postal
Reform Slogs Along, the Exigent Rate Appears
Here to Stay - Direct
Marketing News
Edmond
Postal Worker Accused Of Trafficking Drugs
- News9.com
Postal
workers credited with saving customers’ lives
- Mobile, Alabama
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