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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
May 2013 News
May 31, 2013
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Ricin
Update
- PEN Blog
“Anyone
who comes for my guns will be shot in the face”
- Salon
New
Orleans postal worker pleads to embezzling mail
- KTBS
United
States Postal Service Mostly Just Coupons and
Ricin At This Point - Vanity
Fair
FBI
investigating suspicious letter to Obama that
might contain ricin -
Washington Post - Also see:
Obama
Letter Is Similar to Threats to Bloomberg,
Authorities Say - NY Times |
Postal
inspectors watching for additional suspicious
letters - Shreveport Times |
How mail
centers detect ricin
Britain
Plans I.P.O. for Postal Service
- NY Times
'Suspicious' fire destroys S. Oregon post office
Postal
Worker Accused of Theft Waives Hearing
May 30, 2013
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Federal
Times: The U.S. Postal Service is not
taking full advantage of a union-approved plan
intended to cut labor costs, a new inspector
general audit shows.
What Would
Happen if the Postal Service and FEHBP Part
Ways? - GovExec.com
Postal
Union: Ricin Letters Sent To Bloomberg
Postmarked Shreveport, La. -
CBS New York
DEFINING A
USO (universal service obligation) IS THE WAY TO
GO - PostCom
Superior
letter carrier fined for stealing rebate check
- Superior Telegram
Giving
America a Voice: How Best to Cut Costs?
- USPS OIG
Relocating
the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office: What happened
to partnering with the public?
- Save the Post Office
Fun with
numbers: The Postal Service is losing $25
million a day, and other spurious memes
- Save the Post Office
May 29, 2013
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One Area
in Which Congress Excels: Naming Post Offices
- NY Times
Re-evaluating Span of Control Targets
The U.S. Postal Service has established a span
of control target of one supervisor for every 25
craft employees (1:25 ratio). - USPS OIG
Does
Congress Want The Postal Service To Fail?
- Germantown NOW
FORMER
POSTAL EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR EXAGGERATING HER
MEDICAL CONDITION AS PART OF EFFORT TO DEFRAUD
$125,000 (PDF) - USPS OIG
Postal
substation robbed -
Press-Enterprise
Unions and
ObamaCare - PEN Blog
GOP and
Dem Senators propose bill to make tax cheats
lose federal jobs - CPA
Practice Advisor - Washington Times
Postal
Employee Sentenced for Stealing $3.5 Million in
U.S. Treasury Checks - USPS
OIG
800 pieces
of mail stolen from Sarasota drop box
- MySuncoast
May 28, 2013
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FSS
Postage Pricing Will Affect Magazines, Catalogs,
and Printers - Dead Tree
Edition
Fake
Mailman Attacks Man in Home -
NBC 10 Philadelphia
Postal
Service Continues to Lose Money, Thanks to
Congress - Money News
Hobart
officials take ZIP code change appeal to D.C.
- Hobart News
Rep. Pocan
to Speak Against Consolidation of Madison
Processing & Distribution Center at USPS Meeting
Some warn
Postal Service has less than a year before
hitting wall - Postal Service finances remain
wobbly - UPI
'Unchained
CPI Melody' bums some -
Federal News Radio
The (reform) proposal, if it becomes law, would
reduce the size of future cost-of-living
adjustments for federal, military and Social
Security retirees.
How Low
Can We Go?
How low can the union go to declare victory
because the employees are union members? -
Burrus Journal
Postal
Service is on its last legs, with little help in
sight - LA Times
Retirement
and insurance with more than 30 years in CSRS
– Federal Times
May 27, 2013
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Postal
Service offers buyouts to 45,000 workers
PEN Ed: ??? - obviously old news.
Learning
from Lean Six Sigma - USPS
OIG
May 26, 2013
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Johnny
Cash U.S. Postal Stamp to Be Unveiled June 5
- GAC News
Chrysler
to Offer Electric Town & Country Minivans to
U.S. Postal Service - Car and
Driver
May 25, 2013
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Postal
Employee Killed in Oklahoma Tornado; Post Office
destroyed
NAPUS:
Moore Oklahoma Post Office Suffers Extensive
Damage From Monday’s Tornado
USPS to
offer 5% postage discount on samples
- BtoB Magazine
Kelso
postal worker struck by car
May 24, 2013
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DOL Says
Postal Service Method of Calculating Overtime
Rates for PSEs Violates the Fair Labor Standards
Act
Legislation Introduced in Senate to Require
Federal Employees to Be Current on Taxes
- FedSmith
Oklahoma
City group trying to turn U.S. Postal Service on
to natural gas - News OK
Former
Birmingham, AL postal worker pleads guilty to
redirecting packages, including one that
contained 11 handguns -
al.com
Police:
Clifton Heights mail carrier failed to deliver,
charged with stealing cash -
delcotimes
Postal
worker offered deal in case involving mail theft
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Americans
Still Like the Postal Service
- GovExec.com
May 23, 2013
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Postal
Service reverses decision to deny direct mail
delivery to $300,000 homes -
Times Union
Postal
Service Truck, SUV Collide
Canada
Post stands up in support of junk mail
- Buffalo Business First
Man
Arrested in Probe of Ricin-Laced Letters
Postal
Service Finds Bright Spot -
video
May 22, 2013
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Georgia
Congressman Bishop Joins Effort to Delay USPS
Processing Center Closures -
PEN Blog
Postal
worker sentenced to probation for stealing money
from Mobile mail route -
al.com
Postal
truck carrying Triangle area mail burns in
Louisville, Ky. - The
Herald-Sun
47 Members
of Congress Tell PMG: Stop Accelerating
Consolidation of Mail Processing
- APWU
Federal
affidavit details shooting death of Coldspring
postal worker - Houston News:
News
Postal
Service to issue stamps marking Civil War
battles - Star Tribune
Postal
workers hit the jackpot
May 21, 2013
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Federal
News Radio: Treasury
Secretary Jacob Lew said late Monday he will
begin tapping into two government employee
retirement funds to buy more time before the
U.S. Treasury is faced with the prospect of
defaulting on the national debt. In a letter to
congressional leaders, Lew said that he would
tap the civil service retirement and disability
fund and a similar fund that covers retired
postal workers. PEN Ed: what's next? your
personal checking accounts?
North
Texas postal worker facing serious prison time
after admitting to stealing $75 in gift cards
- Dallas News
New York’s
Greeley Square Post Office gets a new location:
Who knew? - Save the Post
Office
USPS
raises revenue and cuts costs
- PEN Blog
Warwick
police: Slain man was retired postal worker
- The Providence Journal
MTAC Focus
Group Presentations and Action Items Posted
- intelisent Postal Affairs Blog - Also see
Presentations from the USPS Leadership Forum
For
Orlando Postal Worker, Illness Still Mystery
- Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
FBI: No
arrests in Spokane, Wash., ricin case
- The Seattle Times - Also see
FBI
releases few details on Browne's Addition ricin
raid
Post
Office Assures Service Standards At Long Beach
Mail Processing Facility Will Remain High
- Long Beach Business Journal
Cool Jobs:
The Postal Service Mural Preservationist
- Federal News Radio
May 20, 2013
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Deadline
moving up for first-class mail
- The Free Press
Man
arrested after postal worker found dead
- Houston Chronicle
Oregon's
fight for postal jobs
RIF and
special retirement supplement
- Federal Times
May 19, 2013
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Inspectors
continue search for suspect in postal carrier
slaying - khou.com
FBI
searches apartment in ricin letter case
- The Seattle Times
May 18, 2013
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Body found
in burned out Jeep in San Jacinto Co. believed
to be missing postal worker -
abc13 - also see
Detectives
Find Body Of Missing Postal Worker
- CBS Houston
NAPS
Update: Agreement Could Set the Stage for
Congressional Action on Postal Reform
Va. postal
official sentenced to 18 months for taking at
least $40K in bribes to help company
- The Washington Post
May 17, 2013
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Feds
investigate ricin-tainted letters in Washington
state - CNN
Does the
Postal Service Owe Me Money?
- NY Times
A postal
carrier's life-saving visit -
Cape Cod Online
Mail
damaged in postal truck fire
Be Retro:
Ditch E-mail, Contact the U.S. Postal Service
with a Phone Call -
Technology Marketing Corporation
May 16, 2013
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Postal
arrestees’ charges dropped - Activists vow to
escalate the pressure on USPS
Carrier
from Youngstown doused with gasoline
- Trib Today
Postal
Worker Union warns Spokane employees about ricin
laced letters
Postal
delivery woman gets year in prison for stealing
mail
Postal
worker, municipal employee rescue elderly woman
- Crown Point
May 15, 2013
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Postal
Service Releases Top Dog Attack City Rankings
A World
Without the Post Office - by
Aubree Ritter
Former
postal carrier gets probation for stealing mail
- Duluth News Tribune
EDITORIAL:
Postal move demands answers -
Beaumont Enterprise
Postal
worker assaulted with knife -
AZ Daily Sun
Is this
the luckiest man in America? Retired postal
worker wins lottery for the FOURTH time
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Great
Vacation Discounts for Government Employees
- FedSmith
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May 14, 2013
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Village
Post Office to Open in Hendricks County
- Inside Indiana
Postal
workers protest possible closure
‘Sacred’
ashes of Ancaster mother missing in postal
journey to U.S. - Toronto
Star
Delaying
Social Security Benefits Pays Off
- Yahoo! Finance
APWU:
Legislative Director Myke Reid Retires, Gary
Kloepfer Takes Legislative Reins
Money
Orders 2.0 - USPS OIG
May 13, 2013
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In the
ghetto, delivering mail is hazard duty, says
former postal carrier - Confessions of an NYC
ghetto mailman - NY POST
Senator
Carper: Postal Service reform must happen now
- Louisville Morning Call
USPS Urges
Congressional Relief Amid $1.9 Q2 Loss
- eCommerce Bytes
USPS
“moving sharply towards breaking even” claims
union boss - Post & Parcel
Retire?!
Are you nuts? - Federal News
Radio
Registered
sex offender will appear in Tazewell County
court after postal workers thwarted kidnapping
of 10-year-old boy
‘That’s
what America is about: helping other people’:
postal carriers collect 5,770 pounds of food
locally - Portage Daily
Register
May 12, 2013
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PostCom
says "The nation owes its gratitude for the men
and women of the U.S. Postal Service who have
made this year's food drive one of its most
successful. In fact, the National Association of
Letter Carriers were given PostCom's highest
honor, its J. Edward Day Award, in recognition
of NALC's pioneering work in this effort. From
the millions across America who will benefit,
thanks." PEN Ed: thank you PostCom for those
kind words.
Royal Mail
could be sold to foreign buyer
- Reuters
May 11, 2013
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Fixing
Retiree Health Payments Won't Save the Postal
Service - Slate
Postal
Service's big loss means reform can't wait, says
Sen. Tom Carper - The
Business Journals
Postal
service needs to save $20B annually
- Cumberland Times
Postal
Service consolidates sorting, letter-carrying
operations from Cranbury to Highstown
- NJ.com
After
Latest Loss, Post Office Weighs Higher Stamp
Prices - WSJ
The Future
of Flats and FSS -
Multichannel Merchant
Mail
Handlers Respond to PMG Donahue's Request to
Reopen Negotiations
NALC:
Statement about USPS’ Q2 financial report
May 10, 2013
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USPS:
Second quarter $1.9 billion loss highlights
continued urgent need for comprehensive
legislation
- Also see
NY Times
-
Bloomberg
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CNN Money
Postal
workers’ struggle spreads across the world
- Workers World
Unionized
workers rally to save Postal Service plant at
Stewart
Complaints
Prompt Postal Service To Change Mind On Eastern
Carolina Closings
Accused
Erie postal worker to serve special probation
- GoErie.com
Donahoe
Lays Out the Future of the USPS
- Multichannel Merchant
A Petition
That Just Might Save the Post Office
- The Nation
Critics
blast USPS plan to ship Brooklyn mail to
Manhattan first - NY Daily
News
Postal
Service no longer making changes to retail hours
May 09, 2013
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Sequester,
Postal Departures Weigh on Retirement Claims
Backlog - GovExec.com
The
writing on the wall in Reading: The Postal
Service pulls a fast one -
Save the Post Office
NAPS: Are
Federal and Postal Employees Taken For Granted?
Make Mommy
Proud - Contribute to the Nation’s Largest
Single-Day Food Drive
NALC:
Updated list of vacancies available for transfer
opportunities - as of May 8
We
petition the Obama administration to: Save the
Postal Service-Save American Jobs
USPS:
Prohibitive Email Use
OIG Blog:
Community Connection: Stamp Out Hunger Food
Drive
Legal Memo
Advised Postal Service Against Ending Saturday
Delivery - NY Times
Postal
worker injured in crash while delivering mail
- FOX Carolina
Releasing
Names and Federal Employee Salaries (Since 1816)
- FedSmith
Feds: SD
man mailed dog feces to county official
- Savannah Now
Post
office halts tenants’ delivery
- The Herald
May 08, 2013
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Post Plan
initiative reaches 1-year mark
One year after the date USPS announced its
strategy for low-activity Post Offices, nearly
6,000 have been converted to reduced-hour
facilities to generate cost savings.
Lawyer:
Postal Service board members risked “removal”
over ending Saturday mail delivery
– Federal Times
Postal
theft charged in federal indictment
USPS Backs
Off From Price-Hike Gambit -
Dead Tree Edition
NAPUS:
Congressional Attack on Federal Health Insurance
(PDF)
Defense
seeks to ban death penalty for man accused in
shootings of Henning postal workers
- The Commercial Appeal
CHARTS:
U.S. Postal Service volume declines
- Columbia Missourian
May 07, 2013
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What's
Possible for the USPS? - Actually Great Things
- PostCom: by William Holden, President & CEO of
Holdenart
USPS
launches SEAM pilot program -
via PEN Blog
Crown Post
Office staff go on strike -
BBC News
Rep.
Bonamici tells carriers of need for postal
service reform - Daily
Astorian
Long Beach
U.S. Postal Service Mail Processing Operations
Consolidation Is Slated For July 1
Blade
Runner, Terminator, Minority Report and the
deliberate sabotage of the Postal Service
- Patheos Press
USPS
employee database - 2013
May 06, 2013
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Local
letter carriers stick together through Postal
Service upheaval - Columbia
Missourian
What is
holding up Secure Electronic Mail
- Courier Express and Postal Observer
Service
Standards changes last July cause additional
delays for non-local mail copies
- NPR
May 05, 2013
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Postal
workers too scared to deliver mail in
crime-ridden Brooklyn neighborhood, Brownsville
- NY POST
In bad
faith: How the Postal Service is selling the
Redlands post office - Save
the Post Office
Postal
workers picket their boss, US Postmaster General
Patrick Donahoe - San
Francisco Bay View
U.S.
Postal Service Wins 10 Federal Green Challenge
Awards - Gant Daily
Fewer
Postal Workers Will Revive 'Dead Letters
May 04, 2013
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Postal
Worker Raped During Her Break
- NBC4 Washington
Ralph
Nader: The Plight of the Postal Service
- Huff Post
Government
Travel Card – OIG Audit
Projects
USPS
Salutes the American Flag -
PEN Blog
Video:
U.S. Postmaster General Donahoe: Judy Woodruff
- Businessweek
FECA: Case
Examples Illustrate Vulnerabilities That Could
Result in Improper Payments or Overlapping
Benefits - PEN Blog
Postal
worker honored after run-in with gator
- Live5News.com - Charleston, SC
May 03, 2013
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Eight More
U.S. Reps. Co-sponsor Postal Service Protection
Act
NAPUS:
Non-career Employee Health Benefits Plan to be
in effect for January 2014
NALC:
Updated list of vacancies available for transfer
opportunities —as of May 1
USPS: No
delivery until "Moose" the pit bull goes
- Connect TriStates
Menomonee
Falls police ask people to use U.S. Postal
Services mailboxes
KFDM
learns Postal Service study supports ending
customer service at Walden Road center
- KFDM Channel 6
Postal
Service Plans Another VPO Opening
- Inside Indiana Business
Upcoming
relocation, downsizing of 'Sgt. Riayan A. Tejada
Post Office' draws jeers from Postal Workers
Union - NY Daily News
May 02, 2013
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Congress,
FEHBP and ObamaCare - Pay &
Benefits Watch - GovExec.com
Also see
Postal
temps to gain health insurance under ObamaCare
- Washington Post
Dismantling the legacy: More post office
suspensions, relocations, and sales
- Save the Post Office
Postal
Loss Seen at $6 Billion as Donahoe Asks U.S.
Congress Aid - Businessweek
WHAT WILL
IT TAKE? - PostCom
APWU:
Union Challenges POStPlan, Demands Jobs
Rural mail
carriers violating Florida's seat belt law
Bay Port
postal worker reaches deal, will avoid jail time
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Postal
worker on harrowing saw attack: Ex-con wouldn't
stop - NY POST
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Buried
ex-postal worker was strangled to death
May 01, 2013
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Act may
save postal service -
Statesman Journal
USPS: The
Next Amtrak? - DM News
Congress
blocks needed reform in operation of Postal
Service - Yakima Herald
Postal
Inspector: Brooklyn Mailbox Targeted By Thieves
Is Now Safe To Use - CBS New
York
DeFazio
bill seeks action on Postal Service
- The Register-Guard
Owner Of
Dog That Attacked Postal Worker Apologizes
- FOX2now
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