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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
May 2014 News
May 31, 2014
USPS Documents Show Hours Reduced at Post Offices
Near Staples Stores - PEN
Rolando: House GOP plan to aid transportation
fund by degrading postal services would damage economy, not achieve goals
- PEN
Video: Americans to tell Staples annual
meeting-Our country is not for sale! - PEN
Postal service funds would go to highways under
house GOP proposal - "The idea Congress would
use a supposedly self-funding agency that cannot pay its bills as a piggy
bank to fund another bankrupt, self-funding fund is absurd," said Dan
Holler - spokesman for the conservative group Heritage Action for America.
- National Journal
Senator Carper Says USPS Can't Fund the Highway
Trust Fund - PEN
May 30, 2014
Video: Surveillance Effort By Postal Service
Helps Catch Mail Carrier Red Handed
- PEN
AFL-CIO Endorses Staples Boycott
- PEN
Pensacola, FL mail truck towed from mud
- Pensacola News Journal
Former postal manager sentenced to 3.5 years for
bribery
Judge delivers jail time to postal worker who
duped USPS out of $1 million
Postal CSI: Preventing crime by mail
Sisters used same scheme to steal from the USPS
- LIN Television Corp - Also see
Sisters - Postal Employees - Plead Guilty In
Separate Cases
South River felon convicted of stealing money
orders from post offices
Netflix mispredicted it's online transition
- Deadline
CA postal worker charged with workers
compensation fraud
TN postal worker charged with stealing mail for 3
years
May 29, 2014
IG encourages USPS to follow private sector lead
for benefit programs - Federal News Radio
Man charged with smashing mail truck windows with
bat - Eagle Tribune
Cresco downtown business owners rally against
USPS CBUs - Cresco Times
Some mail damaged in Ohio postal truck fire
- The Courier
NPMHU National Executive Board Unanimously
Endorses Staples Boycott - PEN
Video: GOP’s latest attempt to destroy the postal
service - PEN
Clerk Craft Negotiates New Customer Care Center
- PEN
May 28, 2014
Postal Service postmaster RIF pushed back until
2015 - Federal Times
Issa Looks to Save Tree Trimmer from Criminal
Charges after Cutting Limbs for the Post Office - The
Blaze
Hundreds Of Pieces Of Mail Found Dumped In Trash
- CBS Chicago
UPS Insists That It Is Not Helping The NSA
'Interdict' Packages To Install Backdoors - Techdirt
The American Family Association Says "A drag queen
was behind the USPS Harvey Milk Stamp"
Money-Losing Post Office Said to Be Highway Fund
Source - Businessweek
Opinion: Inappropriate Postal Behavior
- video of another carrier throwing a package at the customers front door
- Freehold, NJ Patch
Postal Service can prosper again
- AZ Daily Star
May 27, 2014
Two Congressmen Talk The Troubled USPS
- On Point
Leaving Traditional Benefits Behind?
- "As the Postal Service looks for ways to tighten its belt, it is
considering changes in benefits, such as a new retirement program for
future workers." - Office of Inspector General
Postal CIO: Congressional action is necessary
- Fierce Government
Mail Found Dumped in North Park Trash, Inspector
General Investigating - DNAinfo Chicago
Mail delivery to your door at risk
- CNN
Former postal manager faces sentencing for
bribery
- Norwich Bulletin
The Troubled U.S. Postal Service, and How We
Communicate Now
Local postal worker delivers lobbying message to
Washington
Apartment dwellers complain about mail problems
May 26, 2014
Elkhart post office notifies several residents to
move mailboxes or have mail deliveries suspended
- Elkhart Truth
May 25, 2014
Postal worker accused of stealing $29k had sued
U.S. Postmaster for Back Pay - Before she was
charged Thursday with stealing $29,000 from the U.S. Postal Service, a
nine-year postal worker had filed a lawsuit for withholding pay after she
had been charged with negligent homicide and had to take leave during the
case. - Virgin Islands Daily News
Postal employee Scott D. Leslein
pleaded guilty to theft, a first-degree misdemeanor, on May 15, after an
investigation determined he was spending time at home during his assigned
work shift. - Cuyahoga Falls, OH News Press
Some Unusual Mailboxes Stand Out and There's
Often An Interesting Story Behind Them - The
Gazette
May 24, 2014
Darrell Issa's Not-Unreasonable Push to Cut
Door-to-Door Mail Delivery - Business Week -
PEN Ed: 'not-unreasonable' is the authors opinion...NOT PEN's.
Video: Ohio Valley Residents Speak Out on
Proposed Mail Delivery Changes - PEN
Mail Mystery: More Questions After World War
II-era Evelope Opened by Recipients' Family Member
- thought to have been unopened for 69 years, when finally
opened, a modern message asking to email someone was found.
May 23, 2014
Postal service tries to ditch door delivery,
letter carriers fight back
- PEN
Southeastern Pennsylvania Processing and
Distribution Center Consolidation (PDF) - USPS OIG
Passport Personally Identifiable Information -
Management Advisory Report - USPS OIG via PEN
Postal Service worker accused of stealing
mailed-in sports betting tickets - Betting Talk
Consolidation of the Huntsville, AL, Processing
and Distribution Facility (PDF) - USPS OIG
Postal worker details assault
- Appeal-Democrat
Postal Innovation and the Bottom Line
- DM News
Issa Delivery Bill Approved on Party-Line Vote
- NAPUS news via PEN
ISSA “CLUSTERBOX” BILL CLEARS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
- NAPS news via PEN
Do-nothing Congress Takes A Breather
- USA Today
Harvey Milk Stamp Release Causes Post Office
Fever in San Francisco - Time
May 22, 2014
Senator McCaskill Meets With Missouri Rural
Letter Carriers Association - PEN
Postal Service still searching for suspects in
August shooting, robbery of Hayneville, AL truck driver
- AL.com
DA taking security measures after mailbox
explodes - Connecticut Post
Video: Postal Innovation Hearing - May 22, 2014
- PEN
Examining Innovative Postal Products for the 21st
Century - written testimony at today's
Postal Innovation Hearing - PEN
Man pleads guilty to killing 2 postal workers
- Denver Post
PRC Issues New Rules Governing Advisory Opinions
- DM News
POStPlan postponed: 3,200 postmasters get a
reprieve - Save the Post Office
APWU: Committee Passes Controversial Issa Bill
- PEN
Rolando: Lawmakers should fix what they broke,
not break what’s working - PEN
US House Committee Approves Bill to Curb Doorstep
Mail Delivery - Post and Parcel
Summary of testimony given at today's House
subcommittee hearing - PostCom
PRC ADOPTS A FAST TRACK PROCESS FOR ADVISORY
OPINIONS ON NATIONWIDE SERVICE CHANGES - PEN
May 21, 2014
NALC Says House Committee Passes H.R. 4670 - The
Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014 - PEN
Postmaster Organizations informed that RIF
effective Date Postponed until 01/10/2015 - NAPUS
news via PEN
Cluster Box Bill Stirs Hope For Postal Reform
- DM News
House Of Representatives Committee Debates Ending
Door-to-Door Mail for Millions - CBS News - Also see:
Door-to-Door Mail Would Stop for Millions Under
Proposed Law - Huffington Post |
Congress Could Move Your
Mailbox To Save Money - CNBC
Postal Service, Union in Confrontation Over Mail
Service at Staples Stores - Boston Globe - "The Postal
Service is pleased enough with the Staples contract so far that Postmaster
General Patrick Donahoe would like to expand the program to all 1,500
Staples stores in the United States."
Ohio Mailman Accused of Sex Crime Against a Woman
On His Route
Video: APWU President Mark Dimondstein Discusses
Postal Finances on the Ed Show - PEN
Video: USPS Supervisor Caught Throwing Parcels
Into LLV - PEN
Video: SNAIL MAIL GETTING SLOWER?
- PEN
Ex-W. VA Carrier Admits Selling the Drug Suboxone
While Working - Fox News - W. VA
May 20, 2014
NALC urges committee to vote ‘no’ on phase-out of
door delivery - PEN
Dimondstein to Appear on the ‘Ed Show’ This
Evening - PEN
Shock Poll: 70% of federal workers, contractors,
and retirees don't trust government - Washington
Examiner - poll data from Federal News Radio
Mail better than digital, expert says
- PEN
Speaking for the postal services best customers
- DM News
USPS Mail Carriers Are Also Collecting Crucial
Housing Data - City Lab
In-house Analytics Tool Maps Fraud at USPS
- GCN
NLRB Says USPS Must Share UPS Contracting Details
With APWU
- PEN
Video: North Texas mailman accused of mortally
wounding family dog - PEN
eBay Customer Service Reps Fault Sellers for
Using USPS - eCommerce Bytes
NAPUS: Another Issa Postal Proposal To Be
Considered - PEN
Opinion: New Developments Say Goodbye to Curbside
Mail - Postal Affairs Blog
Examining Innovative Postal Products for the 21st
Century - Scheduled hearing for Wednesday
May 19, 2014
Big Data - The Next Big Postal Thing?
- Office of Inspector General
Advice for online purchases -
PEN
New Developments Say Goodbye To Curbside Mail
- The State
F.Y.I.- Yelling at employee and throwing book in
her direction is not sufficient to support hostile work environment claim
- Not postal, but interesting to note.
Mayor, congressional delegation write to oppose
New Bedford post office change - South Coast Today
Retailers Walmart, Amazon rolling out same-day
deliveries
- Arkansas Business
FedEx hike in ground rates could boost business
for U.S. Postal Service - Forbes
New USPS Rules Leave Some With Empty Mailboxes
- Bellingham Herald
Ohio: 2 Bodies Discovered After Postal Carrier
Alerts Police
May 18, 2014
The Reinvention of Pitney Bowes
- Barron's
USPS Heroes' Corner - May 2014
- PEN
For grad, only postal mail will do
- The Advocate
Postal van involved in Norfolk crash
- Wavy
Video: Hero Cat Saves Child from Dog Attack
Certainly not postal news - but, I love it and thought many of you would
as well. PEN Ed.
Vigil Held for Deceased Postal Employee Whose
Body Was Found In a Barrel Last May - WPRI TV
May 17, 2014
Video: Skimmers Found In Post Offices In 9 States
- PEN
Novelty Item Prompts Evacuation at Post Office
Mail Service Continues Despite Fires
May 16, 2014
USPS: Change of Address Update
- PEN
Mail Handlers: Sign the Stop Staples Petition
- PEN
Video: USPS Deputy PMG Assures Guam That The
Problem of Bad Addresses Will Be Resolved - PEN
Video: USPS Supervisor was Helping Move Drugs
From China to the Streets of Central Florida -
PEN
SIIA says postal rate increases have led to steep
decline in volume in periodicals - leading to decline in revenue for USPS
- Talking New Media
USPS: Drones aren't the answer to dog bites
- U.S. News and World Report
USPS Contract Employee: Indictment Issued in
$478K Theft - Herald-Zeitung
Man admits selling fake stamps
Alert Letter Carrier Stops Runaway Truck in
Wisconsin Dells
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More Postal News
May 15, 2014
Post Offices Close Early, Send Customers to
Staples
- APWU news via PEN
Video: USPS State of the Business May 14, 2014
- PEN
Effective Today - Cash Advances Not Allowed for
USPS Travel Card Holders - PEN
USPS: Treating employees with respect
- PEN
Rolando: A void at the top gives PMG free rein
(PDF) - NALC
Postal service could save money by reducing door
to door delivery report shows - Washington Post
Postal Service pushes to prevent dog attacks on
letter carriers - Federal Times
Postal Reform Stalled Again
- Fedweek
Postal worker accused of stealing from greeting
cards faces additional charges - Gant Daily
Postal worker injured in Port St Lucie crash
May 14, 2014
PMG: State of The Business - May 14, 2014
- PEN
APWU: Questions & Answers about May 23 Retirement
Incentive Payment - PEN
USPS Releases Top Dog Attack City Rankings
#1 - Houston, TX - PEN
Rep. Pascrell Urges Postmaster General to Retain
Carlstadt Post Office - PEN
Post Office seeks to delivery 1945 letter
Murder Indictment for Postal Worker Accused of
Strangling Girlfriend
Mark Dimondstein - Every day is Labor Day
- Boise Weekly
Yes We Scan - Another Digital Mailbox Service
- PEN
First-ever ‘National Superhero Day’ attracts
public attention - PEN
The Promise and Pitfalls of Cloud Computing
- OIG Blog
May 13, 2014
Grand Rapids postal inspectors find nearly
$16,000 concealed inside stuffed animal - MLive
Postal Service: Beware Stamp Kiosk Skimmers
- Krebs on Security
Package delivery could be casualty of postal woes
- Washington Times
2 men charged with stealing $2.2 million worth of
US postal carts in MD - SF Gate
No Thrillah in Manilla: Paperless 2013 Founder
Going Down for the Count - Dead Tree Edition
Streamlining the Postal Service when a merger
fails and 'Who lost Ukraine?' - Reuters
Change of Address Firm to Pay $3 Million in
Refunds - Cincinnati.com
Myths About Mail - Rolando via
National Review
Dayton postal worker allegedly stole 1,000 DVDs
Delivery debacle now involves Guam election
commission
May 12, 2014
GAO: Delivery Mode Conversions Could Yield Large
Savings, but More Current Data Are Needed - PEN
Video Highlights: 'Stop Staples' National Day of
Action - PEN
IG: Postal Service can leverage big data for
efficiencies, new products - Fierce Government
Postal finances: the numbers tell the truth, but
not the whole story - The Washington Post
Postal Service Pleads for Help from Congress Amid
$1.9B Loss - eCommerce Bytes
Why is the Postmaster General Understating Postal
Revenue Gains? - David C. Yao
Amazon Forges Ahead with 7-Day Delivery
- eCommerce Bytes
May 11, 2014
Postal carrier dies after being run over by own
mail truck - Cox Media Group
Postal patrons should rise up against foolishness
- Times Republican
Cool Jobs: The Postal Service Mural
Preservationist - Federal News Radio
White Plains Postal Worker Charged With Murder
- White Plains Daily Voice
Chattanooga Mailman Honored for 50 Years of
Service - Sinclair Broadcast Group
May 10, 2014
Improving Postal Service finances fuel debate
over legislation - Federal Times
Post Office Says It Lost $1.9 Billion in Quarter
- "But the service did report operating revenue of $16.7 billion, a $379
million increase over the same period last year." - NY Times
Can Amazon Save The U.S. Postal Service?
- 24/7 Wall Street
Amazon expands Sunday delivery deal with Postal
Service - The Motley Fool
Tree trimmer, postal service dispute that birds were
killed during California tree trimming - Star Tribune
'Son-of-Sam' skips parole hearing, in prison at
least 2 more years - NY Post
FedEx's Price Rise is a Blessing in Disguise for
Amazon
May 09, 2014
Rolando: Results reconfirm the steady improvement
in USPS’ finances
- PEN
APWU: USPS Reports $1 Billion Operating Profit in
First Half of Fiscal Year - PEN
In The Line of Duty - Fallen USPS Inspection
Service Officers - PEN
Video: STAMP OUT HUNGER - 2014 FOOD DRIVE
- PEN
Video: ELLEN: Amazing Spider-Man 2
- PEN
USPS Quarter 2 financial results — $1.9 billion
loss
- PEN
NAPUS: Issa Postpones Committee Consideration of
New Postal Bill - PEN
From A to Z Here's What You Get For The Price of
a Stamp - Postal Posts
From A to Z, here’s what you get for the price of a stamp - Postal
Posts
Consideration of postal reform bill postponed
- Federal Soup
Issa ready to compromise on postal bill - awaits
dems response
- DM News
Former postmaster going to prison for stealing
funds - WIVB News
Time to privatize your job? -
Federal News Radio
Complaints growing over undelivered mail
- CBS Chicago
Amazon should make the postal service it's own
personal courier - Wired
May 08, 2014
Video: NY postal worker's cat video to vie for
$100,000 prize on 'America's Funniest Home Videos'
- PEN
NLRB Issues Complaint Over USPS Failure to
Provide Info to APWU - PEN
USPS could save money by allowing employees to
manage time off, IG Says - Fierce Government
Room To Move Up To Open At USPS -
Fedweek
House Democrats won't get on board with
Republican, White House backed postal - GovExec.com
We don’t care, we don’t have to, we’re the Postal
Service - Save the Post Office
Who killed the magazine app?: 9 suspects
- Dead Tree Edition
Amazons Everyday Delivery is growing: Sunday
Delivery Available in 15 Additional Cities Through USPS
- Market Watch
Why The Post Office Was Right to Side With Junk
Mailers Over Outbox - Heritage
Mark-up of ‘new’ postal bill postponed
- PEN
USPS prepares to rollout smartphones
- PEN
Federal jobs with highest average salary and
highest bonuses - Also see:
Database for postal employees -
Postmaster General's 2013 salary? $276,840.00 - 2014? $279,600.00 -
Fedsmith
Travel Card Cash Advances No Longer Authorized
for USPS Officers and Postal Career Executive Services
- PEN
How the Postal Service could overhaul it's
retirement and leave benefits - GovExec.com
Judge: Ex-Postal employee stole far more than
cash - Iowa Press-Citizen
No charges filed in St. Johns postal worker dog
bite case - Lansing State Journal
May 07, 2014
Plea rejected for postal worker who stole cards
with cash - KCCI News
Postal Service cloud contracts omit security
measures - Fierce Government
Video: Former Detroit postal worker faces
double-dipping charges - PEN
Bronx postal worker lifted weights, boxed while
getting $400K in benefits for bogus carpal-tunnel syndrome
- PEN
Video: U.S. mail system a “safe” way to ship
marijuana? - PEN
Editorial: An unaccountable Postal Service drowns
in red ink - Washington Times
May 06, 2014
APWU: Postal Union Alliance Urges House Leaders
to Vote NO on Issa Bill - PEN
APWU: Retirees to Receive Final Early Retirement
Incentive - PEN
Postal Service Retirement Benefits Benchmarking -
White Paper (PDF) - USPS OIG
Man Scams Post Office Out of $40,000
- CBS 12
USPS PETA Statement Response -
PEN
Hatch Act Modifications Reflected in New OPM Rule
- Fedsmith
Google same day delivery expands to Manhattan,
West LA - CNET
Google and Amazon will be your next mailmen
- Oregon Live
USPS truck spills load in Denver
- The Denver Channel
Putting the Success in Corporate Succession
- USPS OIG
May 05, 2014
Video: Suspect Sells Forged Art to Postal
Inspectors - PEN
Postal Service, lawmakers clash over improving
finances - Federal Times
Union Demonstrations Against USPS/Staples Deal Makes
Headlines - FEDweek
Charity stamps raise more than $78,570,500 for
breast cancer research - The Mexico Ledger
Is e-commerce the key to saving the U.S. Postal
Service? - Oregon Live
Google and Amazon Launch Same-Day Delivery in
L.A. Area - LA Times
Postal Service Second Quarter Financial Briefing
May 9 - PEN
Food drive This Saturday - May 10th
- PEN
May 04, 2014
Possible Wednesday Committee Vote on New Issa
Bill - NAPUS news via PEN
Deride and Conquer - Dismantling the USPS
- Truth-Out
Aggressive dog stalls mail service 35 households
- Chicoer
May 03, 2014
Video: Rip-Off Alert: Thieves steal mail to aid
check-washing scam
- PEN
Video: Postal Worker Saves Children on a Burning
School - PEN
R.R. Donnelley Ready To Deliver When the Postal
Service Doesn't - Dead Tree Edition
Postal service shouldn't eliminate Saturday
delivery - Washington Post
A Run-in Between Postal Worker and Family Pooch
- My Fox 28
May 02, 2014
Four people, including 2 U.S. Postal Service
station managers, have been indicted
in connection with a bribery scheme to get money from the USPS.
- WBAL TV Baltimore
Outbox mail service from tech darlings to out of
business - Linn's Stamp News
The pipeline problem at the postal service
- Washington Post
PRC denies post offices motion to delay exigency
reports - DM News
Leave Benefits and Paid Holidays Benchmarking -
White paper
(PDF) - USPS OIG
Postal workers are on the job at the New Orleans
Jazz Fest
- NOLA
Video: Postal insurance doesn't guarantee a paid
damage claim - PEN
Video: Fed-up victim takes on mail thieves, again
- PEN
The Mona Lisa of stamps to be auctioned at
Sothebys - NY Times
One Artist's Amazing Mission to Save The U.S.
Postal Service - Huffington Post
PMG Donohoe delivers state of the USPS address to
catalogers - DM News
May 01, 2014
USPS chief doesn't view U.S. taxpayers as
customers
- The Blaze
APWU To Launch Redesigned Site Friday
- PEN
Postal employee injured when arm gets trapped
USPS Proposes Customer Privacy Act System of
Records Modifications - Network Management
This is what real postal privatization looks like
- Businessweek
USPS Tries Tweeting and Pinning It's Way to Success
- eCommerce Bytes
Is a prospect rate in the cards for catalogers
- DM News
Amazon expands same-day delivery, makes changes
to product search - CNET news
USPS Gets Clean Audit on Conference Spending
- Washington Post
Turlock man could face Federal charges for mail
truck carjacking
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