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USPS Employee Service Line: Toll-free at 1-877-477-3273	POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN May 2016 News May 31, 2016 Video: Bakersfield resident on stolen mail: 'I'm getting to wonder if community mailboxes are all that safe' - PEN NASA’s Breathtaking Planet Images Get Stamps of Approval - PEN USPS uses new tools to keep carriers safe against dog attacks - Peoria Independent OIG: More than Bargained for USPS Salutes Military Service Cross Recipients on Memorial Day with Forever Stamps - PEN Businesses stung by postal package cheaper to ship worldwide than in-state - Rapid City Journal May 30, 2016 New Forever Stamp Souvenir Sheet Marks 250th Anniversary of the Repeal of the Stamp Act - PEN Fatal drug epidemic could be a concern due to easy delivery through the mail - WDAZ Massachusetts post office halts longtime charity drive for veterans - Telegram May 29, 2016 USPS to Announce Innovative New Stamp Products at World Stamp Show-NY 2016 - PEN USPS Dedicates World Stamp Show - NY 2016 Forever Stamp Folio - PEN USPS Capacity Limitations Restrain Amazon To Move Away from UPS, FedEx - Bidness, Etc Our View: Time to bring back postal banking - Portlan Press Herald Shipping: Free from China, not across South Dakota - Washington Times May 28, 2016 Video: Dog Attacks Nebraska Mail Carrier - PEN Postal worker found dead Coplay, one week after being accused of sex assault by state police - The Morning Call N.J man, 80, 'critical' after being hit by post office truck - NJ.com New book chronicles ‘How The Post Office Created America’ - Linns OIG: Is Your Post Office Safe and Well-Maintained? 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Feds probe N.J. postal worker found hoarding mail - NJ.com May 27, 2016 Video: Florida rural carrier accused of stealing mail from his route - PEN More questions raised about OPM’s response to breaches of background, personnel records - Washington Post Blockchain Technology: Possibilities for the U.S. Postal Service - PEN USPS Considers Blockchain Uses Including Issuing Its Own Digital Currency ‘Postcoin’ - International Business Times Winchester IL post office faces emergency suspension over lease issue - Save the Post Office New history of U.S. Postal Service delivers - USA Today May 26, 2016 Video: Arizona mailman indicted for stealing mail - PEN Houma, LA Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Theft of Mail - PEN Video: Postal Workers To Dallas Officials: Handle Loose Dog Problem - PEN APWU: NLRB Hearing on Staples Concludes - PEN Florida postal worker busts international counterfeit check scam - WAAY TV NPMHU Issues Contract Update #8 - PEN PO’d at Center Post Office, residents sound off on shoddy service, missed mail Couple following mail carrier arrested in Burbank - My News LA Ohio: Ex-Post Office manager pleads guilty to theft May 25, 2016 Former New York Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty To Obstruction Of Mail - PEN Video: Spartanburg postal worker saves man from getting scammed - PEN Ex-Minneapolis postal worker admits she stole $150K in gift cards Postal Service releases financial report for April 2016 - Save the Post Office Video: Woman arrested after video shows theft of packages in Mobile, Alabama - PEN Mailers Want a Quick-Fix Reform Bill, But Will USPS Go Along? - DM News Video: Man Accused Of Blowing Up Colorado Mailbox - to impress his girlfriend - To Appear In Court - PEN May 24, 2016 Video: Family, friends, and postal coworkers lay shooting victims to rest - PEN Video: A card-skimming scam is tricking victims at gas pumps - and now police say the thieves are using stolen information to buy postage stamps - PEN Report: US Postal Service Could Create its Own Digital Currency - CoinDesk Supreme Court: Former Colorado Postmaster's Suit May Go Forward - PEN Video: Man accused of using counterfeit key to break into mailboxes - PEN Wal-Mart takes on Amazon Prime with new ‘ShippingPass’ - Christian Science Monitor Will Amazon’s Transportation Fleet Bring Down Hammer On FedEx, UPS? - Investor's Business Daily Is the United States Post Office kidding us - Chicago Now NALC: The NALC and USPS have agreed to renew three Memorandums of Understanding: Re: Full-time Regular Opportunities – City Letter Carrier Craft (M-01876), Re: Sunday Delivery – City Carrier Assistant Staffing (M-01877), and Re: Signing Overtime Lists (M-01878). May 23, 2016 Video: 'Broom Guy' - once banned from post office lot - honored at walk, fair - PEN Video: California Rep. Lieu Questions PMG On Los Angeles County Mail Issues - PEN USPS extends contract negotiations with unions - Post & Parcel Inverted Jenny, Object of Intrigue in Stamp World, Re-emerges After 61 Years - NY Times OIG: Viva la Commerce! OIG Audit Asks: Have You Been Affected by International Mail Processed at the Queens P&DC? May 22, 2016 Video: Third arrest made in armed robbery of Mississippi letter carrier - PEN Video: Pennsylvania Postal Worker Accused of Groping 3 Women While Delivering Mail Inside State Police Stations in Bethlehem - PEN World Stamp Show comes to New York, May 28 – June 4- Save the Post Office Snakes alive ... I'm on the postman's side - Chicago Tribune A Pretty Good Quarter for USPS if You Can Ignore the Buck-Passing - Breitbart News May 21, 2016 NALC: Contract negotiations update: Bargaining to continue beyond midnight deadline - PEN NPMHU/USPS Contract Negotiations Extended - PEN Modernising the Money Order - The Postal Hub Postal Service reports increase in mailbox break-ins in San Antonio area - KSAT Alaska Post Office Closed After Lone Employee Takes Maternity Leave - KYUK Postal worker charged with indecent touching of 3 women in Bethlehem - Also see: Postal carrier touched women's breasts during mail exchanges, police say May 20, 2016 Video: Package theft suspect linked to crash in Mobile, AL - PEN NPMHU: Memorandum Addresses NPMHU Bidding Procedures During Bargaining - PEN NAPS: OIG UNANNOUNCED FINANCIAL CONTROL AUDITS - PEN Postal service found package with ammo. Then suspect turned up after call over why it was not delivered - man indicted on charges of child porn, weapons offenses - Washington Post Making No Cents: The U.S. Postal Service’s bad business model is embodied in a recent rate decrease - Bloomberg It's shockingly easy for a thief to forward all of your mail to another address - Cleveland Plain Dealer UK: Postal worker named Abraham Lincoln, 36, 'sparked a terror scare after posing as an undercover MI6 agent and texting a bomb threat to his boss after being sacked' Former NY postal worker admits to keeping more than 700 pieces of mail for herself - WIVB May 19, 2016 Congressman urges Postmaster General to release stamp commemorating patriotism of Japanese Americans during WWII - PEN OSHA delivers package of citations to Virginia post office - Business & Legal Resources Video: Family and friends remember slain postal employees as best friends - PEN APWU: More Headaches for Staples - PEN Georgia carrier dies following accident Saturday - Rockdale Citizen OIG: Can the Fleet Credit Card Program Be Better Managed? OIG: How Can USPS Help Contract Postal Units in Their Daily Operations? Postal workers picket with Verizon workers NC postal worker spots iPad scam - WMAZ May 18, 2016 Ex-Queens Postal Employee Bought Trash Bags To Trash About 1000 Pieces Of Mail - PEN NALC: Contract talks intensify in final week of 2011 National Agreement - PEN APWU: Raises to be Applied to PSE Exception Pay in Motor Vehicle Craft Attn Taxpayers: Post Office Workers Paid for Doing Nothing - Fox Business Vigil to be held for postal carrier killed over weekend - Covington News USPS Seeks Rate Hike in August, but Don't Panic - eCommerce Bytes USPS Supervisors Are Doing Work Reserved for Unionized Employees, Costing Agency Millions - GovExec NAPS PRESIDENT LOUIS ATKINS’ STATEMENT ON POSTAL HEARING Arkansas postal worker finds kids alone, covered in feces - WECT Suspicious Letter Sent to Evansville Postmaster Oshkosh Corp. competes for postal truck contract OIG: Revenue Forgone May 17, 2016 Stinky situation! D.C. postal employee dumps mail into sewer - WJLA Regarding Disgraced Contractor for OPM IT Overhaul Senator McCaskill asks OPM - ‘What on earth did you think would happen?’ - PEN Video: Was this NJ couple racist? Was this mail lady overreacting? - PEN OIG: Postmasters and Supervisors Performing Bargaining Unit Work - PEN Three Lincoln, NE USPS Employees Found Dead Inside Home - Murder Suicide Suspected - PEN NALC: Contract talks intensify in final week of 2011 National Agreement Video: Suspected Thieves Use Key to Clean Out Mailboxes in Sherman Oaks - PEN OIG: The Mail Moment – Twice a Day - PEN Grand Alliance Holds Hearing on Future of Postal Service; Takes Stand Against Privatization - Labor Press OIG: How Good is Business Mail Acceptance? The Post Office Almost Delivered Your First E-Mail - Bloomberg May 16, 2016 Video of getaway car in robbery of Florida postal worker released - PEN Senator Carper Statement on U.S. Postal Service Financial Losses - PEN Senator Carper Applauds House Committee’s Efforts to Examine Postal Reform - PEN The Strange Case of the Postal Service’s Disappearing Board and the Warning It Provides - Tax Foundation USPS Touts Ecommerce Initiatives in Plea for Postal Reform - eCommerce Bytes NALC: Thank you for helping to Stamp Out Hunger May 15, 2016 Iowa Postmaster Indicted On Misappropriation Of Postal Funds - PEN Meng and Simanowitz Work to Improve Mail Delivery in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens NY - PEN How Important Is E-Commerce to UPS and FedEx? - The Motley Fool May 14, 2016 Video: Arlington, TX Letter Carrier Attacked, Beaten Unconscious - PEN Tennessee Mail Carrier Sentenced For Narcotics Conspiracy - PEN Montana postal employee charged with misappropriation of postal funds - PEN Brookolyn postal worker speaks about NYPD charges - Brooklyn News 12 Miami postal employee arrested for stealing credit cards - WPLG May 13, 2016 Video: Rolando testifies before House committee - PEN Acting PRC Chairman Taub Outlines Postal Service Challenges in PRC Testimony to House Committee - PEN Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Is Tomorrow - Saturday May 14, 2016 - PEN Video: Postal service ‘doing well,’ loss of $2 billion a congressional ‘hoax’ – Union boss - PEN APWU: IT/AS Employees Ratify Extension of 2011 Agreement Video: $100K reward offered in fatal postal bombing - PEN Former Virginia Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Mail - PEN Charges Dropped Against Brooklyn Mail Carrier in Altercation With Police - NY Times NPMHU Issues Contract Update #6 - PEN NYC postal worker arrested for throwing out four bags of mail just one month into job - NY Daily News Greenwood, SC Man Indicted for Delay of Mail by a Postal Employee - PEN National Postal Museum to Open Exhibition Celebrating the Centennial of America's National Parks - PEN Donald Trump makes postal appearance on Central African Republic sheet - Linns KY Teens Charged with Arson, Postal Worker Injured While Attempting to Put Out Fire Bank robber thwarted by postal worker in Concord, NH pleads guilty May 12, 2016 Video: Retired Texas Letter Carrier Hikes Appalachian Trail - PEN GAO: Continuing USPS Financial Challenges and the Need for Postal Reform - PEN Postal Service Releases 2015 Annual Dog Attack City Rankings - PEN APWU Says Court 'Made the Right Call' in Staples/Office Depot Merger - PEN Kentucky mail carrier injured in garage fire NALC statement on USPS’ report on FY2016 Q2 - PEN APWU: Postal Service Earns $1.83 Billion in Operating Profits In First Half of Fiscal Year 2016 - PEN Not exhausting administrative remedies leads to loss in discrimination suit against USPS Megan Brennan tells House Committee: USPS financial situation is “very serious but solvable” - Post & Parcel Draft bill coming soon to address ‘serious but solvable’ USPS financial woes - Federal News Radio Federal judge blocks Staples’ $6.3 billion acquisition of Office Depot - Washington Post Office Depot and Staples scrap merger after judge's ruling - Sun Sentinel Former Virginia postal worker pleads guilty to stealing mail - 13 News Now Is your mailman (unwittingly) a drug dealer? - Opinion by Don Soifer - executive vice president of the Lexington Institute - Baltimore Sun May 11, 2016 Video: LA Mail Thefts Soar As Thieves Target Mailboxes, Post Office Drop-Offs - PEN USPS on-time delivery performance for Q2 2016 improves but still below targets - Save the Post Office Reward up to $25K offered to find men who robbed Pompano Beach postal worker - Sun Sentinel USPS calls on Congress to fix its ‘fundamental financial challenges’ - Federal News Radio USPS expects $1B loss in 2016 without surcharge - Federal Times eBay Extends Drop Off Service to 1,600 FedEx Stores - Fortune Going long with your parcel traffic? FedEx and UPS will want more money - DC Velocity Small child doing well after being hit by postal truck in Euless, TX - Star Telegram May 10, 2016 Video: Wrong-way mail carrier in Charlotte Co., Florida - PEN Video: U.S. Government Shuts Down One Of The Longest Running Mail Frauds In History - PEN Video: Mailbox Cluster Stolen From San Antonio Neighborhood - PEN Postal Service Reports Fiscal Year 2016 Second Quarter Results - PEN U.S. Postal Truck Hits Child In Euless, TX - CBS DFW USPS Commits to Doing Better in 2016 - eCommerce Bytes May 09, 2016 PMG discusses Link mobile, USPS finances - PEN NJ Postal Worker Freed from Overturned Truck - Cape May County Herald NALC and USPS Partner to Stamp Out Hunger - Saturday May 14 - PEN USPS Tests Ads on Receipts - eCommerce Bytes 40 years later, Kimball Post Office bomb's a mystery - SC Times Man crashes into downtown Elgin post office OIG: New York Morgan Processing and Distribution Center Efficiency OIG: So Trendy May 07, 2016 Former Lafayette, LA postal employee pleads guilty to stealing gift cards - PEN Video: Chicago Woman Shot In Home Invasion - One Intruder Was Wearing A Postal Uniform - PEN Video: Texas Contract Post Office Closes Abruptly, Leaving Hundreds Without Their Mail - PEN APWU: Contract Arbitration Hearings Conclude - Decision Expected in 30 to 60 Days - PEN Our nation's drug problem is also a postal service problem - The Hill USPS Has Not Saved as Much as It Expected From Cutting Post Office Hours - GovExec.com On-Time Delivery of Mail Fell Precipitously in 2015 - DM News May 06, 2016 Heitkamp’s Fix My Mail Survey Inspires U.S. Postal Service Customer Service Program in ND - PEN Video: Michigan man charged with scamming US Postal Service for $400K - PEN NAPUS: Part Time Postmasters Pay Changes, Conversion Option - PEN Mailman who ruined Christmas can’t even get to court on time - NY Post Suspect accused of ‘fishing’ more than $20,000 worth of checks from U.S. mailboxes caught after chase in Milton - Fox 13 Post office hour cuts taking toll - Center Clorado Post-Dispatch May 05, 2016 Video: National Reassessment Program Lawsuit Against USPS Could Cost Millions - PEN Video: Women Wearing Postal Uniforms Part of Clever Identity Theft Scheme - PEN Honoring Our Public Servants - Connecting Citizens with Their Government Georgia man awarded $5.7 million in crash suit involving postal worker - Gainsville Times Woman Facing Charges After Allegedly Pepper-Spraying, Racially Insulting Mail Carrier in Pasadena - KTLA OSHA: US Postal Service continues to expose workers at Virginia center to powered industrial equipment hazards; faces $120K in fines - PEN PRC Examines USPS 2015 Performance Goals and 2016 Performance Plan: Report offers recommendations for meeting goals in the future - PEN Another eBay Seller Accused of Major Postage Fraud - eCommerce Bytes Man Narrowly Avoids Awning Collapse At La Mirada, CA Post Office - ABC 7 LA NAPUS Call for Post Office Hour Reduction Moratorium Justified by Recent GAO Report - PEN NPMHU Issues Contract Update #5 - PEN USPS: Sprint service, support end May 23 - PEN OIG: Should the Postal Service Have Fewer Leased Trailers? OIG: Does your current mail delivery time meet your needs? PRC report finds USPS did not meet key performance goals in 2015 - Save the Post Office USPS touts supply chain diversity as secret to customer service - Federal News Radio May 04, 2016 Former New Jersey Letter Carrier Pleads Guilty In Scheme To Steal And Cash Hundreds Of Postal Money Orders - PEN Former Sodus Point, NY Postmaster Relief Accused Of Stealing $19,504 - PEN Video: Cobb County, GA couple - Is the post office forging signatures? - PEN The giant who still makes house calls - Federal News Radio Postal Service puts in extra effort to find flying monkeys - Newsminer Video: Colorado Couple Allegedly Caught With ‘Significant Amount’ Of Stolen Mail - PEN Detectives investigate armed robbery at North Carolina post office - WBTV - Also see: The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a postal clerk who allegedly is responsible for $4,800 in money orders that are missing. The suspect is known, officials say,but no further details are available. May 03, 2016 USPS Comments On Postal Pulse Survey Results - PEN Wanted: Engagement leaders - USPS Seeks Nominations For New Management Level Award - PEN Video: Postal worker recovering after being hit during street race - PEN ‘Neither Snow nor Rain’ - Postal Service History Published - PEN GAO questions USPS cost savings on POStPlan, USPS questions GAO’s tone - Save the Post Office Detroit NPMHU Stewards Indicted For Embezzling Approximately $6758 In Union Funds - PEN Former South Dakota APWU State Association Treasurer Sentenced To One Year Probation - Previously Pled Guilty To Embezzling $30,783 In Union Funds - PEN Former Texas NALC President, Branch 493, Pleads Guilty To Credit Card Abuse - PEN APWU Website 'De-Links' Local Websites During Union Election Period - PEN NALC: May 2016 transfer opportunities under M-01856 NPMHU: 2016 Walk to Cure Diabetes Denmark: Post Danmark will drop one day of deliveries and eliminate next-day mail Australia Post to charge a late parcel pick up fee May 02, 2016 Study: Direct Mail Plays Critical Role in Reaching Millennial Voters - PEN Anytime Mailbox Announces Partnership with Alliance Business Centers Network - PEN Ex-postal worker in Suffolk to be sentenced in federal court for $157,000 fraud - Pilot Online Arrest made in death of retired postal worker in Gulfport - Sun Herald Should We Bring Back The Postal Banking System? - Law Street OIG: Scanning the Horizon US Postal Workers Despise Their Jobs - 24/7 Wall Street Mail truck catches fire in Fall River May 01, 2016 Video: Houston postal worker in hospital after being hit by alleged street racers - PEN Survey Says: The USPS Is a Terrible Place to Work - Dead Tree Edition Video: Waco, TX mail delivery suspended after dogs bite mailman - PEN Modesto mail carrier thwarts rock-throwing thief, saves wedding - Carrier gets stolen package back for customer - Modesto Bee Memories of the way the post office used to be - Johnson City Press PEN HOME	Custom PEN Search

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