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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN

DECEMBER 2009
 

December 31, 2009
Obama: Letter Carriers to Deliver Medical Countermeasures
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Postal Service OIG Workers Compensation Fraud Campaign -

December 30, 2009
Postal workers, Andrews, take fight to save Logan USPS facility to court - Also see Union: Leave mail jobs in Logan -

Postal Accounting Snafus Might Be Bad News for Publishers
Dead Tree Edition -

A Pathetic Way to Treat a Public Service
“A picture may be worth a thousand words, but when it’s a picture of a USPS retail-operation facade, what does it represent? What does it symbolize?” -

Head of Pittsfield post office reassigned
A postal official confirmed Tuesday that the officer in charge of the Pittsfield Post Office is due to be reassigned to the Great Barrington Post Office, but a formal explanation for the transfer was not immediately available. Original Article -

Postal Service Announces Plans To Consolidate CFS Sites - Read USPS Letter -

December 29, 2009
Conn. postal worker killed by tree felled by wind -

USPS Loss $255 Million In November and $476 Million So Far in 2009 (PDF) -

W.Va. man gets 4 months over bomb threat -

December 28, 2009
OIG: Total Factor Productivity (TFP) -

Postal Service as Editorial Fodder
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer asks "Can this system be saved? The answer is yes. However, it cannot survive as it does now. It is also clear from other countries that a postal service can provide universal service, even places as remote as the Australian outback and the Arctic areas of Canada at a uniform price. Put another way, is it time we privatized the postal service? I think the answer here is yes as well but not in the manner that you are thinking." -

Less junk mail means cuts for U.S. Postal Service -

OIG: Management Advisory – Saved Grade Status and Temporary Assignments – Postal Service Headquarters
Survey says - USPS HQ does no wrong. (What? were you expecting another result?) -

I'm from the government, and I'm here to help
You know the gig -- neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, blah, blah, blah. Or is it hah, hah, hah? For the second year in a row, our crack Postal Service had inexplicably switched carrier routes at the busiest time of the year. -

December 27, 2009
APWU Wins Work Assignment Dispute Against Mail Handlers Union (PDF) -

Postal Service isn't perfect, but is there a better answer?
Asked if they would like to take over the postal service FedEx said ''That's not something we would comment on,'' a company spokeswoman, Ann Saccomano, cagily replied. ''It's speculative.''  And UPS said "''We believe that the government plays a role in terms of ensuring that every mailbox is reached every day,'' he said. ''That is not a responsibility that UPS would want.'' -

Mitigation or Demotion for this Postal Supervisor? -

December 26, 2009
Hacker Valley post office sparks national inquiry -

CALIFORNIA PLANT REDUCES WINDOW OF OPERATIONS -

December 25, 2009
Senate-Passed Health Bill Safeguards FEHBP Risk-Pool, But Taxes Premiums
NAPUS Newsletter via PostCom -

Postal Service deserves respect
San Antonio Express-News -

December 24, 2009
City Delivery Efficiency Review – San Francisco Napoleon Street Station
Now here's another must read for carriers. Did you know that you may be wasting more than 7 minutes per day by not loading your satchel with your first delivery? Or 2 or more minutes waiting to use the time clock. Or...well, this report should enlighten you. -

New Math Equals to Prison Time for Former Part-Time Carrier
OIG Site -

December 23, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Gunman holds hostages in Wytheville Post Office
- Video at site
An armed man in a wheelchair took five hostages Wednesday at a post office in western Virginia, forcing officials to cordon off three blocks of a downtown filled with holiday shoppers. Shots were fired, but there were no reports of injuries. -

NAPS Accuses USPS of Lowering Managers Performance Ratings (PDF) -

Rasmussen Reports: 28% Using Postal Service Less This Holiday Season -

December 22, 2009
Making sure the US Postal Service delivers
Christian Science Monitor -

Holiday Classic Tunes at a Post Office Near You

Mini-JCAM - Profits Go to M.D.A.
The Florida State Association of Letter Carriers in conjunction with The Central Florida Letter Carriers are offering a Reduced Size 2009 JCAM Bound with Larger Print. This Manual is UNION printed. Please click link to view the flyer and more information.

EDITORIAL: Not going postal
The Washington Times says "This is government bureaucracy at its worst. The Postal Service cannot compete with private rivals FedEx or UPS despite having nearly 700,000 subsidized employees, a monopoly on first-class mail and the sole right to use every Americans' mailbox." -

Former postal worker accused of threatening to blow up post office -

A Clear Picture
Burrus Update: A recent study [PDF] by the Postal Service proudly reports the low cost of processing automated letters: just $6.17 per 1,000 pieces. What the analysis neglects to mention, however, is the wide disparity between USPS processing costs and the discounts the Postal Service grants major mailers for “worksharing.” -

The Cost of Reducing the Workforce
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -

December 21, 2009
Paying More to Send U.S. Mail at U.P.S. Stores
Posing as customers, reporters for The New York Times visited several U.P.S. stores last week looking to mail an item by Priority Mail — one of the postal service’s signature offerings. In nearly every instance, they were quoted prices well above the government postal rate, and only one of them was told they were paying a premium for the convenience of using a U.P.S. Store. -

CATO Institute says "Postal Employees Live It Up"
These are not rare lapses by a usually frugal USPS management. The inspector general has issued fourteen audits in the last three years with similar findings. -

Two Postmasters Indicted by Grand Jury -

December 20, 2009
USPS Plans To Root Out Sex Offenders
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SICK LEAVE CREDIT FOR FERS EMPLOYEES
USPS News Link -

Why does the U.S. Postal Service exist?
PEN Ed: Sorry readers, I removed this articles link. I just could not send more visitors to this persons blog and have her earn any additional income from your visit.  -

Time to privatize the Postal Service?
LA Times -

December 19, 2009
Report finds 'imprudent spending' at Postal Service
More on this story from CNN Special Investigations Unit -

Customers question postal service's efficiency during holidays
Dayton Daily News -

House bill invests $2B in electric vehicles for USPS
Federal Times -

December 18, 2009
Trying to get answers from Postal Service frustrating
Berkshire Eagle - If you can't get concrete answers from your local post office, who do you call for help? That may be the $64,000 question. -

Wal-Mart backs off extra charge for APO/FPO shipping
See original story: Some retailers inflating costs to ship to APO addresses -

USPS cutting losses, targets Saturday delivery
FederalNewsRadio.com - Leaders at the Postal Service say they're going to ask Congress to end Saturday mail delivery next year in order to save money. The formal proposal could come soon in the new year. Pat Donahoe, Deputy Postmaster General, told the Federal Drive the Saturday elimination is what the customers would rather have. -

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be mail sorters
PEN broke this story 12/15 - Postal Clerks Included In The 30 Occupations With The Largest Employment Declines, 2008-18 -

Postmasters: Closure of mail sorting center won't slow service -

December 17, 2009
Post office supervisor pleads guilty to embezzlement and theft charges
Audry Mae Simmons, 57, of Sacramento has ended her 22-year career with the U.S. Postal Service not with a retirement party but a guilty plea to charges she stole cash from the customer counter drawers of the Perkins Station Post Office in Sacramento. -

A holiday message from PMG Jack Potter -

Postal Service's National Reassessment Process
Federal News Radio - Listen to Phil Herr - the Director of the Physical Infrastructure Team at GAO, which reviewed the Postal Service's "National Reassessment Process." -

Former Contract Carrier Sentenced to Prison
Also see Ex-postal carrier given probation for not delivering mail -

Postal supervisor stole student mail -

Make the appointed rounds
Editorial: Berkshire Eagle
If the United States Postal Service can deal with wind, rain, sleet and snow it should be able to handle darkness. The inability of the Postal Service to deliver mail to some sectors of Pittsfield in a timely fashion is indefensible, the challenges of the Christmas season notwithstanding. Original Story - PEN Ed: Yes, and turkeys should  be able to fly long distances right around the end of November each year. -

December 16, 2009
Postal workers handling holiday mail worry their jobs are fragile -

USPS Cuts List of Stations Considered for Closure to 168 -

Connecticut Post Office Hiding Mail -

APWU Appeals to Arbitration USPS Decision to Subcontract FSM 1000 Modifications -

December 15, 2009
USPS Seeks Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Investigators -

Taxing Your Health Premiums
Federal News radio says ""The bottom line is that the Senate bill will NOT increase premiums paid by federal workers. In fact, it will decrease them. And it will decrease premiums by more than it reduces benefits. Most workers and annuitants will come out ahead, many far ahead!," he said." -

Postal Clerks Included In The 30 Occupations With The Largest Employment Declines, 2008-18 -

Costa Mesa's T3 Motion delivers 'green' mail service -

GAO Study: The Program for Reassessing Work Provided to Injured Postal Employees Is Under Way, but Actions Are Needed to Improve Program Management -

December 14, 2009
Fewer Than 170 Offices Remain Candidates for Consolidation
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Neither rain, wind stop postal protest -

It's The Busiest Mailing Day Of The Year -

Congress and the Postal Service
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -

Rep. Massa: Postal Service not being honest about Elmira consolidation -

Richmond-area nonprofits express concern about Postal Service delivery problems -

December 13, 2009
Union leader claims Waterbury post office overwhelmed, hiding leftover mail in closets -

Mail Carrier Haunted By Brutal Attack On Job -
See video: Mail Carrier: Heavy Clothing Saved My Life

December 12, 2009
Senate Democrats Focus on FEHBP as Potential Vehicle for “Public Option”
- NAPUS Newsletter -

Updated: The Unofficial Guide to Flats Sequencing
Dead Tree says "Is the Flats Sequencing System going to revolutionize the Postal Service’s handling of catalogs and magazines or is it destined for failure? Good question. The evidence is mixed, partly because USPS has been forthcoming about some aspects of FSS but secretive about others."  -

Department of Labor to Reconsider Bush’s Last-Minute FMLA Changes -

Mail carrier attacked on Dorchester route
Boston.com -

Postal Service Processes Billionth Intelligent Mail Piece -

Is the Future in Letter Mail?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -

Here We Go Again!
See related article: Is the Future in Letter Mail? -

OIG: Making a Point – About Delivery Point Sequencing -

APWU, Other Federal Unions Assail Senate Bill’s Excise Tax on Healthcare -

Also see: NALC Joins Teamsters, CWA, NEA and UFCW In Urging Senate to Drop Tax on Health Plans

MPD Chief's Brother (a letter carrier) Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges -

USPS employee? Filed a grievance?
Federal Times is looking for postal employees who have filed grievances against USPS. Don’t care what the outcome was - whether you won, you lost, or the complaint is still pending. -

More than a dozen postal workers don't know where they'll be working at the end of this month -

Revenue Protection
USPS OIG Blog -

OIG Audit Report – Imprudent Purchases and Management Instruction on Expenses for Internal and External Events
OIG states...Based on our review of judgmentally selected transactions, we identified over $792,000 in purchases that were not made in accordance with Postal Service policy and over $54,000 in imprudent purchases. PEN Ed: This report is a MUST read - you will not believe the money USPS spent on meals, hotel rooms, and other perks. -

Ex-postal inspector illegally mails booze, ammunition -

3-Car Bronx Crash with Mail Truck Kills Woman and Leaves Tom Brokaw and Wife Unhurt -

Most Wanted Posters Not Wanted By Post Office -

'Dear Santa' letters are being shredded at post offices
...just 35 of 38,000 post offices nationwide are participating in Operation Santa -

Joan Najbar Incident Reflects Badly on the United States Postal Service -

Google Launches FREE Holiday Postcard Service
Google says..."This holiday season, as a token of our appreciation to our most enthusiastic fans, we'll snail-mail a free holiday postcard on your behalf. Yes, through the mail and everything." Send Your Card -

USPS goal: Reduce petroleum use by 2% a year
Federal Times -

Dead Tree Edition Not Dead Yet!

Rural carrier associate charged with 27 counts of burglary -

BOLD STEPS NEEDED TO PREVENT POSTAL SERVICE INSOLVENCY - (PDF) Mailers Council -

Post Office Reviving Santa Letters
NY Times -

Rag Content says the Future Business Model report submitted by USPS is just "More of the same" -

Michigan postal workers in limbo from consolidation -

Flats Sequencing Forecast: Cloudy With a Chance of Bravado  - Dead Tree Edition - Also see The Unofficial Guide to Flats Sequencing -

Financial Insolvency
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -

THE TASK AHEAD: A DEFINITION OF NEEDS
Perspective offered by Gene Del Polito -

USPS Report on the Future Business Model of the Postal Service
The United States Postal Service® is facing the most urgent financial challenge in its history. Unfortunately, the tools it has to respond to the challenge are not sufficient. Constraints imposed by current laws and regulations make it nearly impossible for the Postal Service to successfully respond to the combined effects of the economic recession, the diversion of mail to electronic alternatives, and the statutory requirement that it pre-pay $5.4 to $5.8 billion every year through 2017 to a future retirees’ health benefits fund. Fundamental restructuring of the Postal Service’s business and regulatory framework is essential. -

FEHBP Premiums: Only Half The Story
Federal News Radio -

Delivering Dreams One Letter at a Time
USPS & Disney Make Holiday Wishes Come True -

Soldier's mother sues government and USPS
A Duluth peace activist is suing the federal government and the U.S. Postal Service for negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress after a letter she mailed to her soldier son in Iraq was allegedly returned to her with the word “Deceased’’ stamped in red ink on the envelope. -

Carrier Driving Drunk Hits TN State Trooper Head-On
Related: Vehicular Assault -

We “Advertise” for You?
The OIG blog asks "In these times of doing what it takes to maintain fiscal solvency, what if the Postal Service started selling its prime advertising real estate to generate revenue? -


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December 29, 2009
- CNY readers defend U.S. postal system
- KY Postal Employee Indicted for Theft of Mail
- TN woman suspect in mail fraud case

December 28, 2009
- Environmental responsibility nets big dividends for Erie VMF and the Postal Service

December 27, 2009
- Joe Namath’s Dogs Attack UPS Driver
  Not news - just for the fun of it. -

December 26, 2009
- Families surprised by Express Mail on Christmas
- Aurora mail carrier swaps blues for Santa suit to deliver Christmas packages

December 25, 2009
- Court documents: Standoff suspect angry at government -
- Boulder sheriff: Mail thief strikes 375 mountain-area homes

December 24, 2009
- Postal Carriers Battle Holiday Rush, Mother Nature
- $10,000 reward offered after mail collection box stolen
- Suspect in custody after 8-hour standoff in Wytheville post office

December 23, 2009
- Mail carrier sentenced to prison
- Snow Won't Stop Christmas Deliveries, Carriers Say

December 22, 2009
- Postal service official: Charleston building not for sale or set to close
- Postal employee indicted on theft charges
- Postal rules take a toll on senders

December 21, 2009
- Consolidation list identifying Central Point, Medford offices for consolidation puts carriers on the offensive
- SANTA IN BLUE: Postal workers continue one man's charity
- Letters to Santa Going Unread

December 20, 2009
- Federal government closed Monday due to snow
- U.S. Postal truck was taken during robbery

December 19, 2009
- Bad Post Office. Good Post Office

December 18, 2009
- Post office closures loom
- Shares of FedEx Fall After It Posts a 30% Decline in Profit
- Holiday card business is chilled by the economic downturn
- Mums the Word: Postal Service Employee Does the "2 Street Strut" in New Years Day Parade

December 17, 2009
- For mailings Dec. 22–25: USPS adjusts Express Mail refund eligibility
- Time for Postal Service fleet to go green, lawmaker says
- Postal worker attacked by dogs - see video
- Postal plan prompts protest

December 16, 2009
- Marriage, Divorce, Birth, Death
- Armed man robs mail carrier, police say
- Ex-postal employee charged in confrontation with deputy
- House-sized boulder falls on road, just misses postal worker
- Resident miffed by lack of mail

December 15, 2009
- USPS suspends mail delivery to neighborhood
- Postal Heroes
- Postal Service Governor Alan Kessler Reappointed
- Closing Post Offices ... in Switzerland
- Feds, troops owe $3 billion in unpaid taxes

December 14, 2009
- Deaf postal worker greets customers with a smile
- W.Va. postal workers wait to hear about jobs
- Deadbeat feds: Employees owe Uncle Sam $3B in unpaid taxes
- Robber of Houston Postal Truck Sketch

December 13, 2009
- Postal workers warn of delivery delays if Marysville center closes
- Post office is Grinch for Rutland mailman

December 12, 2009
- Purolator USA, Canadian in the US Parcel Market
- Citizens Voice Concerns at Meeting about Proposed Changes in Postal Service
- USPS Responds to Postal Workers Claims

December 11, 2009
- Former postal carrier charged with stealing Muncie mail -
- Our Declining U.S. Postal Service -
- 2 W. Pa. postal cashiers indicted for stealing -
- USPS Expands Online Accident Reporting, Injury Claims Process -
- AT&T Government Solutions wins $120M U.S. Postal Service Contract
- Employee is named "An Instrument of Peace"
- Open Season ends soon
  Compare Health Plans
- Postal Workers Will Learn Fate in January

December 10, 2009
- Former Postal Employee Roy Rondeno, Sr. To Have Louisiana Avenue Post Office Named After Him -
- Holiday mail declines due to economy, e-mail -
- OIG: LA at Financial Risk -
Also See: USPS misused over $4.86 million in no-fee money orders -
- Postal Service defends closure study
- Man struck by mail truck
- Postal Museum: “The Lost Symbol” in Stamps

December 09, 2009
- Sen. Collins questions moves by post office -
- Former postmaster gets probation for theft -
- Proof that Dead Tree Edition is not dead yet
- Elderly Residents Angry Over Moved Mailbox
- Perriello: Halt mail facility closure
- Gift cards no gift if they don't arrive to recipients

December 08, 2009
- The United States Postal Service is horrible
  PEN: Article by another clueless person -
- House Passes Bill To Raise Funds For Endangered Species Through New Postage Stamp -
- Returned to senders! Mailman is back at Cadman Towers -
- FSA Tax Break in Trouble?
- USPS launches sweeping re-evaluation of business model -
- Is It Time to Sell FedEx?
- 'Going postal' the right way, every day

December 07, 2009
- Local fisherman finds mail dumped -
- Clarksville, TN Residents Fight to Save Post Office
- Honoring USPS Veterans

December 06, 2009
- Letters to Santa: Post office won't help deliver holiday joy -

December 05, 2009
- Mailing to Santa -
- Mail Call - Boosting Troop Morale
- Stephens County Ex-Postal Employee Under Investigation
- Bridgewater mailman shot by BB gun
- Orlando Postal Workers Pickett Closure Plans

December 04, 2009
- Eau Claire post office reaches settlement with OSHA -
- FedEx to raise Ground, Home Delivery rates -
- Earning Profits in Local Delivery -
- GAO: Parts of USPS Intelligent Mail program running behind schedule -
- Japan Blocks Postal Service Privatization

December 03, 2009
- USPS employee charged with child porn -
- L.A. Postal Workers Continue 'Dear Santa' Letters
- 2 W. Seneca youths held in threats to mailman
- The High Price of Doing Nothing (during open season) - Also see Help with the homework on health plans
- Olivehurst Braces for Possible Mail Center Closure
- USPS Hurricane Katrina Evacuee Retires After 52 Years of Service

December 02, 2009
- Saginaw postal workers plan an informational picket Thursday 12.03.09 -
- USPS mail tracking system doesn't deliver -
- Specifics scarce at hearing in Kalamazoo on postal-consolidation plan -
- Postal service may consolidate Frederick operations
- Mail carrier dies after roll over in LaFayette, NY
- Avery Dennison and Stamps.com Debut Complete Internet Mailing and Shipping Solution

December 01, 2009
- 3 armed men assault mail carrier -
- WA Post Office Goes Postal on Worker Over Netflix
  FindLaw.com -
- Sentence in post office robbery
- $50K Reward Offered In Postal Truck Robbery
- New website POSTAL JOURNAL

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