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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
November 2012 News
November 30,
2012 -
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New GAO
reports provide further evidence that cuts to
FECA benefits are unfair
Congress
Acts on Meaningful Postal Legislation (Just
Kidding) - Courier Express
and Postal Observer
Guffey
Asks Members to Send Congress a Message: Extend
Tax Cuts for Americans Making Less Than $250,000
Employee:
Postal Workers Won Powerball
NJ
truck-cleaning firm guilty of dumping dirty
water from postal vehicles into Pa. creek
Federal
retirements spike as baby boomers retire,
economy stabilizes
Postal
Service goes green, saves customers green
Area
lawmaker weighs in on US Postal Service fiscal
cliff - WREX.com
Northrop
Grumman Awarded USPS Contract Worth Over $30
Million
November 29,
2012 -
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Dead Tree
Edition: Politicking Leads To Profitable October
for USPS
Shots
fired at postal van in Ensley, Alabama
Postmaster
General: "We're facing our own fiscal cliff"
Dead Tree
Edition: USPS Underestimates How Many Employees
Will Take the Money and Run, Poll Says
Postal
Service wins key ruling in fight with workers
over Eagan locker sizes
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Attacked
BC postal worker on wild ride to keep stolen
truck
November 28,
2012 -
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Manufacturing Emergencies: An open letter to the
PRC on post office suspensions
- Save the Post
Postal
Inspection Service investigating Champion Post
Office incident
APWU: FERS
Employees May Be Eligible for Annuity Supplement
Postal
chief lays out plan for agency survival
Postal
Service gets anemic response to EAS early
retirement offer - Federal
Times
Eliminate
Postal Service prefunding, not service
- Washington Examiner
Detroit
man admits to counterfeiting US Postal Service
checks
Postal
cuts impact Washington's all-mail election
system
November 27,
2012 -
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GAO:
Federal Employees’ Compensation Act: Analysis of
Proposed Program Changes and Analysis of
Proposed Changes on USPS Beneficiaries
APWU:
Retirement incentive offer deadline
Rural
Revolution: Greater Indiana District sees surge
in Village Post Offices
EDITORIAL:
The mailman vs. FedEx -
Washington Times
Federal
agents say a Detroit ex-convict has admitted
creating phony U.S. Postal Service checks that
were cashed for more than $100,000
Ailing
U.S. Postal Service Tries to Avoid Twinkie’s
Fate - Bloomberg
$155
million spent on feds doing union work
- Federal Times
Postal
Service Accepting Pre-Orders for the
Emancipation Proclamation’s 150th Anniversary
Forever Stamp
Postal
management doesn't get it
Need great
as Operation Santa starts 100th year
APWU
Expands Electronic Grievance Pilot
November 26,
2012 -
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Postal
Service rolling out same-day delivery
- Memphis Business Journal
Postal
Service cuts could affect state's mail-in voting
- Seattle Times
Lakewood
Ranch retiree directed postal service activities
overseas
Rural post
office in limbo due to USPS problems
November 25,
2012 -
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The Hidden
Benefit of Postal Service Retirement
- Dead Tree Edition
The Postal
Service Should Go... Now
Postal dis-service
Man Throws
"Bomb" Over Post Office Counter, Is Arrested
November 24,
2012 -
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Postal
losses: Congress can't solve simple problems
Postal
Service Tests Same Day Delivery
USPS Ready
to Deliver on Record Spending Cyber Monday
November 23,
2012 -
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$15,000
USPS buyout so far attracts 20,000-plus workers
- Federal Times
Postcard
mailed in 1943 finally arrives
- USA TODAY
November 22,
2012 -
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Thanksgiving message for employees from PMG
Donahoe
Members of
Congress Ask President to Spare Federal Workers
from Additional Cuts
U.S.
Postal Service will have to make tough calls to
survive
November 21,
2012 -
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New
technologies key to Postal Service
revitalization - Federal News
Radio
FL postal
worker unharmed after attack
GrayHair
Software launches postal data validation
application
USPS
hiring freeze hurts veterans, postal workers say
November 20,
2012 -
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Obama’s
union allies work to pull negotiations over
‘fiscal cliff’ to the left
‘We’re
Already Paying,’ Federal, Postal Worker Groups
Remind Congress
Gloucester, VA mail carriers win harassment
claim
Some
Village Post Offices Disappointed With Lack Of
Business
Federal-Postal Coalition: No Federal Workforce
Pay Cuts for ‘Fiscal Cliff’
National
Newspaper Association opposes forced
‘full-service’ mail tracking barcodes proposal
USPS: Is
There Really a Santa Claus?
Congress
Is Fixin' To Fix the Postal Service
- Dead Tree Edition
Do U.S.
Postal Consumers Receive Adequate Protections?
OIG:
Naming Rights, Retail Ad Space and Other Ideas
How to
Improve the Timing of Direct Mail
USPS
RELEASES UPDATED NETWORK CONSOLIDATION LIST
Former
Knox Co. postal worker indicted for stealing
mail
November 18-19,
2012
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How
Congress Plans to Pass USPS Reform in the Lame
Duck Session - Courier
Express and Postal Observer
Postal
employee stole $49,000 worth of items, sold half
on eBay
Mailman
'snaps' at island driver
Nothing
stays these couriers: Postal workers deliver
during Sandy - Save the Post
Office
Lawmakers
scramble to finish postal service fix
- The Hill
Postal
Service just can't deliver excitement
Postal
carrier in critical condition following M-5
mishap
November 17,
2012
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POStPlan
becomes a reality: Hours cut at hundreds of
offices today, thousands more after the holidays
- Save the Post Office - Also see
Network
Rationalization Update, with detailed schedule
of changes
NALC
President: Financial crisis at the Postal
Service is largely political in nature
NALC
comment on OPM valuation of the USPS FERS
pension fund
Postal
Bill in Lame Duck Session? Déjà vu All Over
Again! - NAPUS Newsletter
NALC:
Misguided compromise proposal misses the mark
Sen. Joseph Lieberman called a bipartisan
meeting of House and Senate leaders to discuss
his alarming idea to allow the U.S. Postal
Service to end Saturday mail delivery service
but retain package delivery service on that day.
TN Postal
Carrier Killed In Head On Crash
An Easy
Task for Congress: Save the Post Office
- The Nation
Regulator
approves penny increase in stamp price
Postal
Service back for record $14 billion subsidy
Stamps.com
beats up the US Postal Service
November 16,
2012
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Standard
Mail Proposed Rates Rejected by PRC
- Postal Affairs Blog
Lieberman
and Issa Talking Compromise on Postal Reform
- Courier Express and Postal Observer
20,000
postal clerks take a buyout -
Federal Times
USPS Loss,
Hostess Bankruptcy Due To Greedy Unions?
Despite
$15.9 billion loss, U.S. Postal Service execs
see boost in pay
Postal
Service Drain Leaves Week’s Pay as Paltry
Cushion
Postmaster
General: Congress should tackle postal bill
before fiscal cliff
Response
to Buyout Offer Better Than USPS Expected
- Dead Tree Edition
If the
USPS Is In Trouble, Why Did Mailing Industry
Stocks Rise Sharply?
Postal
worker gets 2 years supervised release for
thefts
Race
Against The Clock: Postal Service to Try
Same-Day Service for Online Orders
Bogus US
Postal Virus Email Attacking Computers Across
Minnesota
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November 15,
2012
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U.S.
Postal Service on a ‘Tightrope’ Lost $15.9
Billion -
Also see
Postal Service $15.9
Billion Loss Highlights Urgent Need for
Legislative Reform in Congressional Lame Duck
Session from USPS
Political
mailers and long routes force USPS mail carriers
out late, again
New Poll:
How Many Postal Workers Will Take the USPS/APWU
Buyout Incentive? - Dead Tree
Edition
Royal Oak
postal workers mark 21st anniversary of infamous
shooting — a ‘preventable tragedy'
GAO:
Contract Postal Units – Analysis of Location,
Service, and Financial Characteristics
Mail
Handler Contract Update #14
Postal
Service partners with PERF to aid Sandy Victims
PRBA Lauds U.S. Postal Service
Decision Allowing the International Air Shipment of Electronics with Small
Lithium Batteries
FTC Sues Company Advertising in
Tucson for Jobs with the U.S. Postal Service
USPS pension surplus looks much
smaller than originally thought
Former Postal Union Treasurer Admits
Stealing $22719 From Local 65
November 14,
2012
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New
marketing chief helps USPS practice what it
preaches - Federal News Radio
Kicking
Can on Postal Service No Option as Financial
Chasm Looms
Two plead
guilty to kidnapping, robbing Taft postal worker
Hurricane
Sandy Challenges Postal Operations
- Postal Affairs
Blog
Postal
carrier admits stealing benefits
US Postal
Service Hiring Throughout Central Florida
Projected
Post Office Pension Surplus Shrinks
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TSP
annuity options for Postal Service early-out
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OPM plans
changes in weather-related notices to employees
November 13,
2012
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APWU Suit
Prompts USPS To Postpone MVS Subcontracting in
CA
OIG:
Making Voting Quick, Easy and Convenient
Emergency
Leave Transfer Program Established for Federal
Employees Affected by Hurricane Sandy
On A
Postal Note - Guest Writer -
Ronald Williams, Jr.
November 12,
2012
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Issa holds
out hope for postal reform this Congress
- Government Executive
Federal
employee bills on plate of lame duck Congress
- Washington Post
Former
U.S. Postal Service worker is facing sentencing
for assaulting the Hartford postmaster
Holler for
help: There's no stopping emergency suspensions
- Save the Post Office
Superstorm
Sandy's Seven Lessons About Print Media
- Dead Tree Edition
Shame on
the Clarkson Post Office – Total Disrespect to
our Veterans
Postal
Worker Approved for FMLA Leave, But Fired for
Absences Unrelated to FMLA
Postal
Service has been unfairly burdened
November 11,
2012
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Rural
carrier killed in crash
Mail,
money and murder - Postal service under pressure
as scammers move in
Postal
Service cracks down on mailbox thefts
A Race
Against the Clock, Again, in Package Delivery
November 10,
2012
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Postal
Service defends Denver mail carrier who steps
past dead man
Former
postmaster ordered to repay $51,162 stolen from
Postal Service
Postal
cutbacks hard but necessary -
Omaha World-Herald
November 09,
2012
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Postal
reform bill unlikely to pass this year
- Federal Times
A Postal
Service worker who is accused of stealing at
least two iPhones from postal packages had his
bail revoked
Postal
Service sees holiday packages up 20 percent
Military
postal system in Korea criticized in drug
smuggling case
November 08,
2012
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USPS
Announces Moratorium on DUO and POStPlan
Implementation
Postal
Service Forecasts Record Holiday Shipping Surge
Postal
Service Ceremony Pays Tribute to Veterans
Post
office employee suffers electric shock, falls 16
feet, taken to hospital with minor injuries
No More
Political Mail
Get all
the facts - Be prepared for FEHB open season
OIG: USPS
Officer Compensation for Calendar Year 2011
(PDF)
FSS Is
Saving Big Bucks, USPS Claims
- Dead Tree Edition
POStPlan
Implementation: 5,600 offices under review,
hours to be reduced at 500 on November 17
- Save the Post Office
November 07,
2012
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Judge
orders Ky. business to stop advertising fake
help for Postal Service jobs
No new
buyouts on Postal Service horizon
- Federal News Radio
495 Post
Offices Expected to be Affected by POStPlan
Implementation on November 17
PMG
discusses state of the business
The
Benefits Of Retiring Later
Also see
The Best
Day to Retire From Now Until 2020
Colin
named acting Eastern Area VP
November 06,
2012
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Postal
Service Urges Evacuated Postal Customers to
Provide New Address for Alternate Mail Delivery
OIG:
Political campaign mail: Does the mailbox
influence the ballot box?
Should You
Designate Beneficiaries For Your Federal
Benefits?
Postal
Service countersues Northrop for contract
overruns
Former
postal employee pleads guilty to mail theft and
tampering
November 05,
2012
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USPS
demands $394 million from Northrop in contract
lawsuit - Federal Times
Unions
cool to Senate postal bill, but give to its
backers
Man gets
71 months in prison for mailing 5.6 million
items without postage
VIDEO:
Alabama mail carrier's vehicle bursts into
flames
USPS
reform possible, but Congress must act soon
- Federal Times
Post office should stand and deliver
(customer rant)
November 04,
2012
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Family
finds Staten Island Hurricane Sandy victim, a
postal employee, in flooded basement
Some
postal workers are getting a raise
- Govexec.com
U.S.
Postal Service Considering Billing Board Of
Election For Absentee Ballot Postage Confusion
- Ohio
Charges
fly in Oregon secretary of state race over rules
for ballots lacking postage
November 03,
2012
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USPS says
Northrop should be on the hook for contract
overruns - Federal News Radio
Hurricane
Sandy and USPS Efforts to Recover - How Mailers
Can Help - Postal Affairs
Blog
Post-storm
mail service finds new ways to deliver
November 02,
2012
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Deluge of
mailings a nuisance for Ohioans
Postal
workers take 'extraordinary measures' to deliver
mail after Sandy - Federal
News Radio
Postal
carrier headed to trial for groping
APWU: Pay
Raise Set for Nov. 17
Senate
candidates address federal employee issues
NALC
Interest Arbitration Update
Postal
workers consider buyout
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NAPUS:
Administrative (APO) and Remotely Managed Post
Office (RMPO) Training and Responsibilities
Briefing Scheduled with USPS Headquarters Next
Week
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Tell
Congress to save the postal service
November 01, 2012
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How the
Postal Service foundered: Parceling out the
responsibility - Save the
Post Office
Man who
spat in postal clerk’s face sentenced to time
served
Video:
Postal carrier displays Obama sign in mail truck
Postmaster
General urges quick action in lame duck session
USPS set
to expand use of lobby assistants and
self-service kiosks
Preserving
rural mail service
Postal
Service to Cut Trucker Jobs on Flimsy
Environmental Pretext
Postal
Service acknowledges Birmingham, AL absentee
ballot problem
Wolcott.
CT man hits mail carrier
USPS
Cleanup After Hurricane Sandy
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Postal
officials offer holiday 'mail-by' dates
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