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November 2014 News
November 30, 2014
PMG Video: Game Day 2014
- Also see:
Video: Behind the Scenes - It's Our Season
- PEN
Border Smugglers Using US Postal Service to Ship
Drugs, Court Records Show
US postal workers fight cutbacks, union busting
- The Militant
Letter Carriers To Pick Up Donated Toys
- The Ledger
Demolition of letter carrier museum postponed
- SF Gate
November 29, 2014
U.S. Postal Service hires fewer workers than both
FedEx and UPS despite delivering more packages
than those two companies combined - Entrepreneur
Michelle Obama's fitness program had a bunch of
stamps made, but they sit in a USPS storage facility
- NY Post
How's the exigent rate increase doing?
- Save the Post Office
New policy has USPS customers seeing red
- Sun Journal
November 28, 2014
Don't blame the postal clerk
- The Denver Post
Postal Service must combat change of address
fraud
- News Press
Postal Service needs reform -
The Advocate
November 27, 2014
NAPUS: SAVED HOUR SALARY EXTENSION FOR LEVEL 6
INCUMBENT POSTMASTERS
- PEN
Former Postal Employee Sentenced for Tax Fraud
- WTXL ABC TV
Long, slow holiday lines put the snail in mail
- Star Tribune
Thanksgiving By the Numbers -
Intelisent Postal Affairs Blog
November 26, 2014
Video: The Secret Inside the Postal Service
It’s a story the U.S. Postal Service did not want us to tell
you: Sexual assaults committed not just by customers and strangers, but by
postal employees against other postal employees. - PEN
Video: Union Questions USPS Over Controversial
Emergency Policy - PEN
NALC: October 2014 Results: $633 million YTD
Operating Income - PEN
Video: Start-Up "Doorman" Pledges to Keep
Delivery Packages Safe - PEN
Audio: Investigative Reporter Interviews 2 Postal
Employees Regarding Retaliation - Federal News Radio
How UPS and FedEx Will Deal with Late Christmas
Orders -eCommerce Bytes
November 25, 2014
IG: Nearly a third of USPS contract drivers don't
hold valid security clearances - Fierce
Government
APWU Demands Info on Emergency Procedures
- PEN
APWU President: One Year In: Looking Back,
Looking Forward - PEN
Young People Love the Postal Service Best
- APWU news via PEN
Video: Postal Robberies Skyrocketing
- PEN
Video: Post office putting on “full court press”
to get caught up - PEN
‘Going Postal’ Over Data Breach Response: Union
Files Failure-to-Bargain Charge With NLRB Against USPS
- JD Supra
Ex-Idaho City postmaster gets jail after
‘staggering breach of trust’ - Idaho Statesman
Postal problems plague Lumberton, TX
- 12 News Now
National Trust joins Berkeley in suit against
Postal Service - Save the Post Office
Dead Tree Edition: Postal Service Starts Fiscal
Year With a Bang
November 24, 2014
Thanksgiving Letter from PMG Pat Donahoe
- PEN
Credit-monitoring codes sent to employees
- PEN
NALC Legislative Update
- PEN
Revamped usps.com offers easier access
- PEN
Mailers Technical Advisory Committee November
Open Session Presentations - Intelisent Postal Affairs
Blog
USPS ELM: 2014 Open Season and Other Benefits and
Payroll Election Opportunities also see
Health Benefits Open Season
ELM: USPS Non-Career Employee Health Benefits
Plan Open Season
ELM: Flexible Spending Accounts 2014 Open Season:
November 10–December 21, 2014
ELM: Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement — Changing
Your Current Mailing Address
ELM: Annual Leave Exchange Option
USPS Played Cat And Mouse With Cyber Attacker
- Information Week
New Postmaster’s Goal: Act Like Private Sector
- PEN
U.S. Postal Service Holiday Ad Shows It’s Ready
for Game Time - WSJ
Video: Snow Delays Mail Delivery in Hard Hit
Areas, Across Western New York - PEN
Survey: Postal Service gets stamp of approval
- Albuquerque Business First
Two charts that show how Americans view key
federal agencies - The Washington Post
New postmaster general faces lots of turmoil as
more cuts loom nationwide - The Kansas City Star
Online shopping spurs York's post offices to
deliver on Sundays - York Dispatch
November 23, 2014
Video: SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED FOR CHRISTMAS
- a Christmas movie from Hallmark - PEN
Video: FSU gunman mailed 10 packages before
shooting, postal inspectors say - PEN
Utica, NY postal worker arrested for DWI, while
on the job - CNY Central
A year after Rock Hill native postman killed
outside DC, still no arrest - Rock Hill Herald Online
Lufkin mail carrier shot, Dallas USPS
investigating - KCBD News Channel 11 Lubbock
Mailman Charged With Distributing Methamphetamine
While On His Texas Delivery - The Smoking Gun
Why Congress should not get out of the way of the
Postal Service - Save the Post Office
U.S. mail about to get slower
- Mansfield News Journal
Delivering mail hard on Scion’s brakes
- Car Talk - Albuquerque Journal News
Man Wielding Baseball Bat Robs Postal Worker and
then a 14-Year-Old Boy - DNAinfo.com Chicago
The
FedEx Driver Who Sued And Won - Laredo Sun
November 22, 2014
Video: Drug traffickers target the post office
- PEN
Video: SC Postal Carrier Saves Woman's Life
- PEN
Georgia Letter Carrier Sentenced to 15 Years in
Prison for Plotting Robbery of Fellow Postal Worker
- PEN
Postal Service Letters FROM Santa Program Keeps
Children’s Holiday Spirit Alive - PEN
Lawmaker: Delayed notification of postal hacking
‘doesn’t fly’ - Washington Post
November 21, 2014
Video: Gallup Says USPS Is America's Highest
Rated Gov't Agency - PEN
Video: Audit says the San Francisco Processing
and Distribution Center is inefficient and overstaffed
- PEN -
View OIG Report (PDF)
Follow-Up Statement to APWU Members from
President Mark Dimondstein Regarding USPS Cyber Security Breach
- PEN
Dimondstein Joins Board of Civil Rights Museum
- PEN
Hackers Possibly Copied Postal Employee Pay
Records - Nextgov
Postal Service headed in the wrong direction
- The Imperial Republican
Dogs biting postal workers: Where does your city
rank? - Washington Post
NALC Economics Blog: First-Class and Standard
Letter mail revenue
It’s the People’s Mail that Will Be Slowed,
Workers Say - Labor Notes
H.R. 4670 Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014
- CBC Cost Estimate (PDF) - CBC
November 20, 2014
POSTAL EMPLOYEE CONVICTED OF SEVEN-YEAR
DISABILITY SCAM - PEN
Video: Two heroic carriers honored on CBS Evening
News - NALC news via PEN
Video: Former OIC Postmaster Sentenced For Theft
- PEN
Alaskan Bookstore Relies on a Local Postal
Service Presence - PEN
Parcel Payment Technologies and Payment
Strategies (PDF) - OIG
Judge blasts ex-postal worker for stealing pot
from the mail - Judges father was a mailman - New York
Post
USPS Defends Breach Notification Delay
- Gov Info Security
Timeline: How the Postal Service Data Breach Went
Down - Nextgov
Vigil planned for Maryland postal carrier slain
last year delivering mail in the dark - Washington Post
Tempers flare at Stateline Post Office meeting
- Record Courier
Postal Meters vs. Postmarks: Illinois Supreme
Court Debates Huber v. American Accounting Association
- JD Supra
Postal Service almost never denies
mail-surveillance requests - The Washington Post
Ohio carrier injured in collision with SUV
- WDTN
Dead Tree Edition: Discover-ed: How Direct Mail
Competes With Digital Marketing Channels
Indictment: Kansas postal employee stole drugs
from mail
Highway Contract Routes (HCR) Extra Trips in the
Greater Indiana District - Office of Inspector General
November 19, 2014
NPMHU: UPDATED INFORMATION ON USPS DATA BREACH
- PEN
Oral Statement on Ensuring Data Security at the
Postal Service from USPS Deputy Inspector General
- Hearing before Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service
and the Census Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - PEN
Video: Protect your packages from the Grinch
- PEN
Rolando congratulates incoming Oversight Chairman
Chaffetz - PEN
Video: Postal Service to hold online job fair to
fill temporary positions today - PEN
Postal Service ‘functioning normally’ after cyber
breach, official says in testimony for hearing -
The Washington Post
Postal Service Says Cyber Official Retiring
- Nextgov
Video: Postal workers braving the cold
- PEN
PMG Donahoe, COO Brennan address employees
- PEN
Chaffetz succeeds Issa on Oversight
- The Hill
Alert postal worker credited for saving home on
fire in Central, LA - CBS 5
Residents at Norton senior housing worry about
mail delivery in wake of alleged assault - The Sun
Chronicle
November 18, 2014
NALC files NLRB charge over USPS response to
hacking - PEN
APWU: Stevenson, Pagaduan Appointed to NBA
Vacancies - PEN
Video: Incoming U.S. Postmaster General faces
daunting financial issues with agency - PEN
Video: SC mail carrier saves fallen woman who was
outside for 3 days - PEN
Congress May Have One Month To Save The Postal
Service - ThinkProgress
Kevin Drum Doesn't Like Postal Banking: A Reply
- Truth Out
Holiday Discounts for Federal Employees
- FedSmith
Amazon, Postal Service Team Up for Holiday
Shopping Season With Sunday Delivery - NBC New
York
How One Amazon Seller Solved Chronic Mail Problems
- eCommerce Bytes
November 17, 2014
USPS Policy - Don't Call 911
- PEN
Carper Questions Brennan's Appointment as
Postmaster General - Direct Marketing News
The Postal Service and Its Obligation
- Office of Inspector General
Video: Postal Workers to Board: Stop Delaying
America's Mail! - PEN
Video: Bad Santa Caught on Film Robbing
Australian Post Office - PEN
NAPUS: USPS Chief Operations Officer Megan
Brennan to Replace Patrick Donahoe as Postmaster General
- PEN
The Postmaster General Hangs Up His Mail Bag,
With a Parting Shot at Congress - TIME
Postal Service truck traffic destroying Pearl
District quality of life: Guest opinion - Oregon Live
The UN Has Its Own Postal Service And You Can Buy
Its Awesome Stamps - Gizmodo
Postal Service to close 82 more centers, slowing
some mail delivery - The Kansas City Star
Understanding USPS Delivery Performance
- Quad Graphics
Remote Alaska post offices face reduced hours
Former Endicott postal worker accused of stealing
mail
November 16, 2014
Postal Employee Installs Listening Device In
Postal Vehicle - Charged With Attempted Eavesdropping
- PEN
Denied Entry to ‘Public’ Meeting, Postal Workers
Stage Raucous Protest - PEN
Contractor critically injured after accident at
USPS distribution center - WishTV
Long Island USPS workers fired for sleeping on
job when investigators raid facility, take photos of snoozers
- NY Daily News
Postal Service Employee Arrested In Meth Raid
APWU: National Day of Action Generates Extensive
Media Coverage
November 15, 2014
Postal Workers Cheer Postmaster General’s
Resignation, Call for Moratorium on Closings
- PEN
Palo Alto customers are asking, 'What's wrong
with USPS?' - Palo Alto Online
Will New Postmaster Lead USPS in the Right
Direction? - eCommerce Bytes
Did the Postal Service forget it owns the
historic Lindsborg post office? - Save the Post Office
Slideshow: Postal workers protest plant closures
- Save the Post Office
Contract Postal Units (PDF) -
OIG
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November 14, 2014
Statement by APWU President Mark Dimondstein
Regarding PMG's Retirement Announcement
- "We call on USPS’ Board of Governors to immediately freeze Donahoe’s
policies and to do no more harm." - PEN
NALC: Poised for Growth: A Look at USPS 2014
Financial Results - PEN
In Nationwide Rallies - Postal Employees
Proclaim: Stop Delaying America's Mail - PEN
Postmaster General Donahoe to Retire February
2015; Megan Brennan named successor
- PEN
USPS Board of Governors Appointment Megan J.
Brennan, the current chief operating officer of the Postal Service, as the
74th Postmaster General and CEO - PEN
U.S. Postal Service Reports Revenue Increase,
$5.5 Billion Loss in Fiscal 2014
- PEN
NALC Statement On PMG Retirement Announcement and
The Release of USPS 2014 Financial Report
- PEN
US Postal Service Poised to Make Devastating Cuts
in Service
- Today postal workers will protest at 150 locations as part of a National
Day of Action to send a message to Postmaster General and the USPS Board
of Governors: Stop Delaying America’s Mail! - PEN
GAO: Status of USPS Workforce Reductions and
Related Planning Efforts
- From 2006 through 2013 USPS reduced its workforce by 22% - however, USPS
expenses did not decline. - PEN
Central Texas postal worker arrested for using,
distributing meth - KWKT Fox 44
Gunman tries to rob postal carrier in Sangaree in
Berkeley County - Post and Courier
Ohio carrier seriously injured in accident on
snow-covered roads - Fox 8
Editorial Stop helicopter-parenting the Postal
Service - LA Times
Chairman Carper Urges Senate to Move Forward on
Critical Nominations
Postal Service remains financially 'at-risk,'
says GAO report - Federal News Radio
Postmaster General to retire, Postal Service
appoints replacement - Federal Times
Is the Postal Service struggling? It depends on
who you ask - Federal Times
Fayetteville Police Arrest Postal Worker for
Stealing Mail - Arkansas Matters
Postal Service finds Columbus woman's missing
ashes - Columbus Dispatch
Postal worker who dumped GOP political mailers
could face criminal charges
Dead Tree Edition: Brennan Will Be First Woman To
Lead the U.S. Postal Service
November 13, 2014
House hearing will probe Postal Service breach
- The Hill
Video: Postal workers hospitalized after eating
leftovers - Link corrected - PEN
APWU: Reps. Cummings, Lynch Request Moratorium on
USPS Service Cuts - PEN
PMG and CFO Host Web Call On USPS FY 2014 End of
Year Financial Results - PEN
Unions Fight Postal Service Plans To Shutter 82
Facilities, Lower Mail Standards - Huff Post
Was VPN Used to Hack Postal Service?
- Gov Info Security
Expert: LaPorte mailbox bomb designed to kill
- LaPorte Community News
Chinese hackers break into U.S. National Weather
Service computers just days after breaking into Postal Service database
- Daily Mail
Post Office Breach: Time to Think About Identity
Theft Insurance? - Main Street
UK postal workers to receive missing people alerts
- BBC
WaPo op-ed hacked by dysfunctional status quo
- Save the Post Office
Postal worker rescues 15 live baby chicks from
the mail after man 'pranks' ex-girlfriend - CBC
November 12, 2014
Postal Employees’ Health Care Costs Will Rise Far
Less Than Originally Estimated - GovExec.com
Thrift Savings Plan Releases Statement Regarding
USPS Cyber Attack
- PEN
NALC: The Latest on Letters – the Surprising
Facts on Mail Volume - PEN
The Case Against Postal Banking
- Mother Jones
Did you know your mail might leave a trail?
- Standard Examiner
Columbus, OH man plans wife's funeral while
Postal Service searches for lost remains -
Columbus Dispatch
Union Accuses USPS of Illegally Keeping Data
Breach Secret - In The Capital
Video: Postal Service Hacked: Local Workers Fed
Up - PEN
Delivering a solvent Postal Service, the
bipartisan way - The Washington Post
Sen. Hoeven (R-ND): USPS Needs to Reevaluate
Closing the Minot Mail Procession Center - PEN
Postal workers to protest plant closings and
service reductions - The Washington Post
Postal Service Suspends Telecommuting Following
Massive Data Breach - PEN
Postal workers union files complaint to NLRB
after data breach - The Hill
USPS credential project linked to NSTIC dodges
hackers - ZD Net
Post office breach: The new Cold War?
- USA Today
Hacked Employees File Charges Against Postal Service
- GovExec.com
November 11, 2014
Video: GOP policy puts postal service and
veterans’ jobs at risk - PEN
Postal service truck rear-ended, flipped upside
down
- carrier trapped inside - Ledger Transcript
The Postmaster General Has A Plan To Save The
USPS. Can You Still Save Something If It Is Dead? - NH
Labor News
Issa and Farenthold on Postal Service’s Security
Breach - PEN
APWU President Regarding USPS Cyber Security
Breach - PEN
Postal Employees, You've Been Hacked. What Now?
- Nextgov
Baltimore Letter Carrier Turned Mail Handler
Convicted Of 7-Year Disability & Food Stamp Scam - CBS
Incoming oversight chair eyes Postal Service
bankruptcy, cutting job protections - Federal Times
November 10, 2014
Video: Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s Message
to Employees Regarding the Cyber Incident - USPS
TV YouTube
Video: Former manager of the Huffman Post Office
in Alaska Sentenced for Child Porn and Sexual Abuse of a Minor
- PEN
APWU: Pay Raise Set for Nov. 15
- PEN
Video: Postal Service truck spills its load,
sending mail all across Hall Road - PEN
Video: Truck Spills Mail onto I-30 near Downtown
Little Rock - PEN
Video: Mail truck plummets down embankment in PA
- PEN
Video: Linns Monday Morning Brief - World’s most
valuable stamp on display - PEN
DeSoto rehab clinic that treated postal workers
being investigated for health care fraud - Dallas
Morning News
Village Post Offices, part 2: More debut, more
questions too - Save the Post Office
USPS expecting stronger package growth than
rivals at Christmas - Post & Parcel
Nonmachinable Outside Parcels Pilot Program
(PDF) - OIG
November 09, 2014
Video: Rural carrier saves man's life
- PEN
Wisconsin postal workers to protest distribution
changes in Madison - WHBL
Georgia postal worker reports being robbed while
delivering mail - Rockdale Citizen
Postal Union Protests Perceived Privatization
Push Outside Chestnut Hill Staples - NBC 10
Philadelphia
8 Things Newman From ‘Seinfeld’ Taught Us About
The Postal Service - Uproxx
November 08, 2014
Video: Surveillance video expected to deliver
mail thief to jail soon - PEN
Video: Man Says Missing Package Containing
Thousands of Pictures - PEN
Rolando Letter: Postal finances are hurt by
prefunding mandate - Buffalo News
Going Postal For Mail-Service Reform
- Washington Times
November 07, 2014
Video: Postal Employee Falls or Jumps To His
Death From Houston Freeway - PEN
Mailhandlers Prevails in Lead Clerk National
Arbitration - PEN
Former NY Letter Carrier Charged with Obstructing
and Retarding Passage of Mail - PEN
USPS Says NY Times Article Titled ‘Report Reveals
Wider Tracking of Mail in U.S.’ is Extremely Disappointing
- PEN
Video: 72 Year Old Florida Postal Employee Hit By
Car - PEN
Amid tightening budgets, USPS uses IT to cut
costs - FedScoop
USPS Network Consolidation: A Tale of 3 Pictures
- Dead Tree Edition
Berkeley sues United States Postal Service over
pending sale of historic building - Daily Californian
USPS Open Season Portal Opens
November 06, 2014
Former Virginia NALC President Charged For
Embezzling $7,649 From The Union - PEN
3 arrests in 2 postal service incidents in
Schenectady - Times Union
Former South Dakota APWU Treasurer Charged With
Embezzlement - PEN
Postal Service to deliver packages seven days a
week during holidays - PEN
After election, unions brace for attacks on pay,
retirement benefits - Federal Times
Man who shot intruder gets jail, detention and
suspension from USPS until case resolved - Star Press
USPS Video: This is Our Season
- PEN
Postal Service Adding Sunday Deliveries in Some
Areas for Holidays - WSJ
The Mailbox Rule Revisited -
FedSmith
Letter: Later start time puts letter carriers at
risk - Buffalo News
Saving the Post Office From the Post Office - PEN Guest
Article from Denny Belden of PEN's Belden Factor section.
November 05, 2014
NALC's Rolando: After the midterms, letter
carriers’ resolve remains strong - PEN
Mail Handlers to Receive Guaranteed Wage Increase
Effective Nov 15, 2014 - PEN
Joe Schick responds to Sen. Tom Carper’s
interview with Republic 3.0 - Presort.com
Esquire: If you're looking for an example of why
people aren't voting today - look at the postal service
- Esquire
Rural carrier killed in rollover crash in WI
- Channel3000.com
Lighten up! Nothing wrong with US Postal Service
selling fun stamps - Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Postal Inspection Services offers $10,000 reward
in Schenectady letter carrier assault - Saratogian
November 04, 2014
Jet-Setting Postal Service Chairman Racks Up Big
Travel Bill - Washington Free Beacon
NAPUS: Additional APWU POStPlan Arbitration Q & A
Released - PEN
Postal Service Mail-Tracking: Three Big Questions
- Reason
The Most Interesting Mailboxes the Post Office
Never Used - National Postal Museum
Video Update: Wisconsin Carrier Dumped Flyers For
Republican Candidate - PEN
Mail Handlers: Postal Unions Prepare for National
Day of Action - November 14, 2014 - PEN
U.S. Postal Service to restart consolidation of
Oshtemo Township and other mail distribution centers -
MLive
Five JFK Workers, Baggage Handlers Steal $27,000
in Money Orders from U.S. Overseas Mail - The Forum
Newsgroup
eBay Extends Priority Mail Discounts in Holiday
Promotion - eCommerce Bytes
Labor, biz united behind postal reform push in
the lame duck - The Hill
November 03, 2014
Agent: Postal worker who dumped GOP mailers not
politically motivated, just lazy - Townhall.com
APWU: e-Team Report -
PEN
PostPlan MOU Clarification, Pecking Order MOU, Q
& A - PEN
Postal worker whose cat video went viral to
appear on 'Rachael Ray Show' -- Syracuse.com
Woman breaks into post office to 'play house,'
investigators say - Spokesman.com
Portland judge throws out trespassing cases of 7
who protested cutbacks to U.S. Postal Service -
OregonLive.com
Is This Not News? -
PostalVision 2020
Will you be doing your online shopping earlier
this season? - Office of Inspector General
Internal Controls and Transportation Associated with
the Dallas, TX, MTESC - Office of Inspector General
Carper Says Postal Reform Can Be Passed in Lame
Duck Session - Direct Marketing News
A Wisconsin mail carrier allegedly dumped hundreds
of GOP political mailers in a recycling bin behind an
apartment complex last week. A U.S. Postal Service official confirms an
investigation has been launched into the incident. - Watchdog.org
Postal Service under fire over focus on pop
culture and profit in stamp images - Reading Eagle
Thieves ‘Fish’ for Mail in Post Office Collection
Boxes - Post Periodical
It takes a Village Post Office, but for what?
- Save the Post Office
November 02, 2014
Video: Postal Worker Delivered Drugs on Route,
Police Say - PEN
Can Berkeley Stop the Sale of Its Downtown Post
Office? - USPS Admits It’s Signed a Sales Contract -
Berkeley Daily Planet
Polar express mail: Press asking for letters to
Santa Claus - Johnson City Press
Jumping beans in package prompt bomb scare
- U-T San Diego
Does the Postal Service protect privacy?
- Desert Sun
November 01, 2014
Donahoe Signals Change of Heart on Weekend
Deliveries - Dead Tree Edition
Video: Mail Stops Showing Up In Santa Clara
Neighborhood; Post Office Overtime Fears - PEN
SEN. TESTER STATEMENT ON GAO POSTAL SERVICE
REPORT - PEN
Video: THIEF STEALS MAIL FROM TOLUCA LAKE CONDOS
- PEN
POSTAL PROTESTERS CHARGES DISMISSED
- PEN
APWU, USPS Extend Memo on Filling Clerk Craft
Residual Vacancies - PEN
U.S. Postal Service Is Worried About What Climate
Change Will Mean For Mail - Huffington Post
USPS continues to modify delivery standards
- Logan Daily News
"The compelling reason for reform voiced by USPS
management has changed from we’re about to run out of
cash to we need about $5 billion to update our truck fleet by 2017" - by
Stephen M. Kearney, executive director of the Alliance of Nonprofit
Mailers - Linns
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