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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
March 2010
March 10, 2010
NALC:
Save the
Postal Service: Demand Fairness in USPS Pension
and Retiree Health Funding -
When will the Postal Service start
telling the whole story? - Rag Content -
USPS Must Have Flexibility to Manage
its Workforce Efficiently - from USPS -
Feds: Kissimmee mailman accused of
delivering drugs
Authorities also said he stole cash, checks from mail and snorted cocaine
on his delivery route. -
Congressman Issa calls out postal
service for hiring sex offender -
Postal
Service Rejects Three-Day Delivery Suggestion
Cutting U.S. Postal Service delivery to as few
as three days a week would damage the brand and
isn’t worth considering, the agency’s head
(Potter) said. -
2010
Financial Performance
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Congress
is running out of time to save USPS
Washington Post -
APWU:
Bill’s Author Can’t Change the Facts: Postal
'Reform' Created the USPS’ Financial Plight
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PENDING
ROUTE ADJUSTMENT EFFECTIVE DATES
After opening the link you may scroll to the
bottom of the page and select a month. USPS
updates this list about every week. -
Illegal
Gets US Citizenship With Stolen Identity and
Then Postal Service Hires Her
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Saving the
Post Office
Editorial, NY Times -
USPS:
Known Knowns, Known Unknowns Unknown Unknowns
- Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Seven
Misconceptions About the Postal Service's Action
Plan -
Dead Tree Edition -
Cement The
Fiscal Imperative & End The Stamp Tax
by Valassis Senior VP for Governmental Affairs
Vincent Giuliano -
Theft,
Fraud Charges Filed Against Postal Employee/Gym
Owner
A mail carrier who claimed she was injured and
collected nearly a quarter of a million dollars
in worker's compensation has been accused of
fraud after allegedly spending her time
launching a career in mixed martial arts. -
March 09, 2010
"It's Time
To Stop Stealing Postal Customers Money"
Podcast from PostCom -
UPDATED 3.10.10
PEN Ed: The above podcast (MP3 audio file)
from PostCom addresses the fact, found by the
OIG, that USPS overpaid the CSRS retirement
fund...we believe this was $75 billion. We
contacted the OIG and asked them IF there was a
chance that CSRS postal employees could have
also overpaid into this system.
Here Is
Their Response
APWU Urges
Members To Support Six-Day Mail Delivery
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Mailman
robbed, stabbed on route -
Is the end
of an era near for the Postal Service?
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Mail
madness -
Let Postal
Service do what it must -
PRC: On
Rolls and Paid Employee Statistics
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March 08, 2010
Former
U.S. Postal Service chairman is named DHL Global
Mail chairman
PEN Ed: Here's What USPS Headquarter Types
(and USPS Bd. Of Governors) Hope to Gain from
Their USPS Careers and Affiliations -
S. David Fineman, a former chairman of the U.S.
Postal Service board of governors, has been
appointed chairman of the Americas region for
DHL Global Mail, the small-package courier
service unit of Germany-based Deutsche Post DHL.
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OIG Blog:
Will Postal Service bosses go undercover in the
future? -
The U.S.
Postal Service is Officially in a Panic
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Our view
on the mail: No Saturday delivery? Post office
needs still more cuts - USA
Today
Save universal delivery through streamlining,
not privatization -
Reinventing the post office
Editorial: LA Times -
March 07, 2010
Opinion of
a Postal Employee NALC Steward
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Analysis:
Postal rescue plan faces impossible odds
Federal Times -
Serrano
Goes Postal -
Rep. Jo
Ann Emerson says Five-Day Delivery Hurts Rural
Areas -
SF
Examiner Editorial: The Postal Service needs to
enter the 21st century -
'Waste'
mail is part of the rising cost of the 2010 U.S.
census -
Senator
Sherrod Brown Calls For OIG Investigative Review
of Lima AMP Study -
Postal
Service needs flexibility to gain solvency
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March 06, 2010
USPS: 5
Day Delivery Plan
Reasons for moving to 5 day delivery - 5 day
proposed operations plans - 5 day start the
clock plan changes and more (opens in new
window) -
USPS:
Flats Sequencing System Update
from USPS - (opens in new window) -
Flats
Sequencing System Update
What to do
about the Postal Service's woes?
Sen. Susan Collins via Washington Post -
Printers
see limited impact if U.S. Postal Service drops
Saturday delivery -
Pushing
the Envelope
The Postal Service may stop delivering mail on
Saturdays, but written words are thriving in the
age of email -
Deliver
competition
Chicago Tribune Opinion -
Postal Deja Vu
Bangor Daily News -
Postal
Service letter carrier indicted for workers’
comp fraud -
For most,
dropping Saturday home delivery seems like no
big deal - Also see
Editorial:
Keep Saturday delivery, Postal Service
and
End of
Saturday delivery should be thought out
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March 05, 2010
Economy
Can Handle Fewer Postal Workers
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Postal
Plans Unveiled
NAPUS Newsletter -
Will end
of USPS Saturday delivery kill Netflix?
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California
community concerned by sex offender mail carrier
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OUR
OPINION: Only Congress can ease postal service
expenses - Miami Herald -
USPS Communications Issues Continue - 8125 Checklist
Postal Affairs Blog -
US Postal
Service Plagued with Union Inefficiency, Faces
Saturday Cancellations (PDF)
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The
National League of Postmasters President talks
about The Big Announcement -
Postal
Service can save billions, join the 21st century
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Failure in
Postal Commentary
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
March 04, 2010
Postal
consultant: Consider 3 days of delivery
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Also see:
Why the
Mail Should Come Every Other Day
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Is the
Postal Service Destined to Fail?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Time to
Free the Mail
Part of the problem is the AFL-CIO — National
Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) — which
has successfully pressured the service into
providing direct and indirect compensation to
its workers to the point where the average
postal worker now makes $83,000 a year. -
Missing
Mail Carrier's Body Found By Montrose Beach,
Chicago
Transformation is Essential to Save the Postal
Service -
Questions about postal
service's cash fix, Saturday delivery, and
closing your post office -
OIG Blog:
“The Path Forward” of the Postal Service
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OIG Audit
Report – Highway Contract Route Transportation –
Greater Chicago -
Maine Sen.
Collins said the postal
service should focus on serving its customers
better, attracting new customers and increasing
volume - not on cutting services. -
More
postal matters
"The mail will come back. How far it comes back,
however, may well depend on how deeply
service is cut while mail is down." Ruth
Goldway, PRC Chairman November 5, 2009. -
From the
National League of Postmasters - highlights,
numbers, and more -
National
League of Postmasters to PRC
"the League has been concerned about this matter
(suspended post offices) for some time, and has
felt that for years the Postal Service has been
intentionally using the emergency suspension
process to circumvent the dictates of the Post
office closing laws." -
US Postal Service: no
more Saturday delivery?
Christian Science Monitor -
USPS to
test a repurposed electric vehicle fleet
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U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE v. AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
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Post Office fund-raising ban slows
down soldier support -
March 03, 2010
Postal
Service Outlines 10-Year Plan to Address
Declining Revenue, Volume -
Union Rejects USPS Call For Five-Day
Delivery, New Business Model -
Technology
could deliver USPS from debt
Federal News Radio interview with Bob Otto,
former CIO and CTO at USPS, about what the
Postal Service needs to do from a technology
standpoint to sustain its business. -
USPS Plans
to Use More Part-Time Employees
Dead Tree Edition -
Sen.
Carper Backs Postal Service Plan For Five-Day
Delivery -
BUT -
Sen. Collins
Opposes Delivery Cuts
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Daniel
Jones, postmaster of Asheville, N.C., responds
to PMG's Call for Cuts - NPR
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New
studies reinforce dire outlook for USPS
Federal Times -
Confessions of a Former Station Manager 2010
Guy Nohrenberg via Letter Carrier Connection -
Postal
Service Revives Cutback Plans
NY Times -
Letter
Carriers Union Opposes Cutback in Mail Service;
Urges Congress to Give USPS 'Financial Breathing
Room' -
Ensuring a
Viable Postal Service for America
USPS: Action plan for the future (PDF) -
Also see:
USPS MUST
HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO MANAGE ITS WORKFORCE
EFFICIENTLY
USPS plan
would make dramatic changes
Federal News Radio -
Wall
Street Journal: What do you think of the U.S.
Postal Service's plan to end Saturday home
delivery due to declining revenues?
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March 02, 2010
The Postal
Service's grim route forward
Washington Post - read list of 5 options
addressing future growth and cuts provided by
USPS to the news media today. -
Postal
Service Seeks Permission to End Saturday
Delivery
Though he (Potter) said privatization had been
on the table during a lengthy internal review,
that option appeared to be ruled out. One
consultant, Thomas Dohrmann from
McKinsey &
Company, said privatization was
"unlikely" in part because it would be hard to
find a buyer. -
Postmaster
delivers bundle of bad news
Washington Post -
Postal
Service expected to announce 'significant
changes'
- possibly today! -
Also see:
Bye-bye,
Saturday mail? |
Postal
service weighs 5-day delivery |
Postal
Service seeks 5-day delivery |
Postal
Chief Seeking 5-Day Delivery Week
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See:
Previewing
the Postal Service's Proposal
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
March 01, 2010
Coca Cola,
PepsiCo and the Postal Service
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Could
Longer Lines Be Coming to Your Local Post
Office…Lottery Lines? -
U.S.
Postal Service proposes to cut work week
On Monday, Representatives from the U.S. Postal
Service will ask Congress to approve something
they have wanted for a long time: five-day work
weeks. -
Also see:
USPS
Ponders No Saturday Mail -
Envisioning America's future Postal Service
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