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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
September 2013 News
September 30, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Postal
Service defaults on $5.6 billion for future
health benefits - Reuters
Fall
Mailing Season Gets Rolling -
Office of Inspector General
FSS
Postage Rates Will Raise Issues for Cataloguers,
Publications, Printers, and USPS
- Dead Tree Edition
VIDEO:
'Behind the Scenes' ... at the post office
- Gwinnett Daily Post
Post
office goes small: Kiosk-type post offices
springing up to replace traditional locations
Hearing
will determine mental status of man charged with
killing 2 Tenn. postal workers
- Seymour Tribune
UK postal
workers strike over jobs -
Fox News
Singapore
set to invest in privatization of British postal
service
September 29, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Postal
worker held up at gunpoint, truck stolen
- Democrat and Chronicle
Postal
Service refuses to release Lecompton revenue
figures - Capital Journal
September 28, 2013
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Comments (Count)
GAO
report: Dogs continue to be No. 1 threat for
mail carriers - "despite
declines in USPS's OSHA illness and injury rate"
delivering the mail remains a disproportionately
dangerous task. - CBS News -
see PEN's
article here
US mailers
promise legal battle against USPS rate increase
- Post & Parcel
Mail fail:
Local newspaper steamed up over USPS delays
- Watershed Post
Sentencing
of postal worker who admitted embezzling
postponed - Buffalo News
September 27, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Lady
Justice turns a blind eye: The PRC dismisses the
Freistatt appeal as "untimely"
- Save the Post Office
Affordable
Mail Alliance Stands United in Opposition to
Exigent Rate Increase
OIG
SHUTDOWN PLAN (PDF) - OIG
A few
modest proposals concerning the rules on post
office closures and appeals -
Save the Post Office
Proposed
2014 Promotions and Incentives, from the USPS
Price Filing - Postal Affairs
Blog
Postmaster
General Says Postal Service Health Care Plan Key
to Solvency - PEN Blog
GAO:
Workforce Injuries Arising During Mail Delivery
- ...repetitive motions were the most common
cause of long-term occupational illnesses
regardless of severity or route type. PEN Blog
GAO: USPS
Health and Pension Benefits Proposals Involve
Trade-offs - PEN Blog
USPS says
overhauling health benefits key to postal reform
- Federal News Radio
Mailing
Industry Suffers Setback in Fight to Ward Off
Exigent Postal Hike - Adweek
British
Postal Service Valued at $5.3 Billion in I.P.O.
- NY Times
Postal
Rate Increases Through the Years
- Yahoo Finance
NAPUS
President Bob Rapoza Testifies Before Senate
Panel on Postal Reform Bill
Mail
Handler President Testifies Before Senate
Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental
Affairs
Rural
Carrier Saves Customer In Tight Squeeze
- FedSmith
Future of
Postal Employees’ Health Care Uncertain as
Senate Moves Forward With Reform
Exigent
Price Increase Proposed -
Office of Inspector General
Why the
Exigent Postal Rate Increase Will Backfire
- Dead Tree Edition
September 26, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Video:
Postal Service chief on proposed postage rate
hike: "We have little choice"
- PEN Blog
Outside
the Box: Reforming and Renewing the Postal
Service, Part II - Summary of Today's Hearing on
USPS - PostCom
There's no
stamp for that: Postal Service’s 83-acre Bolger
Center running deficit -
Washington Business Journal
Ranking
Member Coburn Issues Statement on Postal
Service’s Rate Increase
Today's
USPS Senate Hearing Speakers
- PEN Blog
NAPUS
Invited to Testify Before Senate Postal Panel
- PEN Blog
Shades of
deception: The PMG testifies to the Senate
- Save the Post Office
Senate
panel to consider Postal Service rate hike
proposal - Fox News - Also
see
The
Washington Post
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Wall Street Journal
Testimony
of Fredric V. Rolando Before Today's Senate
Hearing (PDF)
Audit:
Postal Service made $1.3B in 'non-competitive
purchases' - Federal Times
Gridlock
in Congress Leads to 3-Cent Hike in Postal
Stamps - Roll Call
Video: The
postal service’s unique role in fight against
terror - Fox News
Government
Shutdown: Will Federal Retirees Continue to
Receive Annuity Payments? -
FedSmith
September 25, 2013
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Comments (Count)
First
Class Postage Increases by 3 Cents Starting
January 2014 - PEN Blog
Proposed
U.S. Postal Increases Called ‘Desperate Cry for
Help’ - Businessweek
USPS
August financial statement: Without RHBF
prefunding, YTD $182 million profit
- Save the Post Office
Post
office property sales and political connections
in the U.S.
Postal
Service Considers Emergency Rate Hike
- ABC News
Postmaster
General pledges no post office closures during
postal reform but closes post offices anyway
- Save the Post Office
Post
Office Investigating Missing Mail in Canton, MA
Feds Urge
Judge To Let Armstrong Case Proceed
- CBS Dallas
Video:
Postmaster General: Looking at plan to generate
additional funds - Fox
Business
September 24, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Federal
health premiums to rise 3.7 percent in 2014
- Federal News Radio - See
OPM 2014
Rate Chart
What we
have here is a failure to communicate: Learning
from Jekyll Island - Save the
Post Office
Government
Responds to Lance Armstrong in Whistleblower
Suit - DOJ: The Postal
Service 'Forever' Linked to 'Sordid Scandal' -
WSJ
Passing up
Passport Revenue? - OIG Blog
Sen. Dean
Heller chides plan to close Sun Valley post
office - Reno Gazette-Journal
Congress
doing what snow, rain & gloom of ight can’t do
Maybe the
US Postal Service can't be profitable
September 23, 2013
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Comments (Count)
What We
Could Do with a Postal Savings Bank:
Infrastructure that Doesn’t Cost Taxpayers a
Dime - Global Research
William H.
Gross Stamp Gallery at National Postal Museum
- NY Times
Postal
service red ink not about the carriers
- Kentucky.com
USPS
consultant to divine future of stamps under
$500K+ contract – USPS is
paying a firm more than 1/2 million to predict
the future of the postal stamp - Federal Times
Postal
Service Prepares to Sell Email Encryption
- Nextgov
The
alcohol is in the mail? -
Renew America
U.S.
Senator Claire McCaskill
reiterated Friday that her focus remains on
ensuring that postal access for rural Americans
isn’t compromised.
Don't cut
critical service or raise rates to reform Postal
Service - The Coloradoan
September 22, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Postal
Service, Americana and an eBay auction
- NJ.com
Postal
Service needs big changes, Senate panel told
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Privatizing the Postal Service is a Bad Idea,
and the UK Has Proof -
PolicyMic
September 21, 2013
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Comments (Count)
To Be or
Not to Be a Monopoly - DM
News
Exigent
Postal Rate Increase Expected Next Week
- DM News
Video:
Chattanooga Postal Worker Caught Mishandling
Packages
National
Postal Museum to open new stamp gallery
- The Washington Post
Vermont
sculptor wins historic settlement from Postal
Service in copyright case -
Federal court awards Frank Gaylord nearly
$685,000 over Korean War Memorial dispute -
Burlington Free Press
September 20, 2013
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Comments (Count)
‘Financial
disaster’ - PMG says USPS liquidity dangerously
low - PEN Blog
Video:
Protesters Occupy Portland Postal Management
Offices, Demand End to Privatization
NPMHU
Files Unfair Labor Practice Against USPS for
Unlawful Formation of Lean Mail Processing Teams
- PEN Blog
Postal
Service asks lawmakers for greater flexibility
- Washington Post
USPS
Handbook EL-312 Revision: Temporary Assignments
- Postal Bulletin
CNN: These
are some of the reasons why CNN Money
readers say they'll opt to pay a penalty for not
having health insurance in 2014, rather than
sign up for a policy in the state-based
exchanges or through their companies.
Email is
not a threat, U.S. postal service told Wired in
2001 - Slate
In Senate
Testimony, Guffey Blasts Carper-Coburn
Bill - Bill is ‘Fatally Flawed;’ Penalizes
Workers, Cuts Service
NALC: Few
surprises in first of two hearings on S. 1486
Senator
Coburn Blasts Rate Cap in Postal Hearing
- Direct Marketing News
Postal
Service eyes digital dollars
- FCW
"Makes no
sense at all": Ewa Beach Post Office headed for
closure - Save the Post
Office
Saving the
U.S. Postal Service’s New Deal Masterpieces
- Businessweek
September 19, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Mailing
Industry Denounces Proposal to Give USPS More
Control Over Pricing -
GovExec.com
Postal
Service to default on retiree health care
payment - again - Federal
Times
Summary of
key points made during today's postal oversight
hearing - PostCom - Also see
PMG's
statement
The Postal
Service’s 30-Year Relationship with Email
- FedTech
Postal
Service may need emergency rate hike, postmaster
says - CBS News
Democracy
rests finally upon us: Saving the Bronx General
Post Office - Save the
Post Office
Postal
Service closes Stamford CT post office: A
"relocation" with no new location
- Save the Post Office
No Postal
Law Will Force Price Increases, Donahoe Says
- Bloomberg
Post
office offers $25,000 for attempted abduction of
Fauquier mail carrier
Carper-Coburn Postal Bill S.1486 Misses the Mark
- Americans for Tax Reform
USPS Chief: “only
Congress can fix our business model”
- Post & Parcel
A voting
risk in 'forever' stamp -
Times Union
The return
of a loop-de-loopy postal mistake
- USA Today
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September 18, 2013
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OIG:
Limited Duty and Rehabilitation Employees
Returned to Work
Going
Postal - The husband of US Senator Dianne
Feinstein has been selling
post offices to his friends, cheap.
A former U.S. Postal Service
employee in Tupelo, MS has pleaded guilty to charges of
stealing $20 from a package.
Congress
should save Postal Service -
Idaho Statesman
NALC: MOU
for filling residual vacancies
- PEN
Website
Offers Discounts to Federal Employees
- FedSmith
USPS
Headquarters organizational changes
September 17, 2013
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Comments (Count)
What is
the Future of the Postal Service?
- GovExec.com
Ex-postal
worker in MS pleads guilty to mail theft
- The Sun Herald
On same
route, Chelmsford carrier follows in father's
footsteps - Lowell Sun Online
Suspicious
postal packages lead to sophisticated pot
operation - FOX 12
Handle
with care: guns, grenades arriving in Canada by
postal mail
Should You
Go Paperless? - Yahoo Small
Business Advisor - Answer...probably not.
Great
Expectations of Online Shopping
- Office of Inspector General Blog
Video:
Postal Inspectors: Ask About The Fees
September 16, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Postal
Service Offers Early Retirement to More Than
15,000 Supervisors -
GovExec.com - Also see federal Times
"Almost
16K EAS employees eligible for early-out"
Outside
the Box: Reforming and Renewing the Postal
Service - Part I –
Maintaining Services, Reducing Costs and
Increasing Revenue Through Innovation and
Modernization - Meeting September 19, 2013
10:00AM
USPS is
closely monitoring conditions
in the Boulder Colorado area. Due to widespread
flooding and road closures, delivery has been
impacted.
Parcel
workers’ union wants labor board to void
UPS-Teamsters contract -
Winston-Salem Journal
Postal
investigators target drug trade via US mail
- Arizona Daily Star
Postal
Service can be rescued
U.S. and
Cuba resume talks on direct mail service
- Reuters
Postal
customers preparing for curbside delivery
- The Woodward News
September 15, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Groundhog
Day at the Post Office: Time for an exigent rate
increase, again? - Save the
Post Office
Mail fraud
Postal Service under ideological attack - The
Register-Guard
Don't cut
critical service to reform postal service
- Boulder Daily Camera
Congress
turning to social media as use of mail
privileges declines - The
Washington Post
September 14, 2013
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Comments (Count)
USPS Opens
Store on eBay
USPS
continues operational efficiency initiatives
- Field organizational changes
Thieves
target postal worker's master key
to gain access to hundreds of mailboxes and
personal information, officials say. -
Sun-Sentinel
Chula
Vista woman says postal worker who
pepper-sprayed dog was not in danger
- 10 News
Goodbyes
sealed with sadness as Pope Post Office closes
September 13, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Local APWU
President Charged with Embezzlement of Union
Funds - PEN
Powell
Mailman Walks Again After 2012 Accident
- WSYX ABC6
Unions’
Misgivings on Health Law Burst Into View
- NY Times
Postal
Service faces major societal shift
- Fairmont Sentinel
A good day
for bankers – a bad day for customers
- Save Our Royal Mail via PEN
Resolution
40: A Postal Service for the 21st Century:
Innovation and Growth, Not Downsizing and
Decline - AFL-CIO
Ex-postal
worker nabbed for fraud on 'Price is Right' gets
probation
September 12, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Mail
Handler President Addresses Delegates at AFL-CIO
Convention - PEN
NALC:
AFL-CIO convention passes pro-postal resolution
Judge
Rules Indiana Right To Work Law Unconstitutional
- Indiana Public Media
Mailers in
Talks with Postal Unions to Forestall Rate
Increase - Direct Marketing
News
The Postal
Service has a brand new bag: A post office or
mail delivery, but not both -
Save the Post Office
Britain
Prepares I.P.O. for Postal Service
- NY Times
September 11, 2013
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Comments (Count)
New report
describes conflicts of interest in sales of USPS
property by CBRE - Save the
Post Office
Undeserved
Discounts - Burrus Journal
Don't
Shrink the US Postal Service; Expand It
Fighting
Goliath: In defense of the post office and the
public trust - Save the Post
Office
Will a
Busy Fall Congressional Schedule Derail Postal
Reform? - GovExec.com
Cash-strapped postal service to rent mail vans
- CNN
Armed
Suspect in "Scream" Mask Robbed Letter Carrier
in Pompano Beach - Video: NBC
6 South Florida
September 10, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Video:
Rural Carriers Calls for Restoration of
Bioterrorism Protection Program
- PEN
NAPS
Comments Regarding The Postal Reform Act of 2013
- Introduced by Sen. Tom Carper and Sen. Tom
Coburn - PEN
Federal
Unions Raise Concerns About Health Care And
Workers Compensation Provisions in Postal Bill
- PEN
Pompano
Mail Carrier Robbed Of Keys While Delivering
Mail - CBS Miami
Postal
service announces halt in delivery to Pojoaque
cluster boxes - The Santa Fe
New Mexican
Postal
unions push back on Senate bill
- The Hill
Mail
carrier bitten by dog in Flint: a recurring
problem, say U.S. Postal Service authorities
- MLive.com
September 09, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Union
files charges against US Postal Service claiming
standards “violations” - Post
& Parcel
Most
dangerous jobs: Postal work tops list among
federal civilian positions -
Federal Times
Berkeley
looks at new zoning to help save post office
- Contra Costa Times
Post
Office Closed After Car Rams Into Building
September 08, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Occupy
bike swarm blocks private truck at Portland mail
facility
- PEN
Burrus:
Did you know that the Postal Service
grants rate discounts in the staggering amount
of $14 to $18 billion per year?
OIG:
Postal Service Workforce Reductions Increased
Overtime Workhours Usage
Postal
Service doesn’t want your spiders
- UT San Diego
September 07, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Samson, AL
mail carrier arrested -
Dothan Eagle
USPS
denies assertions by a local postal union leader
that the transfer of mail processing from Cape
Girardeau to St. Louis is causing significant
delays - Southeast Missourian
USPS
underutilized non-career employees in fiscal
2012, IG says - Fierce
Government
The
Greeting Card Industry Has a Special Message for
the Postal Service -
Businessweek
September 06, 2013
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Comments (Count)
APWU Files
Charges With Postal Regulatory Commission
USPS
Notifies Postmaster Organizations that
Postmasters will be Included in Voluntary Early
Retirement Offer
Postal
Service rolling out 175,000 mobile phones to
collect real-time data -
Federal Times - PEN reader question - does this
mean that supervisors will have real-time GPS
tracking of carriers movements?
Ten USPS
Employees and Two Doctors Arrested For Workers’
Compensation Fraud Scheme
USPS
postpones price increase decision
- The Hill
The Postal
Workers Union (APWU) must
allow candidates for union positions to send
members campaign emails, despite an ideological
preference for U.S. mail, a federal judge ruled.
2 Abington
postal workers charged with ID theft
- phillyburbs.com
Postal Service
employees make off with agency cash, IG decries
- Washington Examiner
Post
office flag flap angers military mom
Postal
Service Likely to Seek "Emergency" Increase in
Stamp Prices - Cato @ Liberty
September 05, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Big
early-out offer may be coming at USPS
- Federal Times - According to NAPS USPS is
poised to offer early retirement to executives,
postmasters, and other managers.
Will
mailers be asked to pay more to help the U.S.
Postal Service? - Washington
Post
Don't go
postal: Emergency rate hike would be overreach
- Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sorry for
your loss: Hallmark struggles to update its card
empire - The Verge
Lobbyists:
Postal Service will try to hike stamp price
- The Hill
Postal
truck struck, killed 79-year-old pedestrian
Former
USPS supervisor sentenced to
16 months in prison for lying on a worker's
compensation document
Postal
Regulatory Commission Attempts to Remedy GameFly
Issues - Game Politics
September 04, 2013
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Comments (Count)
Could a
New Union Leadership Stop Sell-Off of Post
Office? - Labor Notes
USPS
augments computer network to handle
ever-expanding services -
Federal News Radio
How USPS
merges compliance, security in its huge
enterprise - GCN
Court
Ruling Evens Playing Field in Union Elections,
Granting Equal Access to Email Lists for
Challenger Candidates
Postal
Service IG Puts Retirement and Leave Benefits
Under the Microscope -
GovExec.com
Owner of
‘mail drop’ convicted of manufacturing, selling
counterfeit postage - Houston
News
September 03, 2013
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Comments (Count)
USPS Seeks
Retirement Comparison to Private Sector
- USPS is seeking a company to compare the
Postal Service's retirement benefits program to
retirement benefits programs offered by major
private sector companies.
Postal
employees report late mail, more work
- Southeast Missourian
FedEx and
UPS, be warned -- you may one
day feel the pain the U.S. Postal Service has
suffered over the demise of the stamped envelope
Postal
Service could start shipping alcohol under
Senate proposal - Reuters
Postal
Services To Resume In Pike County, KY After Fire
Destroys Post Office
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