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September 2015 News
September 30, 2015
OPM Announces 2016 FEHB Rates - PEN
Video: 'Mail Kid' goes to the post office - PEN...way to go Knoxville and Mailman Mike!
USPS Ordered to Reduce $7.5M Southern California Edison Fine - Courthouse News Service
Another Attack on Our Postal Service - Huff Post
50-Mile Limit - Minimizing Excessing Memo Extended - APWU news via PEN
Tax Court Examines Dueling Postmarks - Forbes
St. Petersburg city carrier assistant found with 2,129 pieces of stolen mail - Tampa Bay Times
The Postal Service Is Still Sloppy About Mass Surveillance - Huffington Post
Warning: Another Attack On Our Postal Service - Campaign for America's Future
September 29, 2015
Video: USPS Says It Tried To Deliver My Package, But Home Security Video Shows Otherwise - PEN
U.S. Postal Service Could Save Nearly $2 Billion by Using Best-Practice Strategy to Replace Aging Vehicle Fleet - PEN
USPS appeals PRC ruling on First Class Mail Parcels - Save the Post Office
Postal Service mum on alleged carrier thefts - The Monett Times
Postal Service could utilize driverless cars in the future, IG says - Fierce Givernment
Chicago: Mail, packages stolen from postal vehicles - abc7chicago.com
Federal health-care plan costs to rise by most in five years - Washington Post
Video: Rio Rancho, NM neighborhood concerned after attack on mailbox - PEN
Coming Soon: An open database of every U.S. address - Fedscoop
Postal Service to buy 9,113 Ram ProMaster vans for large package delivery - Automotive News
Greenleaf, ID PMR to plead guilty to theft - Idaho Statesman
Parcel Delivery Companies Must Adjust to Empowered, Digital Consumers, Accenture Study Shows - Yahoo Finance
Benton County, IA: no connection between flag protests, mailbox vandalism - ABC Kcrg 9
September 28, 2015
Two Florida Postal Service Contract Employees Sentenced For Mail Thefts - PEN
USPS: Some employees may need to adjust TSP contributions this year - USPS News Link via PEN
USPS hasn't recovered certain sensitive documents from outside law enforcement agencies, IG says - Fierce Government
No Driver Needed? - OIG
6-day delivery gets a reprieve - News Press Now
Should the Postal Service be sold to save it? - Washington Post
Despite safety, space and structural issues, lease will be renewed for Forest Grove post office - Oregon Live
Just when you thought it was safe to go to the corner mailbox - LA Observed
How the Postal Service continues to burn money - Washington Times
Photographer snaps pictures of ancient post offices and empty mailboxes to document the gradual disappearance of the United States Postal Service - Daily Mail
Another post office in Houston earmarked for relocation and disposal - Save the Post Office
September 27, 2015
Video: Grafton, MA postal worker accused of stealing hundreds of pieces of mail - PEN
The Pentagon had spent $2.7 billion developing a system of giant radar-equipped blimps, called JLENS, which was supposed to provide an early warning in case of an attack against the US. JLENS - Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System- proved to be a fiasco on April 15. On that day, a Florida postal worker flew a single-seat, rotary-wing aircraft into the heart of Washington, which was intended to be spotted by JLENS.
September 26, 2015
Video: Postal Worker Jumps In To Halt Dog Attack Against UPS Driver - PEN
Video: 7-year-old girl allegedly pepper sprayed by postal worker - PEN
September 25, 2015
Video: Murder Of Beloved Chicago Postal Carrier Hits Neighborhood Hard - PEN
Postal Service Failed to Protect Personal Data in Mail Surveillance, Report Says - New York Times
Decision to relocate and sell downtown post office in Provo already a done deal? - Save the Post Office
Video: Postal contractor suspected in mail theft - PEN
Postal Protesters Meet With The Postmaster General - PEN
U.S. Postmaster General tours East Bay facility in Provo, UT - Daily Herald
USPS Contract Driver Involved In Fatal South Carolina Crash - WBTV.com
Registered Mail change to take effect Oct. 1 - USPS News Link via PEN
Former Nampa, ID store clerk admits stealing mail from postal station - Idaho Statesman
Florida postal district failed to promote employment to disabled veterans, IG says - Fierce Government
Employee charged with alleged theft from Grafton, MA Post Office - PEN
Jealous Girlfriend Attacked Mail Carrier She Suspected Of Having Affair With Boyfriend - Orange County Weekly
Hanover postal worker sentenced for embezzling from mail - Hanover Wicked Local
USPS Financial Information - August 2015 (PDF) - PRC
USPS On-Rolls and Paid Employee Statistics (PDF) - PRC
September 24, 2015
Postal Banking: A Lifesaver for America's Poor - American Banker
Postal Service releases August 2015 financial statement - Save the Post Office
How Can the Postal Service Optimize Contracting Officers’ Workloads? - OIG
U.S. Postal Inspection Service Mail Covers Program — Phase II (PDF) - OIG
Video: First responders say dark street numbers a safety issue - PEN
USPS to celebrate holidays with classic stamps - PEN
Alabama letter carrier extinguishes grease fire - PEN
Statement of NAPS President On The Introduction of Postal Reform Legislation By Sen. Tom Carper - PEN
Dan Blair: New postal bill needs bipartisan support to survive (audio) - Federal News Radio
Rural carrier charged with going into homes on route to steal pills - KY3
Florida teen hit by postal service semi truck - News4Jax.com
Remains of 92-year-old Holocaust survivor get lost in the mail - NY Daily News
As postal workers, Masontown man, son barred from seeking council seats - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
City Delivery Office EfficiencySan Francisco District (PDF) - OIG
September 23, 2015
Florida rural carrier kills Florida deputy outside lawyer's office - WRAL
Transient charged with assaulting female Hispanic postal worker - Los Angeles Daily News
Video: Mail goes missing in San Tan Valley, AZ community - PEN
NAPUS Comments Regarding Carper's iPost Bill - PEN
APWU president on Workers Independent News - labor radio
Pittsburgh postmaster charged with intimidating subordinates is on leave, Postal Service says - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Car slams into Ukiah post office - Ukiah Daily Journal
Postal Service Says It Will Change Locks on LA Buildings Where Mail Has Been Stolen - WEHOville
USPS sold Chicago's Old MPO for $24 million, may be worth $150 million - Save the Post Office
September 22, 2015
Boonville, MO family wants answers after father's remains damaged - KOMU-TV8
Texas employee uses vehicle to shield injured woman - USPS News Link via PEN
U.S. Postal Service Has Not Earned a Profit in Almost a Decade - The Washington Free Beacon
How the government could deliver on postal reform - The Brookings Institution
Video: In Wasilla, Settlers Bay post office closed for investigation - KTVA AK - Also see: Closure of Settlers Bay post office amid Postal Service investigation triggers outcry - Alaska Dispatch
Video: Chattanooga Woman Fighting For Wheelchair Access At Downtown Post Office Building - PEN
U.S. Postal Service Offering $10,000 Reward And Release Sketch Of Lyons Post Office Robbery Suspect - WBIW
Staples, Office Depot $11.3B merger may not happen: source - New York Post
Ironwood dog, mailman form special relationship - Your Daily Globe
Carper again proposes postal reform legislation meant to bring the agency back to solvency - Fierce Government
Pope Francis’ U.S. Visit Snarls Delivery Businesses - WSJ
September 21, 2015
Lafayette, LA man pleads guilty to shooting at postal worker - PEN
NALC: iPost Summary and Analysis - PEN
Will You Be Forced To Pay Into Medicare? - FedSmith - this articles subject matter also addresses the recent bill, iPost, submitted by Sen. Carper (D-DE) - Carper's bill would require postal retirees to signup for medicare as their primary health insurance...please see PEN's opinion on this subject.
(Carpers) Postal Reform Bill Needs Work, But Needs to Be Passed - DM News - again > PEN's opinion on this subject
Forest and Paper Association Likes Carper's Postal Reform Bill - PEN
NPMHU: Carper Introduces Bill Aimed to Reform Postal Operations and Finances - PEN
Postal service fights Canon-McMillan eminent domain bid in plan for school - TribLive
Video: Your Mail, Your Money or Your Life? - PEN
September 20, 2015
Video: 'Mail kid' idolizes his neighborhood mailman - PEN
September 19, 2015
Three New Orleans Area Postal Workers Charged for Theft of Mail - PEN
PEN Does Not Support Carper's iPost Bill - PEN
California USPS supervisor investigated for drug thefts - Del Norte Triplicate
Troubles at the Postal Service - Tax Foundation
September 18, 2015
U.S. Postal driver robbed at gunpoint in Ybor City - Florida - WTSP
Postal Service prepares for papal tour - USPS News Link via PEN
Pennsylvania Postal Employee Charged With Misappropriation Of Postal Funds - PEN
Bill would allow USPS to deliver alcohol, reshapes finances - Federal Times
Delaying the inevitable: Political stalemate and the U.S. Postal Service - Brookings Institute
Misinformation abounds about USPS - Rolando via The Hill
APWU Contract Negotiations Update - APWU
Michigan Man Sentenced To Seven Years For Defrauding USPS And Other Retailers - PEN
Unnamed USPS District officials did not fully comply with the Postal Service’s DVAAP (Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program) - PEN
Video: Mail carrier refused to deliver to couple's St. Pete apartment, but won't say why - PEN
OIG Management Alert Regarding Poor Working Conditions At New Mexico Postal Facility - PEN
Postal Service reform bill looking for final stamp of approval - Federal News Radio
COLA flat but premiums to rise anyhow - Federal News Radio
Postage stamp, tax scam lands 4-time felon in prison - Detroit Free Press
September 17, 2015
OSHA cites USPS in Greenville, SC for falls and other hazards - proposed penalty $79,900.00 - PEN
Rolando Comments on Senator Carpers' iPOST Act - PEN - note...PEN does NOT support Carper's iPost Act.
US, Cuba to resume mail service this year; agreement on commercial flights, other steps near - U.S. News
In defense of the U.S. Postal Service: ‘War on Religion’ claim seems a stretch - Linn's
Democrats should be fighting for post offices and rural America - Madison
Federal authorities wait before charging Pittsburgh postmaster accused of riffling through mail - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Senator Carper Introduces Bill in Yet Another Attempt to Save the U.S. Postal Service - GovExec.com
A Sign of Decline — Postal Service Won’t Deliver My Packages in Norwich - Valley News
Mold causes Princess Anne post office closing - Delmarva Now
September 16, 2015
Pittsburgh postmaster facing charges released on bond; employment status unclear - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Video: Boy who received thousands of books after mail carrier's plea shares the wealth - PEN
OIG: Improved Coordination Needed to Meet Cyber Threats - PEN
USPS: Testing of new scanning equipment begins soon - USPS News Link
Video: Pittsburgh postmaster charged with intimidating subordinate to cover up illegal activity - Update w/video - PEN
Aspen postal worker pleads guilty in federal court - Aspen Times
APWU Goes to Court Over Service Standards - APWU news via PEN
How one man set up fake businesses to steal millions of stamps from the U.S. Postal Service - Phoenix Business Journal
USPS: Protecting flanks and gaining new ground - Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers
Senators Schatz & Mikulski Introduce Legislation to Provide Working Parents with Paid Leave - PEN
Alibaba’s logistics unit inks deal with USPS - Venture Beat
FedEx to hike cost of shipping in 2016 by average of 4.9% - Market Watch
September 15, 2015
USPS needs to plan for increase in digital billing to make up for lost revenue, IG says - Fierce Government
On the border of the boundary wars: The PRC's order on First Class Mail Parcels - Save the Post Office
Video: Phoenix neighbors perplexed by lack of mail delivery - PEN
Scott Walker Details Plan to Curb the Power of Labor Unions - NY Times
Senator Casey Expresses Concern Over Erie Mail Delivery Delays - PEN
Indiana carrier honored for delivering help - Journal Gazette
With safety a ‘priority’, Somerset post office vacated - Delmarva Now
Proposals Emerging to Restrict Power and Influence of Federal Employee Unions - FedSmith
September 14, 2015
Exemption Sought by The National Star Route Mail Contractors Association Jeopardizes Road Safety - APWU news via PEN
PRC Makes Enhancements to Its Website Focusing on USPS Service Performance - PEN
Video: Atlanta neighbors say they are fed up with mail mistakes - PEN
Neatness Counts - OIG
USPS saves Soldiers money - dvids
Video: Finnish post office tests drone for parcel delivery - PEN
Video: Bronx Carrier Throws Package In Trash Then Walks Away - PEN
September 13, 2015
Video: Police In Brentwood Warn Public About Brazen, Apparently Connected Mail Thieves - PEN
Man Gets Notice Alleging Theft At Port Neches, TX Post Office - KFDM-TV
10 Ways E-Commerce Is Reshaping the USPS - Dead Tree Edition
LETTER: U.S. Postal Service official responds - Sioux City Journal
Postal Views Podcast #9 - Ron Williams
September 12, 2015
Video: Radnor Township, PA Resident Catches Mailman Throwing Deliveries In The Trash - PEN
USPS Plans for Pope Visit to the United States - PEN
The Postal Service’s War On Religion Continues - Click here to read the USPS response to the Daily Caller's original War On Religion article
Postal Service reams proposal for smarter, UPS-accessible mailboxes - Fedscoop
September 11, 2015
Postal Service responds to The Daily Caller article “Is the Postal Service Declaring War on Religion?” - PEN
Retiring employee’s goodbye letter goes viral - USPS News Link via PEN
Postal employee riles some Gary apartment complex residents - Chicago Tribune
The Postal 9/11 Story - Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Video: Alabama postal worker saves baby - PEN
NAPUS Approves Consitutional Changes Effecting Membership - PEN
High Package Volumes Are Jamming USPS's Southern Area - DM News
Luzerne, PA man accused of bilking $20,000 from U.S. Postal Service - Citizens Voice
CSI study claims “security gap” in US-bound postal shipments - Post & Parcel
Welcome to: IRRESISTIBLE MAIL
PRC Chief Taub Talks About a Postal Service at the Crossroads - DM News
My father’s letter arrived 14 years late. His message is right on time. - Washington Post
UPS Pilots Seek Strike: Union says Salary of $238,000 Not Enough - Townhall Finance
September 10, 2015
Former Letter Carrier Admits to Receiving Over $62,000 in Bogus Travel Expenses for Medical Care - PEN
Head-on collision between a mail truck and a car - PEN
Remembering 9/11 - New York employee helped lead co-workers to safety - USPS News Link via PEN
Woman armed with tire iron attempts to rob Milwaukee post office - Fox 6
USPS offers reward to find man who robbed letter carrier near downtown Houston - Click 2 Houston
Rural carrier still hospitalized after wreck near Rantoul, IL - Rantoul Press
New Study Highlights Security Risk of Postal Shipments into the U.S. - Business Wire
Transient residents required to pay for P.O. Box - Petersburg Pilot
Update: Woman, 91, struck by USPS vehicle dies - KFox TV
Using the U.S. Census to prevent post office closings - Save the Post Office
Is The Postal Service Declaring War On Religion? - Daily Caller
Video: Group mailbox disappears from South Austin neighborhood - PEN
Texas pedestrian struck by USPS vehicle - KFox TV
Audio: Paola Piscioneri (OIG office): Internet of Things to alter how USPS does business - Federal News Radio
Postal truck slips into ditch making room to pass - Philipstown.info
September 09, 2015
President of Fairbanks, Alaska National Association of Postal Surpervisors Charged With Embezzelment - National Legal and Policy Center
Video: Texas Robber Storms Home Pretending To Be Postal Employee - PEN
USPS paid $7.4M in extra work hours in SoCal area post offices due to weak workforce plan - Fierce Government
Lyons, IN Post Office robbed, employee assaulted, investigation ongoing - Greene County Daily World
USPS Copyright Infringement in Federal Government Procurement Contracts - The Legal Intelligencer
Video: Horrific moment police kill knife-wielding Australia Post worker 'with history of mental health problems' - PEN
USPS to Showcase Improved Tracking in New TV Ad - eCommerce Bytes
Virgina carrier "unintentionally" shot and killed during police shootout - Denver Post
APWU Knows How to Celebrate Labor Day - APWU
September 08, 2015
AZ Congressman Grijalva to Re-Introduce Bill Preventing Post Office Closures In High-Growth ZIP Codes - PEN
NAPS: USPS Releases Guidelines Regarding Temporary Involuntary Reassignments - PEN
Michigan employee alerts family to fire - USPS News Link via PEN
Labor Day Letter to our Postal Plant Manager - Why Can't We Have the Luxury of Screwing up too? - By Mel Carriere
NALC: Arlington Cemetery wreath-laying planned - PEN
Google expands its same-day delivery service to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin - Venture Beat
Hotline Hot Tips - OIG
Contract Negotiations Between U.S. Postal Service and APWU at Standstill - Erietv News
Video: Package delivery bedevils business owner - PEN
Man charged with breaking into mail boxes in Homedale, ID - KTVB
Vallejo man delivers mail, more - Times-Herald
At Labor Day rally, no holiday for politics - Philly.com
Employees urged to remain vigilant - USPS News Link
September 07, 2015
History of Labor Day - PEN
Congress faces a full plate to stop another helping of sequestration - Unlike the destructive process in the last Congress, there finally appears to be a consensus on the committee that the only way truly comprehensive and lasting postal reform can advance through the 114th Congress is if there is broad, bipartisan support among members that represent diverse districts ranging from sparse rural communities to dense urban centers to hybrid suburban areas. Federal News Radio
UK: Criminal gangs infiltrated postal delivery services to intercept drugs, say officials - The Independent UK
September 06, 2015
Postal Views Podcast #8
Omaha carrier robbed at gunpoint while trying to deliver package - Omaha.com
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a postman's son, should know - the U.S. postal service is failing rural America - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Postal Workers Union fighting to keep jobs - Citizen's Voice
September 05, 2015
Editorial: You Have No Mail - Valley News
N.J. Letter carrier recognized for saving 93-year-old woman - New Jersey Online
September 04, 2015
Employees sought for next Postal Service TV adReady for your close-up? - PEN
NAPS Raises Alarm About Congressional Involvement With TSP - PEN
United Postmasters and Managers of America - PEN
Video: Colorado carrier charged with assault, harassment while delivering mail - PEN
Video: The check is in the mail - finally - PEN
Age-Appropriate Default Option for the TSP Starts This Weekend - FedSmith
Owney the Mail Dog Still Lives, Sort of, in DC - Washingtonian
U.S. Postal Service board of governors could shrink to one member by December - Linns - Also see: Is Bernie Sanders Holding Back the Postal Board of Governors? - DM News
New book explains why we need a postal bank - Save the Post Office
Utah thieves steal mail from boxes and Postal Service Trucks - Salt Lake Tribune
Video: Florida residents fed up with letter carrier they say isn't delivering - PEN
Kentwood, LA Woman Sentenced for Stealing Money from United States Post Office - PEN
EMCOR Group Awarded Contract For Interior And Exterior Repairs to USPS Locations - PEN
Burglars broke into postal trucks while carriers were delivering mail, police say - Deseret News
September 03, 2015
'It has been a privilege and a pleasure': Arizona postman's letter goes viral after he leaves a beautiful handwritten note announcing his retirement after 20 years of service - Daily Mail
Video: California TV News Crew Helps Couple After USPS Loses Package - PEN
Video: Postal Service uses sting to counter pallet thefts - PEN
AK: Man crashes into Muldoon post office twice leaving hole in wall - KTUU
USPS to dedicate Charlie Brown stamps Oct. 1 - PEN
NAPUS Looks to a Bright Future - PEN
NJ Police Officer Hit By Postal Truck Recovering At Home - Wayne NJ Patch
What is going on at the Edgartown Post Office? - Martha's Vineyard Times
Ten Features USPS Should Add to Its Mobile Apps - eCommerce Bytes
Concerns over Bakersfield post office closing cause mail carriers to hand out post cards - 23 ABC
New military postal rule - United States Army
Postal Bulletin 22423: Handbook F-15 Revision: Approving Officials
Postal Bulletin 22423: Understanding FERS-RAE and FERS-FRAE
September 02, 2015
Postal Inspectors, Police Probe Suspicious Packages Sent To Women in PA - CBS Pittsburgh - Also see: Suspicious packages meant for 'Dance Moms' star destroyed and Officials stop packages with 'inappropriate' material intended for Murrysville girls
Postal carrier pleads guilty to charge of destroying or delaying mail - Columbus Dispatch
Man arrested in assault, robbery of Hartford post office employee - Fox CT
NALC: September 2015 transfer opportunities under M-01856
USPS announces plan to dispose of historic post office in Clarksburg, WV - Save the Post Office
Former Maryland Postal Service Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $92,000 - PEN
Video: Search for missing mail reveals serious problems with Sandston, VA postal facility - PEN
Mandeville, LA Postal Worker Indicted for Theft of Mail and Misappropriation of Postal Funds - PEN
NAPUS: Final Hurdle Cleared to Form New Postal Organization - PEN
PMG Clarifies Post Office Evaluations - PEN
Postal worker, 28, rubbed crotch on woman during subway ride - NY Daily News
10 ways USPS can deliver app success - Federal Times
Should The USPS Open Up Mailboxes To All Kinds Of Deliveries? - Consumerist
Editorial: USPS needs freedom or more federal funding - Union Bulletin
September 01, 2015
The third time a charmer? USPS takes PRC to court over the exigent rate increase, again - Save the Post Office
USPS Keeps Exigency in Play, Files Appeal in D.C. Circuit - DM News
Adding Value to the Mail - PEN
Video: Driver Caught Throwing Packages On Camera - PEN
Standard Mail Flats: Ending the Controversy Without Fixing the Problem - Dead Tree Edition
Video: PA Residents Mad After Amazon Packages Left Out - PEN
What Can The Postal Service Learn From Uber? - Nextgov
USPS Makes Argument for Exclusive Mailbox Access - eCommerce Bytes
APWU Outlines Criteria for Disbursement of $56 Million Payout for ‘Global Settlement’ of Violations of Article 1.6.B - PEN
35 of Alabama's tiniest rural post offices in towns with names you've never heard - AL.com
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