August 31, 2017
- Video: Ohio Letter Carrier Saves Woman’s Life
PEN - Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Resources and Information
PEN - Sixteen U.S. Postal Service workers charged with accepting bribes to deliver cocaine – PEN
- “Prime(d) for Disaster”: Teamsters Local 1224 Pilots Take Concerns About Prime Air to Amazon’s Front Door, the Streets of Seattle – PEN
- National Association of Postal Supervisors Donates $10,000 to Postal Employee Relief Fund for Hurricane Harvey – PEN
- Man admits to laundering at least $1.5 million in drug money through use of postal services – Chron
- Ocala man arrested for robbing postal worker of package at gunpoint
Villages News - OIG: Survey Says…!
- OIG: Transportation Cost System ? Air
August 30, 2017
- Help Postal Employees Impacted By Hurricane Harvey
PEN - USPS Will Soon Combine My USPS and Informed Delivery
PEN - Hurricane Harvey Hits Gulf Region
PEN - NALC: Agreement reached on implementing new Article 8 provisions
- Delivery companies support Hurricane Harvey relief efforts
Post and Parcel - U.S. Postal Service contemplates 50¢ stamp
Linns - $50,000 Reward Being Offered After Mail Carrier Is Pistol Whipped
Local Memphis - A free-market fix to the Postal Service’s wasteful spending
The Hill - Postal worker accused of armed threat gets chance to clear record
Lehigh Valley Live
August 29, 2017
- Hurricane Harvey – USPS Responds to Devastating Storm
PEN - Video: USPS on high alert as couple attempts to buy fraudulent money orders – PEN
- Watch: Davenport, IA neighborhood stops receiving mail due to neighbor’s dogs – PEN
- New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud – PEN
- Federal fight over postal carrier crash
WZZM - Teen takes plea deal in postal carrier assault case
Herald-Palladium - OIG Audit: What’s your experience with First-Class Mail in the Northeast Area?
- OIG: Postal Inspection Service Consumer Fraud Fund
- OIG: Postal Customer Satisfaction: A Primer of Four Surveys
August 28, 2017
- Former Wisconsin Postal Employee Charged With Two Counts of Stealing Items From The Mail – PEN
- Man Stealing Package Caught on Surveillance Video In Urbandale, IA
PEN - USPS indefinitely stops package deliveries in Milwaukee south side neighborhood -WTMJ Milwaukee
- United Nations to issue stamps promoting peace, respect, safety, and dignity for all – Linns
August 27, 2017
- Former Montana Postal Employee Convicted for Fraudulently Obtaining Workers’ Compensation Benefits – PEN
- Video: 2017 NALC Heroes of the Year
PEN - APWU: 2017 Peak Season Exception Period MOU Reached
PEN - Postal Service Eyes January Rate Hikes
Dead Tree Edition - Sellers Should Brace for USPS Rate Hike in January
eCommerce Bytes
August 26, 2017
- Buffalo/Jamaican Drug Dealer Sentenced For Bribery Of Postal Carrier
PEN - Video: USPS suspends mail delivery in west Charlotte, NC after shooting – PEN
- USPS making key investments, PMG reports
PEN - USPS finances discussed in video
PEN - Gilmanton, NH postal carrier airlifted after dog bursts through screen to attack – NH Union Leader
- Thieves using rat traps to steal mail from collection boxes
Hawaii News Now - Our Top Five Favorite Fictional Postal Workers in Movies
TV Over Mind - USPS Service Disruptions
USPS
August 25, 2017
- Former Arkansas Mailman Involved In Tax Fraud Scheme
PEN - Seattle neighbors file lawsuit against an alleged vindictive mail carrier – My Northwest
- WA letter carrier hospitalized after hit-from-behind crash
Bellingham Herald - Richmond, CA post office closure not a done deal, mayor, congressman say – East Bay Times
- Atlanta: Armed men search postal truck for drugs; 2 arrested
Atlanta Journal Constitution - NPMHU and USPS Finalize Contract Interpretation Manual
- Post Office Mural Depicting ‘Cruel’ Native Americans Sparks Debate In N.H. Town – WBUR
- Cyclist severely injured in collision with USPS truck in Longmont
- Former USPS employee charged with stealing mail in Sawyer Co.
- OIG: Unscheduled Leave in the Baltimore District (PDF)
- OIG: Is USPS Effectively Reporting HCR Irregularities at Chicago NDC?
August 24, 2017
- Newspaper Association President Says Congress Should Pass Postal Reform Bill – We Say NO! – PEN
- Video: Residents upset because postal service has yet to replace damaged mailboxes – PEN
- Beyond Rain and Snow, Postal Workers Must Also Worry About Their Shoes – GovExec
- USPS employees receive latest pay raise, COLA increase under union deal – Federal News Radio
- Slow Mail Costs Money
Journal News - Contract covering U.S. Postal Service data center employees approved
PEN
August 23, 2017
- USPS: A rational approach to price setting
USPS responds to The Hill article – PEN - Bayou Vista, LA USPS custodian pleads guilty to stealing from mail
PEN - Colorado postal employee who pretended to have cancer, sentenced to serve at cancer treatment center – PEN
- Sprint Says Thanks Event 8.26.2017
PEN - Video: Grandfather angry after post office delivers $600 of baby gifts to wrong house – PEN
- NALC: Wage increase update for letter carriers
PEN - Mail Handlers President Addresses Delegates of the NRLCA Convention
PEN - Florida postal employee rams co-worker with pallet full of parcels
NW Florida Daily News - Congress must take the steps that allow USPS to grow, evolve
Salem News
August 22, 2017
- Republicans dig deeper after Postal Service cited for workers’ Clinton campaign aid – Fox News
- Man charged with felony harassment for alleged threats against postal workers – Spokesman Review
- Former El Dorado mail carrier enters plea to identity theft
Magnolia Reporter - Wal-Mart Applies for Patent for Blimp-Style Floating Drone Delivery Warehouse – Bloomberg
August 21, 2017
- USPS Says ‘Wrong Again’ To Forbes Writer
PEN - Florida authorities release more info about robbery of USPS driver
Ocala Star Banner - OIG: Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line
- Eclipse: Just another working day for lots of feds
Federal News Radio - Brooklyn carrier allegedly threatened with a hammer, robbed by duo – NY Post
- Sicko Postal Worker Busted For Feeding Dogs Deadly Meatballs
National Enquirer - Organizational Cultures that Promote and Reinforce Safe Cyber Practices– by Gregory Crabb, CISO & VP, United States Postal Service
August 20, 2017
- Buy Shipping Labels Online? US Postal Service Targets Incorrect Postage – eCommerce Bytes
- Florida Post Office worker robbed of package
Ocala Star Banner - Postal Service needs a leg up from Congress
Lancaster News - Last call at a historic Philly post office
Philly Inquirer
August 19, 2017
- Video: Minnesota residents receive Planned Parenthood mail defaced with threatening messages – PEN
- Watch: Roaches cause temporary mail suspension in Buffalo, NY Housing Project – PEN
- Video: U.S. Postal Inspectors Investigating mail thefts in Tucson
PEN - Don’t give the Postal Service virtually unlimited power to raise rates on its own – The Hill
- Post offices in path of eclipse offer special postmarks
AP News - Five juveniles accused of shooting postal worker with BB gun in NY
CNY Central - Michigan postal employee seriously injured in crash with garbage truck
M Live - Counterfeit 2017 U.S. Love Skywriting stamps surface on eBay
Linns - OIG: Unscheduled Leave in the Los Angeles District
- OIG: Unscheduled Leave in the Triboro District (PDF)
August 18, 2017
- Video: Excessive heat in Florida post office frustrates workers, customers – PEN
- Watch: Florida customers cry foul over Amazon delivery mistakes
PEN - Congress unfairly burdens postal service
Fresno Bee - Thefts reported from at least 5 U.S. Postal Service trucks in Chicago
Chicago Sun Times - Delivering more than just mail
August 17, 2017
- South Jersey Postal Employee And Charged With Fraud Involving Stolen Blank Postal Money Orders – PEN
- Whistleblower: Tammy Baldwin Did Not Respond to Illegal Political Activity by Postal Workers – Washington Free Beacon
- Startup initiatives from Down Under may offer inspiration to the failing US Postal Service – Tech Crunch – PEN Ed: USPS is not failing….PAEA is holding it back.
August 16, 2017
- Video: 3 Michigan U.S. postal workers charged with stealing mail in the past week – PEN
- APWU: Second Significant COLA Increase of 2017 Announced
PEN - After Losing Billions Again, Postal Service Needs A New Structure, Not Price Increases – Forbes
- ALBANY, Ore. – Dozens of postal carriers took a break from delivering mail to deliver a very special message Tuesday to a fellow mailman who is battling cancer – KVAL Eugene, OR
- Investigation into missing stamp stock at Kirksville, MO Post Office
Kirksville Daily Express
August 15, 2017
- USPS Responds to opinion piece in The Hill
Response by PEN Editor included – PEN - Alabama Postal Employee Sentenced in case of Accepting Bribe to Deliver Marijuana – PEN
- USPS celebrates the beauty of flowers
PEN - Letter Carriers president questions Postal Service management
Workday Minnesota - Respectful delivery by the U.S. Postal Service
PEN - OIG: Goin’ Mobile
- Continuing decline in first-class mail volume highlights ‘strong headwinds’ facing USPS – Linns
- Ohio postal employee who vacationed while too injured to work pleads guilty – PEN
- OIG: Compensation, Benefit, and Bonus Authority in Calendar Year 2016
- OIG: Delayed Mail Validation
August 14, 2017
- Mail Handlers: $270 COLA effective in September 2017
PEN - Video: Suspect in custody after Houston postal worker carjacked, mail truck stolen – PEN
- People and the Post – Smithsonian National Postal Museum
PEN - COLA for retirees bouncing around
Federal News Radio
August 13, 2017
- Video: Postal worker carjacked while delivering mail in SW Houston – PEN
- How Apple iPhone Updates Add Value To Mail
Nextgov - Amazon scammers’ new trick: shipping things to random widows in your town – Boing Boing
August 12, 2017
- Video: USPS apologizes, promises to correct mail delivery issues in Richmond, VA – PEN
- Watch: Wild birds halt mail delivery in north Tulsa neighborhood
PEN - Video: Postal customers in Oklahoma neighborhood complain about their mail delivery – PEN
- Watch: Mail woes continue in Larchmont
PEN - Postal service faces $6.9B default on retirement benefits
Philadelphia Tribune - CAGW: USPS is in Financial Distress
Business Wire - Austin mailbox break-ins spike, causing headaches for residents
Austin American-Stateman
August 11, 2017
- Former letter carrier from Cleveland Heights, OH sentenced to prison for trafficking cocaine – PEN
- Watch: Las Vegas Lady Liberty Part of Lawsuit With Postal Service
PEN - OPM Announces 2017 FEHB Open Season Dates
PEN - PMG To Postmasters and Managers “We’ll continue to grow, but that growth has slowed” – PEN
- NALC President Responds To Postal Service 3rd Quarter 2017 Financial Results – PEN
- Former Nampa, ID Postal Employee Indicted for Mail Theft
PEN - U.S. Postal Service’s financial straits could disrupt daily mail delivery
PBS - Detroit postal carrier stole more than $2K in checks from mail, feds say
WXYZ Detroit - Indiana postal worker accused of theft, official misconduct
WBND - How the Postal Service tried to swing the election for Hillary Clinton
Washington Examiner - Postal Service: More red ink, missed payments as mail slumps
AP - USPS: A Giant Distortion Machine
CATO - California Mailman Robbed In Brazen Noontime Heist
August 10, 2017
- U.S. Postal Service Reports Fiscal Year 2017 Third Quarter Results
PEN - Postal Service loss widens to over $2 billion as revenue declines
Market Watch - Postal Service looking to raise prices beyond inflation
News Gazette - Ukrainian postal service hit by 48-hour cyber-attack
BBC News
August 09, 2017
- Watch: What The Postal Service Wants Now
PEN - New Labor Contract Will Give 200K Postal Workers a Raise, but Trim Their Benefits – GovExec
- Medicare cannot afford a reckless USPS bailout
Opinion – The Hill - Advertising Mail Remains Popular With Marketers
PEN - Postal Service Bets On Higher Stamp Prices To Fix Woes
CBS DFW - First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for the Father Theodore Hesburgh Forever stamp – PEN
- Postal Officials Put a Stop to Beautification Project at Martha’s Vineyard PO
Vineyard Gazette - OIG: Appointment of Contracting Officers’ Representatives
August 08, 2017
- Buffalo/Jamaican Drug Dealer Sentenced For Bribery Of Postal Carrier
PEN - Video: Rash of mail thefts west of Tucson
PEN - Chicago Area Man Walking Dog Pulled Gun On Mailman For Running Stop Sign – DNA Info
- Amazon is telling third-party booksellers they must speed up delivery times by up to 40% – CNBC
- Car Crashes Into SW OKC Post Office
News 9 OKC
August 07, 2017
- National Association of Letter Carriers membership has ratified a new 40-month labor contract with the Postal Service – PEN
- Watch: New Orleans Postal Carrier Delivers Mail In Knee Deep Flood Waters – PEN
- Postal truck catches fire in Ridgeland, MS
Mississippi News Now - Pay for Performance at USPS Gets Mixed Assessment
FEDweek - Watch: Woman caught on camera stealing packages off Kirkwood, MO resident’s front porch – PEN
- Wisconsin whistleblower on political campaigning by postal workers says Sen. Baldwin never responded – Fox 6 Now
- How a Son of Sam Detective Realized ‘This Has Got to Be the Guy’
NY Times – Son of Sam was a postal employee - 1 injured as SUV crashes into Uniondale post office, cops say
Newsday - OIG: Proof of Delivery
August 06, 2017
- Congressional Bill Would Raise Postal Rates for Political Parties
PEN - Brockton, MA woman strikes letter carrier with trash can lid
The Enterprise - As US Postal Service struggles, Stamps.com fortunes rise
Daily Comet
August 05, 2017
- Video: Postal carrier caught on camera tossing packages in Edmond, OK neighborhood – PEN
- U.S. Post Office in Gary robbed at gunpoint
NW Indiana Times - Postal Worker Marks 100th Gallon of Donated Blood: ‘He’s Saved Over 1,500 Lives’ – MSN News
- Bay Valley postal service offers lessons in letter carrying
Mercury News
August 04, 2017
- GovExec Says OIG Report Indicates That USPS’ Pay for Performance System Isn’t Rewarding Postal Managment – GovExec
- Christmas Cards In July? Lakeview Residents Fed Up With Lousy Mail Service – DNA Info
- Son of Sam’s personality change was documented in letters to friends – NY Daily News
- Letter Carrier Pleads Guilty to Stealing Mail from Independence, Missouri Residents – PEN
- Checks and mail reported stolen from mailboxes in Covington, GA
Covington News - OIG: Fiscal Year 2015 Pay for Performance Program (PDF)
- OIG Audit: Are Contracting Officers Improperly Extending Contracts?
- OIG Audit: Are the costs associated with mailing ePackets accurately captured?
August 03, 2017
- Video: Suit dismissed against Dayton cop who slammed cruiser into postal van – PEN
- Video: Texas Community Receives New Postal Mailbox To Avoid Thieves – PEN
- After 2 Postal Trucks Were Broken Into USPS Is Advising San Jose Neighbors To Watch Their Credit And Bank Statements – PEN
- Video: One Of The Longest-Serving Postal Workers Retires After 60 Years – PEN
- Protect Pollinators Forever Stamps – Post Offices Are All ‘Abuzz’
PEN - Information Technology/Accounting Services Reaches Tentative Agreement with USPS – PEN
August 02, 2017
- Former President of Illinois American Postal Workers Union Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $18,857 – PEN
- Video: Postal service loses vital documents in Mobile County, AL capital murder case – PEN
- Former Treasurer of Michigan National Rural Letter Carriers Association Pleads Guilty To Willfull Failure To Maintain Union Records – PEN
- USPS CFO responds to Wall Street Journal article
PEN - Amazon’s sweetheart deal with the USPS
Freight Waves
August 01, 2017
- Former Texas Postal Employee Convicted In Scheme To Defraud Worker’s Compensation Program – PEN
- ALERT: Fraudsters May Target TSP and Other Federal Government Retirement Plan Participants – PEN
- Alaskan Post Office featured on NPR
PEN - USPS ‘postage reselling’ program scrutinized
Linns - OIG: Using all the Tools in the Toolbox
- UK: Stop making our Postal Rail a tourist attraction and get back to it carrying mail!