September 30, 2017
- Video: ‘White Lives Matter’ fliers found inside Maryland post office
PEN - Former California Postal Employee Sentenced To 72 Months In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering – PEN
- U.S. Postal letter carrier in Attica charged with dealing drugs
Journal and Courier - Colorado Neighborhood “Starting to Revolt” Over Mailman Who Is Allegedly Terrified of Dogs – Westword
September 29, 2017
- U.S. Postal Service and Canada Post to Celebrate the History of Hockey on Stamps – PEN
- APWU: Postal Vehicle Service Scanning Duty Settlement Reached
PEN - NALC Explains Veterans Day holiday
PEN - USPS is Reminding Employees to Handle Mail Carefully
PEN - Cyber, talent challenges sideline USPS software license management
Fedscoop
September 28, 2017
- Tennessee USPS contractor sentenced to three years probation for stealing narcotics intended for veterans – PEN
- Fired Iowa Postmaster Granted Unemployment Benefits Despite USPS Opposition – KWWL
- Man collects workers’ comp from USPS for a back injury while training as a Metrobus driver – Washington Post
- Sprint Says Thanks Event This Saturday
PEN
September 27, 2017
- Video: Mississippi postal carrier pepper sprays dogs while dropping off package – PEN
- USPS Says Efforts to Reduce Dog Attacks Ongoing
PEN - Des Moines post office scam led to postmaster’s firing
PEN - USPS Service Alerts: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
PEN - Postal Service Honors the National Museum of African American History and Culture – PEN
- Probes estimate billions of delayed mail to facilities and point to Postal Service ‘manipulation’ by a few employees – Washington Post
September 26, 2017
- Video: Missing Houston postal worker’s ex charged in unrelated case
PEN - USPS rebounds after Hurricane Maria
PEN - Two Troopers And U.S. Postal Worker Credited With Saving Man’s Life
WBIW - Unclear when postal service will resume in Puerto Rico
Caribbean Business - Woman alleges U.S. Postal Service interfered with FMLA rights
PennRecord - OIG Audit: Can the Fleet Credit Card Program Be Better Managed?
- OIG: Airport Delays
September 25, 2017
- NARFE Offers Assistance Following the Devastation of Hurricane Irma
PEN - Japan Post share sale raises $11 billion, but demand weaker than for IPO
Reuters - Bank by mail
Grand Junction Sentinel - Contestants tackle ‘Jeopardy!’ stamp category
Linns
September 24, 2017
- Testimony concludes in Lady Liberty stamp trial; decision months away
Linns - Video: Heap of stolen mail gets left in Albuquerque street
PEN - NALC: Help letter carriers hurt by Hurricanes Irma and Maria
September 23, 2017
- Postal Service Retiree Funds Investment Strategies – An OIG White Paper – PEN
- U.S. Mail Delivery After Dark
PEN - OIG: Internal Controls Over Stamp Stock Shipments – Fremont, CA, Post Office (PDF)
- Postal IG uncovers mishandling of official time
Federal News Radio - Check in the mail? No, really. Why some Fort Mill neighbors can’t get to their mail – Herald Online
- Change-of-address scam is another to watch out for
ABC Miami - Vintage photos on exhibit at US Postal Service office
Union Bulletin - Postal Service promises customers improvements
Riverdale Press
September 22, 2017
- USPS offers new email format tracking for customers
PEN - Letter carriers recognized as 2017 Heroes of the Year
PEN - Will Postal Carriers Act as Census Enumerators for the 2020 US Census?
- Postal employee walking 100 miles for a good cause
WCVB - 4 hospitalized after package of carbolic acid spills at Dallas mail center
Dallas News - Stamping out slow delivery
Montana Standard
September 21, 2017
- Senator Tester Demands USPS Accountability After Reports of Intentional Mail Delays – Says Terminate Faulty Managers – PEN
- Video: Mail thieves lead Dallas officials on high-speed chase
PEN - Senator Wants Postal Employees Who Deliberately Misreported Mail Delivery Fired – Fedsmith
- Woman alleges she was terminated for requesting FMLA leave by United States Postal Service – Penn Record
- New report shows USPS under reported billions of pieces of delayed mail – KTVH
- FedEx to slap dimensional pricing on packages handled in concert with USPS – DC Velocity
- Postal Service hiring at least 1,000 employees in Colorado
Denver Post
September 20, 2017
- Postal employees resume service after Irma
PEN - Sens. Heitkamp, McCaskill Call for Immediate Action Following Inaccurate Postal Service Reporting of an Estimated Two Billion Pieces of Delayed Mail – PEN
- USPS – Hurricane Maria Update
PEN - Tiny Florida Post Office Survives Irma
PEN - USPS launches mail campaign to raise awareness about dog attacks in Louisville – PEN
- OIG: Delivery After Dark
- OIG: Does the USPS have an effective program for scanning containers and trailers for product visibility?
- OIG: Would automation improve USPS’s ability to collect and manage checklist data?
September 19, 2017
- Kansas Letter Carrier Sentenced For Stealing Gift Cards
PEN - Caught: New Jersey Letter Carrier Zip Lines and Rappells While On Workers Compensation – PEN
- Video: 80+ Texas Neighborhood Associations Working Together to Take On Mailbox Thieves – PEN
- Video: Postal worker and mother of two vanishes in N. Houston
PEN - USPS Retiree update, PERF reminder
PEN - Senator Tester wants firings after postal workers accused of delaying mail delivery – Billings Gazette
- Amazon Is Quietly Seizing Control of Booze Delivery Now, Too
Grub Street - World’s Most Unusual Post Office
NAT Geo
September 18, 2017
- Daimler Trucks Rolls Out First Electric Trucks to Postal Giant UPS – PEN
- A 17th-century Massachusetts windmill gets a postmark
Linns - Federal Retiree Expertise Needed for Hurricane Recovery and Relief Efforts – PEN
- 2017 Joint Contract Interpretation Manual (JCIM) for the U.S. Postal Service/American Postal Workers Union 2015-2018 National Agreement is now available online and in print – USPS
- OIG: Independent Report on Employee Benefits, Withholdings, Contributions, and Supplemental Semiannual Headcount Reporting Submitted to the Office of Personnel Management
September 17, 2017
- You’ve got mail (maybe). Here are the post-Hurricane Irma postal details
Also see: The nation’s smallest post office took on the winds of Irma, and gave a big answer – Miami Herald - Men facing charges for breaking in to PO boxes across Las Vegas
KTNV Vegas - UK: Postal union boss vows ‘smash Royal Mail to bits’ over pensions dispute
- ‘Special Delivery’ attractively presents historic aspects of mail service
Linns
September 16, 2017
- Fed up Colorado resident marches with “Ask me how bad this post office is” sign – Fort Morgan Times
- Mail carrier, gun-toting carjacker battle over stolen postal van
Fresno Bee - Two Legionnaires named NALC Heroes of the Year
American Legion - IG Finds Far More Public Interaction than USPS Measures
FEDweek - Bring back postal banking, northern food mail program, union tells Canada Post – CBC News
September 15, 2017
- Video: Tennessee resident blames apartment managers for not getting mail – PEN
- Former Illinois President of American Postal Workers Union Pleads Guilty to One Count of Embezzling $18,857 in Union Funds – PEN
- Former Treasurer Of Michigan Rural Letter Carriers Association Pleads Guilty to One Count of Willful Failure to Maintain Union Records – PEN
- Watch: Michigan delinquents steal mail out of mailboxes, open letters exposing personal information – PEN
- USPS: What to do in an ‘active shooter’ situation
PEN - Recent Story of USPS 20% Rate Filing is Off-Base
American Catalog Mailers Assoc. - Data & Marketing Assoc. Opposes Postal Rate Increase
Non-Profit Times
September 14, 2017
- Video: Job cuts no longer coming for Bronx postal workers
PEN - APWU: IT/AS Support Services Members Ratify Contract
PEN - Salmon Mail Haul Drivers Ratify Contract
PEN - Former Wisconsin Postal Employee Charged with Stealing from U.S. Postal Service – PEN
- Westlake, Ohio Post Office Threat: – Employee Denies Involvement
Law enforcement were called to the city’s post office after an employee allegedly threatened to bring a gun to work. – Westlake Patch - Bicyclist struck by USPS driver in Billings
KTVQ Montana - NALC: New OIG report sheds light on post office usage, especially among the young
September 13, 2017
- Video: Charlotte postal worker tosses package to front door
PEN - Video: Thieves targeting your mail in a place you’d least expect
PEN - Surprising conclusion of new USPS inspector general report: ‘billions served’ at nation’s post offices – Linns
- USPS Irma Update
- Retirement changes 2017/18: What are the odds?
Federal News Radio
September 12, 2017
- ‘Staffing shortfall’ contributed to mail problems in Larchmont
PEN - USPS: Tropical Storm Irma Update
PEN - Ohio man threatens woman, postal worker with baseball bat
Toledo Blade - Postal Service needs to capitalize on API user data, report says
Fedscoop - Surprising conclusion of new USPS inspector general report: ‘billions served’ at nation’s post offices – Linns
September 11, 2017
- Letter Carrier From Georgia Convicted in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scheme – PEN
- US commemorates 9/11; ceremony begins at ground zero
ABC News - NALC: NAFTA renegotiations show differences between Canadian and U.S. wages and unions – PEN
- Remarks of Attorney General Sessions on the 16th Anniversary of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks – PEN
- Hurricane Irma: USPS Mail Delivery Update
PEN - USPS comments on recent AP story
PEN - USPS responds to major storm
PEN - OIG: Mail Collection Box — Management of Service Status
- Rescind USPS pre-fund rule
Times Tribune - Twenty and done? USPS refuses to comment on future of Legends of Hollywood series – Linns
- OIG: Billions Served: Foot Traffic at the Post Office
- OIG: Oral Statement on Examining the Shipment of Illicit Drugs in International Mail
September 11, 2017
- US commemorates 9/11; ceremony begins at ground zero
ABC News - Remarks of Attorney General Sessions on the 16th Anniversary of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks – PEN
- Hurricane Irma: USPS Mail Delivery Update
PEN - USPS comments on recent AP story
PEN - USPS responds to major storm
PEN - Rescind USPS pre-fund rule
Times Tribune - Twenty and done? USPS refuses to comment on future of Legends of Hollywood series – Linns
- OIG: Billions Served: Foot Traffic at the Post Office
- OIG: Oral Statement on Examining the Shipment of Illicit Drugs in International Mail
September 10, 2017
- Woman Hit By Mail Truck In Manchester
Manchester Patch - Wrong way driver hits two US mail trucks
Click 2 Houston
September 09, 2017
- Video: Senator Schumer asks Postal Service: Where’s Larchmont’s mail?
PEN - USPS Temporarily Adjusts Suncoast District, Florida, Operations Due to Hurricane Irma – PEN
- Indiana Neighbors Upset That USPS Delivers Only To One Side Of Their Newly Reconstructed Street – PEN
- Lance Armstrong trial delayed until May 2018
USA Today
September 08, 2017
- PMG thanks postal employees, stresses safety
PEN - PMG highlights safety, survey in new video
USPS News Link via PEN - Postal Service to Dedicate Christmas Carols Forever Stamps
PEN - Prison Sentence Ordered For Man Who Blew Up Postal Service Mailbox
CBS Denver - After East Chicago post office blast, FBI investigates if ‘any terrorism links’ exist – Chicago Tribune
- Postal employees ‘developed a knack’ for pilfering drugs passing through distribution center, investigator says – Tulsa World
September 07, 2017
- Video: At Least 1 Injured in East Chicago, Indiana Post Office Blast
PEN - Video: Former mailman sentenced to 2 years probation for dumping 15K pieces of mail in DC sewers – PEN
- Video: Postal Service offers reward after thieves steal entire mailbox
PEN - Watch: Stolen mail found at Concord, CA Hampton Inn being returned
PEN - Tanana, AK man accused of threatening postal worker
Daily News Miner - Driver of USPS vehicle charged with DWI in fatal moped crash in Lexington, NC – Fox 8
- USPS: Hurricane Irma Service Alerts
- Analysis: Postal woes demand jump in stamp price to 60 cents
ABC News - Rip-Off Alert: Wrong postage exposes scam work-at-home opportunity
3 News Las Vegas
September 06, 2017
- After Harvey, USPS begins the road to recovery
PEN - Video: Spokane Letter Carrier Carries On Through The Smoke
PEN - Postal Service Continues to Restore Service
PEN - New rules for USPS Combined Federal Campaign contributions, events
PEN - USPS halts mail service for Lakewood neighbors after dog attacks carrier– Denver Channel
- USPS: Post-Harvey help
- Antioch motorcycle crash victim ID’d as longtime postal carrier in Fox Lake – Chicago Tribune
September 05, 2017
- Video: Hunt for Charlotte postal carrier’s shooter continues
PEN - Mail carrier saw a dog in distress; here’s how cops say the owner reacted– NJ.com
- Houston Postal Workers Brave Flooded Areas To Deliver Mail
Houston Public Media - NH man who worked at country store for 60 years to be honored by USPS
September 04, 2017
- History of Labor Day – HAPPY LABOR DAY
PEN - UK: Postal workers ‘being paid thousands to steal bank cards’
Evening Standard
September 03, 2017
- Up to $50,000 available for information on shooting of Charlotte postal worker – PEN
- Letter carrier robbed in Lake Park, FL
WPTV West Palm Beach - Postal-Worker Dodges Bullets In Hendersonville, TN
Smokey Barn News - 6 injured as mail truck, SUV crash in Aurora
WLWT - Nail polish remover is to blame for sending 6 to hospital, post office evacuation
September 02, 2017
- USPS Says ‘It’s Time to Turn the “Paige” on This Tired, Old Tale’
PEN - Video: Charlotte Shooting Highlights Dangers For Letter Carriers
PEN - Watch: “Why Did They Shoot Him” – Asked Mother of Injured Charlotte Letter Carrier – PEN
- Pittsburgh neighbors fed up with inconsistent mail delivery
PEN - U.S. Postal Service Honors Father Theodore Hesburgh
PEN - House Oversight Committee Looking Into Postal Service Hatch Act Violation – FedSmith
- Mail truck overturns in Stillwater
New Jersey Herald - US Postage Rate Increase Takes Effect on Sunday
eCommerce Bytes
September 01, 2017
- Video: USPS mail carrier shot multiple times in southwest Charlotte, NC
PEN - Postal Clerk Indicted for Using Money Order Sales to Steal Postal Funds
PEN - PERF accepting aid for USPS victims
PEN - U.S. Postal Service Will Address Hatch Act Issues
WSJ - U.S. Rep. Bill Flores: Postal service should have been better prepared for disaster – The Eagle
- For every Amazon package it delivers, the Postal Service loses $1.46
Washington Examiner – Opinion - Important Mail Service Update for Houston Area Customers Affected by Hurricane Harvey – PEN
- Important Mail Service Update for Rio Grande District Customers Affected by Hurricane Harvey – PEN
- USPS inspector general seeks tweaks to customer service surveys
Federal News Radio - Garards Fort post office is small but mighty
- OIG Audit Report: City Carriers Returning After 6 P.M. ? Bay Valley District