November 30, 2017
- USPS Says: “No merit to claims of misrepresenting delivery times in Atlanta” – PEN
- Portland woman frustrated with package theft; number of reports rise during holidays – PEN
- Video: USPS mail bin with mail inside found dumped in Phoenix alley
PEN - Texas postal employee charged in connection with body found in Jeff Davis Parish, LA – KPLC TV
- Police ID ‘armed and extremely dangerous’ man accused of killing Georgia postal worker – WSB TV Atlanta
- OIG: Delivering Peace of Mind
- OIG: Officers’ Travel and Representation Expenses for Fiscal Year 2017(PDF)
- $10K reward offered after USPS letter carrier in Oregon is after dark
KOIN
November 29, 2017
- Detroit Postal Supervisor, and her husband, Accused Of Intercepting Thousands of Dollars In Jewelry and Selling It At A Pawn Shop – PEN
- PMG discusses service, finances and more
PEN - Sneak a Peek at Your Holiday Greetings!
PEN - Sisters Who Defrauded Postal Service Sentenced to Five and Four Years in Federal Prison – PEN
- Witnesses: Postal worker stalked by estranged boyfriend before killing
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Analysis: US Postal Service, Built To Deliver Letters, Struggles To Compete In Package Delivery – Yahoo Finance
- NALC: Penalty Overtime Exclusion scheduled
November 28, 2017
- Video: Georgia letter carrier fatally shot in head while on duty
PEN - Woman says postal employee forcefully threw packages onto her porch
PEN - Georgia man says someone forwarded his mail, opened credit cards in his name – PEN
- Video: Missouri postal worker destroys mailbox, drives away
PEN - Video: 2nd explosive device mailed to Bay Area home
PEN - Mail from the US Postal Service found in a ditch in Georgia
WRCB TV - OIG Audit: Does USPS Have an Effective Process to Monitor Domestic Preference in Vehicle Contracts?
November 27, 2017
- Video: Protect your holiday packages from ‘porch pirates’
PEN - Video: Post offices, businesses prepare for Cyber Monday
PEN - Postal Service Eyes Next-Day Sunday Delivery for Holidays
NBC Washington - Mailing quirk has Missouri residents with Iowa addresses
Southeast Missourian – Also see: Postmaster General asked to correct addresses of Missouri residents with Iowa mailing addresses
November 26, 2017
- Postal Service Investigating Package Explosion In Alameda
PEN - Helpful or harmful: Is USPS’ Informed Delivery feature a new target for security threats? – Herald Mail Media
- U.S. Postal Service urged to choose electric delivery trucks
Green Car Reports
November 25, 2017
- Video: Postal Employees Share Their Experience Assisting in Hurricane-affected Areas – PEN
- Missouri residents with Iowa addresses? McCaskill wants to fix ‘one of the dumbest’ problems – Kansas City Star
- Man in postal uniform, mask, robs bank
Argus Leader
November 24, 2017
- Reports of Vehicle Fires Increase As Postal Service Fleet Ages
PEN - Postal Inspectors offering mailing tips to secure your holiday shipments
PEN - NALC Says Consumer Sentiment Is At Its Highest Levels Since January 2004 – PEN
November 23, 2017
- HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
PEN would like to thank each of our readers for their support over the past 20 years. We hope you and your families have a safe and wonderful holiday. Rick Owens – PEN - Video: Houston postal worker accused of stealing blank checks from mail, spending thousands – PEN
- Police now say postal worker did not assault teenager after package theft
Kentucky.com - OIG: USPS Board of Governors’ Travel and Miscellaneous Expenses for FY 2017
November 22, 2017
- Former California postal worker sentenced for drug trafficking
PEN - Cyber Monday Shopping? The Postal Service is Ready to Deliver!
PEN - Western Union Fraud Victims to Receive Compensation
PEN - Video: Former Houston Postal Employee Charged in Case Related to Death of Co-Worker – PEN
- USPS denies Lake City, FL man’s claim after package delivered empty
PEN - OIG: How Important is the Customer Experience?
- Four postal forms to be phased out starting in January
Linns - Not in gloom of night – Post office struggles to get mail delivered
Commercial News IL - Postal Service blamed for late ballot delivery in Virginia election
Linns
November 21, 2017
- Homeowner’s security camera catches Ohio postal worker throwing packages – PEN
- Postmaster General delivers holiday message to employee
PEN - U.S. Postal Service Letters FROM Santa Program Provides Santa’s Personalized Response to Your Child’s Letter – PEN
- USPS has a VR app, but it’s not about delivering mail
Slashgear - Package mix-ups have residents of one local neighborhood fuming
KWTX Woodway, TX - Man pleads not guilty to sending pipe bomb that exploded at East Chicago post office – Chicago Tribune
- UNIT LEVEL MITAGATION PROCESS NOW OPEN
UPMA - Postal Service Vehicle Catches Fire in Wayzata
KSTP Saint Paul, MN - OIG: Open or Closed: Now You Can See
November 20, 2017
- Missouri Senator McCaskill says USPS used ’emergency suspension’ to keep post offices closed indefinitely – PEN
- Mail carrier subjected to indecent exposure on her St. Helena route – again – The Beaufort Gazette
- A kid was trying to stop a package theft. Instead he was attacked by a postal worker – Lexington Herald Leader
November 19, 2017
- Former Louisiana Postal Employee Charged with Embezzlement of Mail Matter – PEN
- California LLV Catches Fire
Patch – Redwood City, CA
November 18, 2017
- Video: Harahan, LA residents fed up after mail found abandoned in the street – PEN
- Packages Pile Up at NYC Post Offices Because Carriers Can’t Get Into Buildings – PEN
- Pewaukee Post Office drama could lead to criminal charge against employee
- New details revealed about upright Jenny Invert distribution
Linns - Battered box of tropical fish bewilders Burlingame postal worker
KTVU
November 17, 2017
- USPS Responds to Forbes Contributor Steve Pociask – Time to Change the Broken Record – PEN
- Chicago Residents Worry Keys Meant For Postal Workers Used to Break Into Homes – PEN
- Video: Mail Discovered Dumped In Mesquite, TX Gutter
PEN - USPS Making Changes In Peachtree City, GA After Years Of Problems
PEN - Video: Atlanta mail carriers accuse USPS of faking Amazon delivery records so customers don’t get free stuff – PEN
- Postal Service change may be key to late-arriving absentee ballots in tight Va. races – WTOP
November 16, 2017
- Post office closures this holiday season
PEN - Holiday Package Deliveries? Porch Pirates Are Ready and Waiting
PEN - Riding your spouse’s health plan? Time to dismount!
Federal News Radio - Postal Service forecasts ‘much-needed revenue’ from approved rate hike
Federal News Radio - US Postal Service, Built To Deliver Letters, Struggles To Compete In Package Delivery – Benzinga
- Amazon has privately blamed the U.S. Postal Service for grocery delivery issues that led to Amazon Fresh changes – Recode
- OIG Audit: What is your experience with the Extended Capacity Left-Hand Drive Delivery Vehicles?
November 15, 2017
- Durant, OK Man Sentenced To 36 Months Probation For Delay Or Destruction Of Mail By Postal Employee – PEN
- Video: Postal Service Denies Insurance Claim For Lost Diamond Ring
PEN - Postal Service: Red ink for 11th year in row as mail slumps
Chicago Tribune - Taxpayers and Customers Will Pay Dearly for Electric, Driverless Postal Fleet – Inside Sources
- US Postal Service ‘was enlisted’ in hunt for Barclays whistleblower
Times UK - To get your package, make sure the address includes a P.O. box
Jackson Hole News and Guide - Homes gone, mail now collects at the Napa post office
Napa Valley Register
November 14, 2017
- Postal Service Reports Fiscal Year 2017 Results
PEN - Video: Texas postal employee caught on camera tossing packages
PEN - New Postage Rates Take Effect January 21
PEN - Video: USPS investigating reports of mail theft at Jacksonville post office – PEN
- Deer Park man pleads guilty in crash that injured postal worker
Newsday - OIG: ‘Tis the Scan Season
November 13, 2017
- Open Season – Postal employees can now make benefits changes
PEN - West Virginia USPS contract carrier pleads guilty to possession of stolen mail – PEN
- 9-year-old with cancer wants cards for his last Christmas
CNN - Once paralyzed, Brick, NJ mailman is back on the job — thanks to a once-paralyzed therapist
- Open Season is Coming — Here’s What You Need to Know
Postal Bulletin 22480 – Also see: Benefits Programs and Key Dates - Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement — Changing Your Current Mailing Address – Postal Bulletin 22480
- Tax Obligations of USPS Employees
Postal Bulletin 22480
November 12, 2017
- Des Moines’ postal services should be expanded, not cut
Mark Dimondstein via Des Moines Register - Truck and outhouse serve as post office in Illinois town for more than a year – WTKR TV
- Illegal opioids from China slide through mail loophole
Times Tribune
November 11, 2017
- Video: U.S. Postal Inspectors investigate mail theft in Van Alstyne, TX
PEN - 49-year-old postcard brings back memories of Vietnam for retired postal employee – The Ledger
- Joint law enforcement team reports “sharp decline” in mail theft trend
The Signal Santa Clarita Valley - As open season begins, here’s what feds need to know
Federal News Radio - Delivery Services Hiring For The Holidays, Some Urgently Looking For Help – CBS Pittsburgh
November 10, 2017
- Alabama Resident Convicted in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Schemes That Sought $26 Million – Postal Employees Provided Mailing Addresses – PEN
- Munster, IN Man Indicted In East Chicago, Post Office Bombing Case
PEN - Postal Employee and Houston Clinic Indicted for Health Care Fraud
PEN - Virginia mail carrier suspected in theft of gift card
Herald Dispatch - Former Twin Cities postal carrier makes good in film industry
Minnesota Spokesman Recorder - OIG Audit: How effective is the Postal Service’s Fuel Price Index program?
November 09, 2017
- Postmaster General Recognizes Veterans
PEN - Former NALC Treasurer of Branch 378 In Marion, IN Sentenced for Embezzlement – PEN
- Veteran recalls delivering mail during WWII
PEN - NARFE Applauds Senate Passage of TSP Modernization Act
PEN - Des Moines Postal Union says Job Moves Hurt Service
Iowa Public Radio - Some Plans Dropping Out of FEHB, but Others Joining
FEDweek - FEHB Open Season for 2018
FEDweek
November 08, 2017
- Video: Wait until you see how easy it is to steal your identity at the post office – PEN
- Former postal supervisor from Akron sentenced to three years in prison for stealing a kilo of methamphetamine out of the mail – PEN
- Southwest Atlanta residents getting mail delivery at midnight
PEN - Video shows mail carrier throwing packages at Glen Allen, VA home
PEN - Video: Special Report: Where’s my mail?
PEN - USPS Selects Lockheed Martin to provide Enhanced Package Processing System – PEN
- OIG Audit: How Can the Postal Service Improve Package Sorters?
November 07, 2017
- Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Commit Fraud-ID Theft with Florida USPS Letter Carrier – PEN
- Video: Buffalo man’s identity stolen after mail redirected to new address
PEN - Des Moines post office workers will protest cutbacks this week
Des Moines Register - OIG: A Veterans Day Salute
November 06, 2017
- NPMHU Files Charges with NLRB RE: Function-1 Scheduler And USPS Failure to Provide Information – PEN
- Connecticut postal employee marks 50 years of military, USPS service
PEN - Cluster mailboxes are starting to pop up again in some areas of London (Canada) – worrying critics and postal workers alike – PEN
- Florida man goes postal, attacks mailman with baseball bat, lawmen say
Northwest Florida Daily News - The Trucks Competing to Be the Next USPS Delivery Vehicle, Third Prototype Spotted – Trucks.com
- Opening soon – Benefits enrollment period begins Nov. 13
USPS News Link - Virginia postal worker wins $10 million on lottery scratch-off, calmly returns to work
AP
November 05, 2017
- As U.S. Postage Rates Continue To Rise, The USPS Gives The Chinese A ‘Free Ride’ – Forbes
- Police: Postal worker lied about being robbed at gunpoint
NBC Columbus, OH - USPS hopes for more Sunday package deliveries
Linns - Why the fight against opioid abuse is happening at the post office
Washington Post
November 04, 2017
- Security camera catches Florissant, MO USPS carrier throwing packages onto front porch – PEN
- Video: Memphis postal delivery debacle at apartment complex
PEN - Former Taunton, MA Postal Service Clerk Charged with Embezzlement
PEN - Metairie mailman pleads guilty to delivering while intoxicated again
NOLA Times Picayune - Postal Service Continues Delivery Efforts In Caribbean; Special Sunday Hours For Package Pickup And Delivery Announced – The Virgin Islands Consortium
- OIG Audit: Are USPS Tort Claims processes and internal controls effective for accurate and appropriate payments?
November 03, 2017
- Pennsylvania Postal Employee Charged with Opening Mail
PEN - In 2016 The Postal Service Paid $84M For Property Damage and Injuries
PEN - NALC challenges change to promotion pay provisions
PEN - APWU: Pay Increase Coming Nov. 25
PEN - Postal employee wins $10 million in lottery scratch-off game
Washington Post - Task of returning mailboxes turning into a marathon
Chicago Sun Times - Temporary Emergency Committee of the Postal Service Board of Governors to Meet November 14 – PEN
- OIG: Package Delivery Scanning ? Nationwide
November 02, 2017
- Postal Service Previews Alzheimer’s Semipostal Fundraising Stamp Image – PEN
- 4-year-old dresses up as his hero — the local mailman — for Halloween
Olean Times Herald - Postal IG Praises ‘Extraordinary’ Employee Efforts Following Disasters
FEDweek - Martinez, CA: Another upside-down U.S. flag
East Bay Times - Postal employee fired after stealing from mail in Wauwatosa
Journal Sentinel - How the Postal Service is using analytics to spot problems at local offices – Government Computer News
- Wife of Fayetteville councilman charged in fatal crash involving postal truck
November 01, 2017
- USPS Launching IdeaSMART – Site Will Allow Postal Employees To Submit Ideas To Improve Operations and Services – PEN
- Columbus, OH postal worker robbed at gunpoint on north side
10 TV - Fayetteville, NC postal employee killed in crash
ABC News NC - Spy Shots: Postal Service Prototype Mahindra Mail Truck
Trucks.com - Gun thieves hit Springfield postal warehouse
KWOS News Radio - Postal Service eyes next-day Sunday delivery for holidays
Sacramento Bee - OIG: Consolidation of Mail for Chicago and San Francisco Network Distribution Centers