February 28, 2018
- Nebraska woman discovers mail stolen, credit cards applied in her name
PEN - Former Massachusetts Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges and to Sexually Exploiting a Child – PEN
- USPS Change-Of-Address Forms Lead To Identity Theft Scams
PEN - Houston, I Have a Problem: Postal Service denies artist’s claim after commissioned painting damaged – PEN
- NLRB Issues Complaint Challenging Postal Service’s Refusal to Provide NPMHU with Full Information on F-1 Scheduler
February 27, 2018
- Video: Road rage suspect to remain in federal custody for postal worker’s murder – PEN
- Florida nudists upset because USPS carrier who won’t deliver mail inside resort community – PEN
- Several Wisconsin postal workers fired after reports of stolen mail
CBS Milwaukee - USPS Finally Starts Notifying You by Mail If Someone is Scanning Your Snail Mail Online – Krebs On Security
- Snail mail fail: Greenburgh residents making hundreds of complains about postal service – The Journal News
- Rep. Steve Scalise says New Orleans-area mail delivery problems widespread – NOLA
February 26, 2018
- Post Office discontinuances and suspensions: A decade in review
Save the Post Office - Long Beach Island Postal Worker Makes Second Save of His Career
TAPinto - The post office is the ‘last mile’ in customer service
Herald Times - Junking unwanted mail
Journal Gazette
February 25, 2018
- Video Update: Postal Service Reverses “Long-Driveway” Policy Of Ontario, NY Postmaster – PEN
- Letter: Keep promise to postal workers
Concord Monitor
February 24, 2018
- USPS inspector general to probe Greenburgh mail problems
PEN - APWU Reaches Monetary Settlement with USPS on POStPlan Staffing Violations – APWU News via PEN
- Neighbors have issues with mail in Colorado Springs neighborhood
PEN - Georgia Postal Worker Discovers She’s Pregnant While Giving Birth in Car – PEN
- Mail carrier reportedly drops mail on man’s truck
KCCI Des Moines - OIG: Have You Ever Had Time You Worked Disallowed or Taken Away?
February 23, 2018
- Two Illinois Postal Employees Indicted for Theft and Delay of United States Mail – PEN
- Road rage motive behind deadly shooting of Texas USPS employee
PEN - VIDEO: Texas USPS driver seen chunking packages over fence
PEN - USPS celebrates dazzling bioluminescent life on Forever stamps
PEN - Alabama man is a legendary, globe-trotting DJ — and a full-time postal worker – AL.com
- Husband of southern Indiana postal worker who drowned delivering mail says her death was preventable – WDRB
- USPS mail service in Ypsilanti blasted by hundreds at town meeting
Detroit Free Press – Also see: Rep. Dingell says Postal Service backed out of meeting about mail delivery issues in Ypsilanti - Tom Logue, Long Beach Island Postal Worker Makes Second Save of His Distinguished Career
- DataUniverse update: 2018 postal employees
February 22, 2018
- ‘POSTAL DISSERVICE’: Missing mail delivers an arrest to police
PEN - Wrong Turn, Right Time: Colorado Mail Carrier Helps Injured Woman
PEN - California postmaster connects with deaf employees
PEN - Grieving USPS worker: ‘God was watching over me’
PEN - Video: Postal Service spends millions on TV show about its crime-fighting inspectors – PEN
- Houston USPS mail carrier caught on camera using gay slur
PEN - Amazon’s new threat to delivery services via the U.S. Postal Service
Linns - Here’s why a mailman refused to deliver to San Francisco family
ABC News CA - Postal-Service Workers Are Shouldering the Burden for Amazon
The Nation - Flats Sequencing System continues to be a Postal Service headache
Linns
February 21, 2018
- Family, friends grieve USPS worker killed on mail route Saturday
PEN - Ontario, NY postal carrier caught on camera throwing package
WHEC Rochester NY - Three Connecticut Residents Charged with Cashing More Than $300K in Stolen Postal Money Orders – PEN
- Nonprofit Reduces Care Packages Sent To Military Personnel After Postal Price Hike – CBS Philly
- Investigators mum on what happened to Dallas postal worker
Fox 4 - No Additional Jail Time For Milford Man In Attempted Burning Of Mail Truck
- NALC: CCA backpay update – errors found
- OIG: Care to Comment?
February 20, 2018
- Postal Worker Fatally Shot in Dallas Monday Identified
PEN - Warning from victim after Central Lubbock mail thieves are caught on camera – PEN
- Busted mailboxes force Oklahoma City tenants to go without mail
PEN - Florida Postal Workers Protest Staffing Shortages
U.S. News & World Report - Service at Arkansas jail converts postal mail to email
Arkansas Online - Police say missing southern Indiana postal worker found dead in her vehicle
February 19, 2018
- Video: Postal Service Driver Shot & Killed On Dallas Highway
PEN - Woman threatens to ‘blow off’ head of Dayton, OH postal worker
PEN - USPS Honors St. Paul Letter Carrier Who Rescued Woman on His Route– PEN
- Postal truck slides on ice, ends up on wall
NY Post
February 18, 2018
- Thieves ‘Fishing’ From Stamford, CT Mail Collection Boxes, Police Say– Stamford Daily Voice
- Boondoggle: The FSS Goes from Bad to Worse
Dead Tree Edition - Facebook plans to use U.S. mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers
Reuters - Amazon Could Be The Nail In The U.S. Postal Service’s Coffin
Stock News
February 17, 2018
- Video: Inside the dark web: How deadly drugs are being delivered by mail – PEN
- Video: Dozens of tubs of mail found in Petersburg, VA dumpster
PEN - Oregon postal worker arrested for mail theft
Curry Coastal Pilot - Sen. Rob Portman: Closing the loophole that lets drug traffickers exploit the Postal Service – Washington Examiner
- How UPS delivers faster using $8 headphones and code that decides when dirty trucks get cleaned – Tech Review
February 16, 2018
- Fairfield, ME USPS Contractor Sentenced to 39 Days for Stealing Postal Money Orders – PEN
- Congresswoman Clarke Meets with Brooklyn Postmaster Concerning District’s Ongoing Postal Issues – PEN
- Voting by mail increases turnout, research shows
PEN - Amazon threat to FedEx overblown, it’s the postal service that’s in trouble, JP Morgan says – CNBC
- President Trump orders U.S. flags flown at half-staff to honor the victims of this week’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School– PEN
- Shipping by Amazon may cause over half of sellers to switch
Retail Dive - NALC: Fourth COLA set at $520
- OIG: Are Workshare Discounts Beneficial to the Postal Service?
- OIG: Internal Controls Over Walk-In Revenue Refunds – Kissimmee, FL, Main Office (PDF)
- OIG: How Effective is the Flats Sequencing System in the Capital Metro Area?
- APUW: First COLA Increase of 2018
- NPMHU: First Cost of Living Allowance of 2018
February 15, 2018
- Congressman MacArthur Demands Post Office Reverse Unexpected Rate Hikes on Military Care Packages – PEN
- Trump Budget Proposes Overhauling USPS – Reducing Delivery to 5 Days – USPS Changes That Would Provide An Additional $80 Billion Over 10 Years – GovExec
- Amazon volume not enough for Postal Service to avoid losses
MSN - Residents Riled by Loss of Mail, Theft of Carts
Chelsea Now
February 14, 2018
- OSC Announces Postal Service Employee Hatch Act Violation Over Social Media Use at Work For Bernie Sanders – Also Issues Hatch Act Social Media Guidance – PEN
- Former Newark Mail Carrier Admits Accepting Bribes For Delivering Parcels Containing Drugs – PEN
- NALC Says “Trump administration’s 2019 budget targets letter carriers and their families” – PEN
- Ohio post office problems more widespread than initially thought
PEN - APWU and Postal Service Extend Moratorium on Private Retail Outlets
February 13, 2018
- Mailbox Mystery: Magazines From 1960s Delivered to Maryland Home– PEN
- Check your mail — it may be forwarded without your consent
PEN - USPS Executive Administrative Schedule (EAS) Annual Salary – Effective January 06, 2018 – PEN
- Hero Letter Carrier Helps Save Elderly Customer
NECN News - 5 Ways Magazine Publishers Can Maximize Postal Savings
D. Edward Tree via Publishing Exec
February 12, 2018
- Thieves steal 500 live cockroaches from California mailbox
PEN - NALC statement on USPS Q1 financial report for FY 2018
PEN - Amazon’s delivery dream is a nightmare for FedEx and UPS
Seattle Times
February 11, 2018
- Mail stolen from two Georgia two post office delivery boxes
PEN - Postal van struck by bullets in Rochester, NY
PEN - Motorist lost in Michigan walked 9 miles before sheltering in mail truck– M Live
- Springfield firefighters knock down machinery fire at USPS bulk mail center – Mass Live
February 10, 2018
- Postal Service: ‘Flawed business model’ to blame for first-quarter loss
Federal News Radio – PEN Ed: Yeah right…ever heard of PAEA? - Postal Service issues apology over missing mail
WESH Orlando - OPM launched surprise hit on certain federal retirees, then tried to stop watchdog’s report – OPM administers the retirement annuity of postal and federal employees – Washington Post
February 09, 2018
- Zero tolerance – USPS promotes safe workplaces
PEN - U.S. Postal Service Reports First Quarter 2018 Results
PEN - Santa Rosa commissioners OK policy change for cluster mailboxes
PEN - PRC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Minimum Contribution of Competitive Products to Institutional Cost – PEN
- Postal Service Dedicates New U.S. Flag Forever Stamp
PEN - Amazon reportedly launching a delivery service for businesses
LA Times - Postal worker critically injured in Roseville, MI crash
Macomb Daily - Residents in Des Moines neighborhood haven’t received their mail in a week – KCCI Des Moines
- OIG: What are the Greatest Opportunities for Improving THS Operations?
February 08, 2018
- Non-profit furious over Postal Service changes that will raise cost of sending care packages to troops – PEN
- Prairie Creek gets unexpected delivery as postal truck tumbles offroad
Lewisville Texan Journal - Salina man indicted for allegedly misusing postal funds
Salina Journal - W.Va. postal carrier achieves dream
The Inter-Mountain - USPS: New guidelines for tax withholding take effect
- Postal Worker Commits Credit Card Fraud
Trumbull, CT Patch
February 07, 2018
- ‘Help me! He has a gun’: West Chester postal worker describes kidnapping – PEN
- Camera catches Amazon delivery driver tossing packages
PEN - Postal worker robbed and pistol whipped at rural Mississippi post office – PEN
- How the U.S. Postal Service is making it harder for you to support our troops overseas – NJ.com
- Postal worker credited with saving woman’s life from house fire
Dubois Co. Free Press
February 06, 2018
- Tulsa Postal Service supervisor pleads guilty in theft of marijuana from mailed packages – PEN
- 15 arrested in El Paso mail-theft ring targeting home, community mailboxes – PEN
- Last Postmaster appointed by a president retires
PEN - OIG: Opioids and the Mail
- APWU: MVS New Hire Salary Dispute Settled
- USPS: Employee idea-sharing platform is here
- USPS: Pet insurance available to employees
- Postmaster General and CFO Host Media Call on U.S. Postal Service FY 2018 Quarter 1 Financial Results
February 05, 2018
- USPS recovers customer’s WWII-era mail
PEN - How to rent a piece of history: JLL’s USPS Properties for Lease
Save the Post Office - Union’s Boycott of Nabisco Products Made in Mexico Gains Momentum
NPMHU - Charles Town postal carrier achieves game show dream
The Journal
February 04, 2018
- Postal Service to Dedicate Mister Rogers Forever Stamp
PEN - National Postal Museum Opens Exhibition Celebrating Women’s Duty and Service in World War I – PEN
- 11 People You Didn’t Know Worked for the Post Office
MSN
February 03, 2018
- Video: UPS delivery driver caught on camera doing ‘chicken dance’ – poking fun at USPS carrier – PEN
- 2 Male Turkeys Harassing Ohio Postal Carriers Euthanized
US News - Postal Worker Suspected of Stealing Gift Cards Put on Leave after NBC 5 Responds Report – News 5 Chicago
February 02, 2018
- Illinois Postal Worker Suspected of Stealing $500 in Gift Cards from Suburban Grandma – PEN
- Video: A dozen St. Louis postal workers claim they were bullied at work
PEN - Democratic congresswoman, a former postal employee, caught playing Candy Crush during State of the Union – NY Post
- Mail delivery in the boom days of mining
Tucson.com
February 01, 2018
- Letter carrier kidnapped at gunpoint in West Chester, OH forced to drive to I-75 – PEN
- Video: String of Postal Truck Break-Ins in the Bay Area Continue
PEN - Man pleads guilty to trying to burn postal truck in Milford
Oakland Press - Ex-postal worker from Lincoln pleads to stolen mail scam
Lincoln Journal Star - Arrest warrants issued for two Monessen men who allegedly attacked a postal worker – Herald Standard
- 50 Cases Of Mail Tampering Reported In Smithtown, NY
Smithtown Patch - Rochester man recognized for 50 years of employment with Postal Service – Spectrum News Rochester
- Police, postal officials investigating post office break-in
Daily Journal - Postal Bulletin 22486: Federal Income Tax Withholding
- Postal Bulletin 22486: Federal Taxation Percentages for Supplemental Wages