August 31, 2019
- Tyrannosaurus Rex Forever Stamps Show Motion When Rotated in Light – PEN
- The last thing we want is for the US Postal Service to become the nation’s largest drug dealer – US Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger – PEN
- The Postal Service is committed to fighting the illegal mailing of drugs
- Person killed after falling into Mobile, AL delta after their vehicle was struck by a USPS contractor
- New Texas law raises punishment for package theft
August 30, 2019
- Massachusetts Letter Carrier Accused of Stealing From Her Customers – PEN
- Colorado Letter Carrier Sentenced For Stealing Mail Instead Of Delivering It – PEN
- NALC files Lawsuit on Consolidated Casing Initiative – PEN
August 29, 2019
- Services held Wednesday for postal driver killed in Longmeadow crash – PEN
- USPS: Growing the business – Corbett reviews latest financial results
- Man accused of killing retired Ann Arbor postal worker to undergo mental evaluation
- Morristown mourns postman who delivered smiles in all weather
- OIG Audit: What are Causes of Untimely Processed and Transported Mail and What is the Impact on Delivery?
- OIG Audit: What Impacts Does the Transportation Network Have on Delivery of Mail?
- OIG: Local Purchases and Payments: Miscellaneous Services – Dickinson, ND, Main Post Office
August 28, 2019
- Widow Urges Outdoor and Mailbox Safety After Iowa Letter Carrier Dies From Wasp Stings – PEN
- Rochester, NY Postal Service facility to close due to mercury leak – PEN
- Postal Worker to be Recognized as Hero for Helping Injured Woman
- Trump’s Opioid Deal Has Been a Big Success
- Stamp collectors say the U.S. Postal Service is off track with a recent train poster
August 27, 2019
- Family of missing pregnant postal worker seeks answers almost a year after disappearance – PEN
- NALC Statement On Death of Connecticut Letter Carrier Daniel Nacin – PEN
- Decatur, GA residents fed up with closed post office
- APWU: Interest Arbitration Hearings Scheduled in September and October
- OIG: Service for Those Who Serve
August 26, 2019
- Funeral services scheduled for Daniel Nacin, postal worker killed in Longmeadow crash
- USPS Truck Burns In Alabama
- USPS Employee Assistance Program was upgraded with new features this year – PEN
- Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison After Pleading Guilty To Assaulting U.S. Postal Worker
August 25, 2019
- Veteran Letter Carrier Killed In Crash Was Victim Of Police Chase – Listen To Chase Audio – PEN
- Government whistleblowers: Courageous saints or revenge-hungry rats?
- OIG: Nationwide Employee Background Screening
August 24, 2019
- Chinese Drug Traffickers Say Ship Fentanyl Via USPS – Trump Orders USPS To Search and Refuse These Packages – PEN
- After numerous cases of mail theft, man finds creative way to keep an eye on his mail – PEN
- How fentanyl flowed through the U.S. Postal Service and across the southern border
- Friends remember postal worker killed during deadly crash
- Contractor for U.S. Postal Service arrested in Moyock
August 23, 2019
- 40-Year Veteran Of USPS Killed In Longmeadow Crash – PEN
- Milwaukee postal worker fired for throwing mail into dumpster – PEN
- New USPS Forever Stamps Feature Winter Berries – PEN
- OIG: Miscellaneous Non-Postal Revenue Refunds – South Hackensack, NJ, Annex
- OIG: Contract Delivery Service Costs
- OIG: Stamp Stock Accountability
August 22, 2019
- Medicare integration – Explaining how it would benefit USPS retirees – PEN
- Walnut Creek, CA Man Sentenced To More Than Two Years In Prison For Mail Theft Conspiracy – PEN
- A Brooklyn woman is suing the U.S. Postal Service for $1 million after one of their workers crashed into her
- No delivery in New Orleans: Mid-City residents go days without getting their mail
August 21, 2019
- Video: Man angry at Dallas postal worker throws racist tantrum – PEN
- Chula Vista postal carrier arraigned on animal cruelty charges – PEN
- USPS delivers on 21-year-old’s dream of delivering the mail – PEN
- American Airlines Inc. Agrees To Pay $22 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations for Falsely Reporting Delivery Times of U.S. Mail Transported Internationally – PEN
- Easier than ever to update your USPS info – PEN
- Town wins chaotic fight to keep historic post office
- Federal judge sides with letter carrier in case against USPS
August 20, 2019
- California Man Pleads Guilty to Scheme that Stole Nearly $240,000 from United States Postal Service Trucks – PEN
- No mailing it in: Postal workers trained to beat the heat
- Baton Rouge postal carrier indicted after more than 100 pieces of mail dumped in garbage
- Here’s what Woodland Hills mail carriers say is different at the Post Office after Peggy Frank’s death a year ago in extreme heat
- Georgia Carrier Arrested On DUI Charge
- OIG: Geographic Variation in Productivity
- OIG: The Ups and Downs of Productivity
- OIG: Local Purchases: Miscellaneous – Garland and North Garland, TX
August 19, 2019
- Off-Duty Postal Worker Killed In Chicago Neighborhood Shooting – PEN
- Former President of Kansas APWU Indicted On One Count of Embezzlement of Union Funds Totaling $4,740 – PEN
- USPS Tells Small Biz Owners to Meet with Local Postmasters
- TSP Policy Changes to Mainly Affect Post-Separation Withdrawals
- What Would be the Financial Impact of the Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act?
August 18, 2019
- Postal Impersonator Ripping Off Pleasant Hill Mail In California – PEN
- Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Committing A Bomb Hoax – PEN
- Letter to the Editor: Prefunding health care hurting postal service
- Professor relays story of black activism and the post office
August 17, 2019
- CSRS time buyout: Fact, fiction or fantasy?
- After nearly five decades, Barstow letter carrier completes his rounds
- Arizona Delegation Cite Tucson Mail Delays, Urge Updated Data Before Considering Additional Consolidation – PEN
August 16, 2019
- Waxahachie mail carrier delivers inspiration by running route – PEN
- Former USPS mail carrier sentenced to home confinement, probation after stealing cash, gift cards – PEN
- USPS investigates postal issues in Windsor, CO – PEN
- UPS buys stake in TuSimple after using its autonomous trucks – The U.S. Postal Service has also tested TuSimple’s self-driving tech
- Police warn of thefts at Peachtree City post office
- Reward Offered for Information in Case of Postal Service Key Stolen in Lauderhill
- OIG: Mail Delivery Issues – Broadview Station, Atlanta, GA
August 15, 2019
- Postal carrier robbed of mail keys, cellphone in Lauderhill, FL – PEN
- NALC: Seventh COLA set at $624
- NRLC: General Wage Increases and Cost-of-Living Raises
- Postal Worker Rescues Elderly Man on Her Route in Arlington
- The US Postal Service’s volumes tanked for the first time in nearly a decade — here’s why insiders say FedEx and Amazon are to blame
- Oops. It looks like the Postal Service is selling a T-shirt with a Russian plane on it
- OIG Audit: Can the Postal Service Standardize its Mail Processing Operations?
August 14, 2019
- Postal worker testifies she saw man murder Pasco neighbor from her mail truck – PEN
- Amazon Delivery Driver Caught On Camera Taking Girl’s Bike – PEN
- Check your taxes – New withholding estimator available – PEN
- UNACCOUNTABLE! The United States Postal Service is a Rogue Company Delivering Road Violence
- Coral Springs mail carrier busted stealing cash and gift cards
- OIG: Mail Delivery Issues – West Park Station, Philadelphia, PA
August 13, 2019
- Residents fed up with stolen mail tossed in East Atlanta streets – PEN
- Second Former Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Federal Marijuana Charge – PEN
- New Stamp Honors Walt Whitman – PEN
- Louisville man hurls slurs, mailbox at postal worker; spits on officer
- FedEx Completely Cut Ties With Amazon. Here’s Why UPS Won’t (or Can’t)
- APWU: New MS-1 Settlement and Implementation
- OIG: Nationwide Review of Voyager Fleet Card Personal Identification Numbers
- OIG: Digging Deeper on Mail Mix Study
- OIG: Military and Diplomatic Mail Service
August 12, 2019
- One-of-a-kind postal service procession held in Oregon City for beloved mailman
- Girl, 9, leaves cold drinks for postal carriers during summer heat wave
- The U.S. Postal Service Reported a Big Loss. Here’s What That Means for FedEx and UPS
August 11, 2019
- Two decades after a Chatsworth postal worker was shot and killed because the shooter thought he looked Latino or Asian, a family is fed up with no action: ‘We are better than this’
- Warren Buffett enjoys APS Stampshow in his hometown
August 10, 2019
- U.S. Postal Service Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2019 Results – PEN
- NALC: Statement on Postal Service’s 2019 Q3 Financial Report – PEN
- Postal Service Reports First Drop in Packages in Nearly a Decade
- Postal Service losing billions and delivering fewer packages as it burns cash
- Michigan postal worker pilfered seashells, razor blades and clothes from mail, feds say
August 09, 2019
- Another USPS mail truck burnt to a crisp
- USPS Financials: Form 10-Q Quarter III FY 2019 (PDF)
- Former APWU Union Officer Admits Embezzling $34,500 of Union Funds – PEN
- Pay Raises Coming for 130K Postal Employees, Along With Higher Health Care Costs
- Riverdale Sports – Physical Therapy For Postal Employees – PEN Spnosor
- USPS clarifies acceptable identification forms – PEN
- Postal Service decision could mean thousands of auto jobs in Flint, Lordstown
August 08, 2019
- Postal Inspectors helping combat opioids scourge – PEN
- Postal Service Watchdog Finds New Vulnerability During Security Audit– Also see OIG link below
- OIG: Management Alert – [Redacted]
- The USPS can’t compete with delivery firms using coerced, unpaid workers, child labor (PDF)
- Stamps.com Profit Plunges After Ending Postal Service Partnership
- Amazon-FedEx Split Draws Battle Lines in Online Delivery Feud
August 07, 2019
- 2018-2021 NRLCA-USPS Tentative National Agreement Has Been RATIFIED
- Sprint Sizzling Weekend August 9-11 – PEN
- Extreme heat doesn’t stop the mail — even at the cost of postal workers’ health
- FedEx Ends Ground-Delivery Deal With Amazon
- The government is clarifying a policy change that will limit the prescribing of opioid painkillers to employees injured on the job and covered under OWCP
- Unions Seek to Maintain Ban on Executive Orders
- OIG: Postage and Fee Refunds – Bellmawr, NJ, Main Window
- OIG: Bells and Whistleblowers
August 06, 2019
- CESAR ALTIERI SAYOC Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 20 Years In Prison For Mailing 16 Improvised Explosive Devices In Connection With October 2018 Domestic Terrorist Attack – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service Issuing Tyrannosaurus Rex Forever Stamps Aug. 29– PEN
- Former West Virginia Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Role in Federal Marijuana Conspiracy – PEN
- Former Fort Calhoun postmaster sentenced for embezzlement
- Postal Supervisors Sue for Raise, Back Pay
- USPS board finally reaches quorum as 10-year postal reform plan comes into focus
- OIG: Bells and Whistleblowers
August 05, 2019
- USPS: Lower flags after Texas, Ohio shootings – PEN
- USPS Board of Governors – Senate confirms three nominees – PEN
- You’ve Got Snail Mail: Charities Experiment With Fundraising Through USPS Informed Delivery Service
- Yorkie’s dog bite disrupts neighborhood’s mail service
August 04, 2019
- NARFE Pushes For Social Security Fairness, Supports New Legislation to Reform Windfall Elimination Provision – PEN
- NPMHU: 2019 Contract Update #4
- U.S. Senate approves three postal board appointees
August 03, 2019
- AZ rep calls for investigation into “unsafe summer work conditions” for postal workers – PEN
- Florida mail carrier caught on camera driving over front lawn of home – PEN
- USPS Regains a Functioning Governing Board for the First Time in Five Years
- Theft ring connected to Amazon scored $10M over 6 years, FBI alleges in new court documents
August 02, 2019
- Retired letter carriers warn: You don’t have to accept a Postal Service cluster box – PEN
- USPS recognizes military working dogs with new Forever stamps – PEN
- Mail truck catches fire near Auburn, WA – PEN
- FedEx Seven Day Package Delivery Casts Doubt on U.S. Postal Service Rate Hikes
- OIG: Mail Delivery Issues – Pleasant Hill Station, Des Moines, IA
August 01, 2019
- Rattlesnake Encounter Stops Mail Delivery in South San Jose Neighborhood – PEN
- Records show more than a hundred mail delivery complaints at south Fargo branch – PEN
- Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Service After Second Crash – An emergency parachute failure raises questions about the safety of urban delivery drones
- Cortlandt, NY Man Accused Of Threatening Postal Worker With Knife