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PHYSICIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD OFFENSE
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has investigated many fraudulent workers’ compensation claim cases. Most of these investigations involve postal employees scamming the system. But, employees aren’t the only ones who abuse the system. Sometimes, medical providers used by postal employees injured on the job, defraud and abuse [...]
3/10/10
As you have heard, the OIG, in Janaury 2010, found that USPS overfunded the CSRS retirement fund by some $75 billion. As a retired CSRS employee I was curious as to whether or not there was ANY possiblity that postal CSRS contributors could have somehow been overcharged as well. So, I wrote the OIG and the [...]
3/06/10
The following article/opinion was submitted to Postal Employee Network anonymously and does not necessarily reflect our views or opinion.
I am a letter carrier and a shop steward for the NALC. I have some knowledge of the inner workings of the Postal Service and served on the MIARAP process both as a local office contact as well as [...]
A study just released by the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) shows that the current system of funding the Postal Service’s Civil Service Retirement System pension responsibility is inequitable and has resulted in the Postal Service overpaying $75 billion to the pension fund. The OIG estimates that if the overcharge was used [...]
On January 7, 2010, Leonard Jenkins, a Baltimore mail carrier, was sentenced in U.S. District Court, Baltimore, Maryland, to 3 years incarceration, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $104,446 in restitution for mail fraud, theft of mail, and aggravated identity theft arising from the use of his position as a [...]
December 03, 2009
Some of you may have visited the Dead Tree Edition today and found an error message from Google stating “The blog you were looking for was not found.” Well…this is not the full story – here’s what Dead Tree has to say…
For all of you who have been kind enough to link to [...]
On the eve of the holiday season, Dunkin’ Donuts, America’s all-day, every day stop for coffee and baked goods, is delivering a very special gift to the men and women who deliver our holiday cards, catalogs and presents. On Wednesday, November 25, Dunkin’ Donuts will serve free coffee to any United States Postal Service (USPS) [...]
July 2, 2009
by Rick Owens – www.PostalEmployeeNetwork.com
For those who do not work at USPS it may appear that the Postal Service is having a going out of business sale instead of a summer sale. The closure of branch after branch and office after office, and the consolidation of distribution centers across the nation seems to [...]
July 1, 2009
Today the USPS ZIP Code turns 46 years old. However, the cartoon figure, Mr. ZIP, originated serveral years earlier.
Mr. ZIP, was adopted by USPS as the trademark for the Zoning Improvement Plan or ZIP Code, which began on July 1, 1963.
Mr. ZIP was designed by Harold Wilcox, son of a letter carrier and a [...]
I never have liked the term snail mail. I just do not believe physical processing and delivery of mail can be compared to cyber space – but, that’s just me. Anyway, I did think this stamp image was rather cute.
Surgeon Tried to Get Easy Money in the Big Easy
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson says Five-Day Delivery Hurts Rural Areas
OIG Says Postal Service Could Do a Better Job Controlling Absenteeism
FORMER POST MASTER PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT
Postal service employee sentenced for stealing mail
USPS DPMG DISCUSSES DELIVERY PERFORMANCE WAIT TIME IN LINE
Postmaster General Appoints Award-Winning Poet and Designers