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WASHINGTON — It’s not too late to make sure holiday gifts and cards arrive in time for Christmas. At the Post Office or online, the U.S. Postal Service — the “Official Shipper of the Holidays” — is ready for this week’s busiest mailing and delivery days of the year.
The Postal Service expects to deliver 16.5 [...]
On November 17, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Tommy Harris, former Secretary-Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 1230 (located in Griffin, Ga.), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement totaling $24,646.82, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The guilty plea follows an investigation by [...]
PITTSBURGH, Pa – After a non-jury trial tried before Senior United States District Judge Maurice B. Cohill, Terri Oddo was found guilty of one count of misappropriation of postal funds, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
Oddo, 43, of East Brady, Pennsylvania, was tried in Pittsburgh.
According to Assistant United States Attorney Paul E. Hull, [...]
This past week, Members of Congress, on both sides of Capitol Hill, expressed outrage over the continual parade of 2011 service cuts being unveiled by Postal Headquarters. Senators and Representatives proclaim that accessible post offices, reliable delivery frequency and consistent quality service are still valued characteristics of a universal postal service. And, Members of Congress, [...]
PRC receives USPS proposal to change service standards
Washington, DC – Today, the Postal Regulatory Commission received a request for an advisory opinion regarding the United States Postal Service’s proposed service standard changes associated with significant alterations to its mail processing network.
According to the Postal Service, the most significant revisions would eliminate the expectation of overnight [...]
The following has been sent by the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, the Association for Postal Commerce, the Direct Marketing Association, and the Association of Magazine Media to the Postmaster General of the United States regarding the Postal Service’s decision to move forward with a postal exigency request.
We are perplexed. In your presentations to the mailing [...]
NAPUS Meets With USPS Headquarters to Review ELM 650 Process
NAPUS President Bob Rapoza met with Postal Service representatives this week to review possible changes to the ELM 650 process. This section of the ELM covers nonbagaining disciplinary and appeal procedures, including letters of warning in lieu of time off suspensions, emergency placement and other types [...]
NEWEST VPO OPENS IN MISSOURI
VILLAGE POST OFFICE LIST GROWS
Missouri’s Doe Run Village Post Office (VPO), located in Sherry’s Quick Mart, is the latest to join the Postal Service’s list of eight fully-functional VPOs.
As of last Monday, USPS had received 505 VPO inquiries from interested vendors nationwide. Six additional VPOs with contracts are poised to open [...]
ON GUARD
CUSTOMERS WARNED ABOUT EMAIL SCAMMERS USING USPS NAME
Postal Service customers take note — usps.com recently posted a warning about email scammers using the Postal Service’s name to access valuable personal information.
Customers being targeted receive bogus emails with subject lines containing the text: “USPS Delivery Failure Notification.” The emails claim to be from the Postal [...]
Penalty Overtime Exclusion
As referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5, of the USPS–NALC and USPS–APWU national agreements, the December period (during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable) consists of 4 consecutive service weeks. This year, the December period begins Pay Period 26-11, Week 1 (December 3, 2011), and ends Pay Period 01-12, Week [...]
Underused Postal Resources Could Benefit Postal Service and U.S. Citizens
Senator Webb to Postmaster General: Keep Post Offices Open Until Reform is Enacted
Senator Levin Says Reform Bill an Important Step in Preserving Postal Service
Senators Call on Postmaster General to Extend Closure Moratorium So House Can Consider Senate-Passed Plan to Protect Rural Offices
Eleven New Criminal Enforcement Actions Against Postal Union Representatives or Officers
Senator Tester is ‘going after the high salaries of top Postal Service executives’
Senator Baucus Postal Service Work Day In Missoula