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POSTAL NEWS FROM PEN
March 2010
March 06, 2010
USPS: 5
Day Delivery Plan
Reasons for moving to 5 day delivery - 5 day
proposed operations plans - 5 day start the
clock plan changes and more (opens in new
window) -
USPS:
Flats Sequencing System Update
from USPS - (opens in new window) -
Flats
Sequencing System Update
What to do
about the Postal Service's woes?
Sen. Susan Collins via Washington Post -
Printers
see limited impact if U.S. Postal Service drops
Saturday delivery -
Pushing
the Envelope
The Postal Service may stop delivering mail on
Saturdays, but written words are thriving in the
age of email -
Deliver
competition
Chicago Tribune Opinion -
Postal Deja Vu
Bangor Daily News -
Postal
Service letter carrier indicted for workers’
comp fraud -
For most,
dropping Saturday home delivery seems like no
big deal - Also see
Editorial:
Keep Saturday delivery, Postal Service
and
End of
Saturday delivery should be thought out
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March 05, 2010
Economy
Can Handle Fewer Postal Workers
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Postal
Plans Unveiled
NAPUS Newsletter -
Will end
of USPS Saturday delivery kill Netflix?
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California
community concerned by sex offender mail carrier
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OUR
OPINION: Only Congress can ease postal service
expenses - Miami Herald -
USPS Communications Issues Continue - 8125 Checklist
Postal Affairs Blog -
US Postal
Service Plagued with Union Inefficiency, Faces
Saturday Cancellations (PDF)
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The
National League of Postmasters President talks
about The Big Announcement -
Postal
Service can save billions, join the 21st century
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Failure in
Postal Commentary
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
March 04, 2010
Postal
consultant: Consider 3 days of delivery
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Also see:
Why the
Mail Should Come Every Other Day
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Is the
Postal Service Destined to Fail?
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Time to
Free the Mail
Part of the problem is the AFL-CIO — National
Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) — which
has successfully pressured the service into
providing direct and indirect compensation to
its workers to the point where the average
postal worker now makes $83,000 a year. -
Missing
Mail Carrier's Body Found By Montrose Beach,
Chicago
Transformation is Essential to Save the Postal
Service -
Questions about postal
service's cash fix, Saturday delivery, and
closing your post office -
OIG Blog:
“The Path Forward” of the Postal Service
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OIG Audit
Report – Highway Contract Route Transportation –
Greater Chicago -
Maine Sen.
Collins said the postal
service should focus on serving its customers
better, attracting new customers and increasing
volume - not on cutting services. -
More
postal matters
"The mail will come back. How far it comes back,
however, may well depend on how deeply
service is cut while mail is down." Ruth
Goldway, PRC Chairman November 5, 2009. -
From the
National League of Postmasters - highlights,
numbers, and more -
National
League of Postmasters to PRC
"the League has been concerned about this matter
(suspended post offices) for some time, and has
felt that for years the Postal Service has been
intentionally using the emergency suspension
process to circumvent the dictates of the Post
office closing laws." -
US Postal Service: no
more Saturday delivery?
Christian Science Monitor -
USPS to
test a repurposed electric vehicle fleet
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U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE v. AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
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Post Office fund-raising ban slows
down soldier support -
March 03, 2010
Postal
Service Outlines 10-Year Plan to Address
Declining Revenue, Volume -
Union Rejects USPS Call For Five-Day
Delivery, New Business Model -
Technology
could deliver USPS from debt
Federal News Radio interview with Bob Otto,
former CIO and CTO at USPS, about what the
Postal Service needs to do from a technology
standpoint to sustain its business. -
USPS Plans
to Use More Part-Time Employees
Dead Tree Edition -
Sen.
Carper Backs Postal Service Plan For Five-Day
Delivery -
BUT -
Sen. Collins
Opposes Delivery Cuts
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Daniel
Jones, postmaster of Asheville, N.C., responds
to PMG's Call for Cuts - NPR
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New
studies reinforce dire outlook for USPS
Federal Times -
Confessions of a Former Station Manager 2010
Guy Nohrenberg via Letter Carrier Connection -
Postal
Service Revives Cutback Plans
NY Times -
Letter
Carriers Union Opposes Cutback in Mail Service;
Urges Congress to Give USPS 'Financial Breathing
Room' -
Ensuring a
Viable Postal Service for America
USPS: Action plan for the future (PDF) -
Also see:
USPS MUST
HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO MANAGE ITS WORKFORCE
EFFICIENTLY
USPS plan
would make dramatic changes
Federal News Radio -
Wall
Street Journal: What do you think of the U.S.
Postal Service's plan to end Saturday home
delivery due to declining revenues?
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March 02, 2010
The Postal
Service's grim route forward
Washington Post - read list of 5 options
addressing future growth and cuts provided by
USPS to the news media today. -
Postal
Service Seeks Permission to End Saturday
Delivery
Though he (Potter) said privatization had been
on the table during a lengthy internal review,
that option appeared to be ruled out. One
consultant, Thomas Dohrmann from
McKinsey &
Company, said privatization was
"unlikely" in part because it would be hard to
find a buyer. -
Postmaster
delivers bundle of bad news
Washington Post -
Postal
Service expected to announce 'significant
changes'
- possibly today! -
Also see:
Bye-bye,
Saturday mail? |
Postal
service weighs 5-day delivery |
Postal
Service seeks 5-day delivery |
Postal
Chief Seeking 5-Day Delivery Week
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See:
Previewing
the Postal Service's Proposal
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
March 01, 2010
Coca Cola,
PepsiCo and the Postal Service
Courier, Express, and Postal Observer -
Could
Longer Lines Be Coming to Your Local Post
Office…Lottery Lines? -
U.S.
Postal Service proposes to cut work week
On Monday, Representatives from the U.S. Postal
Service will ask Congress to approve something
they have wanted for a long time: five-day work
weeks. -
Also see:
USPS
Ponders No Saturday Mail -
Envisioning America's future Postal Service
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