Ex-Postal Employee Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison Michele Smith Stole $214,017.53 in Postal Money Orders PORTLAND, Ore. – U. S. District Court Judge Ancer L. Haggerty sentenced Michele Smith, 51, of Portland, Oregon, to serve 18 months in prison and ordered her to pay $201,034.74 in restitution to the U.S. Postal Service following last […]
Postmaster General Addresses Need for Fundamental Change Work Hours Reduced, Productivity Increased as Fiscal Year Nears End PORTLAND, OR — In his annual state of the business address to the mailing industry, Postmaster General John E. Potter today stressed that long-term sustainability for the Postal Service will be achieved through fundamental change. “The Postal Service […]
Not on the job: Notes on election season and the Hatch Act During this election season, remember the Hatch Act. It applies to all postal employees — including telecommuters. Among other provisions, this federal law prohibits employees from engaging in political activity while on duty, in any government office, while wearing an official uniform or […]
PRC Press Release – September 14, 2010 PRC Upholds Linkage in First-Class Mail Discounts Washington, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued Order No. 536 in Docket RM2009-3 finding that First-Class Single-Piece and Presort mail have a worksharing relationship and therefore a linkage when setting price discounts. Worksharing refers to activities such as sorting […]
Postal Service overpaid $6.8B to FERS pension fund NALC Bulletin September 2010 The Civil Service Retirement System is not the only “beneficiary” of a massive Office of Personnel Management miscalculation, a new report shows. A crucial component of the NALC’s campaign to prevent the U.S. Postal Service from cutting Saturday mail delivery service has been […]
(LAREDO, Texas) – Raul Cavazos, 62, of Edinburgh, Texas, has been arrested as a result of the return of a sealed indictment which charges him with theft of mail matter by a U.S. Postal Service employee, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. The sealed indictment returned on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, by a […]
The following comes to us via PostCom – The Washington Post recently posted an editorial on the Postal Service regarding the commencement of contract talks between two of the major postal unions and the U.S. Postal Service. The following is a letter to the editor written by Professor Murray Comarow, a long-time student of things […]
September 13, 2010 Postal Service Begins Rural Letter Carrier Contract Negotiations Successful Negotiations Crucial to Postal Service’s Future WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service, faced with the most dramatic mail volume drop in its history, today began contract negotiations with the National Rural Letter Carriers Association (NRLCA). The current contract expires at midnight, Nov. 20. […]
September 13, 2010 CRITICAL MASS – USPS CONTINUES CARRIER PICKUP EXPANSION With the addition of 471 new ZIP codes — a 2-year project that ended this month — the free Carrier Pickup service offered by USPS is now available at 99.97 percent of all mail delivery addresses in the nation. First introduced in 2004, Carrier […]
September 10, 2010 U.S. Department of Justice – United States Attorney Northern District of New York Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, announced today that JAMES IZYK, 49, of Oswego, New York was sentenced in federal court today in Syracuse, N.Y. by U.S. District Court Judge Norman A. […]