June 4, 2010 FORMER USPS EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO MAIL THEFT – Obtained $10,800 from Stolen Mail Baltimore, Maryland – Althaniel Arson Dailey, age 47, of Severn, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to mail theft. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Postal Inspector in Charge […]
USPS Cited for Fourth Set of Safety Violations Fines Now Exceed One Million Dollars June 4, 2010 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) charged the Postal Service with five “willful” safety violations at the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center on June 3, and fined the USPS $210,000. The latest citations [PDF] bring the Postal Service’s […]
June 3, 2010 WASHINGTON — Postmaster General John Potter today announced Susan M. Plonkey as acting president, Mailing and Shipping Services. Plonkey succeeds Robert F. Bernstock, who is leaving the Postal Service effective June 4 to pursue interests in the private sector. As acting president, Plonkey is responsible for all product management, product development, retail […]
APWU Web News Article 050-2010, June 3, 2010 Postal employees and customers are approaching an important milestone in the fight to save Saturday service, as a House resolution supporting six-day mail delivery continues to gain momentum. Close to 200 U.S. Representatives have signed on to co-sponsor House Resolution 173, which says “the U.S. Postal Service […]
from Federal News Radio The Postal Service continues to look for ways to save itself from more than $200-billion dollars in red ink over the next 10 years. That’s the debt Postal leaders say the agency will rack up if something isn’t done quickly to address falling revenues. They’ve asked Congress to eliminate Saturday delivery, but […]
Opinion from Federal Times Sick leave is a job benefit, not a privilege While managers may have the legal right to use sick leave restriction letters [“How to fight sick leave abuse,” Ask the Lawyer column, April 19 issue], I could find no guidelines during my career on what constitutes sick leave abuse. There was […]
Valassis Communications Inc., and its Windsor operation formerly known as Advo, joined the U.S. Postal Service and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children on Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of its campaign to find missing children. The “Have You Seen Me?” program distributes photos of missing children through direct-mail advertisements, newspaper inserts, […]
Opelika – Auburn News Opelika, Alabama The Memorial Day holiday will be a time for many to relax. For the officers of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, it will be a time to regroup. Residents will soon be receiving flyers again seeking their help in the ongoing investigation into the 2009 murder of Tony W. […]
Up to 1000 children using Facebook and Bebo may be unknown victims of the advances of a sexual predator in the south west of the United Kingdom, according to police reports. Michael Williams, a 28-year-old postal worker, used his routes as a postman to meet children and engage in innocent conversation, whereby he would learn […]
Remember those mail bags that went missing last winter? Montana farm workers found them. The two bright orange priority mail bags apparently fell from the open hatch of a mail plane. At first, the Postal Service thought they might be in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, but later figured they were probably closer to Great Falls. […]