November 30, 2016
- Video: Seattle package theft season has arrived
PEN - Video: AZ postal workers watch for potential package thieves
PEN - Video: Fresno man tries to mail puppies to North Carolina
PEN - Video: More complaints about mail carriers in Apopka, FL
PEN - Picture perfect – USPS Employee’s efforts make global news
PEN - Unions encourage elimination of Postal Service pre-funding requirement
Federal News Radio - Popular forever stamps a headache for postal auditors
Linn’s
November 29, 2016
- Video: $50,000 reward offered by USPS after attempted armed robbery of Washington carrier – PEN
- Video: USPS investigating after mail found in Florence County, SC swamp
PEN - Video: Oklahoma woman alleges letter, check stolen from post office
PEN - Campbell, CA police using ‘bait’ package to deter thieves
Mercury News - Mural panel at Durham Post Office depicting Native American questioned
New Hampshire Union Leader - Rare postage label addressed to a telegram operator on the TITANIC sells $20,000 at auction – Daily Mail
November 28, 2016
- Video: Minnesota Carrier Rescues Mail From Her Burning Truck
PEN - $50,000 reward offered in attempted robbery of Bothell, WA Carrier
King 5 - Mail found in creek near Timmonsville, SC reportedly stolen from mailboxes
WMBF News - Video: USPS carrier pistol whipped and robbed in Northeast D.C.
PEN - Postal Service Ready for Record Cyber Monday, Holiday Season
PEN - USPS Collaborates with Industry Leaders to Share & Promote Marketing Knowledge – PEN
- Postal Service critics complaining about red ink ignore facts
NALC’s Rolando via The Hill - Letter Carriers hail postal surplus, call for reform
Workday Minnesota - What Unions Got Wrong About Trump
NY Times - OIG: Peak Package Season Prep
- Minnesota mail carrier saves packages from burning truck
Inforum
November 27, 2016
- Video: Riverbank, CA package thief shamed on social media, but other crooks await Cyber Monday – PEN
- Postal Service worker assaulted in Northeast D.C.
WUSA - Never Stamps: A $3.5 Billion Postal Subsidy
Dead Tree Edition - Those daring young men who delivered mail in their flying machines
The Gleaner
November 26, 2016
- USPS Responds to American Spectator article by Jesse Hathaway
PEN - Video: USPS Big Rig Overturns On Highway 101 Near San Francisco
PEN - Video: USPS Holiday 2016 Hippo TV Commercial
PEN - Jacksonville Post Office audited after four perfect inventory reports
JD News - Video: How to protect yourself from porch package thieves
Cleveland 19
November 25, 2016
- Video: Letter returned to Clark County sender 29 years after postmark
PEN - Theft of $25 gift card costs postal employee his job; judge places him on probation – WZZM
- Texas mail carrier crashes on North Side
KSAT - OIG: Internal Controls Over Segmented Inventory – Jacksonville Main Office, Jacksonville, NC
November 24, 2016
- Video: USPS Stops Delivery To Bronx Apartment Building Because Carrier Is Too Short To Reach Boxes – PEN
- Thieves attack postal worker on Milwaukee’s east side
WTMJ TV Milwaukee
November 23, 2016
- Right to Work Foundation-Backed Employees Force Postal Union Bosses to Disgorge $1 Million Diverted from APWU Backpay Award – PEN
- Wounded Warrior Leave
APWU news via PEN - Video: Mail carrier robbed at gunpoint in Memphis, TN neighborhood
PEN - USPS Contract Driver Accused Of Stealing Packages Containing Meds From VA
KLFD Radio - Postal Reform Could Re-Emerge in the Lame Duck Congress
GovExec - Modifications to the 110 HCR Subcontracting Awards Must be Discussed at National Level – APWU news via PEN
- NPMHU Arthur S. Vallone Scholarship Program Now Accepting Applications
- Postal Service Showcases more 2017 Stamps
PEN - Forever Mississippi: A stamp is coming for state’s 200th birthday
Sun Herald
November 22, 2016
- Video: Report criticizes USPS handling of marijuana
PEN - Video: Broken Arrow, OK Man Sentenced In Death Of Postal Worker
PEN - McCaskill Urges Protections for Rural Delivery as Congress Considers Postal Reform – PEN
- Philadelphia Mail Handler Sentenced For Unemployment Compensation Fraud – PEN
- OIG: What Do You Think about the Postal Service’s Newest Package Sorter?
- Boom on postal truck hits traffic signal
San Diego Union-Tribune - Salvation Army bell ringers no longer allowed on Paso Robles post office property – KSBY
- Future Uncertain for Bowling Green Postal Facility
NPR WKU - Mystery Solved: A Michigan Woman Says She Mailed Civil War Letters to the Post Office – Smithsonian Mag
- State Police Warned Of ‘Porch Pirates’
Levittown Now
November 21, 2016
- Oswego County, NY postal worker dies after being thrown from, crushed by vehicle – Syracuse.com
- Senators urge USPS reforms
Augusta Free Press - OIG: Opinion on the U.S. Postal Service’s Fiscal Year 2016 Closing Package Financial Statements (PDF)
- OIG: Conducive and Convenient CPUs
November 20, 2016
- Georgia residents on Happy Valley Circle scared to check mail
Newnan Times Herald - How did a stampless Christmas card make it through the mail?
Linn’s
November 19, 2016
- Video: Mail carrier tackles, pins package thief to the ground on Milwaukee’s east side – PEN
- NY postal worker caught rifling through mail for cash
NY Post - USPS Letters FROM Santa Program Provides Santa’s Personalized Response to Your Child’s Letter – PEN
- “Reinstate NALC Steward Angela” Protest At SF Against Workplace Bullying/Union Busting
San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center - Letter Carrier robbed at gunpoint in Detroit
WXYZ - Man punches Texas postal carrier in the face, refuses to explain to police
Texas Examiner - Postal label addressed to Titanic expected to raise $20,000 at auction
UPI - Case of mailman accused of pepper-spraying dog lands in federal court
NJ.com - OIG: Is USPS Safeguarding Vehicles and Mail from Extreme Weather Events?
- Washington mailman assault suspect faces federal charge
Union Bulletin
November 18, 2016
- Video: USPS Issues Are Widespread, ‘Mismanagement’ Cited – Mail Delivery At 3 A.M. – PEN
- Video: Two rural South Texas post offices burglarized in a week
PEN - In stinging rebuke, NLRB rules USPS-Staples deal violated Federal law
PEN - APWU: Penalty Overtime Exclusion period for calendar year 2016
PEN - Are Postal Workers Stealing Illegal Cannabis Shipments?
Leafly - Mail a Letter to Santa Claus and Receive a Response From the North Pole
NY Metro Parents
November 17, 2016
- Georgia Postal Employee Indicted For His Role in a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme – PEN
- Video: USPS removes delivered package from man’s mailbox, leaves bill for postage in its place – PEN
- NPMHU: Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015 Benefit Extended to Current Employees – PEN
- USPS Responds To Taxpayer Protection Alliance Article
PEN - APWU Statement Regarding USPS Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Results
PEN - USPS: Battle of the bulge – Guidance offered for overstuffed envelopes
PEN - Letter Carrier Robbed At Knife Point in Oak Lawn, IL
Oak Lawn Patch - California thieves crash mail truck
Tracy Press - Colorado Postal Worker Arrested on Fraud Charges
Julesburg Advocate - Watchdog report highlights need for bold Postal Service reform
The American Spectator - OIG: Is the USPS Ensuring Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability of Data?
- NALC: 2016 Penalty Overtime Exclusion period
- Virginia Beach postal worker accused of mail theft allowed to travel to NYC for Thanksgiving – Southside Daily
November 16, 2016
- Honeywell Handheld Computers Help USPS Expand Parcel Tracking Program
PEN - Federal Postal Service Inspectors Investigating the Desecration of American Flag at St. Mary’s City Post Office – South Maryland News Net
- Complaints surge over Half Moon Bay, CA Postal Service
Half Moon Bay Review - USPS Begins Hiring Push In Boston As Third Of Workforce Set To Retire
CBS Boston - Video: Is Post Office Allowing ID Theft to Happen?
PEN - NALC President Rolando’s statement on USPS’ Fiscal 2016 report
PEN - Taub and Acton Nominated To Be Commissioners, PRC
PEN - The Postmaster General’s Salary: $286,000
Dead Tree Edition - U.S. Postal Service reports $610 million operating profit for 2016
Linn’s - USPS Reports Increasing Loss for FY 2016
DM News - U.S. Postal Service Reports Fiscal Year 2016 Results
PEN - Wouldn’t being a postal carrier be the best job in the world?
Philly Voice - Former Utah postal employee sentenced to jail for stealing birthday cards containing cash – Salt Lake Tribune
November 15, 2016
- Former KC Postal Carrier Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute PCP Through the Mail – PEN
- Federal Jury Convicts Two Former Postal Employees in Scheme to Defraud Worker’s Compensation Program – PEN
- Connecticut CCA charged with sex assault
CT Post - Hispanic woman accuses U.S. postmaster general of harassment
SE Texas Record - Post office, police team up to target ‘porch pirates’ as Christmas shopping ramps up – Denver Channel
- ‘Wow, This Is Weird’: Gainesville, FL Residents Express Postal Service Frustrations – WUFT
- PRC Recommends The President And Congress Address The Financial Condition Of USPS – PEN
November 15, 2016
- Former KC Postal Carrier Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute PCP Through the Mail – PEN
- Federal Jury Convicts Two Former Postal Employees in Scheme to Defraud Worker’s Compensation Program – PEN
- Connecticut CCA charged with sex assault
CT Post - Hispanic woman accuses U.S. postmaster general of harassment
SE Texas Record - Post office, police team up to target ‘porch pirates’ as Christmas shopping ramps up – Denver Channel
- ‘Wow, This Is Weird’: Gainesville, FL Residents Express Postal Service Frustrations – WUFT
November 14, 2016
- Postal Service Ready to Deliver Holiday Cheer
PEN - California Man Who Stole USPS Collection Box To Be Sentenced
PEN - Postal Service Spends An Undisclosed Amount Of Money On Studies It Can’t Find – Daily Caller
- NPMHU: Flexible Spending Accounts Open Season Correction
- Video: Monday Morning Brief | Stamp error discovered
PEN - OIG: Platinum Anniversary
November 13, 2016
November 12, 2016
- Video: CBS12 viewer tips exposes aging postal trucks
PEN - Woman who attacked postal worker in delivery dispute pleads guilty to assault
WZZM - OIG: Is USPS Getting the Best Value for HCR Contract Fuel Price per Gallon?
- It’s in the mail, or is it? Broward voters lament vote-by-mail shortfalls
Sun Sentinel - UPS Delivers Mail To Wrong Address For 30 Years
CBS Pittsburgh
November 11, 2016
- NPMHU President Hogrogian Comments on Election Results
PEN - Message from APWU President Dimondstein Regarding Election Results
PEN - Employee Sentenced For Stealing Mail Being Loaded On Airplanes At McCarran International Airport – PEN
- Video: Hillsborough, FL property tax bills lost in USPS limbo
PEN - Postal worker allegedly tells man to leave US, calling it ‘Trump land’
Boston Globe - USPS board of governors could lose last presidential member in mid-December
Linss - Another 4¢ Project Mercury secret rises to the surface
Linns
November 10, 2016
- 2016 Christmas Holiday Facts
PEN – Bill Lewis: APWU Pres. Local 1020 - OIG: Governance of the U.S. Postal Service
PEN - Video: Woman’s Mail Delivery Service Disrupted Over Dog Bite Claim
PEN - Video: New GAO Transition App Allows Users to See Changes Needed Across Federal Government – PEN
- Postal Bulletin 22454: Open Season Is Coming – Here’s What You Need to Know
- PB 22454: Benefits Open Season Poster
- Handbook EL-312 Revision: Postal Police Officers and Veterans’ Preference
- Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement — Changing Your Current Mailing Address
- PB 22454: Tax Obligations of USPS Employees
- PB 22454: Wounded Warriors Leave
- Post Office rents minivans, plans to add more for holidays
Midland Reporter-Telegram - eBay Weighs In on Canadian Postal Reform
eCommerce Bytes - The stamp that was designed by a ‘Mad’ magazine cartoonist
Linns - OIG: Have You Been Affected by Mail Delays at the Santa Clarita, CA, P&DC?
November 10, 2016
- OIG: Governance of the U.S. Postal Service
PEN - Video: Woman’s Mail Delivery Service Disrupted Over Dog Bite Claim
PEN - Video: New GAO Transition App Allows Users to See Changes Needed Across Federal Government – PEN
- Postal Bulletin 22454: Open Season Is Coming – Here’s What You Need to Know
- PB 22454: Benefits Open Season Poster
- Handbook EL-312 Revision: Postal Police Officers and Veterans’ Preference
- Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement — Changing Your Current Mailing Address
- PB 22454: Tax Obligations of USPS Employees
- PB 22454: Wounded Warriors Leave
- Post Office rents minivans, plans to add more for holidays
Midland Reporter-Telegram - eBay Weighs In on Canadian Postal Reform
eCommerce Bytes - The stamp that was designed by a ‘Mad’ magazine cartoonist
Linns - OIG: Have You Been Affected by Mail Delays at the Santa Clarita, CA, P&DC?
November 09, 2016
- Michigan Chief Steward NPMHU Local 307 Sentenced For Embezzlement Of Union Funds – PEN
- Michigan NPMHU Local 307 Assistant Steward Sentenced For Embezzlement Of Union Funds – PEN
- USPS Open Season Webinars Scheduled
PEN - NALC President Rolando’s statement on 2016 election results
PEN - Coopersburg, PA postal worker charged with theft, DA says
The Morning Call - IG: USPS at risk of unauthorized network access
FCW - Bronx mailboxes being removed for safety improvements
Bronx Times
November 08, 2016
- Colorado Mail Theft Victims May Get Their Mail Delivered
PEN - Video: Berkeley residents upset over late-night mail deliveries
PEN - Five charged with stealing packages from Schenectady porches
Daily Gazette - Federal courts have no jurisdiction in disability discrimination case against U.S. Postal Service – Penn Record
November 07, 2016
- Former USPS Employee In Puerto Rico Guilty Of Workers’ Compensation Fraud
PEN - Former U.S. Postal Carrier In Florida Charged with Delaying and Detaining Mail
PEN - US Postal Service quiet on supposed China partnership
CNBC - Thirty upright Jenny panes reported to USPS
Linns - Missouri woman denied right to vote due to missing postmark
Ozark Radio News - Washington carrier assaulted while delivering mail
KXLY Spokane - 3 Year Old, USPS Hit By Gunfire In Brockton, MA
MassLive - OIG: Keep on Truckin’
- OIG: Is the Postal Service Getting Who and What It Pays For?
November 06, 2016
- Cambridge, MA Postmaster Investigating Report Of Voter Mail Found In Trash
WIBX - USPS in Santa Rosa rushing to refill staff openings in time for holidays
Press Democrat - Six Rio Grande Letter Carriers Join ‘Million Mile Drivers’
Cape May County Herald
November 05, 2016
- Caught On Camera: Trail Cam Catches What Appears To Be USPS Supervisor Stealing Trump Sign In Delaware – PEN
- Video: Pitbull attacked mailman in Niagara Falls
PEN - Video: Suspected mail thief caught on camera in Hampton, VA
PEN - PHOTOS: 2 men wearing hoodies wanted for armed robbery of MD post office
WJLA Washington, D.C. - Flag flies upside down over New London post office for hours Thursday
The Day
November 04, 2016
- Video: Mail carriers in East Bay working late into night due to staffing shortage
PEN - Oceanside Postal Worker Admits Stealing Mailed Checks Worth $21,000
PEN - Former Alabama postal employee pleads guilty to stealing gift cards from Birmingham mail – PEN
- Video: Morristown ‘hero’ mailman honored
PEN - WHAT! – Judge Tells Texas CCA Charged With Theft Of Personal Information She Could Return To Work As Long As She Does Not Open Envelopes – PEN
- Video: California woman’s completed mail-in ballot accidentally sent to Utah
PEN - Former NY Postmaster Sentenced To Two Years Probation For Stealing Nearly $20,000 – PEN
- Assault charge against postal supervisor dismissed
NJ.com - Video: Florida carrier accused of stealing letters, packages
WESH Orlando - Postal worker accused of stealing Virginia Beach mail released on bond
Southside Daily - Shipping Carriers Hungrily Eye Your Mailbox
eCommerce Bytes - Carrier Fractures Stull Of Wife’s Heroin Dealer – He’s Then Sentenced To 2 Years Probation – USPS Fires Him – Dispatch Editorial
- Accident leads to Ohio mail truck flipping into creek
WTOV
November 03, 2016
- Video: USPS Refuses Insurance Claim Until TV Reporter Gets Involved
PEN - Video: Hundreds Of Ohio Absentee Ballots Missing – Lost In The Mail
PEN - Daniel Coker v. PMG Brennan & NPMHU Local 306
PEN - Everett, WA councilman puts ballot postage promise to the test – USPS returned his ballot as undeliverable – HeraldNet – Everett, WA
- Mass. polling place postcards found in trash bin
WCVB Boston - South Lake Tahoe woman’s ballot found in Utah
KCRA - Late absentee ballots sent by mail may not reach registrars by Election Day deadline
November 02, 2016
- Video: Ohio Secretary of State blames postal service for absentee ballot problem – PEN
- Video: PMG delivers update on USPS strategies
- Hollywood, FL postal carrier accused of throwing mail away, faces federal charges – SunSentinel
- Temporary Emergency Committee of the Postal Service Board of Governors to Meet Nov. 15 – PEN
- Postal Mail Handlers Union Stewards Steal Bargaining Agreement Money
PEN - Video: No second chances on mailed Arizona early ballots
PEN - Toledo area seeing absentee ballot delays
Toledo Blade - Post Offices Open Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve
PEN - USPS Dedicates Hanukkah Forever Stamp
PEN - Trump’s campaign disavows support of KKK-aligned newspaper
Greensboro News & Record - Texas apartment residents left with no mail service as management stalls with mailbox repairs – Click 2 Houston
- County jury commissioners say mail is slower since the USPS made changes in Pocatello – KIFI Pocatello
- Inmate who admitted his stupidity gets federal prison for mailing death threat to midstate judge – Penn Live
November 01, 2016
- Hundreds of absentee ballots reissued in northwest Ohio after post office snag
Columbus Dispatch - Georgia carrier saves family from house fire
PEN - 2016 Election Committee Announces Results of NPMHU Election
- AWPU Retroactive Payment in November 18th Paychecks – Second Annual Wage Increase Coming Soon – PEN
- Postal Inspector: Ballots not target in reported mail thefts
Billings Gazette - US Postal Service will increase staff to address delays in Berkeley mail delivery
Daily Californian