March 31, 2017
- Baltimore Man Sentenced In Post Office Armed Robbery
WBAL Radio - Video: Letter Carriers Reach A Million Miles Accident Free
PEN - PA postal worker receives several threatening letters
WTAJ - Colorado carrier’s caring action earns commendation
Delta County Independent - Deer follows mail carrier on route
KAIT
March 30, 2017
- Ohio mailman indicted for worker’s compensation fraud
PEN - 3 postal trailers catch fire at Jersey City facility
New Jersey On-Line - Two charged in large mail theft investigation in Kansas City
KSHB Kansas City - Drain the post office
Burnett County Sentinel - USPS responds to op-ed by Citizens Against Government Waste
PEN - USPS Offers Souvenir Envelope Commemorating The Inauguration Of President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Michael R. Pence – PEN
- USPS Employees Asked to Report Financial Problems
PEN - Japan Post and Honda to test electric motorcycles for postal deliveries
Electric Cars Report - Man’s best friend or postal carriers’ worst nightmare?
Marion County Record - Helping hand for German posties
Air Cargo News - Man visits all 312 Montana post offices
Great Falls Tribune
March 29, 2017
- Former Louisiana Postal Carrier Pleads Guilty To Stealing Cell Phones From Mail – PEN
- Probation for Illinois postal worker who used stranger’s credit card
News Gazette - Video: Texas health care fraud – almost 18,000 prescriptions written for postal employees for $28,000 pain cream – PEN
- Postal Service health care proposal could burden seniors, analyst says
Patient Daily - After 3rd DWI arrest, some ask why Metairie mailman was still delivering letters – NOLA.com
- 4 found with hundreds of stolen pieces of mail in Norco, sheriff says
Press Enterprise - Fix proposed for Durham post office mural some see as offensive
Fosters
March 28, 2017
- Idaho deputies bust up mail theft ring with nearly 400 victims
KHQ - ‘Son of Sam’ series to air on Investigation Discovery
Postal worker David Berkowitz, the serial killer aka Son of Sam - Latest postal reform bill should be returned to sender
The Hill - A USPS janitor in N.J. stole coworkers’ identities, AG says
New Jersey On-Line - Metairie, LA mailman arrested, again accused of delivering while intoxicated
Times Picayune - Texas woman did not sign for certified mail found on doorstep; documents missing – KVIA
- Heated moments over future of Youngstown, OH post office
WFMJ
March 27, 2017
- Writer, Philosopher and Naturalist Henry David Thoreau to be Commemorated on a Forever Stamp – PEN
- APWU Weighs In On PRC Review, Calling for an End to Consumer Price Index Price Cap – PEN
- Former Homeland Security chief calls mailboxes a gateway for drugs
The Gazette - Missouri Woman Indicted for Stolen Mail, Bank Fraud, Identity Theft
PEN - New USPS service shows photos of your mail before you get home
Fox 2 St. Louis - The hair of the postal dog that bites
Times-Call - OIG: Internal Controls Over Single Drawer Accountability – [Redacted] Post Office
- OIG: Transportation Tops the List
March 26, 2017
- Video: Colorado postal worker forged doctor’s notes, faked cancer diagnosis to use sick time – PEN
- Father and Son Indicted on Federal Conspiracy Charges that Allege They Steal Cash from the U.S. Postal Service – PEN
- Video: Vandals strike at least 5 San Antonio neighborhood mailbox clusters
PEN - Video Update: Troopers Say Drunk Driver Caused Crash That Killed Postal Worker In North Carolina – PEN
- Video: Amazon’s Prime Air Drone Make Its First Demo Delivery In The US
PEN - San Francisco Postal Service Worker to be Honored for 50 Years of Federal Service – NBC Bay Area
- Flyer denied by Postal Service going into papers
Montana Standard
March 25, 2017
- Video: USPS Van Crashes Into Back Of Tractor Trailer In North Carolina – One Known Death – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service to Issue New Global Forever and 3-cent Stamps this Spring
PEN - Federal Grand Jury Indicts Eight Individuals Charged In a $158 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme – PEN
- NY postal clerk accused of taking $1,000 money order
Daily Gazette - When postage due stamps mean postage due hasn’t been collected
Linns - Tampa homeowner captures brazen mail theft on surveillance camera
WFTS Tampa
March 24, 2017
- Postal Service Responds To The Hill Op-ed On PRC 10-Year Review
PEN - Video: 2 women to face charges in connection to Winter Garden, FL condolence card mail theft – PEN
- Video: Bakersfield man faces federal charges for postal mail theft
PEN - NALC submits comments in PRC’s rate-setting review
PEN - Woman seeks more than $2 million in postal worker crash
Daily Comet - Texas: 21 U.S. Postal Service boxes damaged, opened in Cove
Killeen Daily Herald - OIG: Has the Postal Service established an effective Insider Threat program ?
- OIG: Cost Segment 3 – Clerks and Mail Handlers
- APWU: Motor Vehicle Service PSE Salary Exception Agreement Reached
- SingPost to road test three-wheel electric scooters this month
Post & Parcel - Exploding mailboxes leads to wildfires in Okmulgee County
ABC News Tulsa
March 23, 2017
- Ex-postal worker admits scamming $1.2 million in federal benefits
PEN - Video: FedEx CEO Says Amazon Is A Retailer, We’re A Transportation Company – PEN
- Dutiful – and very stubborn – Charlotte postman exposes mail order marijuana business – Charlotte Observer
- Protect American consumers by retaining a balanced approach to Postal rates – The Hill
- Mailbox bandits targeting northwest Oklahoma City neighborhoods
KFOR - Virginia neighbor disgruntled that nearby home gets mail delivery, but they don’t – WTVR
- California motorist claims she was injured when postal employee backed into vehicle – Northern California Record
March 22, 2017
- Brewster, NY: a part time postal employee, faces larceny charges
Southeast Patch - Eagan Postal Worker Charged With Stealing Gift Cards
CBS Minnesota - Video: Larchmont, NY Residents Ask Where’s the mail?
PEN - Should 15,000 Steps a Day Be Our New Exercise Target?
Health study: inside postal employees vs. walking carriers in Glasgow, Scotland – NY Times - Colden, NY couple admit $1.2 million fraud against VA, Postal Service
Buffalo News - VIDEO: High-speed pursuit of Fort Worth, Texas mail thieves
PEN - Postal Service proposes an alternative pricing system that does not include a postage price cap – PEN
- Video: Woman not getting mail says postal officials said her address in Zephyrhills, FL doesn’t exist – PEN
- Marijuana by Mail: Surge in Drug Deals Conducted Through U.S. Postal Service
NBC Washington - Minnesota Man Who Sent Threatening Letter To Islamic Center Sentenced To 12 Months In Prison – PEN
March 21, 2017
- Tampa man gets seven years in scheme to sell stolen social security checks he obtained from a former postal employee – PEN
- Man dead after firing at mail carrier, deputy in northwest Minnesota
PEN - Kentucky letter carrier accused of trying to meet minor for sex
WLKY - Postal Service Appoints Gregory S. Crabb Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer – PEN
- Video: Mail destruction investigation out of Gold Hill, OR Post Office
PEN - APWU: Postal Reform Act of 2017 Moves Forward
APWU news via PEN - Jensen Beach, FL residents not receiving mail sparks investigation of US postal employee – WPTV West Palm Beach
- The coconuts are in the mail: Citizens challenge proposal to close the Lihue Post Office (video) – Save the Post Office
- OIG: Relying on Risk Models
- Vehicle loses control and drives through front of Jasper, TN Post Office
Marion County Messenger
March 21, 2017
- Video: Mail destruction investigation out of Gold Hill, OR Post Office
PEN - APWU: Postal Reform Act of 2017 Moves Forward
APWU news via PEN - Jensen Beach, FL residents not receiving mail sparks investigation of US postal employee – WPTV West Palm Beach
- The coconuts are in the mail: Citizens challenge proposal to close the Lihue Post Office (video) – Save the Post Office
- OIG: Relying on Risk Models
- Vehicle loses control and drives through front of Jasper, TN Post Office
Marion County Messenger
March 20, 2017
- Mystery letter returned after 13 years
The Post-Star - OPM Says Don’t Fall For a Fake Retirement Scam
PEN - On His Last Day, This Mailman Gave A 4-Year-old Aspiring Mail Carrier A Special Gift – aPlus
- Video: Suspect Found Dead Inside North Carolina Post Office After Four Hour Standoff – PEN
- Watchdog: How to get photos of your mail emailed to you before delivery
Dallas Morning News - When the Post Office got into the banking business, these elusive stamps were in use – Linns
March 19, 2017
- “Bad Santa” Sentenced for Stealing Packages from US Mail
PEN - Following Postal Issue in Richmond, Congressman DeSaulnier Acts by Amending Postal Reform Bill – PEN
- Silver stamps? Yes, Netherlands has a whole series of them
Linns
March 18, 2017
- NARFE Disappointed in Committee Action on USPS Reform Legislation
Nat. Assoc. of Retired Federal Employees via PEN - Postmaster General thanks House committee for work on Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 – PEN
- Bang-Up Job: USPS Blames New Employees for Rising Motor Vehicle Accidents – Dead Tree Edition
- Colorado postal worker indicted after botching doctor’s name on forged sick note about “fictitious cancer illness” – Denver Post
- House committee declares ‘big day’ for postal reform
Federal News Radio - Indiana postal worker charged in Highland mail thefts
Northwest Indiana Times - Michigan man tries to burn postal truck, blames Trump, eviction
Detroit Free Press - New York Rural Carrier Associate Charged With Stealing Laptop
MidHudson News - Former South Carolina postal worker pleads guilty on tax charge
WSPA - OIG: How can the Postal Service Enhance its Management of Software Licenses?
- OIG: Congressional Inquiries — Gateway District
- OIG: Fiscal Year 2016 Postal Service Selected Financial Activities and Accounting Records
March 17, 2017
- House Panel Approves Postal Service Reform Act of 2017
The start of stripping away postal employee benefits – PEN - Video: Postal letter carrier delivers driver who hit woman to police
PEN - Two Kansas Mail Carriers Charged With Hiding, Stealing Mail
PEN - Federal Grand Jury Indicts Three in Connection with Shooting of U.S. Mail Carrier – PEN
- NYPD officers accused of beating Queens postal worker who gave directions to cop killer see charges cleared – NY Daily News
- Texas woman assaults US Postal Service employee
CBS News Austin - USPS Mail Haulers Beam Brothers Trucking Indicted
Daily News Record
March 16, 2017
- No flaking out – Postal employees persevere during March snowstorm
PEN - Robert Panara: Teacher and Pioneer of Deaf Studies to be Immortalized on a Stamp – PEN
- Multiple Las Vegas neighborhoods hit with mailbox theft
13 Action News Las Vegas - Vital need for passage of postal reform legislation
PMG Brennan via The Hill - Well-known downtown Springfield mailman marries fellow postal worker
Springfield News-Sun - Back to work for USPS
WFMZ TV
March 15, 2017
- Millions of records leaked from huge US corporate database – Including 88,153 USPS employee records – PEN
- Is it Time to Enact Postal Reform?
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - ‘The Ides of Trump’ campaign could be a bonanza for the U.S. Postal Service
Brooklyn Daily Eagle - OIG: Do delivery units have the correct Supervisory Span of Control?
- Postal Inspection Service Accepting Applications This Week – March 13-18
PEN - Postal Inspector Serves Nation On Two Fronts
PEN - Video: Texas City Carrier Assistant Fired Over Dumping Mail In Dallas Creek Bed – PEN
- VIDEO: Delivering Cranston’s mail, on foot, in the storm
Providence Journal - How many first-day cancels for new stamps are possible?
Linns
March 14, 2017
- Former Alabama football player, postal worker sentenced for stealing gift cards from mail – PEN
- Postal worker who dumped undelivered mail near central Oak Cliff creek reportedly fired – Dallas Morning News
- Man who fought HOA over $500 mailbox and won says his mailbox was vandalized – Washington Post
- OIG: Highway Contract Route Survey Compliance – Southern Transportation Category Management Team
- Postal Service Weather Update – Winter Storm Stella
PEN - North Carolina Carrier Wins $1 Million Prize
WTVD TV Raleigh - Rogue operations at the Kansas City ‘caves’ shake the confidence of stamp collectors – Linns
- Postal Workers Push Through Snow
KIMT TV Iowa - OIG: How Clean, Safe, and Inviting is your Pacific Area Post Office?
- OIG: Examining Changes in Postal Product Costs
March 13, 2017
- Florida Letter Carrier Convicted of Access Device Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft – PEN
- West Virginia CCA arrested for stealing holiday gift cards from mail
Logan Banner - How 265 people are in the race to run an Antarctic post office
Daily Mail - OIG: Looking at Product Cost Changes
March 12, 2017
- Women in the Postal Service and Philately
PEN - Final Payment of 1.6.b Global Settlement Remedy Agreement in Checks this Week – PEN
- Black postmen were creators of black middle class
Vicksburg Post - Napa’s old post office sold for $2 million for a hotel
Napa Valley Register
March 11, 2017
- Video: Congresswoman Grisham Announces New Postal Inspectors To Help Prevent Mail Theft In Albuquerque – PEN
- Video: Thieves go ‘postal,’ cracking the locks on several North Carolina USPS drop boxes – PEN
- Michigan man admits to postal scam – He placed priority-mail stickers on first-class parcels – The Source
- Locking mailboxes to come in all new Fremont, CA residences
Record-Bee - OIG: How can the Postal Service Improve In-Office Cost System Data?
March 10, 2017
- Union-Busting House Bill Would Silence the Voice of Workers, AFGE Says
PEN - New Jersey Postal Supervisor Charged With Theft Of Government Property
PEN - Video: West Fargo mailman caught on tape tossing a package
PEN - Credit card thief turned Virginia Beach postal worker is sentenced for stealing mail – The Virginian Pilot
- Video: A Close Look At The ‘One-Cent Magenta’ Stamp Worth Nearly $10 Million – PEN
- Video: Katy, Texas residents upset post office will not deliver mail due to broken mailbox – PEN
- Crude mail trap found inside box outside post office
Modesto Bee - From ‘postal’ to productive: How USPS became a leading EEO claims service provider – Federal News Radio
- ‘Informed Delivery’ lets USPS customers see their mail ahead of delivery
Linns - $10,000 reward offered for information about Athens, AL postal fire
News Courier
March 09, 2017
- Safety and Service – PMG Updates Employees in Latest Video
PEN - Video: Father-Son Team Accused Of Organizing Extensive Mail-Truck Robbery Ring – PEN
- Hiring Custodians in Des Moines Post Offices
PEN - Video: Livermore Maine man claims mail disappeared from P.O. Box
PEN - National Dog Bite Prevention Week has moved to April 9-15
PEN - ‘Worst to First’ – How USPS Cleaned Up Employee Discrimination
Nextgov - 18-year-old accused of shooting at mail carrier during burglary getaway
Local 10 WPLG Miami
March 09, 2017
- Video: Father-Son Team Accused Of Organizing Extensive Mail-Truck Robbery Ring – PEN
- Hiring Custodians in Des Moines Post Offices
PEN - Video: Livermore Maine man claims mail disappeared from P.O. Box
PEN - National Dog Bite Prevention Week has moved to April 9-15
PEN - ‘Worst to First’ – How USPS Cleaned Up Employee Discrimination
Nextgov - 18-year-old accused of shooting at mail carrier during burglary getaway
Local 10 WPLG Miami
March 08, 2017
- Former Texas Postal Employee Convicted of Soliciting Bribes During Election – PEN
- Missouri Postal Contract Employee Indicted for Stealing Mail – PEN
- Federal Case Charges San Bernardino County Father and Son in Conspiracy to Steal Cash from the U.S. Postal Service – PEN
- Elgin, IL letter carrier beats the odds to walk
PEN - In Our Amazon-Addicted Culture, the Postman Is King
Bloomberg - Things aren’t that bad for the Postal Service
Rolando via USA Today - U.S. Rep E. Stefanik urges U.S. Postal Service to restore delivery standards – Post Star
March 07, 2017
- Pennsylvania Window Clerk Charged With Theft Of Postal Funds – PEN
- Former Postal Employee Convicted at Trial in Scheme to Defraud Worker’s Compensation Program – PEN
- Postal Service Issues New Forever Stamps at Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum – PEN
- Video: Man Slashes Postal Worker, Barricades Himself In Queens – PEN
- NALC: Filmmakers set out to tell letter carriers’ stories
- OIG: Non-Career Employee Background Screening in the Los Angeles District
- Postal Service truck topples into ditch in Michigan
MLive - Former customs officer gets 3 years for stealing checks from Torrance, CA postal facility – Daily Breeze
- Riverside, CA: Postal thieves becoming more brazen, USPS trucks robbed – Inland News Today
- OIG: Keeping it Fresh
March 06, 2017
- Queens man slashes 49-year-old postal worker in face
NY Daily News - USPS Employees Urged To Make The Most Of Their Benefits
PEN - How Reforms Could Turn U.S. Postal Service Into Threat for UPS and FedEx – Trucks.com
- USPS Promotes Fraud Awareness
eCommerce Bytes - Mailboxes in Parker, CO neighborhood overrun with dog waste; mailman threatens to stop delivering – KDVR
- Canada Post letter carrier injured in beating
Brantford Expositor - Alaska’s Floating Post Office, and the Town Under One Roof
Postlandia - OIG: How can the Postal Service Improve Oversight of Contract Officers’ Representatives?
March 05, 2017
- Postal Service can’t ignore Grand Island’s concerns
The Independent Grand Island, NE - Portrait of a Postman: Nanticoke’s Joe Lloyd delivered mail, touched lives – The Dallas Post
- Pot Mail Intercepts 18 Percent Higher Last Year
MSN
March 04, 2017
- Video: U.S. Postal Service put to test in Charlotte
PEN - Minnesota Mailman Charged with Bestiality
KVRR - Winthrop residents thankful for salvaged mail after post office fire – Kennebec Journal
- Lance Armstrong pokes fun at U.S. Postal Service on Instagram
Running Magazine
March 03, 2017
- Video Captures Mail Carrier Running Over Trash Bins
PEN - USPS Aims to Make Leave Data Clearer For Postal Employees
PEN - Minnesota postmaster faked work injuries, collected $275K while off job
Star Tribune - Video: Postal carrier shot at in Southwest Miami-Dade
PEN – Also see: Video: Postal Worker Shot At After Startling Would-Be Burglars - Postal Service responds to David Williams of Taxpayers Protection Alliance
PEN - Video: Neighbor Steals Mail, Then Steals $10k
PEN - Crisis in the Mail: Fixing a Broken International Package System
PEN - Second suspect in Texas postal worker shooting denied bond
KENS San Antonio - Iowa postal employee pleads guilty to stealing items from mail
Sioux City Journal - Eight Arrested For ‘Fishing’ Mail From Mailboxes As Part Of Bank Fraud Conspiracy – Gothamist
March 02, 2017
- Video: Coldspring, TX post office to be renamed in honor of slain rural mail carrier
PEN - Video: Missing packages cause headaches for Tomball, TX residents
PEN - USPS Mailbox Monopoly and Postal Policy Explorations Continue
PEN - The Postal Museum is easy to overlook but definitely delivers
Washington Post
March 01, 2017
- Surveillance camera catches Carnegie, PA carrier dropping and kicking packages
Pittsburgh Action News 4 - Pennsylvania postal worker accused of stealing $60 from greeting card
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Video: Woman Battles With Postal Service After Mail Truck Hits Her Car
PEN - Nebraska Statehood Forever Stamp Issued Today
PEN - Video: Postal problems in Gretna, NE have neighbors delivering mail to each other – PEN
- Postal reform measure can make a difference
The Hill - Winthrop post office fire called accidental
Portland Press Herald - Retrofitted Mailboxes That Thwart ‘Fishing’ Scams Installed Uptown NYC
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