PRC 10-Year Review of Pricing System for Market-Dominant Products 3/20/17 – “The Postal Service filed comments today with the Postal Regulatory Commission (“PRC”) in connection with the PRC’s 10-year review of the pricing system for market-dominant products. Because the current system is not achieving the objectives of the postal law, including the objective to ensure […]
FORT WORTH — Dramatic dash camera video from Fort Worth police shows a high-speed, pedal-to-the-metal chase that ended up with two North Texans in federal custody. Windell Briggs and DeShea Thornton were arrested in January, according to a federal criminal complaint. But only this week did Fort Worth police release video from a 20 mile […]
TAMPA – 3/21/17 – A man who admitted to his role in a scheme to sell almost $3 million in social security checks was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison. Richard Lee Anderson, 38, claimed he wasn’t aware of just how serious his crime was. “I’m sorry for everybody that I hurt,” Anderson […]
Greg Crabb has been appointed vice president and chief information security officer. Gregory S. Crabb has been appointed vice president and chief information security officer, effective March 18. Crabb has been acting in the role since July 2016. He is responsible for protecting Postal Service employees, customers, infrastructure and information systems from digital threats. Additionally, […]
A northwest Minnesota man who allegedly fired a rifle at a mail carrier and a sheriff’s deputy is dead after a standoff with law enforcement late Monday morning. The Polk County sheriff’s office was called to a home at about 11:21 a.m. when a rural mail carrier reported a rear window of his vehicle was […]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions today issued the following statement regarding Saturday’s fatal shooting in Louisiana: 3/21/17 – “We are all saddened to learn of the death on Saturday night of Sergeant Shawn Anderson, who was shot and killed while trying to question a rape suspect. His death adds to the sorrow of the law enforcement […]
Vivos is one of the world’s leaders in bunker construction. The company’s latest offering, the XPoint, is advertised as the largest ‘prepper’ community on Earth. Dotted across nine square miles fields of southwest South Dakota – far from nuclear targets, according to Vivos – are 575 bomb-resistant bunkers that can comfortably sleep 10 to 20 […]
GOLD HILL, Ore.– The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG) is investigating the possible destruction of mail out of Gold Hill. Real Estate Broker Tyler Weber said he delivered 175 post cards–advertising his real estate business–to the Gold Hill’s Post Office. Several days later, Weber received a call from a Delta Waters […]
APWU News – 03/20/2017 – On March 16, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee “marked-up” and approved the Postal Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756). A mark-up is a formal process where a congressional committee can consider and amend a bill before advancing it to the full House of Representatives or Senate. Recognizing the need to set the […]
Be on the Alert for an aggressive phone scam that targets Federal annuitants: The scammer claims to be an OPM employee. The scammer threatens to end the annuitant’s retirement, threatens that a “magistrate” will criminally prosecute, and demands an immediate payment. This is a government imposter scam – Do not send money. Any communication of this type is […]