April 30, 2018
- USPS working aggressively to stem flow of illegal drugs entering United States – PEN
- NY Postal Employee Arrested, Charged With Stealing Mail
PEN - The Pros and Cons of Postal Banking
Barron’s via MSN
April 29, 2018
- Former USPS Contract Driver Charged With Stealing Mail Including Parts For Firearms and Scopes For Rifles – PEN
- Revising the POM: The Postal Service takes another step toward cluster boxes – Save the Post Office
- Mail theft ring targeted more than 500 victims in Anchorage
KTUU - The Postal Service Is operating at a profit
Rolando via Washington Post - OIG Audit: Inbound International Parcel Volume Variance (PDF)
April 28, 2018
- Sacramento Man Sentenced For Mail Theft Scheme That Involved Stealing and Deconstructing USPS Locks – PEN
- Man Pleads Guilty to 2016 Attack on Postal Carrier in Northeast Washington – PEN
- USPS Hatch Act Education Campaign Continues
PEN - Mail theft ring targeted more than 500 victims in Anchorage
KTUU
April 27, 2018
- APWU President Talks About The USPS Task Force With Ed Schultz of Russian Television – RT America – PEN
- EEOC Says Postal Services True Intentions Behind NRP Was To Rid Itself Of “Injured On Duty” Employees – PEN
- USPS Says Partisan Political Activity Is Not An Acceptable Reason For Union Business LWOP – PEN
- United States Postal Service to Celebrate 100th Anniversary of U.S. Air Mail Service – PEN
- NALC: Former TE step advancement
- POM Revision: Modes of Delivery
- Prime hike gives Amazon warchest for fight over postal costs
Yahoo Finance - The Postal Service is operating at a profit
Washington Post - Postal Service employee and a contract employee are charged with stealing mail in Kansas – U.S. News and World Report
April 26, 2018
- Former Massachusetts Postal Service Employee Sentenced for Embezzlement – PEN
- Senator Gillibrand Announces Major New Legislation To Create A Postal Bank – PEN
- Texas letter carrier caught throwing packages
PEN - Florida residents want answers on mail service problems
PEN - NY Mailman Performs CPR on Passed-Out Man in Driveway, Saving Him – NBC NY
- Carlsbad letter carrier retires after 58 years
Fox 5 San Diego - THE OMBUDSMAN ALERT: U.S. Postal Service delivers “un-trackable” tracking numbers! – Rockland Times
April 25, 2018
- Former Chairman Of USPS Governors Releases Statement on “Postal Politics” – PEN
- ‘Cruel Adversity’ post office mural still a source of controversy in Durham – Union Leader
- Settlement reached in Louisiana postal worker crash lawsuit
Houma Courier - Richland man’s check removed from postal system and cashed, state police say – Reading Eagle
April 24, 2018
- Sexual assault allegations at Prairiewood, ND post office
PEN - Former Fitchburg, MA Postal Employee Sentenced for Failing to Deliver Mail – PEN
- Mandatory Medicare Part B and postal reform
Federal News Radio - Bomb squad called to suspicious bag at Iowa postal facility
Globe Gazette - What Small Businesses Should Know About President Trump’s USPS Executive Order – Inc
- Change-of-address scam moved UPS corporate headquarters to tiny Chicago Rogers Park apartment, feds say – Chicago Tribune
- Former Kent, WA postal worker faces mail theft charges
Kent Reporter - OIG Audit: Are Emergency Suspensions of USPS Facilities Executed in Compliance with Policies and Procedures?
- OIG: Data Analytics Help Thin Out the Haystack
April 23, 2018
- Fire Breaks Out At Downtown Minneapolis Post Office
PEN - Postal Service Dedicates New Stamp Featuring Peace Rose
PEN - USPS quietly producing, selling cacheted first-day covers
Linns - USPS Sustainability: Postal Service Reduces Carbon Footprint
USPSblog.com
April 22, 2018
- CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Florida USPS carrier throws package from car – PEN
- New Orleans Woman Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Postal Worker
PEN - Most Guam Meth Arrives by U.S. Mail
PEN
April 21, 2018
- North Korea has agreed to suspend all Nuclear Tests
PEN - Indiana Letter Carrier Pulls Double Duty As Rescuer
PEN - New Jersey postal worker accused of stealing mail, identities
PEN - Bad congressional decisions have led to Postal Service challenges
Sun Sentinel - New Orleans: Armed robbers steal every package from Postal truck in 7th Ward – NOLA.com
- Postal Union Response to Poor Service
River Journal
April 20, 2018
- Brooklyn postal worker arrested after 17,000 pieces of undelivered mail found – WPIX
- Lance Armstrong Agrees to Pay $5 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations Arising From Violation of Anti-Doping Provisions of U.S. Postal Service Sponsorship Agreement – PEN
- Chicago postal employee sexually assaulted
PEN - Mail found dumped on Detroit’s east side was supposed to have been delivered in Southfield – Click on Detroit
- North Little Rock man found guilty in attack on mailman; naked assailant tried to seize truck – Arkansas Online
- ‘Mail fishing’ thieves pull $115K in stolen checks from N.J. postal boxes
NJ.com - OIG: Express Mail Refunds – Atlanta, GA, Main Post Office
April 19, 2018
- Ten Indicted in Scheme to Steal New Yorkers’ Mail and Alter Their Checks – PEN
- USPS flags flown at half-staff to honor former First Lady Barbara Bush
PEN - Postal employees to receive Informed Delivery info
PEN - Airmail Exhibition To Open In National Postal Museum
PEN - Postal Board Nominees Willing to Challenge Trump in Amazon Feud
Bloomberg - New Orleans Man Sentenced to 36 Months of Probation for Conspiracy to Alter U.S. Postal Money Orders – PEN
- USPS launches new tech to help protect postal carriers from dogs
Federal News Radio - Man fishes checks out of mailboxes, cashes them in his name
WFMZ
April 18, 2018
- New Jersey Drug Dealer Admits Paying Letter Carriers $50 to $100 To Deliver Parcels Containing Marijuana – PEN
- Amazon, Postal Service Are Leaving Taxpayers With Hefty Tab
Newsmax - Could a Philly Republican soon become key player in Trump’s Amazon beef? – Philly Voice
- USPS mail carrier caught throwing package in Derby Kansas
PEN - President Trump’s Postal Service audit is actually a welcome chance for reform – Washington Post
- The Court Rules on the Barcode Case (again)
Save the Post Office - OIG: Permit and Postage Validation Refunds – Topeka, KS, Northpark Station
- OIG Audit: Stamps and Meter Revenue Refunds – Bellmawr, NJ, Main Window (PDF)
April 17, 2018
- Postal employees invited to audition for ads
PEN - Postal carriers raise awareness of responsible pet ownership
PEN - ATF investigating fire started in Prattville, AL post office’s mail chute
PEN - Mail carrier arrested for stealing $50 gift card in Midland County, MI
WNEM - Police searching Passaic River for postal employee who went missing last week – NJ.com
- Springfield postal worker robbed while delivering mail
Springfield News Sun - Will Trump task force give Postal Service the reform it’s been looking for? – Federal News Radio
- OIG: The New Normal
- OIG: Transactional Mail: Implications for the Postal Service
April 16, 2018
- Give The Devil His Due – PAEA Brought Down The Postal Service – Both Democrats and Republicans Are Responsible – PEN
- Trump is right that the Postal Service needs reform
Chicago Tribune - Pricing and the USPS-Amazon Relationship
WSJ - How George Bush broke the Post Office
The Week
April 15, 2018
- Jamaican mail carriers are not showing up to work
Queens Chronicle – Acting Postmaster sais ““They don’t like to come to work. A lot of them, they don’t have the work ethic,” Stremel said. “It’s not important to them.” - Federal Employee Shortfall on Pay Narrows a Little
Fedweek - Average Federal Retirement Age Continues to Increase
Fedweek - Trump Forms Task Force to Avoid a ‘Taxpayer Funded Bailout’ of the Postal Service – Fedsmith
- POSTMEN OF THE SKIES
National Postal Museum - USPS lacks transparency when discussing post office leases
Linns
April 14, 2018
- Senator Sanders Statement on Trump Review of Postal Service
PEN - NALC Responds To President Trumps Executive Order On The Postal Service – PEN
- APWU Reacts To President Trumps Executive Order On The Postal Service – Says Pass Current Postal Legislation – PEN
- Will Trump task force give Postal Service the reform it’s been looking for? – Federal News Radio
- Armed suspect robs Seattle mail carrier making deliveries
King 5 News Seattle - President Trump has ordered a review of the US Postal Service’s prices — and it could force Amazon to raise Prime membership fees – MSN
- NPMHU Statement On Trump Postal Task Force
NPMHU - OIG Audit: What Have You Experienced with the New Mixed Delivery & Collection (two-ton) Vehicles?
- OIG Audit: Have Cyber Investments Improved the Postal Service’s Cyber Security Posture?
April 13, 2018
- President Trump: Executive Order on the Task Force on the United States Postal System – PEN
- USPS Statement on Executive Order Establishing the Task Force on the United States Postal System – PEN
- North Carolina Postal Worker Says She’s Traumatized After Dog Bite
PEN - Action taken against Fargo postal worker after getting caught tossing package – PEN
- Postal carrier and firefighter hospitalized after Margate, FL house fire
Sun Sentinel - APWU: Update on Contract Negotiation Preparations on April 23
- NPMHU: Workers Memorial Day- April 28
April 12, 2018
- South Carolina Rural Mail Carrier Indicted on Mail Theft
PEN - Indiana mail carrier charged after 11,000 pieces of mail found in a Michigan ravine – PEN
- News or Noise: Is Amazon jeopardizing the U.S. Postal Service?
PEN - Trump Is Right About Amazon
Townhall - Hampden postal employees fear downsizing over loss of sorting machine– Bangor Daily News
- Miami Postal Worker Injured When Car Spins Out Of Control
Miami Patch - The Postal Service doesn’t need more money
Washington Examiner
April 11, 2018
- Omaha neighbors mount cameras to catch mailbox thieves
PEN - Postal Worker Tracks Down Woman Whose Christmas Package Was Lost 20 Years Ago – PEN
- ‘Our kids are afraid of the mailman’ – Mail carrier reassigned after pepper spraying dogs – PEN
- Pressure to Achieve Goals Can Erode Ethics, Postal IG Says
FEDweek - Amazon Controversy Makes the Case for a Private-Sector US Postal Service – The Daily Signal
- Is ‘Cluster Box’ the future of postal mail delivery?
ABC 10 News - Florida businesses victimized by mailbox vandals
Fox 4 Now - Less transparency provided on U.S. Postal Service post office leases
Linns
April 10, 2018
- USPS Could Owe Payouts to As Many As 130K Employees After Class-Action Lawsuit Final Ruling – GovExec
- Oakland mail collection box ripped from ground and stolen
PEN - NY postal worker charged after feds raid home, find undelivered mail
“Basically, they put you on different routes every day and it’s very difficult” – Newsday - Former Tulsa Postal Worker Sentenced For Stealing Drugs
News on 6 - USPS Has a Crisis to Address: A Board Vacant of Governors
WSJ - He attacked woman in a wheelchair, and the postal worker who tried to help, police say – The State
- Letter Carriers Critique 5 Vehicles Considered For Next Mail Truck
Trucks.com - Thousands of mail carriers have Amazon to thank
Newsday - OIG: Knock, Knock! Robot Here!
April 09, 2018
- The Estate Of A Scranton Physician Agrees To Pay $625,000 To Settle False Claims Act Violations Related To Treatment For Postal Employees– PEN
- Postal Service Dedicates New Stamps Saluting STEM Education
PEN - Dog attacks decline, but more work needed, USPS says
PEN - Expert Warns of Possible Post Office Bailout
Inside Sources - The check’s in the mail, but your neighbor parked in front of your box – is it legal? – Bellingham Herald
- NALC: Promotion pay grievance update
April 08, 2018
- Postal Truck Driver Identified In Annapolis Crash
Annapolis Patch - USPS worker sent to shock trauma with life-threatening injuries after crash – Capital Gazette
- Thousands of Amazon customers fired up over deactivated accounts
WSAZ
April 07, 2018
- Box full of toys returned to USPS customer, twice
WBRZ - ‘Dude, I have a magical key for all mailboxes.’ Missing some mail? Better read this – Sacramento Bee
- Woman learning to drive puts truck through wall of Rozet WY Post Office – Gillette News Record
- Milwaukee Police searching for armed suspects who robbed USPS postal carrier – WDJT Milwaukee
April 06, 2018
- PRC Examination of USPS Financials Show Net Operating Loss of $1.3 Billion in 2017 – PEN
- USPS Releases Annual Dog Attack City Rankings
PEN - The president’s wake-up call to the Postal Service
The Hill - Yes, dogs really do bite postal workers
Journal News - Police seek public’s help identifying suspect in alleged armed robbery at Sturbridge Post Office – Mass Live
- IG Emphasizes Importance of Accurate Staffing At Mail Processing Centers – FEDweek
- FBI: Everett man’s possible bomb mailings now up to 18
Herald Net - NALC advises all NALC activists to not volunteer to serve as a Safety Ambassador or participate in the newly developed Safety Ambassador Program – NALC
- OIG Audit: How Can Undistributed Labor Time and Cost be Better Managed in VMFs?
April 05, 2018
- NRP CLASS ACTION – IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED FOR INDIVIDUAL MONEY AWARDS – a PEN Exclusive
- Louisiana Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Making Fraudulent Claims for Federal Workers’ Compensation Benefits – PEN
- Jamaican National Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Bribery of a Postal Employee – PEN
- Valpak sending $100 checks to consumers
PEN - In Tremont, people are now delivering mail to each other after repeated USPS mixups – PEN
- The Postal Service & Amazon: Crony Capitalism Delivered to Your Door – The American Conservative
- Is Amazon Bad for the Postal Service? Or Its Savior?
NY Times - ‘Operation Snail Mail’ ringleaders sentenced to minimum combined 150 years – WJAC TV
- Former Valier Postal Service employee accused of stealing, destroying mail – Great Falls Tribune
- GOP lawmaker to introduce legislation to mandate picture of president, VP at post offices – The Hill
- OIG Audit: What Kinds of Best Practices Could be Incorporated into the USPS Ethics Program?
- NALC: CCA back pay update
April 05, 2018
- NRP CLASS ACTION – IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED FOR INDIVIDUAL MONEY AWARDS – a PEN Exclusive
- Lousiana Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Making Fraudulent Claims for Federal Workers’ Compensation Benefits – PEN
- Jamaican National Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Bribery of a Postal Employee – PEN
- Valpak sending $100 checks to consumers
PEN - In Tremont, people are now delivering mail to each other after repeated USPS mixups – PEN
- The Postal Service & Amazon: Crony Capitalism Delivered to Your Door – The American Conservative
- Is Amazon Bad for the Postal Service? Or Its Savior?
NY Times - ‘Operation Snail Mail’ ringleaders sentenced to minimum combined 150 years – WJAC TV
- Former Valier Postal Service employee accused of stealing, destroying mail – Great Falls Tribune
- GOP lawmaker to introduce legislation to mandate picture of president, VP at post offices – The Hill
- OIG Audit: What Kinds of Best Practices Could be Incorporated into the USPS Ethics Program?
- NALC: CCA back pay update
April 04, 2018
- EEOC finds USPS practiced disability discrimination
PEN - About 60 bags of undelivered mail found in postal worker’s backyard shed on Long Island – PEN
- How the Post Office Makes Amazon a Federal Issue: QuickTake
Bloomberg via Bezos’ Washington Post - ‘My dog won’t bite.’ Charlotte mail carriers know different, stats show
Charlotte Observer - Trump can’t stop ranting about Amazon’s US Postal Service deal on Twitter — and there’s a $2.6 billion reason why – Business Insider
- OIG: Credit for Disputed Voyager Card Transactions
- OIG: Western Area Physical Security and Environmental Controls
April 03, 2018
- New Port Richey residents without mail delivery for 6 weeks
PEN - Chinese Merchants Get an Even Better US Postal Office Deal Than Amazon – Epoch Times
- Amazon founder, who owns Washington Post, draws Trump’s ire
Newsday - Judge Holds Bench Trial in Dispute Over Historic Post Office
Courthouse News - Trump draws blood in feud with Amazon, Washington Post
Politico - Bernie Sanders Agrees With Trump: Amazon Has Too Much Power
MSN - OIG: Reducing Risk in Contract Extensions
- OIG: Mail Processing Facilities Staffing
April 02, 2018
- Video: Russian Postal Service makes its first attempt to deliver a parcel with the use of a drone – drone crashed – PEN
- PRC Directs USPS to Address Compliance Issues in FY 2017 Annual Compliance Determination – PEN
- Why the Post Office Gives Amazon Special Delivery – A Citigroup analysis finds each box gets a $1.46 subsidy. It’s like a gift card from Uncle Sam – WSJ – So, Trump is correct?
- Volunteer elves dig into backlog of 10,000-plus letters to Santa Claus
News Miner
April 01, 2018