August 31, 2018
- USPS: Engaged Employees Provide the Best Customer Experience – PEN
- Mercury leaks inside U.S. Postal vehicle in James City Co, VA neighborhood – PEN
- Meet the man behind the junk mail statue at the post office – Everett WA Herald
- Postal Service: Release of Ex-CIA Officer’s File Was ‘Mistake’–And Not the Only One – The Daily Beast
- ’They’re still fighting the Civil War.’ Postal workers cite N-word, monkey with noose – Charlotte Observer
- OIG: Local Purchases and Payments – Marietta, OH, Post Office
August 30, 2018
- White House Expected to Keep Postal Task Force Report Secret Until After Midterms – GovExec
- Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan Statement on Confirmation of Nominees to the Postal Service Board of Governors – PEN
- Former Georgia postal employee arrested for burglarizing post office – PEN
- Alabama Postal Employee Indicted in a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme – PEN
- Feds: Atco letter carrier gassed up his car with Postal Service credit card– Courier Post
August 29, 2018
- Sick child’s mail request goes viral – PEN
- 5 facts about Labor Day – PEN
- USPS Issues “Sparkling Holidays” Stamps and Souvenir Sheet – PEN
- A federal district court’s ruling invalidating parts of the Trump administration’s May 25 executive orders on disciplinary and union matters left in place several key provisions – Fedweek
- USPS’s Flats Sequencing System Comes Under Scrutiny – Folio
- USPS Customer Service Center Needs to Improve Customer Service, Says IG – Fedweek
- Senate Confirms Two USPS Board of Governors – PEN
- Chicago developer plans to evict Postal Service from downtown Milwaukee building – alleges USPS not keeping building in acceptable condition – Biztimes
- Planning to Retire – Social Security Reductions for CSRS Retirees – Fedweek
August 28, 2018
- USPS employees invited to audition for ads – PEN
- Kansas Post Office Supervisor Sentenced for Theft of Mail – PEN
- Virginia residents concerned after bin of abandoned mail left outside apartment complex – PEN
- Flags at Half Mask: Presidential Proclamation on the Death of Senator John Sidney McCain III – PEN
- UPMA Pays Tribute to Sen. John S. McCain – PEN
- Poinsettia Global Forever stamp on sale now at post offices – PEN
- Trump calls for Chinese seller postal subsidies to cease – Tamebay
- Mercury spilled at USPS building in Norfolk; Mail delivery not suspended – WAVY
- President Trump expresses outrage over illegal drug shipments – Linns
- OIG: Getting to the Core With Data Analytics
August 27, 2018
- U. S. Postal Service Appreciates President Trump’s Efforts To Ensure Fair Compensation To USPS For Delivery Of International Mail – PEN
- Most Hawaii Post Offices Will Deliver Mail After Exit Of Hurricane Lane – PEN
- ‘Shockingly Easy’ To Order Deadly Fentanyl In Mail: Lawmakers – MSN
August 26, 2018
- Robeson County, NC postal worker shot while walking up to home – WPDE
- USPS delivers mail Sunday after Tropical Storm Lane – KHON
- John McCain dead at 81 – Fox News
August 25, 2018
- U.S. calls foreign mail system unfair in surprise win for Amazon – Thanks to President Trump – Reuters
- Rockaways Residents Ask: Where Is My Mail?!? – PEN
- New Secure, Smart Mailbox is USPS Certified – Electronics 360
August 24, 2018
- Hot Wheels zoom into Post Offices Sept. 29 – PEN
- Don’t force retirees to rescue Postal Service – Times Herald
- Postal employee fired shots at Minneapolis Fed building – Star Tribune
- President Trump Seeks Changes in the International Postal Rate System
– USPS currently collects below-cost payments, called terminal dues, to deliver small packages under 4.4 pounds from international shippers- Bloomberg - Former postal worker in Worcester stole as much as $82,000 in stamps – Telegram
- House Anti-Privatization Resolution Picks Up Support; Status of Presidential Postal Task Force Report Unknown – UPMA via PEN
- $5,000 reward offered after gunman robs mail carrier – NBC 12
- Postal worker accused of exposing himself inside woman’s home – Turn to 10
- OIG: Local Purchases and Payments – Otisville, MI, Main Post Office (PDF)
August 23, 2018
- Former Montana postal employee found guilty of mail tampering – PEN
- Georgia neighbors say they’ve been receiving wrong mail for years – PEN
- Martinez, CA residents take complaints about postal service to city council – PEN
- USPS Awards Matheson Postal Services New Large Transportation Contract – PEN
- Warren Committeewoman Carolann Garafola and Congressman Leonard Lance Tackle Warren Postal Issues – TAPinto
- Judge orders $1.2M payback in Lance Armstrong fraud case – USA Today
August 22, 2018
- Update on the Presidential Postal Task Force – PEN
- Alabama RCA Fairhope pleads guilty to not delivering mail – Wear TV
- Boom in delivery drivers brings convenience, challenges – AJC
- At national convention, postal workers protest Trump’s privatization plans – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
- USPS Financial results discussed in video – USPS News Link
August 21, 2018
- Mail mysteriously stopped showing up for nearly 3 weeks in this Syracuse neighborhood – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service opens huge sorting facility in Springdale – Biz Journal
- Trump calls for ending fentanyl shipments through postal system – Washington Examiner
- OIG: Calling for Help
August 20, 2018
- 14 Postal Employees Were Shot and Killed Today In 1986 – PEN
- Brazos County, TX residents experiencing mail issues – PEN
- USPS Honors John Lennon with New Commemorative Forever Stamp – PEN
- OIG: Improving the Customer Experience with USPS Customer Care Centers
- Magic sheet errors and freaks – Linns
August 19, 2018
- Amazon’s New Facility – Big as 30 football fields, providing 2000 jobs – PEN
- Independent Community Bankers Urges Treasury Department to Oppose Postal Banking Expansion – PEN
- USPS parcel growth slows as Amazon self-delivers more – Save the Post Office
August 18, 2018
- Kansas postal worker finds large red-tailed boa on mailbox – PEN
- Postal Service to Ask Justice Dept. to Intervene in Fight to Ban Employees From Taking Time Off to Campaign – GovExec
- Motorcyclist in critical condition following crash with USPS delivery truck near Muskegon – WWMT TV
- An Appreciation For An Old Friend: Direct Mail – Forbes
August 17, 2018
- Louisiana residents complain of delayed or no mail delivery – PEN
- Video shows postal worker roughly handling packages – News 12 Long Island
- Can Lockers Help the Postal Service Get Hip? – American Prospect
- Trial set for suspect in Woodland postal-truck carjacking – Davis Enterprise
- USPS Must Rescind Its Ban on Employees Taking Leave to Campaign for Union-Backed Candidates – GovExec
- OIG: Mail Delivery Issues – Cimarron Hills Station, Colorado Springs, CO
August 16, 2018
- Postal Service to Release Hot Wheels 50th Anniversary Forever Stamps – PEN
- The fate of the Postal Service lays in millennials’ hands – Washington Examiner
- Post Offices Are Swamped; Customers Wait – Vineyard Gazette
- OIG: Does MODS Work Hour and Mail Volume Data Accurately Reflect Work Performed?
August 15, 2018
- Employee Issues at the Dickinson, North Dakota, Post Office – PEN
- Trump-Amazon feud shadows critical Postal Service report – The Hill
- Customer service: USPS vs. WSJ – American Enterprise Institute
- NPMHU: $645 COLA effective in September 2018
- Lake Wylie community fears missing mail has been stolen – WBTV
August 14, 2018
- OIG Says FSS Comes up Short – PEN
- ‘It’s ridiculous:’ Gaston, NC builder frustrated with mail delivery – PEN
- USPS officials still investigating mercury spill at Texas facility – Star Local Media
August 13, 2018
- Thieves breaking into large blue mail collection boxes across Denver – PEN
- Red United States Air Mail Stamp Continues the Flight – PEN
- Ohio Postal Inspectors Play Detective Alongside DEA In Finding Shipments Of Opioids – KHN
- Missouri’s senior senator and her GOP opponent in November both oppose privatizing the United States Postal Service – Ozark’s First
August 12, 2018
- Second Pennsylvania Postal Carrier Sentenced Prison for Delivering Marijuana Packages to Drug Dealers – PEN
- How a Federal Employee Can Destroy a Career – FedSmith
- eBay Shipping Calculator Flaw Leads to Exorbitant Bills – eCommerce Bytes
- Helena Post Office wins national award for Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive – Independent Record
August 11, 2018
- NALC Statement on USPS Q3 Financial Report for FY 2018 – PEN
- Seventh and Final COLA under the 2015 APWU Contract Agreement Announced – PEN
- Senate committee to shed light on White House Postal Task Force recommendations – Federal News Radio
- NALC: Fifth COLA set at $645
- NPMHU: National Parties Agree to Questions and Answers for the Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding Updating the Rl-399 Dispute Resolution Procedures
August 10, 2018
- Dragons Stamps Arriving at a Post Office Near You – PEN
- Postal Employee Nearly Stabbed Attempting To Stop Hit-And-Run Driver In Stamford – New Canaan Daily Voice
- Mysterious Pink USPS Mailboxes Pop-up In Downtown Palm Springs – PEN
- Postal Service updates the status of post offices under emergency suspension – Save the Post Office
- USPS contractor pleads guilty after months of mail theft in and around Asheville – Citizen Times
August 09, 2018
- Postal Service Reports Third Quarter 2018 Results – PEN
- APWU Arbitration Award Restores Rules for Employees Using Leave Without Pay to Campaign – PEN
- President Trump’s Postal Task Force Has Recommendations Ready – the President is in New Jersey while the Oval office and West Wing are being renovated – GovExec
- NPMHU: Unions Prevail in Hatch Act Arbitration Concerning Use of Union LWOP for Political Activities
- U.S. Postal Inspector: Mail carrier not responsible for shooting on Cleveland’s East Side – Cleveland 19 News
August 08, 2018
- USPS adds more parcel lockers – PEN
- Video: USPS carrier allegedly calls gay men homophobic slur – PEN
- D.C. Circuit Court rejects UPS request for a rehearing on USPS costing case – Save the Post Office
- The Art of Magic Appears on Postage – PEN
- Future of USPS, Vital to Ecommerce, to Be Determined – eCommerce Bytes
- Stark County mail hauler stole almost $2 million from Postal Service, authorities say – Journal Star
- Woman pleads to theft of postal money orders – Dothan Eagle
August 07, 2018
- Postal worker indicted for causing manhunt of fake suspect – WKYC
- The Postal Task Force Cometh: What to Expect – Save the Post Office
- Tree crashes onto mail truck, postal worker still delivers packages – Fox Charlotte
- USPS: Carriers to wear flea repellent for deliveries in Sacramento County neighborhood – KCRA
- The U.S. Postal Service Just Profiled Millennials, Then Made This Goofy Picture of Them – Inc
- United States Postal Service Awards General Dynamics Technical Support Services Contract – Yahoo
- Trump’s privatization plan would destroy the Postal Service – Amazon’s Washington Post
August 06, 2018
- PSEs for the USPS Health Benefits Plan – PEN
- Senate Fails to Hold Vote on Heitkamp-Moran Postal Amendment – PEN
- Two Charged with Stealing Packages and Mail from Apartment Buildings in Pittsburgh – PEN
- USPS Maintenance Problems Go All the Way Up to the Roof, Says IG – FEDweek
- Why Amazon And Rival Retailers Are Uniting To Defend The U.S. Postal Service – Forbes
- Israel to Privatize National Postal Company – C TECH
- Chatham Township Resident Receives Surprise Sunday Mail Delivery; Mail Truck Hits Fairmount Avenue Home – TAPinto
August 05, 2018
- Prevent Heat Illness — Know the Signs and Act – PEN
- Deutsche Bank “Breaks Through the Noise” on Amazon and the Post Office – Save the Post Office
- ASM Revision: Firearms Possession – PB 22499
August 04, 2018
- Video: Fleas Stop U.S. Mail Delivery in Sacramento Neighborhood – PEN
- Video: Certain Boston USPS offices under audit for alleged timecard manipulations – PEN
- Trump Tax Code Rewrite May Help You Start An Amazon Delivery Business – PEN
- OIG: Timecard Adjustments at U.S. Postal Service Facilities in the Greater Boston District
August 03, 2018
- GAO: Postal Service Lacks Funds to Cover its Future Expenses – FedSmith
- Postal Worker Reunited with Girl He Rescued from Human Trafficking – PEN
- Pittsburgh Postal Employee Charged with Taking $100 from Greeting Cards – PEN
- Ohio Postal Employee Charged with Mail Theft – PEN
- Postal Worker Saves 16-Year-Old From Sex Trafficking – PEN
- How did postal worker, friends pull off a $100K money order scheme? Postmaster left printer unguarded – Courier Post
- Postal Employee Ordered to be Removed for Violating Hatch Act – FedSmith
- Georgia postal worker named in extortion, threat arrest – Duncan Banner
- OIG: Terminal Handling Services – Southern Area
- Digitally interactive stamps, coming soon to a post office near you? – Fedscoop
- Somebody order a hero? N.J. mail carrier honored for saving a man’s life
August 02, 2018
- New Parcel Coalition Desires To Promote and Sustain Affordable Postal Delivery and Services – PEN
- NALC Grievance On Delayed CCA Backpay Resolved – PEN
- NALC: Step credit for former TEs to be recalculated – PEN
- A Magical Illusion on a Postage Stamp – PEN
- USPS Announces Franked Mail pre-election ban in effect – PEN
- OIG: Marketing Mail Letters Workshare Discounts
- The miracle of the United States Postal Service – The Week
August 01, 2018
- Florida: Open mailbox mystery in Avalon Park – PEN
- USPS announces results of the latest Postal Pulse survey – PEN
- Amazon’s Stranglehold: How the Company’s Tightening Grip Is Stifling Competition, Eroding Jobs, and Threatening Communities (PDF) – ILSR
- Suspect dressed as postal worker shoots man twice in the leg – News 5 Cleveland
- Woman assaults mail carrier with change, dog bowl – KSWO
- Postal worker suffers dog attack – Sooke News Mirror
- OIG: U.S. Postal Service Roofing Preventive Maintenance Program