February 29, 2020
- USPS Statement on Coronavirus – PEN
- SURPRISING POSTAL WORKERS WITH COFFEE!! – PEN
- Pennsylvania Man Charged With Impeding A USPS Letter Carrier – PEN
- Portland mail carrier found guilty of stealing tens of thousands of dollars
- A postmaster general’s legacy and USPS support of the Postal Museum
February 28, 2020
- South Wichita residents are raising questions about USPS after being forced to install curbside mailboxes – PEN
- Florida woman attacks postal worker for ‘stuffing’ mail in mailbox
- Post Offices Are the Lifeblood of Rural America—Yet Bloomberg Dismisses Them as ‘Antiquated’
- South Bay Letter Carriers Say Mail Problems Linked to USPS Cost-Cutting Experiment
February 27, 2020
- PMG discusses financial health, other topics
- Missouri couple fighting to be found on map by post office – PEN
- Mail destroyed after carrier vehicle catches fire in N.H.
February 26, 2020
- USPS Non-Career Turnover High, Dissatisfaction With Supervisors Cited
- Porch pirates could face 5 years in jail if new bill passes – PEN
- Durango postal worker caught on video throwing mail from vehicle
- Missing mail, checks worth thousands of dollars, Christmas cards finally delivered
- Video shows heartwarming reunion after missing 2-year-old rescued by Postal worker
- The coronavirus has little impact on the United State Postal Service
- OIG: Management Alert – Nationwide Delivery Scanning Issues
February 25, 2020
- If you’re a Postal Service employee, the organization wants you to remember the rules on engaging in activities outside USPS – PEN
- A Key to the City? Thieves Again Appear to Use USPS Key to Enter Chicago Buildings – PEN
- Former postal employee who worked in NW Omaha given probation, time served for mail theft
- Dog shot, killed after launching attack on postal carrier in Darke County
- Postal Service Continues to Fight Injury Claims and Discrimination Ruling, Report Says
- OIG: The Churn and Heartburn of Employee Turn…over
February 24, 2020
- The Postal Service Fired Thousands of Workers for Getting Injured While Delivering and Processing Your Mail | Also see: Have You Been Injured Working for the U.S. Postal Service?
Tell us why postal workers are getting hurt on the job. We also want to hear about how USPS treats injured employees | See PEN’s NRP Forum - Owner of Company Contracted to Wash Postal Vehicles Pleads Guilty to Violating Environmental Law – PEN
- USPS to issue Maine Statehood Forever stamp March 15 – PEN
- Arcanum, OH postal carrier injured in dog attack
- Fat Tuesday will affect mail service in Mobile
- OIG Audit: Effectiveness of the Postal Service’s Efforts to Reduce Non-Career Employee Turnover
February 23, 2020
- LET’S TALK: U.S. Postal Service deliveries leave a lot to be desired
- Postal Inspectors cracking down on Jamaican lottery scams
- Where is the Country’s Smallest Post Office?
- Opposition grows toward new postal cluster mailbox requirements
February 22, 2020
- NALC and USPS have mutually agreed to postpone a national-level grievance – PEN
- Postal Inspection Service Offers Reward After OK Letter Carrier Robbed At Gunpoint
- NJ Police: Two Arrested for Using Abusive Language Against Postal Workers
- Royal Mail raises stamp prices to ‘maintain quality of service’
- Kingsbridge commuters say some U.S. postal trucks are parking illegally
- Western North Dakota newspaper reps, residents express frustration with Postal Service
- Bait and Swindle: Why Federal Employees Should Never File Mixed Case Complaints
February 21, 2020
- Dog attacks scare postal workers away from hardscrabble coastal Georgia trailer park – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service Issues Wild Orchids Stamps – PEN
- Ex-Snyder County, PA postal clerk admits misappropriating more than $12,000
- Retired postal workers reflect on their careers
- Oilton, OK Residents Frustrated About Paying For Mail Service
- USPS mail carrier robbed by two men in Oak Hills
February 20, 2020
- Harrisburg, PA Man Charged With Mail Thefts And Fraud – PEN
- Missing Mail Found Dumped On Chicago’s Southwest Side – PEN
- Election Mail, Political Mail Handling Reminder – PEN
- New mailboxes arrive throughout Springfield after security concerns
- GAO: Checking in with The Postal Service on its 228th Anniversary
- Messages from employees prove the US Postal Service is in disarray
- USPS temporarily suspends guarantee on Priority Mail Express International to China and Hong Kong
February 19, 2020
- Bronx Church Prays For Deliverance After Post Office Brings Mail Once In 2 Weeks
- OPM Seeking to Offer New Benefits: Disability Insurance, Legal Plans, Childcare, Accident Insurance
- Federal Employees and Canceling Union Dues
- PBS documentary, ‘Amazon Empire,’ explores controversy about the company, and founder Jeff Bezos’ power
- OIG: Get a Line on Our Hotline
February 18, 2020
- Family Puts Up Billboard In Hopes Of Finding Shooter Who Killed Postal Worker On I-57 – PEN
- Mail carrier robbed, assaulted near UC Berkeley campus
- Former mail carrier says being required to work Sundays violated his rights
- On Her Majesty’s postal service: Britain unveils James Bond stamps
- 108 more delivery layoffs around Tampa Bay as Amazon contract ends
February 17, 2020
- South Dakota Postal Employee Charged with Obstruction of Correspondence and Delay or Destruction of Mail – PEN
- USPS Issues Let’s Celebrate! Stamp – PEN
- Amazon Purges Three Last-Mile Vendors This Week
- Mailboxes no match for plows. Who pays for replacement?
February 16, 2020
- ‘Hopefully I scared him’: Florida man baits mail package thief – PEN
- Feds: Erie man’s mail was $250,000 of cocaine
- Amazon’s claiming the last mile, and wants entrepreneurs behind the wheel
February 15, 2020
- North Carolina Man Sentenced to Four Years for Pembroke, NC Post Office Burglary – PEN
- Lubbock police investigating threat of organized mail theft
- Amazon Axes Delivery Partners in U.S.; Hundreds of Jobs Cut
- New TSP Hardship Withdrawal Option Likely Coming Soon
- House Bill Would Expand Paid Parental Leave to All Federal Employees
- You’re most likely to be single at 40 if you have one of these jobs – on the list…USPS employee
- OIG Audit: Have You Ever Had Timecard Issues Related to Disallowed Time or Time Charged to the Wrong Code?
February 14, 2020
- Staten Island Couple’s Wedding Invitations Worth $2,000 Get Lost In Mail – PEN
- USPS seeks tips after mail thefts in Harrisburg, PA caught on camera – PEN
- MO Postmaster Removed for Inappropriate Behavior Toward Employee He Fired
- Connecticut sues USPS to halt deliveries of foreign cigarettes
- OIG: Manual Flats Processing Operations at the Birmingham, AL, Processing and Distribution Center
February 13, 2020
- Deary, ID residents are disappointed over downsize of post office to mail truck – PEN
- Employment Costs are Killing the Postal Service
- Wisconsin postal worker arrested for meth possession while on route
- Postal Service OIG report takes a long look at impact of same-day delivery and next-day, too
- Fargo mail carrier helps disoriented woman in blizzard
- Old Valentine Tradition Has West Texas Postal Worker Very Busy
- 400 pounds of marijuana seized after drugs mailed to Elmwood, LA business
February 12, 2020
- Community Shows Support at Sentencing in Postal Worker’s Hit-and-Run Death – PEN
- Coronavirus update – Postal Service shares CDC guidance – PEN
- Massachusetts USPS Manager Charged with Stealing Packages Containing Narcotics – PEN
- Former New Jersey Postal Worker Admits Role in Bank Fraud Scheme – PEN
- White House dusts off USPS reform plan to save $97B in 11 years
- NALC: White House releases FY 2021 budget proposal
- NPMHU: 2019 Contract Update #11
- North Portland Residents Demand End to Postal Service’s Pilot Program
February 11, 2020
- New Jersey Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Bribing Mail Carriers to Deliver Parcels Containing Marijuana – PEN
- A Key to the City? Thieves Appear to Use USPS Master Key to Enter Chicago Buildings – PEN
- NC woman fed up with constant USPS mix-ups, delivers neighbors’ mail herself – PEN
- Mail fraud, employee abuse allegations surface against Parker, CO post office
- Postal employee charged with falsely reporting robbery
- Chicago alderman demands US Postal Service hire more Spanish-speaking workers
- President Trump Proposes $97 Billion USPS Savings Package
- OIG: IT Network: Optimize to Thrive
February 10, 2020
- Is the “unsustainable” US Postal Service doomed to be Amazon’s next victim in the e-commerce economy?
- Postal worker says his rescue of toddler was ‘God-ordained’
- Is turning 62 the magic moment for feds?
- UPMA: House of Representatives Moves Postal Legislation
February 09, 2020
- Statement by NALC President Rolando on the Postal Service’s 2020 Quarter 1 financial report – PEN
- NARFE Urges Congressional Passage of USPS Fairness Act – PEN
- Lawmakers Act to ease fiscal burden of retiree benefits on USPS
- Task Force Proposes Eliminating FERS
February 08, 2020
- Postal Service Statement on H.R. 2382 (USPS Fairness Act) – PEN
- Three Defendants Indicted In Rochester Postal Carrier Kidnapping – PEN
- USPS Says Be prepared – Major changes to affect eBuy2 in February – PEN
- Witness opens up about postal worker’s death
- USPS ‘nearly breaking even’ if House-passed reform bill becomes law
- New problems for Gretna, LA Post Office
- OIG: Mail Delivery and Customer Service Operations – Allen Post Office, Allen, TX
February 07, 2020
- Will postal employees be eligible to work as census takers? Answer: Yes – PEN
- Postal Service Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2020 Results – PEN
- ‘Nah, I’m not a hero’ | Postal worker rescues barefoot missing toddler from side of Maryland interstate
- Postal worker robbed – USPS offering $50,000 reward for info leading to arrest
- Mail collection box thieves have a task force on their tails
- Identity theft conviction for woman who stole mail throughout Northern California
- Watch: Massachusetts dog takes fetch (the mail) to whole new level
February 06, 2020
- Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud, Mail Theft, Id Theft – PEN
- NALC: USPS Fairness Act passes House – PEN
- House Votes to End Controversial USPS Payments for Future Retirees’ Health Care –
Postal Service applauds effort, but says more steps are needed to avoid financial collapse - Postal Service OIG explores idea of same day deliveries
- Postal worker finds missing 2-year-old boy barefoot and alone on I-95, police say
- OIG: Facility Condition Reviews – Greenfield, Maxwell, and New Palestine Post Offices
- OIG: Facility Condition Reviews – Waynesville, Lake Junaluska, and Clyde Post Offices
February 05, 2020
- California Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud, Identity Theft Scheme, and Possession of Reproduced U.S. Postal Service keys – PEN
- Mailboxes at Gretna, LA post office taped shut after more than $200k in checks, packages stolen
“There’s clearly a problem with the leadership at that postal service.” - Crash claims life of well-liked postal carrier
- House to vote this week on smaller USPS reform bill to eliminate pre-funding benefits
- CBO Projects USPS Will Continue Defaulting on Retiree Health Fund Payments
- Postal workers claim dog bite ordinances aren’t effective after recent attack
- NBC 5 Responds: Battle With US Postal Service
February 04, 2020
- It’s National Thank a Mail Carrier Day
- USPS improves safety observation tool – PEN
- Aspen postmaster says she’s working to get fully staffed
- Postal Realty Trust Closes on $8.7 Million Portfolio
- Amazon’s van-buying spree delivers a gift to auto industry
- United States Postal Service – A Prehistoric Mess
- Richfield Springs postal worker commended for actions following Main Street crash
February 03, 2020
- H.R. 2382, USPS Fairness Act – PEN
- USPS Offers Premium Tracking for a Fee
- NALC: Resources on CCA to PTF Conversion
- Faulty mail delivery prompts Chicago area mayors to act
- USPS is parking on Jersey City streets, prompting some to ask why
February 02, 2020
- Postal Inspectors Keeping Super Bowl Mail Secure – PEN
- An investigation into USPS management is needed, says retired letter carrier
- Former Royal Oak postal employee gets 17 years in fatal drunken driving crash that killed Fraser man
- Thrift Savings Plan Withdrawal Changes (PDF)
February 01, 2020
- NC man shipped $60K in marijuana, THC cross-country through postal service
- USPS issues reminder about falling for fake emails
- Coronavirus: Hong Kong post offices to reopen with shortened working hours, thousands of parcels with masks backed up, union says
- Return to sender; it’s a mail mix up as Twinsburg couple gets 55,000 pieces of mail