July 31, 2021
- Two Minnesota Men Sentenced to Prison for Twin Cities Postal Crime Spree – PEN
- Biden’s new vaccine requirement meets pushback from unions who helped elect him
NTEU: “This approach appears to establish a process for employees to voluntarily disclose their vaccination status.” - Louisiana Doctor Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud Conspiracy – PEN
- How Will the New Vaccine Requirement for Federal Employees Work?
- Searching for answers, Louisville continues to struggle with mail delays
- Police seek info on minivan in ongoing probe into mail thefts
July 30, 2021
- Biden to federal workers: Get vaccinated or face restrictions – “get vaccinated or be required to wear masks and undergo repeated testing” | Groups representing law enforcement, postal workers and IRS managers issue statements raising concerns about a government mandate
- Postal Union That Endorsed Biden Says COVID Vaccine Mandates ‘Not The Role Of The Federal Government’
- USPS Report Shows Sustained Service Performance Improvements for First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail, Periodicals – PEN
- St. Paul Man Sentenced to Prison for the Assault and Attempted Robbery of a Postal Employee – PEN
- Attorneys General and the Postal Service’s Expected September 1 Mail Slowdown
- Wisconsin postal worker ordered to pay restitution
- $274,000 Worth of Amazon packages stolen from NJ warehouse
July 29, 2021
- Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate draws postal union backlash
PEN: and it should. Also see: APWU Statement on Mandatory Vaccination for Federal Employees - Legal Ramifications of a Governmentwide Vaccine Requirement
- Survey: Should Federal Employees Have a COVID Vaccination Requirement?
- OIG: Report of Investigation – Postmaster General Louis DeJoy – PEN
- New Jersey Man Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Role In Conspiracy To Defraud Banks Of $250,000 Using Credit Cards And Stolen Checks – PEN
- PS Form 3971 Revision Rescinded: Request for or Notification of Absence
- Owners facing charges due to dog biting postal worker
July 28, 2021
- EFF Sues USPS For Records About Covert Social Media Spying Program – PEN
- USPS trying to make customers more aware of where lags in mail delivery occur
- Post office closures linked to ‘severe’ lack of staff
- 75-year-old High Point postal service worker has no plans to slow down
- Biden White House readies a vaccine mandate for federal workers
- Pittsburgh Native Receives Special Honor From USPS
- USPS Board of Governors to Meet Aug. 6 – PEN
- U.S. Post Office 3-wheel scooter was an early mail vehicle
- OIG: Factoring Costs to Cover Costs
July 27, 2021
- USPS updates face mask policy for employees, contractors – PEN
- Tampa Woman Gets Prison Time For Scheme Involving Postal Stamps – PEN
- Miami-Dade man wanted a postal worker to open his parcel – he then shot the truck
- Postal Inspectors releases photos of suspect vehicle in Tarrant, AL postal worker shooting
- Vallejo man gets more than six years for bank fraud, identity theft
- Suspicious device closes Rainier Post Office
July 26, 2021
- Alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: “The Primary Informant’s Story Doesn’t Add Up” – The Primary Informant Is A Postal Employee
- It’s Time to Allow Bourbon in Our Mailboxes
- Report: Amazon could have a ‘key’ to your apartment building
- USPS Mail Delays Continue Across Baltimore Area
- Post USPS employment restrictions – frequently asked questions
July 25, 2021
- USPS truck catches while the postal worker delivered mail in Niceville, FL
- Witnesses, clues still sought in shooting of mail carrier in Tarrant, AL; $50,000 reward offered
- Remembering ‘Stagecoach Mary’: Highway ‘adopted’ in honor of first Black woman to win Postal Service contract
- Royal Mail to recruit 1,000 new postmen and women with huge apprentice scheme
July 24, 2021
- New York Man Pleads Guilty to Passing Altered Postal Money Orders and Theft – PEN
- Slidell. LA Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud – PEN
- Las Vegas Resident Sentenced For Robbing Two USPS Mail Carriers – PEN
- California Couple Indicted for Mail Fraud and Identity Theft – PEN
- Carr post office closes after failed air quality test, speculations about meth-operations arise
- How an ‘integrated postal network’ represents cronyism at its worst
- Cause of fire in Moffat Post Office ruled as arson
- NALC: Four National-Level Grievances Settled
- NALC: 2021 JCAM released
July 23, 2021
- N.J. man sentenced in $250K scheme to steal credit cards, checks from postal facilities – PEN
- Amazon’s mission: Getting a ‘key’ to your apartment building
- U.S. Postal Service continues to focus on package mail
- French postal service to slow down delivery times by one day for second class letters
- OIG: Online Priority Mail Express Refunds
July 22, 2021
- USPS Reports Ongoing Service Performance Improvements Across All Mail Categories – PEN
- Ozark, MO Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Postal Carrier – PEN
- Alabama postal worker injured in shooting while on duty
- UPDATE: Alabama postal worker shot while delivering mail in Tarrant released from hospital
- Federal grand jury indicts NC USPS worker – unlawfully detained, destroyed and delayed mail
- 2 injured in crash that flipped postal vehicle on US 123 in SC
- USPS trials same-day delivery service for small businesses
- Nonprofit Mailers To Appeal Postal Rate Hike
July 21, 2021
- USPS Regulator Approves Price Spike but Warns Mail Slowdowns Could Have Worse-Than-Expected Impact | Read PRC Opinion – PEN
Note: USPS issued a response to the PRC opinion, it states: “We are reviewing the recommendations of the Postal Regulatory Commission, and will consider them as we move forward with our plan.” - Controversial USPS Plan To Slow The Mail Slammed By Postal Regulator
- Paid leave expansion for federal employees advances after contentious committee debate
- Staff shortages, mail delays continue to impact USPS
- Carrier acts on concerns at customer’s home
- NALC: USPS revises face covering policy
- OIG: “As Needed” Highway Contract Routes
- The OIG Testifying Before Congress
July 20, 2021
- USPS Board of Governors Added Three Members – PEN
- Video: PMG offers pandemic update
- String of attacks on postal workers in Ohio
- Two months after mailing her tax return, Penn Hills woman still waiting for IRS to receive it
- Problematic pets keep Kansas City neighborhood from getting mail until Problem Solvers get involved
- 4 Las Vegas men allegedly used USPS priority mail envelopes to sell drugs
July 19, 2021
- USPS Installs State-of-the-Art Sorting Machine in Huntsville, AL Facility
- USPS: HR to host online job fair, other sessions
- USPS: USPS Hold Mail available for vacationers
- Royal Mail wants all company cars electric by 2030
- Stamps.com to Be Acquired for $7 Billion
July 18, 2021
- Bomb Scare Clears Post Office in Atlantic County
- Long wait times at far San Antonio post office has residents demanding a solution
- UK: Mystery as postcard to mum from her son at US university finally arrives after 32 years
July 17, 2021
- NPMHU: Postal Service Revises Face Covering Policy
Employees who have not been fully vaccinated are required to wear face coverings in any situation in which they cannot achieve or maintain social distance – at least six feet and in public facing settings where there is a state or local face covering order or directive in place. - 10-year prison term for killing of retired postmaster and Vietnam veteran
- Sweating It Out: Post Office Workers Suffering Without Air Conditioning
- Officials considering imposing a delivery tax on packages delivered across Pennsylvania
- How to Contest Major Disciplinary Actions
- OIG: City Carrier Cost System
July 16, 2021
- USPS 4th Quarter Begins with Continued Service Performance Improvements
PEN: When COVID is gone delivery will return to normal…it’s really that simple. - A Postal Worker Begged for Stronger COVID-19 Protections. She Ended Up Spending Six Weeks in the Hospital
- Investigators hope for community help while chasing several leads in robbery of USPS carrier
- Train collides with postal service van in Marion County
- Woman critically hurt crashing into back of mail truck on Queens expressway
- OIG: How Effectively Does USPS Procure and Manage Cybersecurity Tools?
- OIG: How Effectively is USPS Managing and Monitoring Change of Address Applications?
July 15, 2021
- Former NJ Mailman, Once a Postmaster, Among 31 Charged In Sex Offender Sting – PEN
- Indiana carrier says she knowingly and willfully tossed mail in the garbage dumpster because she was behind in her deliveries and wanted to dispose of the mail rather than deliver it
- Is USPS Service Back to Normal?
- USPS letter carrier robbed in Minneapolis; $50K reward offered for information
- Letter: Criticism of Postal Service is unwarranted
- OIG: IG Tammy L. Whitcomb Testifies before U.S. Senate (PDF)
July 14, 2021
- Mississippi postal worker stabs postmaster with screwdriver several times – PEN
- NY Postal Employee Arrested for Stealing Over $3 Million In Postal Money Orders – PEN
- USPS issues Mystery Message Forever stamps – PEN
- Hernando postal worker charged with stabbing co-worker several times during fight
- NALC: Accumulated COLA is $1,726 through June 2021
- USPS: Employees can’t serve private interests
- Mail delivery in Baltimore tanked during pandemic and remains ‘especially challenged,’ postal official says
- Postal Service tractor-trailer driver recounts ‘slow and steady’ service decline
July 13, 2021
- Postal Service Asks Court to Toss Vehicle Fleet Lawsuit
- NY carrier accused of drunken driving at work after falling out of moving mail truck
- How the Postal Service Can Help Local Retailers Beat Amazon
- Mail truck delivers close call for rural carrier
- USPS Inspector General Testifies on 2022 Budget
C-Span Live today 2 PM ET - OIG: Sick Leave in the Era of COVID
July 12, 2021
- California Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery and Bank Fraud – PEN
- The USPS’ Semi-Secret Internet Surveillance Apparatus
The agency best known for delivering mail has a side hustle in online snooping.
Also see: Judicial Watch sues USPS over tracking Americans’ social media posts - US Post Office failing to do its job
- USPS Monetizes Basic Services: What Next?
- How mail led to the start of the Lehigh Valley International Airport
July 11, 2021
- Lax USPS oversight of employee COVID-19 leave results in $12.4M in unsupported costs: IG
- Critics: Postal Service plans imperil community newspapers
PEN: Hey, newspaper guys…the newspaper business has been failing for a very long time and it’s not the fault of USPS or postal employees – blame internet news. - The Post Office Pension Ponzi Scheme
- UK: William Orr: The blind postman who delivered a first-class service
July 10, 2021
- Former Omaha Lead Sales and Services Associate Sentenced to 5 Years Probation for Stealing Mail – PEN
- Stamps.com agrees to go private in $6.6 billion all-cash deal
- Second suspect arrested in Bakersfield postal worker robbery
July 09, 2021
- USPS Finishes Third Quarter with Strongest Service Performance in a Year – PEN
- Going Postal: How the Left Will Use Vote by Mail to Federalize Elections
The NALC co-founded the National Vote at Home Coalition - Suspects Wanted For Robbing Dallas Post Offices, Up To $50K Reward
- USPS Inspection Service offering $50k for information on Emery Co. Post Office burglary
- Felony Punishments For Porch Piracy Take Effect In Georgia
- NAPS: Welcome to the Matrix
July 08, 2021
- Former Treasurer of Mail Handlers Local 314 (St. Louis, Mo.), pleads guilty to one count of embezzlement and theft of labor union assets totaling $184,000 – NPMHU President at this local also charged – PEN
- ‘Deranged’ Ex-Postal Worker Accused Of Murdering Utah Mother Of Four | Friend alleges ‘creepy’ past of suspect in the murder of postal employee Masako Kenley
- Investigation seeks cause of Bedford County post office blaze, identity of woman killed
- Watch: The U.S. Postal Service’s 10-Year Plan: Will It Work?
- Things you didn’t know about the U.S. Postal Service
- Package goes on 1,700-mile odyssey
July 07, 2021
- USPS employees must follow ethics rules – Financial conflicts
- Little driver’s seat – USPS licenses ride-on vehicle for kids
- USPS makes changes following Woodbury Post Office fire that killed woman
- Identity thieves are stealing people’s mail, especially in the southeast Denver area
- (left leaning) Common Cause renews complaint against PMG DeJoy
July 06, 2021
- USPS postal police say they have been confined to postal property instead of helping stop crimes – PEN
- Missing postal worker mom found dead, 75-year-old arrested for her murder
- 33-year-old postal employee was fatally shot outside a Bronx public-housing development
- USPS: Dependent coverage – Verify eligible family members for FEHB
- Federal Watchdog Finds Lots Of Facial Recognition Use By Gov’t Agencies, Including USPS
- 7 numbers show just how staggeringly huge Jeff Bezos made Amazon in his 27 years as CEO
- Vape shops fear USPS ruling could put them ‘out of business’
July 05, 2021
- Postal Service to slow delivery of long-distance mail to cut costs
- Australia: Sydney resident’s scathing message to postal delivery workers during lockdown
- OIG: A New Country, A New Mail System
July 04, 2021
- Line of Succession for Postmaster General in an Emergency – PEN
- Fired by Bot at Amazon: ‘It’s You Against the Machine’
- Legislation has been reintroduced to allow a buyback for time working as a temporary employee to count toward federal retirement payments
- NY letter carrier aids diabetic customer in distress
- PB 22575: Equipment Maintenance Allowance Schedule for Rural Routes
- IRS holding over 35M unprocessed tax returns as backlog swells
- Amazon plans to build delivery robot tech in Finland
July 03, 2021
- New Jersey Mail Carrier Charged with Making False Statements to Obtain Federal Workers’ Compensation Benefits – PEN
- Obscure language in postal reform bills causes stir
- ‘It’s unnecessarily dangerous’: Sacramento residents concerned after mailbox explosion
- House lawmakers tell USPS to postpone mail rate hike to January 2022
- Don’t Waste Your Money: Postal Services Still Struggling
July 02, 2021
- In Latest Update, USPS Reports Consistent Service Across All Mail Categories with Improved Delivery Performance over the Second Quarter – PEN
- New Jersey Mail Carrier Arraigned for Conspiring to Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, Receiving Bribes, and Conspiring to Defraud United States – PEN
- Former Louisiana Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1000 Money Order From Mail – PEN
- Rep. Kind Joins Bipartisan Group of Colleagues in Calling on PMG DeJoy: No Rate Increase – PEN
- Brothers acquitted in shooting of Louisville mail carrier, but drug charges another matter
- HONORING A HERO: East Bernstadt mail carrier given award for rescuing woman
- USPS: Special cancellation honors USPS 50th
- It’s Time To Let The US Postal Service Ship Alcoholic Beverages
- Workhorse says Postal Service broke its own rules in new mail truck contest
July 01, 2021
- USPS marks its 50th anniversary as an independent agency – PEN
- New Jersey Man Sentenced to 82 Months in Prison for Carjacking and Assaulting USPS Employee – PEN
- National Postal Workers Day: 3 Ways to Appreciate Your Dutiful Mail Carriers
- Ohio man charged with stealing mail delivery truck
- Massachusetts man pleads guilty to assaulting postal worker over cocaine
- Fix mail first, then address parcel-delivery opportunities, AGs tell USPS
PEN Ed: That does not make sense – parcel delivery has become the strength of USPS - OIG: Fighting Opportunistic Crime
- OIG: Postage, Fees, and Meter Revenue Refunds – Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Main Post Office