March 31, 2023
- Former Georgia mail carrier sentenced for scheme to deliver drugs through the mail – PEN
- Average Delivery Time Across Postal Service Network Remains Stable – PEN
- Postal Service gets an ‘A’ for 2022 election but likely lost $23 million
- ‘Have you done 1 thing?’: Family of postal worker killed in dog attack wants accountability – Letter carrier Pamela Rock was mauled by 5 dogs
- Will SCOTUS Fall for Biden DOJ’s Flim-Flam in evangelical Christian postmans’ Sabbath-Observer Case?
- Doorbell footage shows robbery suspects following postal worker
- Americans feel favorably about many federal agencies, especially the Park Service, Postal Service and NASA
- Legislation Would Give Federal Employees a Holiday for St. Patrick’s Day
- US Postal Inspector: 10,000 Fentanyl Pills Shipped Through USPS in Wyoming
- Postal Service investigating report of employee bringing gun to DeWitt, NY post office
- NPMHU: Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) set at $208
- NALC: Recent letter carrier deaths
- USPS: EAP services are available for employees
- Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Heat Nor Gloom of Night… After 65 Years, New Canaan Postman Takes a Bow
- Parcel Volume in U.S. Hits Projection a Year Ahead
March 30, 2023
- PRC: USPS continues to struggle with compliance in some areas – PEN
- Ponte Vedra Beach, FL contract postal carrier pleads guilty to theft of mail
- Tennessee letter carrier arrested after authorities say he sold medications and fentanyl-pressed pills while on duty
- Brace Yourself for USPS July Rate Hike News
March 29, 2023
- Colorado letter carrier who was robbed at gunpoint discusses incident
- Mail carrier robbed at gunpoint in Seattle’s Central District as USPS faces wave of ‘arrow key’ hold-ups
- Report Revisits Idea of Converting FECA Benefits to Disability Retirement
- Tornadoes ravage South – Post Offices in MS, AL close for repairs
- Amazon driver goes viral for delivering package during police standoff
- WEP/GPO Repeal Update
- OIG: Elections, the Postal Service, and Democracy
March 28, 2023
- Massachusetts USPS Supervisor Charged with Embezzling Thousands in U.S. Postal Service Funds – PEN
- Boston Man Charged with Armed Robbery of Letter Carrier – PEN
- Congressman Gottheimer Combats “Change of Address” Fraud and Identity Theft – PEN
- Teen girl killed after police say she robbed postal worker, pointed gun at officers
- A year of increased crime against postal carriers in Cincinnati and still no arrests
- USPS Is Losing a Lot More Money in 2023 Than It Expected
- OIG: International Mail Service Suspension Operations
March 27, 2023
- DHL, FedEx and USPS among top brands impersonated in phishing scams
- How scammers are selling counterfeit stamps on Facebook ads
- Bill reintroduced to establish IG office for agency that manages TSP
- Zero tolerance – USPS committed to safe workplaces
- ‘All Hell Breaks Loose’: How A Lone Mailman And One Crucial Leak Led Directly To The Horrific Shootout At Waco – “The gentleman asked the mailman the way to Koresh’s compound, explaining that the ATF et al., were gearing up for the raid that very day. The mailman was a member of the Branch Davidians, and made a beeline home to warn his family that their rapture had arrived.”
March 26, 2023
- Postal Service honors Nebraska’s Chief Standing Bear with soon-to-be-released stamp
- Ford E-Transit May Face Rivian Van As Direct Rival – USPS purchased over 9k Ford E-Transit vans
- COVID Mandate Challenged in Courts: Two Decisions With Different Results
- OIG: When Highway Contract Route Trips Don’t Happen
March 25, 2023
- Six arrested for coordinating fentanyl shipments from Arizona through USPS – PEN
- Cyber breach affects eastern NC postal service – missing paychecks
- Louisiana man chases, throws rock at a postal worker over a missing check, deputies say
- OPM expects busy Open Season standing up USPS health insurance marketplace in 2024
- Amazon, other retailers revamp ‘free’ shipping as costs soar
- Three US Postal Carriers Robbed In the Same Week In Illinois
- FYI: Congressional Voting Record – January 2022 — December 2022
March 24, 2023
- Mail carrier robbed at gunpoint in Westchester, IL
- More postal workers in Kansas accused of stealing from the mail
- Mail carrier catches Miami man punching dog; he only stops to snatch her phone
- Thieves are fishing checks from mailboxes in Brooklyn
- USPS Postal Facts updated for 2023
March 23, 2023
- Lowell, MA Letter Carrier sentenced, tried to bribe supervisor with cash in Dunkin’ bag – PEN
- USPS Service Performance Holds Steady at 2.5 Days – PEN
- PMG DeJoy asks employees to submit sales tips
- More Chicago mail carriers held up at gunpoint for mailbox keys
- Fired postal worker’s age bias, retaliation claims reinstated
- Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum To Showcase New Objects in Baseball Exhibition
- Kansas Postal Worker Accused of Stealing Mail – PEN
- OIG: Striking at Drugs in the Mail
- OIG: Three New Capping Reports
March 22, 2023
- Graves, Cleaver Demand Postmaster General Listen to Kansas Citians on Poor Mail Service – PEN
- Georgia Man Pleads Guilty in Check Fraud Conspiracy – Stole Mail from Businesses – PEN
- OPM Expects Lots of Questions about Upcoming Postal-Only Health Plan
- 2 Chicago postal workers robbed at gunpoint, police say
- Reward offered in recent East Bay attacks on U.S. Postal workers
- Understanding the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Program
- Bucks Man Tried Shipping 130 THC Cartridges Found By Postal Workers
- Medical issue ‘likely contributed’ to crash, death of postal truck driver
- Former USPS City Carrier Assistant Age Bias, Retaliation Suit
- The Gift of Annual Leave for Federal Employees
- The Oshkosh NGDV Is Not the USPS’s First Electric Mail Truck
March 21, 2023
- Setting the record straight – Time magazine covers DeJoy’s turnaround efforts – PEN
- St. Louis County Woman Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Check Scheme that Used Bank Information from Stolen Mail – PEN
- Reward offered in recent East Bay attacks on U.S. Postal workers
- Postmaster describes ‘disturbing’ rise in crimes against Oakland postal workers
- Northern California mail carrier assaults linked to identity theft ring
- Knoxville, Oak Ridge residents go weeks without mail delivery due to staff shortage
- Synthetic opioids seized in U.S. mail increased 10x in 5 years
- What is the Best Age for Federal Employees to Retire?
March 20, 2023
- New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty in Mass-Mailing Elder Fraud Scheme – PEN
- Blink Charging Awarded USPS Contract to Provide EV Charging Stations – PEN
- Postal Service Won’t Bail Out Blink Charging
- USPS Election Mail Program Receives Honor – PEN
- Stop Fentanyl Shippers From Exploiting the U.S. Postal System
- South Portland mail carrier charged in dark web drug trafficking case – according to her union representative, Montgomery is still working her normal mail route
March 19, 2023
- Amazon delivery truck stolen from same street USPS carrier was killed
- USPS Postmaster General to Field Questions at Town Hall
- Mail truck fire in Simpsonville leaves two shaken but unharmed
March 18, 2023
- Former New Orleans USPS Clerk Sentenced for Stealing Items from the Mail She Was Entrusted to Handle – PEN
- Pennsylvania Postal Employee Charged with Stealing Gift Card – PEN
- Pennsylvania Postal Service Employee Charged with Stealing Mail – PEN
- Pennsylvania Postal Service Employee Charged with Mail Theft – PEN
- Drug test for postal workers required too much info
- North Alabama Drug Task Force agents recover cocaine sent in mail
- Rural America Grows Weary of Waiting for Its Mail
- Mail Fraud Scheme Leads Investigators to Nab Suspect for Attempted Murder as Well
March 17, 2023
- New Jersey Man Admits Role in Scheme to Steal Mail, Commit Credit Card Fraud, and Defraud United States – PEN
- USPS Service Performance Holds Steady at 2.5 Days – PEN
- Postal Service’s Election Mail Program Receives Top Honor – PEN
- Teen facing multiple charges after allegedly attacking postal worker with a machete
- Postal service & police brought in to investigate hate mail sent to Rockwood school board member
- Chicago Mail Carriers Speak About Safety Concerns Amid Rise in Attacks on Postal Carriers
- Postal Worker Implicated In Hudson County Cocaine Scheme
- Blink EV Charging (BLNK) Stock Wavers on U.S. Postal Service Contract
- NALC: 2023 Letter Carrier Resource Guide
- OIG: Upcoming Audit Work
March 16, 2023
- Louis DeJoy’s Surprising Second Act
- Chicago: Six Charged with Drug Trafficking – Shipping Methamphetamine from California to Chicago Through USPS – PEN
- Chicago Man Sentenced for Mail Fraud Scheme Involving Fraudulent Tax Returns to the IRS – PEN
- Grieving children targeted by mail fraud days after crash kills parents
- Lowell mail carrier hospitalized after assault as attacks on postal workers rise
- Man gets year in prison for groping postal worker
- Law enforcement or ‘security guards?’ USPS spars with union over postal police role
- IRS Rarely Punishes Tax Delinquent Federal Employees
- USPS: Long-term care pause – Two-year freeze on applications
March 15, 2023
- Chicago Letter Carrier Sentenced to Nine Months for Mail Theft – PEN
- USPS Trucking Contractors Must Now Disclose Serious Traffic Accidents
- APWU: Department of Transportation Testing Violations by USPS Contractor
- Avon, CO seeks solutions by joining collective legal effort to improve Postal Service
- Bucks County postal carrier honored for saving 3 dogs in house fire
- Postal Worker Trusts Her ‘Gut Feeling’ & Saves A Life After Noticing A Woman’s Mail Piling Up For Days
- Postal Service Updates 2023 Stamp Program
- USPS is reminding employees they may not run for partisan office
March 14, 2023
- 2024 Budget Would Give OPM $28 Million to Create the Postal Service Health Benefits Program – PEN: Yes, and bury your right to normal FEHB Health Insurance coverage forever
- Man to plead guilty in Florida postal carrier robberies
- Bakersfield woman arrested in connection to stealing 30 postal packages
- NPMHU: Mail Handlers Ratify 2022 National Agreement
- Rural carrier saves three customers from house fire
- OIG: Training for Safety and Health
- Postal Service sued by postal police officer union after limiting their powers – PEN: We totally understand this union wanting to maintain their jobs…but, their current numbers are, and would be, way too small across the nation to make any difference in the current seige against USPS employees. Their patrols would not reach into most neighborhoods across the USA….it would be impossible. Maybe increase their numbers in a few major cities to see if their presence would make any difference at all.
March 13, 2023
- Rep. Angie Craig Delivers 3,361 Stories from Minnesotans About USPS Delays to PMG DeJoy – PEN
- IRS audit finds 42,000 feds cheating on taxes – USPS had the most offenders, with more than 9,000 employees who missed at least two years
- A Brief History of American Christians Fighting Sunday Mail
- As Oak Ridge mail delivery problems continue, one congressman is ‘frustrated’
- $50K reward for information on robbery of Colorado USPS letter carrier truck
- The USPS Corporate Library would like to remind employees that there is a treasure trove of online research tools at their fingertips
March 12, 2023
- Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 48 Months’ for Mail Fishing While Serving A Term Of Federal Supervised Release – PEN
- Dejoy putting US Postal Service in position to succeed
- Postal crimes raise fear, concern — but are they rising?
- German postal workers given double-digit pay rise to avert strike
- Lawmaker Requests Investigation Into Unsafe Driving Record Among U.S. Postal Service Trucking Contractors
March 11, 2023
- Green Bay Man Sentenced to Ten Years for Using USPS for Methamphetamine Distribution – PEN
- Congressmen Comer & Connolly Receive ‘Benjamin Franklin Award for Leadership in Postal Policy’
- Former U.S. Postal Service worker from Bellefonte accused of stealing money from packages
- Canada Post’s first all-electric delivery fleet rolls out on Vancouver Island
- FYI: Data breach exposes approximately nine million AT&T customers’ info
March 10, 2023
- Social Security Fairness Act reintroduced in Senate – PEN: PASS THIS BILL! – PEN
- Georgia men sentenced for shootout that caught Postal delivery driver and vehicle in crossfire – PEN
- USPS Service Performance Holds Steady at 2.5 Days – PEN
- Federal panel vacates Postal Service heat citations
- Stolen postal keys were found in cereal box, police say
- More Illinois postal employees indicted for COVID-19 relief fraud
- Police say 19-year-old pulled gun on postal worker, stole key to mailboxes across Clayton County, GA
- USPS Celebrates Train Travel with Stamps
- Keep an Eye on These Potential Benefits Changes
- Trio of Philadelphia post offices fixing delivery issues after audit
March 09, 2023
- Former Massachusetts USPS Clerk Sentenced for Stealing Over $90,000 in Cash Deposits – PEN
- Recent attacks on Oklahoma mail carriers shine light on dangers of job
- Amid ongoing financial challenges, the USPS shows signs of positive progress
- Cargo hold – USPS carriers have new trouser option
- Caught on camera: Postal service worker charged in assault of Flatbush woman
- Boca Raton postal workers get hero awards for helping wandering girl, 3, and an elderly man
- Postmaster DeJoy and USPS comments on meeting with Bennet, Hickenlooper
March 08, 2023
- ‘Our lives have been destroyed forever’: Jury convicts woman in postal worker’s killing
- HE WALKS: Postal Service Driver Dodges Jail Time Despite Killing Cyclist
- Are you missing mail? This Virginia man found thousands of discarded letters in bins
- One thing Congress can do to help save the US Postal Service
- Family wants FBI to join search for US postal worker Kierra Coles, missing since 2018
- USPS extends implementation date for cash deposits rule
- Arbitrator sides with Postal Police union on patrol debate amid arrow key attacks
- 8 Things the TSP Still Did Not Fix
March 07, 2023
- OSHA Fails to Prove Feasible, Effective Abatement for Excessive USPS Heat Hazard
- Steamboat resident says pay for rural mail carriers doesn’t match U.S. Postal Service’s promotion
- 2 postal service mailboxes broken into in Elmhurst, IL
- Groff v. DeJoy: Ahead of SCOTUS case on Sabbath work discrimination, groups decry ‘heckler’s veto’
- Evangelical postal worker denied Sundays off gets wide religious, political support in SCOTUS case
- US Postal Service EV fleet taking shape with new contracts
March 06, 2023
- Last Defendant Sentenced to Prison for Shipping Cocaine Via Mail – PEN
- First House Hearing on OPM Could Set Tone for This Congress – one item examined will be OPM’s implementation of healthcare provisions of the Postal Service Reform Act
- Postal employee murder trial goes to jury after conclusion of testimony, closing arguments
- Houston men arrested for stealing mail from USPS outgoing mailbox in College Station
- Legal Team for Christian Postal Worker Pushed out for Demanding Sunday Work Exemption Hopeful About Upcoming Case
- In the mail? Pro-life, pro-choice advocates turn attention to FDA’s abortion pill plan
- Clearfield, PA postmaster charged with theft
- NALC: Forty-four additional installations added to all-career model
- Federal authorities in Arkansas are cracking down on thefts from U.S. Postal Service collection boxes
March 05, 2023
- Mail delays in Flagstaff worsen with winter weather — but a larger labor crisis looms
- Amid recent thefts, postal service urges residents to report mail theft
- Wisconsin Banker’s Association reporting increased amounts of mail-related check fraud
- Inactive grenade found in mailbox of Fort Mitchell coffee shop, police say
- Australia Post paid millions in bonuses to senior staff after board deemed them ‘appropriate’
March 04, 2023
- California Man Faces Charges of Robbery, Mail Theft, and Carjacking of a Postal Service Vehicle – PEN
- Latest USPS Report Shows Sustained Service Performance – PEN
- Man pleads in postal supervisor assault
- Man who stole then drove mail truck wrong way on I-79 to stand trial
- USPS Issue Warning About Fake Postage Stamps
- Corpus Christi postal worker says this porch pirate pup stole package from home
March 03, 2023
- Four Charged After a Mail Theft Sting Operation – PEN
- Arkansas: Ex-postal clerk admits embezzlement
- Ford earns Postal Service’s latest EV contract
- USPS falling behind on financial goals for FY 2023, doubles projected losses
- Postal Worker Attacked On The Job Now Seeking Justice
- NALC: Forty-four additional installations added to all-career model
- Austin property manager sees cases of mail fraud on multiple properties
- A $2 gel pen can thwart would-be ‘washers’
- OIG: Learn About Our Work Related to USPS Highway Transportation Costs
- OIG: Managing Postal Service Vehicle Credit Cards
March 02, 2023
- Martinez, CA Man Charged In Robbery Of Postal Worker, Mail Truck Theft
- Brooklyn mail worker robbed, pistol-whipped while making rounds
- USPS confirms OK mail thief was an employee
- Video: PMG DeJoy delivers update to employees
- USPS commits $1.2B to lay foundation for its mostly electric next-gen fleet
- NALC: Watch and share the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive video
- USPS Releases Nonprofit Stamp – PEN
- Change of address fraud can have lasting fallout, but USPS won’t say how it plans to close the loophole
- First responders get creative when saving people at postal service training center in Norman
- Panel Backs Bill to Make ‘Censorship’ a Firing Offense for Federal Employees
March 01, 2023
- USPS Moves Forward with Awards to Modernize and Electrify the Nation’s Largest Federal Fleet – PEN
- Pleasant Prairie, WI USPS Postmaster charged after embezzling over $60,000
- USPS Gets Brand Savvy under Postmaster General DeJoy
- The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops backs former post office employee in Supreme Court religious-liberty case
- Investigators find no wrongdoing after letter carrier dies in Florida dog attack
- Prosecutors allege woman accused of killing ex-boyfriend, a letter carrier, was ‘angry’
- Lexington, KY letter carrier robberies linked to massive nationwide check fraud scheme
- Postal Supervisors Feel Pressure to Under-Report Work Hours, Says IG
- Postal Service buys 9,250 electric vans, 14,000 charge stations
- USPS Women’s History Month – Annual celebration begins March 1
- Western Colorado communities considering lawsuit against USPS
- New York Man Pleads Guilty to Mailing Threatening Letters – PEN
- Rural mail carrier Olivia Allee awarded Postmaster General Hero award