May 31, 2023
- Verizon lands $145.7M digital modernization contract with United States Postal Service – PEN
- Four Mail Trucks Catch Fire in Wayne, NJ on Memorial Day
- USPS says more than 5,300 mail carriers were attacked by dogs in Wyoming last year
- USPS mail carrier beaten, robbed outside Clifton, OH Mini Mart
- NJ Postal Worker Attacked on 2nd Day on Job
- U.S. Postal worker robbed of phone and keys at gunpoint in Alabama
- UPS, Teamsters agree to new terms for deliveries using the Postal Service
- One reason the Postal Service has a long-term pension problem
- Postal Union Expects a ‘Smooth Transition,’ But Notes Possible Bumps In the Road for the New Health Benefit Program
- Kaine Presses USPS to Address Mail Delivery Problems in Virginia
- Special delivery: ‘One of the oldest’ Idaho postal uniforms found in Mini-Cassia, ID
- Video: Postal service disconnect
- OIG: Spring 2023 Semiannual Report to Congress
- OIG: What If . . .
May 30, 2023
- Legislation Reintroduced to Give Federal Employees Another Paid Holiday for Diwali – PEN
- ECS Wins $138M US Postal Service Addressing and Geospatial Technologies Contract – PEN
- Video shows Millburn postal carrier assaulted and robbed of keys
- At Least Five Chicago Mail Carriers Are Victims of Crime Each Week in Chicago, New Data Reveals
- Postal workers, supporters rally in Seattle amid contract negotiations
- USPS Eagle marks 2 years of Delivering for America
- USPS records $1.8 billion loss during second quarter of fiscal 2023
- Unreported Deaths a Major Source of Fraud against Federal Retirement Programs, IG Says – The fund that pays benefits under the CSRS and FERS retirement systems made some $326 million in improper payments in fiscal 2022
May 29, 2023
- Memorial Day USA
- Wyoming Senator Lummis Wants Answers From USPS
- Use This USPS Online Tool to Find Out If Mail Really Is Slower in Your Area
- Would YOU move 7,500 miles to work as a postman? Post Office advertises jobs near Antarctica
May 28, 2023
- Cory McFadden, the Cape May postal worker who had been missing since late April is dead
- Cambridge Police Say Mailbox Bandit Stealing, Cashing Checks
- Mail theft suspects arrested after residents chase them down
- 420,000 Killed in WWII: Significance of Memorial Day to Americans – American deaths in Iraq? 4,431 | Civil war? 620,000
May 27, 2023
- Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) Introduces the United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act – PEN
- Senators Demand Postal Inspection Service Provide Stronger Protections When the Public Sends Letters and Packages – PEN
- Santa Monica Police Arrest Two Individuals in Possession of Multiple Counterfeit USPS Arrow Keys – PEN
- Thousands of San Franciscans At Risk After Masked Scooter Rider Robs Mail Carrier
- Amazon Delivery Driver Casually Scares Off Bear Before Dropping Off A Package (Video)
May 26, 2023
- Chinese National Arrested for Massive Scheme that Shipped Millions of Packages with Counterfeit Postage – cost USPS over $60 Million – PEN
- Two Massachusetts Individuals Indicted for Armed Robberies of Postal Workers – PEN
- USPS Service Improvements Remain Solid for All Categories – PEN
- Tennessee postal employee accused of stealing, altering checks from mail
- Memphis postal worker robbed at gunpoint
- Man sentenced for robbing Oakland mail carrier at gunpoint, feds say he hoped to impersonate mailman
- Many Suspended Postal Facilities in Extended Limbo, Says Report
May 25, 2023
- Prolific mail thief who allegedly stole postal vehicles and postal keys arrested on federal charges – PEN
- Memphis Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery of Postal Carriers – PEN
- Former Florida Letter Carrier Sentenced to Over Six Years for Distributing Cocaine Packages Sent to Her Postal Route – PEN
- Organizational Strategy Video/Transcript of PMG DeJoy’s Keynote Address During the 2023 National Postal Forum – PEN
- Why the next big bank shouldn’t be the USPS | Also see: Why Postal Banking Would Help Neither the Poor Nor the Postal Service – old articles but still true today
- ‘Operation Special Delivery’: Berks Crew Smuggled $4M Of Cocaine Through The Mail
- US Postal Service outlines next steps to becoming ‘the preferred delivery provider’
- Stamping Out Counterfeit Postage
- Carjacking spree involving postal truck, Sheriff’s vehicle, ends in open desert
- See a Missouri Ghost Town Destroyed by a Tornado & Postal Worker
- Spanish election tainted by postal voting fraud arrests
- USPS OIG Investigators Bring a Multi-agency Fraud Case to a Close
May 24, 2023
- Florida Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Checks from Mailboxes – PEN
- Mailbox mayhem: Sacramento suspects caught on camera stealing mailbox unit
- USPS dealing with skyrocketing cases of change-of-address fraud
- Video: Head-on collision involving USPS truck and SUV sends two drivers to hospital – USPS truck burns
- WATCH: Mail truck rolls over after car collision in Waukesha, WI
- Surveillance Video Captures Multiple People Breaking Into Post Office in Chicago’s Thompson Center
- ‘I’m not going to let nobody scare me:’ Portsmouth postal carrier back on the job after robbery
- Rockville woman receives $1,204 check from USPS after WRTV Investigation into missing wedding ring
- USPS Injury Compensation Costs High, but Potential Savings are Limited, Says IG
- D.C. appeals court declares restrictions on USPS customized stamp program unconstitutional
- Disabled veteran says postal carrier saved his life when he fell into traffic
- Cyril, OK postal worker receives award connected to Athena Brownfield case
May 23, 2023
- PMG Louis DeJoy Extols Significant Organizational Progress In 2023 National Postal Forum Keynote Address – PEN
- Two Men In Ski Masks Rob Mail Carrier For Keys In Millburn, NJ
- FL Man Received Cocaine Through Mail With Help Of Postal Worker: DOJ
- Postal Worker Attacked At Gun Point At Boca Raton, FL – Police, Postal Service Saying Nothing
- Group of 18 Men Attempt to Burglarize USPS Post Office in Loop, Chicago Police Say
- APWU: Consumer Fraud is on the Rise
- Inspection Service recognized for holiday campaign
- OIG: U.S. Postal Service’s Plans to Resolve Post Office Suspensions
May 22, 2023
- Office of Personnel Management Employee Pleads Guilty to Conflict of Interest Violation – value of over $10 million – PEN
- Man used mail, teddy bear to deliver drugs
- Fire destroys main post office in Philippine capital, a nearly 100-year-old neoclassical landmark
May 21, 2023
- Sen. Cruz (R-Texas), Rep. Weber (R-Texas) Introduce the USPS Act – PEN
- Crime in Seattle is So Bad That the Postal Service Had to Pause Deliveries For Entire Area
- Postal Thefts Surge in 2023
- Jersey Shore mail carrier remains missing nearly 3 weeks after he disappeared
- NALC and USPS continue contract negotiations
May 20, 2023
- San Francisco Man Charged with Felony Violations for Firing Gun at U.S. Postal Worker – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service Launches Service Performance Dashboard – PEN
- Roughly $1 million stolen from at least 460 postal workers in fraudulent website scheme
- Video: Rep. Nancy Mace Asks Postmaster DeJoy If It’s ‘Appropriate’ For Postal Workers To Face Safety Risks
- Seattle crime forces Postal Service to halt deliveries for entire zip code
- Illinois Senator Dick Durbin announces PMG DeJoys’ Plan to Protect Postal Workers
- Video: Texas letter carrier arrested, police say she stole bank cards and went on a spending spree
- Man charged after USPS employee pistol-whipped, robbed outside post office
May 19, 2023
- Postal Service Delivery Continues to Average 2.5 Days – PEN
- Sen. Rick Scott Reintroduces Bill to Curb the Flow of Fentanyl Through U.S. Mail – PEN
- PRC Releases Report and Dashboard Analyzing Postal Service’s FY 2022 Finances – PEN
- San Antonio postal worker arrested for using elderly woman’s stolen bank cards
- Vanishing paychecks: How hundreds of USPS workers fell prey to a fake website scam
- Police: Postal worker robbed at gunpoint in Glen Burnie, MD
- Postal police, who used to combat mail theft, have had limited power for years
- Legislation would rename Interlachen, FL post office in honor of postal worker killed in dog attack
- Mail theft suspects caught on body camera as investigators build federal cases
- National Postal Forum is May 21-24
- Petition: Pledge to Vote NO on a Weak NALC Contract
- OIG: Workers’ Compensation Program Update
- USPS worker says her manager may have taken things a bit too far when she showed up to her shift thirty minutes tardy and he called the cops
May 18, 2023
- Government Oversight Committee: Amidst Reforms, USPS is in a Better Position Than Two Years Ago – PEN
- Senator Rand Paul and Bipartisan Senators Call for Reform to Surveillance of Americans’ Letters and Packages – PEN
- New Jersey USPS Supervisor Charged with Misappropriation of Postal Funds – PEN
- Chicago police: Man arrested after using arrow key to steal from West Loop mailbox
- DeJoy Defends His Work to Congress
- OIG: Sure Money Process and Performance
- OIG: Mail Delivery, Customer Service, and Property Condition Reviews – Florida 3 District
May 17, 2023
- Former Missouri Postal Worker Sentenced for Stealing Mail – PEN
- U.S. Postal chief vows more ‘aggressive actions’ after missing financial target
- No prison time for former Delaware postal employee who stole more than 100 packages
- USPS focuses on fraud, employee safety
- Inside the Chattanooga Post Office shooting: Injured employee claims exit was blocked
- Ohio Postal Service truck catches fire
- Mail-in ballots found among pieces of mail stolen on Election Day in Philadelphia
- Audit Finds USPS Package Tracking Inaccurate and Inadequate
- Iowa rural mail carrier says new pay system cuts salary by thousands
- Customers set GoFundMe to aid mailman
- The check (fraud) is in the mail. Are stronger mailboxes the solution?
- OIG: The International Package Market – Trends And Opportunities For The Postal Service
- OIG: Package Tracking Messaging
May 16, 2023
- Former Nebraska NALC Secretary-Treasurer Pleaded Guilty to Four Counts of Filing False Reports – PEN
- Former Montana NALC President Sentenced to 36 Months of Probation – Ordered to Pay a $100 Special Assessment – Previously Paid $28,213 in Restitution – PEN
- Former Montana Mail Handlers Union President Charged with Felony Theft/Embezzlement Exceeding $5,000 – PEN
- 12,000 security mailboxes being deployed by USPS: What you need to know
- ‘I’ve never seen it as bad’: Two mail carriers robbed in Rochester area
- ‘We all take an oath:’ Postal union honors letter carriers for acts of heroism
- Pay Cuts Have Rural Letter Carriers ‘Scared’ and ‘Outraged’ – “a process that has been years in the making”
- OIG: National Police Week
- Federal workers comp program (FECA) risked lethal fentanyl prescriptions
- PharMerica Notifies 5.8M Individuals of Healthcare Data Breach – Oh yes – lets put everyone’s private health information, and more, online – great idea – NOT!
- Data of 237,000 current and former federal government employees exposed in data breach
May 15, 2023
- Missing person: Moms call for help finding King Walker, Diamond Bynum, US Postal Service worker Kierra Coles on Mother’s Day
- Motorcyclist dead after crash involving postal van in Mesa
- After Attacks, USPS Working To Better Protect Postal Workers
- Hatch Act allowances – Certain political activity is OK
- NALC: Seven additional installations added to all-career model
- OIG: Mail Delivery, Customer Service, and Property Conditions Review – Select Units – Portland, ME Region
May 14, 2023
- U.S. Postal Service rolling out new high-security boxes, replacing arrow keys with electronic locks
- USPS replacing universal keys to deter letter carrier robberies
- President and CEO of Blink Charging discusses his company’s new contract with the USPS
- Is it time to revamp how residents get their mail?
- Loneliest Mail Carrier In The Nation: Tebra Morris’ Daily 300-Mile Remote Wyoming Route
May 13, 2023
- USPS, Postal Inspection Service Roll Out Expanded Crime Prevention Measures to Crack Down on Mail Theft, Enhance Employee Safety and Strengthen Consumer Protections – PEN
- Service Performance Consistently Strong Across All Mail Categories – PEN
- TX Rep. Pete Sessions to Hold Hearing with U.S. Postmaster General on Postal Service Reforms – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service Honors Chief Standing Bear – PEN
- Letter carriers robbed at gunpoint in Orange, Brevard counties
- Mail theft halts delivery in some Seattle neighborhoods
- Lawsuit: Postal carrier’s use of pepper spray at San Diego area home sickened kids
- 2 Florida mail carriers robbed at gunpoint just hours apart
- Armed group robs mail carriers in Brevard, Orange counties
- From Rescuing Plane Crash Survivors to Preventing Violence, Letter Carriers Recognized for Heroic Actions
- NALC: Contract negotiations update
May 12, 2023
- Two Massachusetts Individuals Arrested for Armed Robberies of Postal Workers – PEN
- USPS OIG Agents Blow the Cover off 14-year-long Healthcare Claimant Fraud – PEN
- North Dakota mail carrier dies in crash hours before retirement
- DeJoy updates employees in new video
- Western North Carolina postal worker finds loaded gun in mailbox
May 11, 2023
- Former Utah Express Mail Clerk Convicted of Mail Fraud – PEN
- Former Wisconsin Postal Support Employee Sentenced to Probation for Misappropriation of Postal Funds – PEN
- Federal court finds USPS wrongfully fired employee who reported workplace injury, violated federal worker protections – PEN
- USPS Ground Advantage Reduces Prices, Simplifies Shipping Solutions and Improves Service Reliability – PEN
- Postal carriers ‘outraged’ over 78% spike in robberies, often at gunpoint – demand USPS take action
- NALC statement regarding increased attacks on letter carriers
- Royal Mail is turning neighbourhoods into ‘postal deserts’ as households claim they only get deliveries once a fortnight
- Connecticut Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine through the Mail – PEN
- TSP Updating ‘My Account’ Home Page in Response to Feedback
May 10, 2023
- Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy’s Remarks During May 9, 2023, Postal Service Board of Governors Meeting – PEN
- USPS Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Results – PEN
- Three Brothers Convicted of Multi-District Scheme to Defraud the United States Postal Service, UPS and Citizens Bank – PEN
- Pregnant Postal Worker Held Without Bond in Domestic Shooting – The suspect, 25-year-old Davida Johnson, is pregnant with the child of a man who fathered a child with the shooting victim
- More and More Postal Carriers Being Robbed in the Bay Area
- DeJoy calls for ‘aggressive actions’ at USPS to keep 2030 break-even goal within reach
- Former Arkansas postal worker pleads guilty to mail theft charge
- NPMHU: Annual Leave Carryover for Leave Year 2024 and Annual Leave Exchange Option for Leave Year 2024
May 09, 2023
- Norton Introduces Bill to Require Security Cameras at All USPS Facilities – PEN
- The Imploding US Postal Service bailout
- ‘Outraged’ USPS Mail Carriers Have Seen Enough, Issue Demand Regarding Violent Crime
- Video: USPS employee arrested after allegedly shooting woman outside DC postal facility– Also see: USPS employee in custody after allegedly shooting woman outside postal distribution center in DC
- The Postal Service can’t just buy new delivery vehicles … oh, no, no, no
- Legislation Reintroduced to Make Federal Employees “At-Will” Employees – to make it easier to fire federal employees for non-performance
- Postal workers rally in SW DC ahead of USPS board of governors meeting Tuesday
May 08, 2023
- USPS: To remember – Honoring the Texas shooting victims
- Three USPS workers open Horseheads pizzeria – combines mail carriers’ career with love for pizza
- The Postal Service wants you to leave food at your mailbox on May 13, here’s why
May 07, 2023
- Missing Cape May Mailman Had Interaction With Police, Used Alias
- Are Certain Packages an Invitation to Steal?
- Here’s what the USPS does with lost mail — and how you might get it back
May 06, 2023
- Latest USPS Report Shows Improved Service Performance – PEN
- Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to 18 Months of Imprisonment for Mail Theft – PEN
- Major USPS Mail Carrier Orders 50 Nikola Tre Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Trucks – PEN
- Letter Carriers Recognized as Heroes of the Year – PEN
- Missing Cape May Postal Worker Had Contact With Police Before Disapperance
- Gary man admits assaulting postal worker who got in his way – fired gunshots at letter carrier
- US Postal Service’s new blue boxes are designed to thwart crime, not for ease of use
- USPS sees ‘massive turnover’ in non-career workers as union protests short-staffing
- Senators urge US Postal Service to delay rural worker compensation plan
- APWU: Say “No” to the Postal Pulse – PEN: Employees, and unions, should have also said NO to the Postal Reform Act and taking away our FEHB health cioverage
- APWU: 2024 Annual Leave Exchange and Carryover MOU
May 05, 2023
- Tampa Men Sentenced for Armed Robbery of a Mail Carrier – PEN
- High Court Can Fix Mockery Of Title VII – Groff left the Postal Service and filed suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- POSTAL REALTY TRUST – Look who is on the Board of Directors – PEN
- Missing Jersey Shore postal worker’s car found abandoned, out of gas on Garden State Parkway, police say
- Man charged in connection with Huntsville, AL mail carrier robbery
- Amazon deploys first fleet of electric delivery vehicles in Central Florida
- USPS Improving Service Reliability, Financial Sustainability in First Two Years of Delivering for America Plan
- Watch this 1967 film of a folk-pop group introducing Americans to the ZIP code
May 04, 2023
- Jersey Shore mail carrier has been missing for days. Police found car on Parkway
- Letter Carrier ‘shaken’ after armed robbery in Huntsville, AL
- 8 Milwaukee men charged in connection to crime ring targeting USPS carriers
- More USPS Employees Are Quitting and Workers Are Protesting Understaffing – Yes, non-career employees
- Mail collection box ‘intentionally’ set on fire in Lake City, SC
- DC Appeals Court Belatedly Declares USPS Custom Stamp Program Restrictions Unconstitutional
- NALC: Maximum annual leave carryover amount of 520 hours extended into the 2024 leave year
- USPS: Annual food drive to be held May 13
May 03, 2023
- Career APOCALYPSE: 83 million jobs will vanish globally by 2027 — bank and postal clerks, cashiers, secretaries, stock checkers, and accountants are being automated out the door
- Feds bust Cincinnati theft ring targeting USPS keys, blue boxes, court docs show
- Business owners fed up after thieves hit mailboxes over and over and over
- Amazon is paying small-town florists and funeral homes to deliver packages
- Motorcyclist Killed in Collision with Postal Vehicle
- Postal problems for rural communities
- Postal Service workers want better workplaces, training
- A USPS Mail Truck Could Be Your Perfect Weekend Project
- OIG: New Podcast on the Historical Analysis of USPS Retirement Fund Returns
- OIG: Looking for the “Write” Stuff?
May 02, 2023
- Mystery as beloved NY postal worker vanishes just weeks before she was due to retire
- Chicago postal worker robbed at gunpoint on South Side
- ‘It can be devastating,’ says Milwaukee mail theft victim
- USPS next-generation delivery vehicles delayed to mid-2024
- Postal workers hold rallies across country, demanding change
- GAO sees potential for postal employees to charge their personal vehicles while at work – PEN: NO! don’t do that
- COVID Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees to End May 11
- 5 people indicted for mail theft, accused of stealing from multiple USPS collection boxes in Cincinnati area
- Experts Warn Senator That Abortion by Mail Is Putting Women at Risk
- Brown County Sheriff and Rep. Mike Gallagher call on USPS to help combat fentanyl crisis
May 01, 2023