September 30, 2023
- Getaway driver in Antioch, CA mail-carrier robbery charged by feds
- Dallas USPS mail worker’s cause of death revealed in autopsy report
- Some mail destroyed in U.S. Postal Service truck fire in Meredith
- Just How Often Do Postal Workers Get Bit By Dogs…Its More Than You Think
- UPS offers rebates to win back diverted volumes
- What happens when the federal government shuts down?
September 29, 2023
- Fraudsters and Identity Thieves Sentenced in Mobile, AL Federal Court – PEN
- Average Delivery Time Across Postal Service Network Remains Stable – PEN
- Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Launches New Virtual Exhibition – PEN
- New Jersey man charged with possession of stolen mail and conspiracy to commit bank fraud – PEN
- DeJoy addresses nation’s National Postal Customer Council
- OPM: 2024 Premiums – Full Sets of Rate Charts
- Armed, masked man robbed 2 mail carriers in Miami Gardens, FL – ‘Sorry, times are hard,’ cops say he told 1 of them before taking packages
- OIG: Penalty Overtime
- OIG: Postal Service Customer Experience – Delivery Surveys
September 28, 2023
- DeJoy addresses United Postmasters and Managers of America convention
- Longmont postal shooting defendant found guilty of first-degree murder, sentenced to life in prison
- CBS New York Investigates: Is U.S. Postal Service doing all it can to stop change-of-address fraud?
- Viral postal worker who rescued dog from venomous snake reunited with pup and homeowner
- Suspect wanted for robbery of Las Vegas USPS letter carrier
- FedEx unfazed as USPS and Amazon drop some peak surcharges
- Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service bows out as its red-and-white envelopes make their final trip
- OIG: Terminal Handling Services – Phoenix, AZ
- OIG: Postal Regulatory Commission Acquisition Planning and Contracting Practices
September 27, 2023
- Closing statements heard in the Longmont postal shooting case
- Florida mail carriers robbed at gunpoint, suspect on the loose: ‘It’s a scary situation’
- Man, awaiting sentencing, gets extra time to go over agreement in case of postal worker’s murder
- USPS Extends Grace Period for Moving to Ground Advantage
- U.S. Accuses Amazon of Illegally Protecting Monopoly in Online Retail
- OIG: A Chance Encounter
September 26, 2023
- Helena, MT contract carrier sentenced for stealing mail on rural routes – PEN
- Representatives Press USPS for Answers on Mail Carriers’ Missing Checks – PEN
- USPS driver with revoked license cited after striking 2 pedestrians in Cary, NC
- Postal mail change of address fraud – has it gotten worse or better?
- Charlotte postal workers to march in protest of 300+ potential job cuts
- Armed men in masks holdup postal carriers in Taylor, MI – but not for mail
- NPMHU: 2022 National Agreement – Distribution
- Postal workers in France confiscated over 700 animal skulls being mailed to the U.S.during a seven-month span
- OIG: Address Management System for Rural Routes
September 25, 2023
- Rural Letter Carriers Push for Union Decertification
- Coming up on five years later, family desperately seeks information on missing postal worker Kierra Coles
- ‘Institutional, ideological bias’: USPS to issue a Ruth Bader Ginsburg stamp – what about Antonin Scalia?
- Hatch Act refresher – Here are do’s, don’ts for postal employees
- NALC: New episode of You Are the Current Resident: Grievance procedure
- UPS agreement tempts Amazon drivers who make $18 an hour
- WEP/GPO Repeal Hits 290 Cosponsors in House Amidst Advocacy Summit
September 24, 2023
- How a U.S. Postal Service Crackdown on ‘Indecency’ Led to DC’s First All-Humor Comic
- $112K of fentanyl found in the mail heading for Hall County, GA
- Netflix Prepares to Send Its Final Red Envelope
- Stefanik sues Hochul over mail-in voting expansion
September 23, 2023
- Representatives Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Transparency of Mail-in Ballots – PEN
- After dog gets bitten by venomous snake, postal worker rushes pup to animal hospital to save her life
- ‘He’s doing a lot better’: Family provides update on postal worker injured in crash
September 22, 2023
- OSIRIS-REx Lands in Your Post Office – PEN
- USPS Delivery Performance Continues to Average 2.5 Days – PEN
- D.C. mail carrier accused of $1.7M theft tried to flee to Zambia, DOJ says
- Woman awarded more than $300K over collision with postal vehicle in North Smithfield, CT
- Carrier Robbed At Gunpoint In West Boca Raton
- Check washing victims want USPS to change locks on cluster mailboxes – PEN: when locks are not an option for these thieves they will then force the carrier to open the collection box
- USPS regulator raises ‘alarm bells’ as agency board reins in its budget
- Penn State’s ‘Mike the Mailman’ wins contest with a salty snack in his daily lunch
- Postal Bulletin 22633: Beware of Text Message Scams
- Postal Bulletin 22633: Want to Know More About Postal Service Health Benefit Plan Options?
September 21, 2023
- Ocala Men Sentenced for Robbing Postal Carriers – PEN
- Little Rock mail thief gets 20-month term – PEN
- Two Houston post offices suspend retail operations, with USPS citing safety as reason
- FedEx cites ‘upside’ from UPS labor negotiations and Yellow’s bankruptcy — but Postal Service is giving it a run for its money
- OIG: Parcel Select Billing Determinants Process and Procedures
- OIG: The Path Forward for the Postal Service Loyalty Program
- 2 postal workers held at gunpoint in Jacksonville
- DeJoy: Our 2022 peak season was a tremendous success
- Postal Police Officers union wants more protections for postal workers
- APWU Members Paint a Stark Picture of Toxic Workplaces
- U.S. will offer free COVID-19 tests by mail again amid rising rates of infections and hospitalizations
September 20, 2023
- Longmont postal carrier shooting: Trial begins for co-defendant in murder case
- Fundraising event planned for US Postal Service worker injured in carjacking
- USPS will not institute a surcharge this holiday season after slashing its need for temporary workers
- Officials, Public Demands USPS Re-Open Shuttered Sound Beach Post Office or Find a New Location
- Amazon hiring 250,000 workers nationwide, offering pay increases
- OIG: Progress Made to Reduce Mail Excluded from Service Measurement
September 19, 2023
- U.S. Postal Service Ready to Deliver for America During the Holidays – PEN
- New Jersey Man Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Role in Scheme to Steal Mail, Commit Credit Card Fraud, and Defraud United States – PEN
- Three Nevada Men Guilty of Conspiracy to Commit $10M Mail Fraud and Multiple Individual Counts of Mail Fraud – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service making progress in war on counterfeit postage, postmaster general says
- USPS ends peak holiday surcharge as it cuts year-end demand for temporary hires
- Montevideo, MN PD investigate “suspicious” death after postal worker finds body
- Flakes Fly on New Stamps From U.S. Postal Service
- Milwaukee’s ‘Mailman Mike’ retiring, honored by Common Council
- Former U.S. Postal Service Employee in Chicago Admits Stealing Stimulus Checks from the Mail – PEN
- Seven Ohio Men Arrested After Being Charged in a 16 Count Indictment Alleging Mail Theft, Mail Fraud, and Conspiracy – PEN
- Video: Ohio USPS employee facing federal charges for allegedly stealing mail
- Akron great-grandmother says postal worker saved her life after refrigerator fell on top of her
- Two postal workers robbed at gunpoint in two separate Jacksonville neighborhoods
- Virginia mail carrier still fighting for life after getting struck by SUV
- Florida postal worker allegedly used stolen credit card to purchase home theater equipment
September 18, 2023
- Write to Santa Today! Letters for USPS Operation Santa Now Being Accepted – PEN
- USPS seeks images of military veterans
- Charleston Postal Museum Showcases Post Office History
- SDP/SI Partners with McGard in Producing an Anti-Theft Locking System for the U.S. Postal Service – PEN
- USPS Postal vehicle crashes into Prius after running stop sign in Honeoye Falls, NY
- Husband and wife move from Florida to take over world’s oldest post office in Scotland
- “Lost in the Mail”: USPS issues apology to Spokane family over portion of missing cremains, search continues
September 17, 2023
- PRC Chairman Not Happy with Budget – PEN
- Small CT town receives national acclaim with unveiling of Arrigoni Bridge stamp
- Sound Beach residents and officials blast protracted post office closure
- Most Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Enrollees Forced to Choose: Higher Premiums or Lower Coverage
September 16, 2023
- North Carolina Letter Carrier And Husband Plead Guilty For Mail Theft Scheme – stolen checks totaling over $7.3 million -PEN
- Former NY Postal Employee Charged with Stealing Gift Cards and Money from the Mail – PEN
- Former drivers for USPS Contractor Ameritrans Express owed millions of dollars in unpaid wages
- Mail truck stolen in armed robbery in Milwaukee
- FBI searching for ‘armed and dangerous’ fentanyl trafficker who may pose as postal worker
- USPS rural carriers ‘still waiting to get paid’ as payroll errors hit another paycheck
- Kennedy Space Center post office closing after 58 years of postmarks
- 32 Stolen Credit Cards, USPS Master Key Found In Car At Tysons, VA
- UK Postman ‘thought he was about to die’ as he was dragged to ground in dog attack horror
September 15, 2023
- USPS vehicle stolen at gunpoint, Milwaukee police say
- Angry man lay in wait for postman before attack that sent him to hospital, MN cops say
- Thieves attack, rob Colorado postal worker for master key to mailboxes
- New, consolidated USPS facilities are operating smoothly, but not yet delivering on improved working conditions
- Two Malvern, AR mailmen named THV11’s “Arkansans of the Day”
September 14, 2023
- Bayport, MN Man Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting a Mail Carrier – PEN
- Latest USPS Report Shows Sustained Service Performance – PEN
- Sen. Collins calls out ‘unacceptable’ postal issues, advocates for improved training and standards
- As mail thefts increase postal carriers call for protections
- Federal audit finds widespread deficiencies in Maine’s postal operations
- Home video catches Baton Rouge mail carrier ramming car into garbage can multiple times
- USPS trying to keep ‘job-hopping’ new hires to stay for longer term
- Postal carrier delivering Amazon boxes this last weekend (9/10) left the package ON THE CURB AT THE STREET rather than up to the porch
- USPS: Crisis checklist – Update contact info, review plans
- USPS: Cybersecurity training – Employees must take course by Sept. 26
- OIG: Review of USPS Sorting and Delivery Centers in FY23 Q1 and Q2
September 13, 2023
- Federal Grand Jury Indicts 19 Central Illinois USPS Workers for Wire Fraud Related to COVID Relief Funds – PEN
- Senator Collins Meets with US Postal Service IG amid Staffing and Service Issues throughout Maine – PEN
- A Michigan court has upheld the sentence of a man convicted of killing a retired Ann Arbor postal worker in 2019
- East Nashville woman claims mail carrier threatened, harassed her
- OIG: The Fugitive’s Trail
- OIG: Single Induction Package Sorter Machine Deployment and Performance
- OIG: Investment Trends in Sustainable Postal Processing Operations
- OIG: Independent Report on Employee Benefits Submitted to the Office of Personnel Management
- Democrats threaten lawsuit over vote-by-mail deadline, Atlantic County hits back – PEN
- 5 Delray Beach, FL men arrested in ‘massive’ mail fraud scheme
- Field Trips at the National Postal Museum Deepen Student Learning and Connections
- Wallace, Idaho’s 1913 Post Office Heist — which nearly succeeded
- Amazon says it’s boosting pay for contract delivery drivers
September 12, 2023
- CA to PA Drug Trafficking Organization Dismantled – $3.5m in Drugs, 40+ Firearms Seized – PEN
- USPS rejects PRC’s budget request, leaving watchdog to fear for its independence
- $18K raised for Mars Hill postal worker shot in carjacking; suspect gets new court date
- USPS scam claims a package cannot be delivered
- Fort Howard Post Office closing this week which forces residents to pick up mail miles away
- Push On For Postage Stamp Honoring Founder Of Wyoming-Born JCPenney Stores
- USPS Board of Governors Unanimously Approves Adjusted FY 2024 Budget for the Postal Regulatory Commission – PEN
- ‘Monumental task’ for USPS employees to recover from payroll glitch, rural carrier union says
- After Hefty Algorithmic Pay Cut, Rural Mail Carriers Are Getting ‘a Huge Slap In the Face’ From Union
- USPS gives its regulator a budget boost – but not enough for ‘increased capacity’
- Retired Fresno postal supervisor invents ‘cave man’ engine powered by magnets and batteries
September 11, 2023
- Former Ithaca, NY Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Money Orders – PEN
- Community Leaders Demand USPS Action to Reopen Sound Beach Post Office
- Never Forget: Remembering September 11, 2001 | Also see: Video: The South Tower | 9/11 One Day in America
- End of an era – Netflix shuts down DVD service
- Attacks on letter carriers and mail theft continue as leaders debate how to handle the problem
September 10, 2023
- Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking in Stolen Human Remains – PEN
- Senator Carper Urges Swift Confirmation of Nominees for the PRC – PEN
- Mail carrier robbed while on postal route in Grand Crossing – Chicago
- $50K Reward Issued for Info on Sunset Robbery of San Francisco Postal Worker
- Retired Arkansas postal worker chooses missionary life
September 09, 2023
- D.C. letter carrier Hachikosela Muchimba stole $1.7M in checks, prosecutors allege
- Feds search for duo who fled in black BMW after armed robbery of letter carrier in Florida
- “RETURN TO SENDER” : Police Come Across Abandoned Mail Truck
- USPS: Fly flags at half-staff on Sept. 11 – Patriot Day
September 08, 2023
- USPS mail carrier killed in south Alabama crash
- Through GoFundMe, community rallies to support postal worker injured in violent carjacking in Mars Hill
- Ring camera video shows mail truck crashing into local home
- Service Performance Remains Steady Across Postal Service Network – PEN
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not effectively manage International Mail Facility operations – PEN
- PRC Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Justification – PEN
- USPS investigating after man nearly loses $5K from outside drop box in Socastee, SC
- Don’t Get Taken in a Federal Retirement Seminar
- OIG: Return on Investment for Capital Projects
September 07, 2023
- USPS regulator defends probe into ‘far-reaching’ network shakeup | Also see: USPS regulator promises enhanced oversight of DeJoy’s reforms, saying it’s not the time to ‘step back’
- Where is the Justice Antonin Scalia Commemorative Postage Stamp?
- NC Senators and 110 Businesses Encourage USPS to Begin Mail Delivery Service to Entire Research Triangle Park – PEN
- Massachusetts postal worker pleads guilty to conversion of government funds – PEN
- Video: ‘Sorry mom, sorry dad, sorry North Carolina,’ suspect in USPS shooting, carjacking speaks ou
- Armed robber holds up U.S. Postal Service worker near Taylor, MI apartment complex
- Brazilian postal workers seek $2B in lost pension funds from BNY Mellon
- Postal Employee and Miles College Student killed in Birmingham, AL club shooting
September 06, 2023
- Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) Urges Postal Service to Prioritize Rebuilding Post Office Destroyed in Baring, Mo., Tornado – PEN
- Postal Service Must Immediately Fund Employee Pension Obligations
- ‘I’m sorry for everything,’ man says after he’s taken into custody for postal worker carjacking
- OIG: Kansas City Delayed Mail
- Suspect in Madison County mail carrier attack captured
- Kansas City family awarded $3 million after 15-year-old killed by post office vehicle
- Kirkwood Postal Worker Says Viral Racist Rant Came Out of Nowhere
- UK: The end of the Saturday post? After months of strikes and disrupted deliveries, watchdog paves way for end to letters on Saturday as first-class stamp cost to rise again by 15p to hit $1.57
- OIG: Happy (Belated) Labor Day!
September 05, 2023
- OSC Wins Legal Victory for 9/11 Veteran Wrongfully Denied Reemployment by USPS – PEN
- Postal Inspection Service outlines steps to address ‘alarming’ rise in letter carrier robberies
- Carrier delivers a birthday surprise
- Group Challenging Vaccine Mandate Presses High Court to Proceed with Case; WH Wants it Dismissed
September 04, 2023
- Carrier robbed at gunpoint in Taylor, MI; what police think he wanted
- A Labor Day marvel: Mailman marks 55 years delivering the goods in Worcester
- Royal Mail’s future is in doubt after postal service failed to hit delivery targets in EVERY British postcode and lost key contracts to rivals because of strikes
September 03, 2023
- Lindenhurst, NY Woman Arrested for $19,278 Postal Scheme
- USPS Payroll issue impacts 53K rural carriers
- Chicago woman charged with burglary, mail theft
- ‘Angel’ in blue – Carrier rescues man in street
September 02, 2023
- Former USPS Carrier Technician Admits to Collecting Worker’s Compensation Benefits While Also Working on Electric Scooters in Downtown St. Louis – PEN
- California USPS Employee Charged with Assaulting a Supervisor at Postal Facility in Carmel Mountain Ranch – PEN
- Woman accused of mail thefts in Chicago arrested
- Video: DC postal worker accused of stealing checks worth $1.7M
- Video: USPS credits CBS 2 for arrest of suspected serial mail thief
- OIG: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE OIG SHUTDOWN PLAN (PDF)
September 01, 2023
- Congressman Garbarino (R-NY) Introduces Postal Police Reform Act – PEN
- Postal service workers share concerns over payroll glitch
- Postal Police Reform Act Proposed in Response to Surge in Mail Thefts and Decline in Convictions
- Daily Infographic: Automation underperforming for US Postal Service
- Postal Service contractor to cut 1,000 jobs, close facilities in 3 states