December 31, 2024
- Executive Order Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on January 9, 2025
- Chicago man arrested in condominium burglary, mail theft case
- Arlington Heights mail carrier lauded for quick thinking prior to garbage truck explosion
- Mail Truck Shortfall the Latest Biden Scandal
- USPS to increase shipping prices in 2025
- Affinity Bancshares Fall 17% After Termination of Atlanta Postal Credit Union Merger
December 30, 2024
- Jimmy Carter, Peacemaking President Amid Crises, Is Dead at 100
- Fly flags at half-staff to honor Carter | Proclamation Announcing the Death of James Earl Carter, Jr.
- Here’s how the Inspection Service helped protect Election Mail
- USPS stamps its approval on Allen Toussaint’s musical legacy
- Fire reported at troubled Palmetto USPS facility
- Veteran Rights and Discrimination: Are You a Victim of Veteran Discrimination?
December 29, 2024
- This Oklahoma town’s fight to reinstate their ZIP code is a fight for identity, mayor says
- Former Postal Supervisor In Missouri Pleads Not Guilty To Stealing Checks From The Mail | Read DOJ indictment at PEN
- GPO-WEP Repeal Bill Ends Long Battle, but Timing of Next Steps Is Uncertain
December 28, 2024
- Houston letter carrier unharmed as tornado briefly touches down, flipping truck
- U.S. Postal Inspection Service, NOPD arrest suspect in alleged carjacking of letter carrier
- USPS Postmaster General Defends Plans To Expand EV Fleet
- USPS slowing delivery to save on costs nationwide
- USPS releases yearly report to Congress
December 27, 2024
- North Carolina Postal Employee Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Stealing 47 U.S. Treasury Checks – PEN
- Supervisor at the St. Louis Processing and Distribution Center Accused of Stealing Checks from the Mail – PEN
- Wyoming Mail Goes Hundreds Of Extra Miles Before Delivery
- Here’s how these USPS employees spent their free time this year
- Phenix City postal workers find carrier trucks without batteries
December 26, 2024
- Senate Passes GPO WEP Repeal and Punts USPS Board of Governors Nominees to President Elect Trump – PEN
- Baker City, OR man arrested on federal warrant after attacking postal employee – PEN
- Another Biden-Era Failure: Electric Postal Service Trucks
- WaPo: Good mail delivery is essential. So are our letter carriers
- Men with 36 stolen checks from mail crash into police cars during chase, feds say
- Postal Bulletin 22664: Holiday Season, USPS is Ready for the “Return” Ride
December 25, 2024
- MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM PEN!
- ‘It’s important’: Bangor postal worker stamps Christmas Eve deliveries with holiday cheer
- North Attleborough postal worker delivers packages as ‘Buddy the Elf’ for Christmas
- Trump Must Reject USPS’ Electric Boogaloo
- New ‘Narcan by mail’ program coming to Hanover County, VA, first shipments go out in January
- FedEx contract driver charged for alleged package dumping in Florida woods
December 24, 2024
- Biden Commutes Sentence of Man That Murdered a Georgia Postal Employee – PEN
- Police ignored man’s claims that postal worker was smearing substances on mailboxes until he put up a camera
- USPS enters the holiday home stretch – Across the nation, employees are working to deliver a successful season
- The Postal Grinch who stole rural Coloradans’ Christmas
- We Already Run the Post Office Like a Business
- OIG: Colorado-Wyoming District: Delivery Operations
December 23, 2024
- New Orleans Man Guilty of Conspiring to Steal Mail, Possession of a USPS Mail Key and Possession of Stolen Mail – PEN
- ‘Smishing’ and other scams could kill your holiday joy, Postal Service warns
- Jersey City Postal Worker Stole, Altered Dozens Of Checks From Maywood Post Office, Police Say
- Elves on Wheels: USPS Mechanics roll into action on tricycles to fix repairs
- Statement of NPMHU National President Paul V. Hogrogian on Passage of the Social Security Fairness Act
- USPS marks more holiday milestones
- Republicans Are Skeptical of Trump’s Idea to Privatize the Postal Service
- FedEx Restructures Fleet Amidst U.S. Postal Service Contract Expiration
December 22, 2024
- Bill to rename Plains post office for Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter awaits president’s signature
- Postmaster Kevin celebrates 30 years running same Post Office
December 21, 2024
- DeWitt, NY Post Office Station Manager Indicted for Stealing Stamps – PEN
- No Shutdown – Congress Approves Funding at Last Second; GPO-WEP Repealed | WEP and GPO Bill Passes in Congress | Senate Votes to Repeal WEP and GPO, Send H.R. 82 to President
- Postal Worker Fatally Struck by Tractor-Trailer in Jersey City
- Senate approves bill to expand Social Security to millions of Americans – bill introduced in 2023 by Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA)
- USPS responds to calls to redeploy postal police amid crime surge against postal workers – USPS emphasized that postal police jurisdiction has always been limited to postal property, citing a 2020 federal court ruling that upheld this interpretation. “Contrary to assertions made, neither any court nor arbitrator has contested the Postal Service’s interpretation,” USPIS wrote. “This conclusion remains unchallenged.”
- USPS adjusts Priority Mail Express refund policy The change applies to packages shipped from Dec. 22-25
- USPS worker used chocolate sauce, jelly in North Branford mailbox vandalism, warrant says
December 20, 2024
- Senate Passes Westerman Bill Honoring Music Legend Johnny Cash, Bill Heads to President’s Desk – PEN
- Rep. Clarke addresses the increase in mail theft within her NYC district – PEN
- USPS IG: Local Transportation Optimization Initiative Needs Tune Up
- Ports and the Post Office Are Crying Out for Automation
- Reminder: Postal Service not affected by a government shutdown – PEN
- Bergman, Cleaver Press USPS on Delivery Standards – PEN
- Outgoing Dawson City postal worker ambushed by well-wishers ahead of last day
- USPS employees share their experiences of being in the ‘Dear Santa’ series
- Postal workers concerned about changes to mail service
- OIG: Network Changes: Local Transportation Optimization
- The U.K., Belgium and Germany have done it. Should Canada also privatize its postal service?
- Vatican inaugurates new post office in St Peter’s Square
- FedEx to spin off its freight trucking business
- Amazon strike could lead to delays in delivery of holiday gifts
- Alabama women behind Netflix film ‘Six Triple Eight’ – The 855 women who were part of the battalion contributed to the war effort by sorting through a three-year backlog of mail, estimated to be 17 million pieces of mail, that hadn’t been delivered to American soldiers far from home.
- Social Security Fairness Act passes key hurdles in the U.S. Senate
December 19, 2024
- California USPS Supervisor Arrested on Complaint Alleging Theft of $281,000 in Checks from Mail then Deposited into Her Bank Accounts – PEN
- Postal privatization brings more questions and answers
- The Constitution and the Postal System
- Bill to repeal windfall elimination provision clears a key Senate hurdle
- Biden – Harris’ $3B Boondoggle: By November 2024 only 93 Electric Mail Trucks Delivered – Built By Democrat-Donor Oshkosh Defense | Also see Washington Post: Defense contractor Oshkosh had only delivered 93 trucks by November — compared to 3,000 originally expected by now | Postal Service, Biden Can’t Deliver On EVs | Whitehouse Press Release
- Dare to Dream of a New Postal Service
- Employees still concerned over space, backlog of trucks at troubled Palmetto, GA USPS facility
- ‘It’s taking a toll’: Retired postal carrier shares insight into ongoing postal service issues
- Cato: Will Trump Privatize the USPS? – PEN: Pres. Trump CANNOT privatize USPS – Congress would have to do that
- OIG: Fraudsters Don’t Stand a Chance
- OIG: Priority Mail Express: Michigan 1 District
December 18, 2024
- Washington Post editorial: To fix government, the Postal Service is a good place to start – “To fix government, the Postal Service is a good place to start – postal reform is one issue on which Mr. Trump’s disruptive instincts might serve the public interest.”
- Armed Robbery of Three Postal Workers Leads to 21+ Years in Prison – PEN
- Postal workers handle record volumes to deliver Christmas packages on time
- Schumer Commits to Senate Floor Vote at Rally to Repeal WEP/GPO Hosted by NARFE and Allies | Also see: Social Security Fairness Act clears key Senate hurdle, heads to final vote
- USPS had a big moment in the Big Apple – The organization delivered its 2.5 billionth holiday mailpiece near Rockefeller Center
- Postal service warns of ‘smishing,’ other holiday scams
- A man and his mailbox: How a dispute over rural mail delivery became a federal case
- Man busted after using postal service to transport over two pounds of cocaine
- Durham dogged by “awful” postal service lease at grist mill
- Don’t privatize the postal service
- St. Paul Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery of Postal Employees – PEN
- Mail carriers share thoughts on new line of mail trucks with duck-like features: ‘The goofiest thing in the world when you first look at it’
December 17, 2024
- Kentucky postal employee charged with drug trafficking
- Can Trump Privatize The Postal Service? What To Know As President-Elect Says He’s ‘Looking At’ USPS Changes
- Disgusted Canada Post strikers maintain picket line until the last minute before returning to work
- Trump and Biden signal emerging fight over future of Postal Service
- Biden renominates labor lawyer, accused of anti-Israel ties, to USPS board
- US Postal Service delivers 7 billionth package in Commerce City
- Southwest Philadelphia postal workers share peek inside facility, shipping deadline reminders
- Postal worker carjacked in New Orleans, delivery truck stolen
- Bipartisan lawmakers raise rural impacts of postal reforms
- Postal worker hits police car trying to flee, then is found with stolen mail, feds say
- NALC: Update from Ballot Committee on contract ratification election
December 16, 2024
- Agency Funding, DoD Bill, GPO-WEP Repeal among Last Items on Congress’s Plate
- Trump Allegedly Studying Privatizing USPS, But He Might Run Into Legal Issues – it would take an act of Congress to actually privatize the USPS
- ‘It’s a pay cut’: USPS union members call on workers to vote ‘no’ on contract
- From August 2020: The U.K., Germany and Others Have Privatized Their Postal Service, Would it Work in the U.S.?
- From April 2016: Privatizing the U.S. Postal Service
- From October 2024: Pros and Cons of Privatizing USPS
- USPS letter carriers are pushing back against a tentative contract agreement
- Fired postal worker threatens to ‘shoot somebody’ when he was denied benefits, feds say
- USPS announces more stamp subjects for 2025
- OIG: Timeliness of First-Class Mail in Southeast Florida
December 15, 2024
- With over $100 billion in losses, Trump 2.0 may privatize US Postal Service – HEADSup – A President does not possess the authority to unilaterally privatize USPS since USPS was created by Congress
- Privatize the Postal Service? It’s Not as Easy as You Might Think
- ‘Keep busy. Love what you do.’ 91-year-old Cedar Rapids postal worker retires after 65 years
- Social Security Fairness Act takes big step towards passage
December 14, 2024
- Former NYC Letter Carrier Convicted of Threatening to Shoot and Kill Employees of the New York State Department of Labor – PEN
- Columbus, OH man guilty of armed robbery of postal workers imprisoned
- Bethlehem Christmas City postmark ‘still going strong,’ U.S. Postal Service says
- Postal worker arrested in North Branford, CT for smearing ‘unknown substance’ on mailboxes, police say
- ‘The most packages I’ve seen in my 19 years’: USPS works to meet holiday rush
- OIG: Review of Highway Contract Routes in the Contract Logistics Enterprise Acquisition Resource System
- FedEx employee steals $12,000 in jewelry from package and sells it, Tennessee cops say
December 13, 2024
- Federal prosecutors oppose bond for suspect in murder of Warren, OH letter carrier
- Several Toledo, OH post office mailboxes closed off in effort to combat postal crime
- Kids Send Thousands of Letters to Santa Each Year. Here’s What Really Happens to Them
- Mailman stabs co-worker inside NYC apartment as cops discover gruesome blood trail
- Alabama USPS worker dumps several packages on Semmes roadside, witnesses say
- PB 22665: Handbook EL-903 Revision: 2022-2025 Agreement between USPS and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union
- USPS Operation Santa deadline is Dec. 16
- Postal Bulletin 22665: Ice and Snow…Take It Slow
- Canada gov’t moves to put an end to postal workers’ strike
December 12, 2024
- U.S. House of Representatives Passes Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Bipartisan Zip Code Bill – PEN
- USPS delivering exceptional service through holiday season’s busiest week – PEN
- Statement of IG Tammy Hull – Oversight of The United States Postal Service – Hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Accountability (PDF)
- Columbus man sentenced to prison for robbing U.S. Postal carrier at gunpoint
- Former West Virginia USPS Employee Sentenced for Federal Mail Crime after Guilty Plea – PEN
- Lawmaker: Congress will claw back most EVs in Postal Service contract
- Postal Service audit finds significant problems at Boston facility
- ‘Pushed me to be better:’ Family of slain Texas postal worker mourns in Central Florida
- Bond set at $2 million for man accused of killing co-worker at Missouri City USPS facility
- The Postal Service’s electric mail trucks are way behind schedule
- USPS: This season’s 1 billionth holiday mailpiece went to one of Santa’s helpers
- Rep. Dale Strong: USPS is in decline – and it’s time for accountability
- DOGE-supporting lawmakers call on USPS to privatize some operations, scrap electric fleet
December 11, 2024
- Oral statement of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability – PEN
- NALC and other unions rally to urge Senate to pass Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) – PEN
- USPS softens service targets as DeJoy takes heat from Congress
- OPM extends postal open season enrollment and beefs up customer service
- PMG covers ears while Georgia lawmaker criticizes Postal Service – don’t blame him
- ‘Trucks as far as the eye can see.’ Holiday mail hits traffic around USPS distribution center
- House committee piles on criticism of DeJoy’s postal overhaul plans
- U.S. Postmaster General defends postal service
- Former Missouri Letter Carrier Admits Stealing Gifts Cards from the Mail – PEN
- USPS employee who shot coworker to death at Missouri City facility identified
- USPS gun policy explained following deadly shooting at Missouri City postal facility
- Florida Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Mail – PEN
- Postal employees accused of stealing over $1M in business checks
- Hearing Wrap Up: USPS Must Achieve Financial Self-Sufficiency and Improve Service for All Americans
- NALC: New projected pay tables, entire Tentative Agreement, and Summary of Changes now available
- USPS announces ceremony for Lunar New Year stamp
December 10, 2024
- Georgia postal employee, collecting workers’ compensation benefits, sentenced to federal prison for defrauding pandemic relief program – PEN
- Alabama USPS Employee Sold Arrow Key for $2500.00 – Was recruited by Sean Donnell White for Theft of Mail – PEN
- 1 employee killed, another in custody in workplace shooting at Missouri City, TX postal facility
- Comer Opens Hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service
- US Postal Service chief defends plan to buy rising number of EVs
- Teen gunman accused of trying to steal mail truck, couldn’t shift into gear to drive away
- USPS: A Special Organization Seeks Special Skills From Under the Hood… Right to the Mailbox – PEN
- OIG: Fall Semiannual Report to Congress 2024
- USPS IG Hull to Testify Before House Oversight and Accountability Committee Postal Hearing – December 10 – 10am ET
- USPS Office of Inspector General Releases Video Spotlighting Agency’s Work During the 2024 General Election – PEN
- Runaway mail truck stopped by Attalla, AL police officer’s ‘rolling roadblock’
- PMG Testifies on Postal Service Oversight – Watch LIVE Today at 10am ET | C-SPAN3
- 5-billionth holiday package delivered in southwest Missouri
- Video: Man steals from postal service truck in LA’s Koreatown
December 09, 2024
- Senator Hassan Presses Postmaster General DeJoy about Plan to Move Mail Processing Out of New Hampshire – PEN
- Sen. Blumenthal Questions PMG DeJoy on the Future of Unused or Underutilized Postal Service Sites in Connecticut – PEN
- Postal Service Head Says Aging Trucks Need Upgrades as Trump Eyes EV Plans
- Trump ‘MAY’ cancel USPS electric mail truck contract – he should cancel it
- Mail carriers are losing their grip on the middle-class American Dream
- Lawsuit accuses Pittsburgh USPS, managers of violating whistleblower laws | Also see PEN’ article here
- PMG Testifies on Postal Service Oversight – Watch LIVE On December 10 | 10am ET | C-SPAN3
December 08, 2024
- Video: Piles of mail dumped on Memphis street – PEN
- Lawmakers raise concerns about Postal Service overhaul
- Several USPS mail carriers robbed at gunpoint
- Giving Season: Clatskanie Postal Workers Reap Cookie Rewards
- This year-round Santa Claus Post Office is real and even young adults write to him: ‘Santa, I have met this girl or this boy. What do I do now?’
- A Chicago mail carrier wrote ‘This Christmas,’ delivering an enduring holiday anthem – PEN
December 07, 2024
- ‘You’ve Exhausted my Patience’: Hawley Presses USPS for Answers Behind New Postal Plan & Harms to Rural America – PEN
- Video: Just 55 postal inspectors in Texas as not-so-merry mail bandits strike – PEN
- USPS invites media to tour Beaumont P&DC, on Thursday, December 12 – PEN
- USPS Operation Santa Last call for Letters – PEN
- Pacific Post Office hosts Letter Writing Campaign for Operation Santa – PEN
- Former Pennsylvania APWU Secretary-Treasurer charged with one count of embezzling union funds and three counts of filing false LM reports – PEN
- Postal Service Head Says Aging Trucks Need Upgrades
- Postal Service EV Order In Jeopardy, Report Says – Pres. Trump isn’t a fan of battery powered vehicles…neither are we.
December 06, 2024
- Department of Labor seeks back wages, damages from US Postal Service for allegedly firing a worker who raised safety concerns – PEN
- Video: Sen. Rosen demands answers from Postmaster General on mail delivery delays in Northern Nevada – PEN
- Open Season Extended through December 13 for Postal Employees, Retirees
- Trump may cancel US Postal Service electric mail truck contract, sources say
- GOP senator to DeJoy: I will ‘kill’ your plan to reform USPS
- More mail being stolen from within the U.S. Postal Service
- Senator Jon Ossoff presses postmaster general on Georgia postal worker’s death, mail delays
- Navigating PSHB & Retirement—Insights for Postal Employees and Women Nearing Retirement
- Seattle police warn of holiday mail thefts after series of brazen USPS truck break-ins
- USPS sets lower targets for on-time mail, drawing ire from lawmakers
- This little piggy went to … Beech Grove? Pot-bellied pig chases postal worker
- Deeply Disappointed in USPS
- ‘Cracked under the pressure’: Alarm sounded as postal worker suicides quadruple
- USPS mail carrier charged with DUI in Forsyth County, GA
- A growing Alabama city continues to fight for a post office four years after losing it
December 05, 2024
- OPM has extended Open Season for the Postal Service Health Benefits Program – PEN
- Video: Sen. Ossoff questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy – PEN
- Louisiana Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Pandemic Relief Program Fraud – PEN
- Woman steals trays of mail from locked USPS truck in West Seattle
- Ossoff says DeJoy’s Postal Service leadership continues to disappoint
- NALC – Statement from Ballot Committee on Contract Ratification Election
- OPM extends Open Season for enrollees in new Postal insurance program
- Charges Filed in the Armed Robbery of a Postal Maintenance Worker and Multiple High-Volume Thefts of Mail – PEN
- Video: DC mail bandit that left interesting message ‘I love you daddy’ charged for multiple thefts – PEN
- Watch Today 10am ET – Oversight of the United States Postal Service: Understanding Proposed Service Changes
- USPS advances strategy for package consolidator agreements – PEN
- USPS releases report on 2024 election – PEN
- NALC: Ask your senators to bring H.R. 82 to the floor – would repeal WEP and GPO
- ‘Postal-Naming Destruction’: The Least Controversial Thing Congress Does Is Becoming Controversial
- New video released of robbery of Louisville mail carrier
- Mail-in voting needs national standards
- Piles of mail dumped on Memphis street
December 04, 2024
- Philadelphia Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Mail Theft Scheme, Altering Stolen Checks and Money Orders – PEN
- USPS Challenges Constitutionality of NLRB Make-Whole Remedy
- Amazon sued over slower deliveries to low-income neighborhoods
- Department of Labor petitions federal court to force US Postal Service to comply with subpoenas in employee whistleblower investigation
- Rockford post office could be renamed to honor slain mailman Jay Larson
- 91-year-old Cedar Rapids letter carrier retires
- US House to hold oversight hearing on struggling Postal Service
- NALC: Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period
- OIG: Fall 2024 Semiannual Report to Congress
- How to Reduce Your Medicare Part B Premium Surcharge
- Lower flags for Pearl Harbor Day
- Mr. ZIP appears in a new holiday special
- Amazon sued by DC attorney general for allegedly excluding neighborhoods from Prime delivery
December 03, 2024
- USPS releases 2024 Post-Election Analysis Report – PEN
- USPS delivered mail-in ballots faster in 2024 than in recent years
- Postal Service calls for election deadline changes to ensure ballots arrive on time
- Waste of the Day: Postal Service’s New Scanners Are Missing
- Suspect pointed gun at postal worker and ran away, according to St. Matthews Police
December 02, 2024
- PRC Provides Hearing Attendance and Viewing Information for Operational and Service Standard Changes Related to the Delivering for America Plan – PEN
- Prosecutors to decide if they will seek death penalty in Warren postal worker murder case
- The Postal Service is beyond the president’s help
- OIG: Happiness Isn’t a Crime, Is It? No, but Fraud Certainly Is
- The Changemakers: The United States Postal Service
- Survivor Annuity Benefits Decision Could Impact Federal Employees With Similar Claims
- Open Season Ends Dec. 9 (PDF)
- Dec. 3rd: PSHB virtual seminar
- PSHB Quick Facts from NARFE
- Important Information for PSHB Annuitants Regarding Drug Coverage
- Urge Senate Leadership to Bring the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82/S. 597) to a Floor Vote
December 01, 2024
- She delivered mail to Baltimore for decades. Upon her retirement, a heartfelt surprise
- Thieves caught on camera stealing mail in Vegas neighborhood
- Postal Service Found in Violation of Federal Labor Law for Constructive Discharge and Employee Threats
- Wild turkey aggression prompts USPS letter to northeast Minneapolis residents