October 31, 2017
- Darby, Pa Police Investigate Violent Death Of Former Postal Service Employee – PEN
- Video: Decade-long post office ‘dog hold’ leads to federal lawsuit
PEN - Utah letter carrier saves man who was severely injured when a grinder tool malfunctioned – Salt Lake Tribune
- Remains of veteran, former postal worker lost in mail delivery
Indy Channel
October 30, 2017
- Port Matilda, PA postmaster relocated after employee complaints
We Are Central PA - Could a post office lock box be putting your home at risk?
WABC TV NY - South Shore Post Office Annex renamed for clerk who died during Hurricane Sandy – Staten Island Live
- Amazon and Wal-Mart Battle for the Last Mile
Motley Fool - OIG: Trying Times, Extraordinary Efforts
- Statement from Postmaster General on Board of Governors nominations
October 29, 2017
- Video: Postal police slow to respond to stolen Yonkers rent checks
PEN - Postal Service Expands Delivery Efforts In Caribbean
Virgin Islands Consortium
October 28, 2017
- Delivery Trucks Caught On Video Blocking Handicapped Parking Spaces – PEN
- Mail was stolen from drop boxes at five Sarasota County post offices on Wednesday – PEN
- Spartan Motors Awarded $214 Million Contract From United States Postal Service – PEN
- Two postmasters general meet on the ice; joint issues represent nations’ relationships – Linns
- Florida letter carrier charged with DUI manslaughter in death of Fort Lauderdale detective – Sun Sentinel
October 27, 2017
- No Cuts to Federal Pay and Benefits in Joint Budget Resolution
PEN - House Passes Senate Version of Budget Resolution
UPMA news via PEN - Social Security Announces 2.0 Percent Benefit Increase for 2018
PEN - Boston APWU Brings Allies Together to Fight for a Better Postal Service – APWU news via PEN
- UPS expects to ship 750 million packages this holiday season while adding peak shipping charges – CNBC
- Santa Fe post office restricts nighttime access
Santa Fe – New Mexican - Employee says Port Matilda, PA post office remains a toxic environment
- U.S. Postal Service Using VR to Train Drivers
Trucking Info
October 26, 2017
- President Trump Nominates Three To Be Members of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service – PEN
- Sears Brings Back The Iconic Sears Wish Book
PEN - Postal Service is Ready to Deliver More Than 15 Billion Pieces of Cheer This Holiday Season – PEN
- $1K reward for man who attacked, tried to rob Naperville postal worker
Chicago Sun Times - OPM Finalizes Long-Desired Change to USPS Pensions
GovExec - NJ post office janitor gets 3 years for stealing co-workers IDs, filing phony claims – New Jersey On-Line
- California man arrested after carjacking mail truck
Fox 5 San Diego - New Amazon Key allows the delivery driver leave packages inside the front door – WLBZ TV
- Jamaican postal worker jumps from building – Staff shaken by traumatic incident – Jamaica Star
October 25, 2017
- Video: Postal Service Retiree Surprised by $10K Prize from Neighborhood Credit Union – PEN
- Former Texas postal employee pleads guilty to using postal service fuel cards for private vehicle – PEN
- Georgia Carrier Killed After Tree Falls On Her Vehicle
Northeast Georgian - Bronx mailman gets five years for delivering over 300 pounds of cocaine
NY Daily News - Rep. Kind throws in support for continued 6-day mail delivery
Chippewa Herald - Papillion-La Vista post office employees recognized for coming to aid of ailing co-worker – Omaha World-Herald
- Former postal worker pleads guilty to stealing methamphetamine from the mail – Clay Co. Free Press
October 24, 2017
- Video: Homeowner says old USPS law ‘feels like theft’
PEN - Westport, MO resident battles to save post office ‘magic garden’
PEN - Postal Service – 5 Scary Stamp Facts
PEN - California letter carrier who threw out 100 Berkeley voter guides identified, found guilty – The Daily Californian
- His mother’s ashes were lost in the mail. In his search, he’s found only frustration — and fury – Washington Post
- The future (if any) of your retirement plan
Federal News Radio
October 23, 2017
- Former Vermont Rural Carrier Associate Sentenced for Possession of Oxycodone – PEN
- America is sending care packages to Puerto Rico — and many are just too heavy – PEN
- OIG: The Pulse of Employees
- Video: Crooks hit “hundreds” of mailboxes in Madera County, CA neighborhood – PEN
- Two Ohio letter carriers charged with stealing packages
PEN - Lawmakers seek information on drug risks to postal workers
Safety.BLR - Norfolk wants to buy a huge chunk of land near downtown. The Postal Service says it’s not for sale – Pilot Online
- Why some mail to Hill and New College House has been coming in days late – The Daily Pennsylvanian
October 22, 2017
- Video: Charlotte postal truck crash leaves one with serious injuries
PEN - Letter carrier leaves his mark in Nebraska Capitol environs
Scotts Bluff Star Herald
October 21, 2017
- Video: Rope found in shape of noose at Gaithersburg, MD post office
PEN - USPS, Canada unveil new hockey stamps
PEN - Honored military veteran gets prison for robbing bank on his day off from U.S. Postal Service job – Sun Sentinel
- Postal worker robbed at gunpoint in Swatara Township, PA – 2 suspects sought
October 20, 2017
- Senate Approves Budget Resolution Without Benefit Hits To Federal and Postal Employees – PEN
- Video: Philadelphia warning about thieves targeting public mailboxes
PEN - Former Employee of Beloit, WI Post Office Sentenced for Theft of Mail
PEN - Veterans’ Day Observed on Saturday November 11: Postal Retail and Delivery Closed – PEN
- Former Vt. postal worker accused of drug thefts gets probation
WCAX Burlington, VT - Union boss says he would rather destroy Royal Mail than lose pensions fight – Telegraph UK
- Senate Poised to Approve Budget Plan, Setting Up Fight Over Fed Benefit Cuts – GovExec
October 20, 2017
- Video: Philadelphia warning about thieves targeting public mailboxes
PEN - Former Employee of Beloit, WI Post Office Sentenced for Theft of Mail
PEN - Veterans’ Day Observed on Saturday November 11: Postal Retail and Delivery Closed – PEN
- Former Vt. postal worker accused of drug thefts gets probation
WCAX Burlington, VT - Union boss says he would rather destroy Royal Mail than lose pensions fight – Telegraph UK
- Senate Poised to Approve Budget Plan, Setting Up Fight Over Fed Benefit Cuts – GovExec
October 19, 2017
- Bombing Suspect Charged – Package Exploded Injuring Postal Employee– PEN
- MN Letter Carrier Honored For Donating Bone Marrow To Leukemia Patient – PEN
- Former W. VA OIC Pleads Guilty To Stealing USPS Funds
PEN - Idaho Postal Clerk Pleads Guilty To Mail Theft
PEN - Former Monroe, LA postal employee pleads guilty to stealing mail
PEN - Just how partisan are federal workers?
Federal News Radio - Five Valdosta, GA residents plead guilty to mail theft conspiracy
Valdosta Daily Times - Amazon and Big Apartment Landlords Strike Deals on Package Delivery
WSJ
October 18, 2017
- Video: Texas postal carrier leaves package exposed on back of truck
PEN - Former New Jersey Postal Supervisor Admits Stealing Postal Service Funds – PEN
- Former U.S. postal worker sentenced for part in elaborate money scheme– PEN
- USPS is accepting requests from employees who want to volunteer to work in Puerto Rico – PEN
- NALC: Veterans Day holiday
- Postal workers to rally against job cuts in Boston area
Miami Herald - Someone went postal on Pasco mail worker’s SUV
Tri-City Herald - U.S. Postal Service awards $214 million contract to Spartan Motors
- Legislation Would Allow Postal Service to Ship Alcoholic Beverages
Fedsmith
October 17, 2017
- Bakersfield man pleads guilty to possession of stolen mail and credit cards – PEN
- Portland Man Receives Federal Prison Sentence for Theft of Mail from a U.S Postal Service Vehicle – PEN
- Video: In Sumner and Bonney Lake, they wonder: Where is our mail?
PEN - USPS plans to deploy self-driving mail trucks by 2025
Supply Chain Dive
October 16, 2017
- NYPD looking for robbery suspects who targeted postal delivery drivers
NY 1 - Having identity thieves steal their mail was bad. Getting the U.S. Postal Service to return it was worse – Des Moines Register
- $20,000 reward for arrest in robbery of Lake Park. FL mail carrier
Palm Beach Post - Former Virginia Postal Employee Sentenced for Stealing Items from the Mail – PEN
- Video: Tweens steal packages from postal truck
PEN - 2018 Social Security COLA will be 2.0%; Not Enough to Offset Medicare Part B Premiums – PEN
- ‘Beautiful Blooms’ stamp art exhibit opens at National Postal Museum
Linns - Historic news page from Dec. 11, 1926: Holiday urged for mail carriers
Staten Island News - One-Stop Shop for IG Reports
October 15, 2017
- COLA Announcement Reinforces Need for a New COLA Formula
PEN - NARFE Applauds House Passage of TSP Modernization Act
PEN - OPM Report Shows Federal Employees Increasingly Satisfied With Pay, Work/Life Programs – Fedsmith
- Finding comfort in routine, Northern California wildfire evacuees pick up the mail – San Francisco Chronicle
- Postal carrier for five decades, Larry the mail guy leaves his mark in Capitol environs – Lincoln Journal Star
- Late and missing mail leaves Bonsack, VA woman befuddled
Roanoke Times
October 14, 2017
- Postal Service letter carrier and Euclid man indicted for receiving two kilograms of methamphetamine – PEN
- Video: Vicious dog that attacked postal worker is found, impounded
PEN - GOP candidate arrested for sending pipe bomb package that exploded and injured pregnant postal worker – NY Daily News
- U.S. Postal Service Worker Dies After Crash In Greensboro: Police
WFMY TV Greensboro
October 13, 2017
- USPS responds to California wildfires
PEN - Vietnam War soldier’s lost letters returned
PEN - What’s in the box? The answer got a postal worker a year of house arrest
Miami Herald - Man driving postal truck in Greensboro dies after crossing median, colliding with SUV – Fox 8 Greensboro, NC
- International Mail: Information on Changes and Alternatives to the Terminal Dues System – GAO Report via PEN
- December 2017 Penalty Overtime Exclusion
Postal Bulletin 22478 - Effective October 14, 2017, the Postal Service™ will revise the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), sections 422.2 and 422.3, to update the promotional basic rules specific to City Carrier Schedule 2 employees and Mail Handlers Schedule 2 employees – Postal Bulletin 22478
- ELM Revision: Whistleblower Protection – Effective October 12, 2017, the Postal Service™ is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), section 666.32, to update how the Office of Inspector General handles allegations of reprisal for the release of infomation – Postal Bulletin 22478
- Christmas Pay Procedures for Rural Carriers
Postal Bulletin 22478 - U.S. Postal Service closes Oxford’s pepper-spraying dog investigation
Oxford Eagle
October 12, 2017
- Surreal video of postal carrier making deliveries in Santa Rosa neighborhood destroyed by fire – PEN
- 13 Indicted in Ohio Stolen Check Scheme – 4 Were Postal Employees
PEN - Former NY Postal Worker Sentenced for Stealing Money Orders
PEN - Video: Mail delivery stops for Northglenn, CO street after residents of one house cause problem – PEN
- APWU Update on the House Budget Resolution
PEN - A bear walked into the Anchorage airport post office and wouldn’t leave. Police shot it. – Alaska Dispatch News
- Watchdog Probes Postal Service ‘Insider Threat’ Program
MSN - Drug Shipments Raise Concerns about Postal Employee Safety
FEDweek - Postal Service Says Cremated Remains Shipped More Often Than You Think – CBS St. Louis
- DHL tests PostBot autonomous vehicle for postal deliveries
Robotics and Automation News - OIG Audit: Highway Contract Route Contracting Practices and Conflicts of Interest (PDF)
October 11, 2017
- House Passes Budget Resolution Calling for $32 Billion in Benefit Cuts
United PMA via PEN - Delivering Holiday Cheer to Diplomatic and Military Service Members Worldwide – Postal Service Recommended Mailing Dates – PEN
- USPS continues efforts in Caribbean
PEN - Fired Florida postal worker gets house arrest for taking bribes to deliver marijuana packages – Sun Sentinel
- This Is the World’s Most Unusual Post Office – On a remote island in the Galápagos, tourists become mail carriers – National Geographic
- Postal vehicle crashes, overturns injuring driver near high school in Maryland – WJLA Washington D.C.
- Amazon is exploring ways to deliver items to your car trunk and the inside of your home – CNBC
- Texas based operator of physical therapy clinics indicted for workers comp fraud – clients were primarily postal service employees – My San Antonio
- Greenpoint mailman pleads not guilty to stealing packages and $10K worth of stamps – Brooklyn Daily Eagle
- Next-generation US Postal Service truck starts zipping around town
Fox News - OIG: Insider Threat Program
- OIG: New Semipostals Are Coming!
October 10, 2017
- Postal Service’s IT not fully protected from insider threats, watchdog says – Fedscoop
- The US Postal Service Is Building a Self-Driving Mail Truck
Wired - Colorado students sending encouraging artwork to postal employees in Houston – Fox 21 News
- Anger over Irish decision to honor “mass murderer” Che Guevara with stamp – Irish Central – Also see: Ireland Falls for a Lousy T-Shirt – WSJ
- Spy shots: The Postal Service’s New Electric Mail Truck?
trucks.com - Costco is going to start offering free 2-day delivery
Insider
October 09, 2017
- U.S. mail carriers emerge as heroes in Puerto Rico recovery
Reuters - This mailwoman saved an elderly woman’s life
NY Post - Vintage photos trace the unsung genius of the Post Office
The Week - USPS Honors Beloved Children’s Book With New ‘Snowy Day’ Stamps
NPR
October 08, 2017
- USPS video shows how to request refunds online
PEN - Delray Beach Postmaster Molfetto Refuses To Discuss Mail Delivery Issues Throughout Area – Boca News Now
- Oregon: SUV crashes into Umatilla post office
East Oregonian - Car vs Post Office in Cotuit
CapCod.com
October 07, 2017
- Judge orders ex-postal worker to repay $2,600 taken from the mail
PEN - Video: Brooklyn Residents Not Receiving Mail Deliveries Due To Dispute Over Broken Boxes – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service Announces New Prices for 2018
PEN - NALC honors letter carriers’ heroism
PEN - Ohio Postal Employee Fired For Refusing To Lower Flag
Bellefontaine Examiner - Letter carriers help family buy accessible van
State Journal-Register
October 06, 2017
- Senator Tester Defends Rural Montanans, Holds Postmaster General Accountable – PEN
- OPM Announces 2018 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program Premiums – PEN
- U. S. Postal Service and Canada Post Jointly Issue Hockey Stamps
PEN - U.S. Postal Service Likely to Raise Prices to Bolster Cash Cushion
Wall Street Journal - Postal workers wear pink to support breast cancer awareness
WEAU
October 05, 2017
- Letter carrier attacked in attempted robbery in Naperville, IL
Chicago SunTimes - National Postal Museum to Open Art Exhibition Celebrating Beautiful Blooms on Stamps – PEN
- Dayton postal worker honored in Washington
WDTN - Health plans: Pain in butt or pain in wallet? Your call!
Federal News Radio - A Fairfield, ME man is accused of stealing blank postal money orders while installing tile at the post office in Unity – Central Maine
- Is USPS prepping for driverless mail trucks?
FCW - Federal employee health insurance premiums to rise by 6.1 percent
Washington Post - UPS using technology to help get seasonal workers up to speed
Post & Parcel
October 04, 2017
- U.S. Postal Service Manager Sentenced to More Than Eight Years for Directing a Federal Corruption and Drug Distribution Scheme – PEN
- Bulk Mail Firm Operator Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Defrauding the USPS of Nearly $750K – PEN
- Vegas killer once worked as a mailman, IRS agent
NY Post - Walmart Acquires New York City Delivery Service Called Parcel
eCommerce Bytes - OIG: Just Down the Road: Autonomous Vehicles
- USPS releases The Snowy Day Forever stamps
PEN - PB: 22477: The Postal Service is providing a new service for its employees by offering them the option to make their Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement and Form 1095-C, Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage, available to third-party tax preparation services.
- Snail Mail Question: Does The New Postal Email Service Really Invite Stalkers? – MediaPost
October 03, 2017
- President Trump Orders Flags Flown At Half-Staff Through Oct. 6 To Honor Victims Of Mass Shooting In Las Vegas – PEN
- USPS says inability to make mandated end-of-year payments to prefund retiree health benefits won’t impede operations – PEN
- Former Cross Lanes, W. VA postal worker pleads guilty to stealing pain pills from the mail – PEN
- USPS Comments on Recent Washington Post Story
PEN - Announcing the Launch of Oversight.gov
PEN - Video: ‘We are not stealing your packages’ – Utah ‘Amazon Flex’ driver speaks on harassment – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service to Issue Semipostal Stamps
PEN - USPS Service Disruption Alerts For Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
PEN - House to Consider Cuts to Retirement and Health Benefits This Week
PEN - Postal Service OIG takes critical aim at delayed mail, overtime pay in Northeast – Linns
- USPS ‘Informed Delivery’ Is Stalker’s Dream
Krebs on Security - USPS Has Good News for Prospective Retirees
Dead Tree Edition - OIG: Autonomous Vehicles for the Postal Service
October 02, 2017
- Video: Amazon takes new steps to deter porch pirates
PEN - Video: Indiana letter carrier delivered more than mail
PEN - January health premium hike cuts into pay raise, retiree COLA
Federal News Radio - Mail carrier saves woman’s life
Leader Herald
October 01, 2017
- Canadian, Oklahoma Woman Sentenced To 36 Months Probation For Embezzlement Of Mail By Postal Employee – PEN
- Former California Postal Employee Pleads Guilty To Disability Benefits Fraud – PEN
- USPS testing next-day deliveries on Saturday pickups from retail stores
DC Velocity - Postal service vehicle catches fire in downtown Cleveland
News 19 Cleveland