May 31, 2024
- Miami resident sentenced to prison for shooting at a U.S. Postal Service Mail Carrier – PEN
- DeJoy Brings in Help from Former Firm to Help Transform USPS Network
- Willie Alvarado Used the United States Postal Service to Acquire Cocaine from Puerto Rico – PEN
- Dogs delivered 700 bites to California postal workers in 2023
- USPS says next gen mailboxes helps stop porch pirates – PEN: Yeah, they won’t have to come on your porch…just steal your package from your mailbox
- Postal carrier among those who lost cherished items in deadly Greeley storm
- 19-year-old man arrested again for mail theft in Spring, TX; Why didn’t feds charge him the first time?
- Atlanta Postal Credit Union to buy Affinity Bank
May 30, 2024
- GAO: Robberies and Other Crimes Against Postal Service Workers Are Up —What’s Being Done About It? – PEN
- Criminal Organizations Working to Recruit Postal Employees, Says IG
- Ossoff cites leadership failures at USPS Palmetto distribution center
- OIG: Spring 2024 Semiannual Report to Congress
- OIG: Sorting and Delivery Center Impacts in the Florida 1 District
- USPS Releases Dog Bite National Rankings – PEN
- Senator Tina Smith Demands Accountability from USPS Leadership Following Damning Report on Postal Failures in Minnesota – PEN
- USPS: When it comes to political activities, here are the don’ts – USPS employees must follow the Hatch Act during election season
- Amid crime surge, USPS law enforcement relying on ‘outdated’ data to justify staffing – here’s an idea…hire more local police
- Washoe County DA’s lawsuit claims USPS plan could’ve changed control of US Senate
- Sen. Ossoff to inspect metro Atlanta distribution center today
- Senator Rosen, Governor Lombardo Express Strong Opposition to USPS Plan to Move Mail Processing to Sacramento
May 29, 2024
- GAO: USPS Inspection Service Should Document Its Law Enforcement Workforce Decision-Making Processes – PEN
- In Missoula, Tester Joins Postal Workers and Locals to Discuss Importance of Missoula’s USPS Processing Center – PEN
- Former Richmond postal carrier, Wendy Lawrence, sentenced to prison for stealing mail – PEN
- Gottheimer Demands Transparency and Action from USPS Leadership Regarding Lafayette, NJ Post Office – PEN
- USPS doesn’t know if it has enough law enforcement protecting mail and employees
- Postal Service Ordered to Pay Whistleblower Damages
- Los Angeles Postal Worker Rescued by LAFD After Being Trapped in Conveyor Belts at Central Avenue Facility
- Senator Rosen, Governor Lombardo Express Strong Opposition to USPS Plan to Move Mail Processing to Sacramento – PEN
- Postal carrier robbed in Rancho Cucamonga neighborhood
- Jury can hear ex-Brooklyn postal worker’s boasts about criminal past in shooting threat case
- Fifty-four year letter carrier gets his job back
- USPS: Want to be in a USPS TV commercial?
- Britain’s 500-year-old Royal Mail is being bought by a Czech billionaire
May 28, 2024
- USPS: Project Safe Delivery update – An Inspection Service video highlights a recent Chicago surge
- Postal worker arrested following confrontation with couple in Sunnyvale
- Hattiesburg post office to get electric vehicles
- Bill Introduced to Protect Mail Carriers From Rising Crime – See PEN Article
- USPS encouraging larger, improved mailboxes for packages
May 27, 2024
- Memorial Day – Memorial Day, which is observed on the last Monday of May, commemorates the men and women who died while in the military service. In observance of Memorial Day, fly the United States flag at half-staff from sunrise until NOON, then raise it to full height from noon to sunset. See VA
May 26, 2024
- Former Kansas NALC Treasurer, Randal Dunlap, Found Guilty of Embezzling $86,000 in Union Funds – PEN
- Former Nebraska NALC President, Jacob Wilkins, pleaded guilty to two counts of making a false entry – PEN
- Postal Service Health Benefits Program: Additional Requirements and Clarifications
- Mail Truck Catches Fire in La Porte
- OSC Strengthens Hatch Act Enforcement Policies on Workplace Items, Other Issues
- 2025 Health Savings Account Contribution Limits Announced
- Best States to Retire: Tax-Free Retirement, Cost-of-Living, and Quality of Life
May 25, 2024
- Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 36 months in Prison for Robbing a Postal Carrier, Mail Theft, and Check-Washing Scheme – PEN
- Senators Rounds, Welch introduce legislation to help local news overcome persistent postal delays, surging rate increases – PEN
- Alabama Rep. Dale Strong calls for North Alabama Postal Service distribution facility
- ‘Final ride’: Procession honors USPS employee killed in Fort Pierce shootings
- Shaker design celebrated on new stamps
- Retired postal worker in shock after learning of big lottery win. ‘Seems impossible’
- USPS mismanaged mail theft safeguards all over Queens, investigation finds
- NPMHU: May We Never Forget Their Sacrifice
- OIG: Sending It Back: Reverse Logistics and the U.S. Postal Service
May 24, 2024
- NY Letter Carrier Arrested for Targeting Victims on Mail Route in Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme – Husband also charged – PEN
- Oversight Democrats Urge the PRC to Reject New Price Hikes on Postage – PEN
- Chicago postal workers among the most endangered in country, data shows
- Postal worker recovering from dog mauling reunites with deputy who saved her life
- Mail Truck Hit-&-Run Caught On Film, Investigation Shrouded In Secrecy
- You won’t believe what this idiot in NJ had mailed to him
- OIG: We Audited USPS’s Response to Mail Theft in Queens, NY
- OIG: Network Modernization: The Changing Role of Postmasters
- OIG: Puerto Rico District Delivery Operations
May 23, 2024
- Three Facing Federal Charges for Metro East Mail Theft Scheme – PEN
- District Attorney proposes legal action against U.S. Postal Service over move of mail processing operations
- Lawmakers are asking the USPS regulator to block DeJoy’s latest price hikes
- Someone mailed a live rattlesnake to a California man. He thinks it was attempted murder
- NALC: Information about upcoming 73rd Biennial Convention
- Fly flags at half-staff for Memorial Day
May 22, 2024
- Federal court finds USPS again wrongfully fired probationary mail carrier shortly after reporting workplace injury, this time in Oregon – PEN
- Felon Who Threatened Mail Carrier Sentenced to 10 Years on Gun Charge – PEN
- OIG: A Lone Criminal Act Carries Serious Consequences
- USPS makes a splash with new sea turtles stamps
- Lawmakers Call on USPS to Promptly Eliminate P.O Box Fees for Eligible Residents of Steamboat Springs – PEN
- Suspected L.A. gang members arrested by U.S. Postal Inspectors
- Fraud victim potentially connected to USPS collection box with glue trap
- 3 men face federal charges tied to theft of $800,000 in stolen checks from post offices
- USPS rejects calls for regulator to weigh in on now-paused network modernization plans
May 21, 2024
- Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Incentivize Reliable Postal Service, Limit Excessive Rates for Local News Outlets – PEN
- California USPS Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Suspected Drug Parcels from Tulare Post Office – PEN
- Oshkosh to Display Next Generation Delivery Vehicle at 2024 ACT Expo – PEN
- MATTHEW PERRY DEATH: USPS JOINS DEA, COPS In Investigating Drug Source
- USPS Provides Update on Historic Modernization Efforts – PEN
- APWU Pursues Grievance Claims For Workers Removed From Schedule
- Postmaster DeJoy Responds to 26 Senators Who Want Pause in USPS Processing Facility Changes
- Mail issues at metro Atlanta postal facility may be improving after months of delays
- Thieves Snatch Teaneck, NJ Residents’ Checks From Postal Boxes, Forge Them For $240,218
- Mail theft leads to thousands of dollars lost for Colorado family
- U.S. Postal Service asking for another taxpayer bailout
- Postal Service Announces Additional Information on 2024 Stamps
May 20, 2024
- New Jersey man who had 100 pounds of meth mailed to him is sentenced to federal prison – PEN
- Daughter remembers ‘girl dad’ postal worker shot dead in Fort Pierce
- OIG: DID YOU KNOW – Common Questions, Quick Answers
May 19, 2024
- Sen. John Hoeven: USPS has not been transparent about proposed changes
- Bay Area mail carrier beaten, robbed of keys as postal attacks mount nationwide
- 2 mailboxes at Northampton County post office pried into, robbed of mail
May 18, 2024
- USPS Employees and Annuitants Can Attend Seminars on the New Postal Service Health Benefits Program – PEN
- Texas man charged in brazen theft from Colonie U.S. postal facility
- Thieves targeting mail carriers to steal keys throughout Bay Area, police say
- Effective May 1, 2024 USPS reissued its Memorandum of Policy (MOP) HR-05-01-2024-2, Postal Service’s Policy on Workplace Harassment
- OIG: Impact of Management Operating Data System on U.S. Postal Service Costing
May 17, 2024
- 3 Texas Men Plead Guilty to Robbing Mail Carrier at Gunpoint – PEN
- Protect Our Letter Carriers Act introduced in Senate – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service promises to fix practices that caused minor delays in ballot delivery
- Postal Service says it’s putting plans in place to make sure absentee ballots get delivered on time
- Missing Ga absentee ballots
- USPS moves ahead on plan to move Nevada mail to CA, despite opposition
- Missouri man gets 10 years in prison for threatening mail carrier over package
- Wife of NYC postal worker kicked onto Penn Station roadbed slams ‘scary’ subways as she issues ominous warning
- USPS: Horses Gallop Into Limelight With New Postage Stamps To Debut at Pony Express Re-Ride
- Officials say new key could reduce letter carrier armed robberies
- Utah voters may see delay receiving November mail-in ballots – PEN: problems have already started
May 16, 2024
- Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization -shipped drugs via overnight mail to US – PEN
- Postal banking pilot still has no customers
- License Plates Taken In Hayward Used In Mail Carrier Robberies
- How brick mailboxes could cost Houston Count, AL federal funds
- USPS electric vehicles and charging stations seen in Atlanta following January rollout
May 15, 2024
- Seven Former or Current Providence USPS Employees Charged in Postal Employee Theft Ring – PEN
- Two Kansas USPS employees indicted in separate theft cases – PEN
- USPS Gets Six of EV Startup Canoo’s Pod-Like Delivery Vans
- Two Sacramento Men Sentenced to Years in Prison for Conspiracy, Bank Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft Tied to Postal Thefts – PEN
- Video: Postal truck crashes into wall in south Las Vegas valley
- Postal delays bring trouble for businesses and fear for voters – PEN: The biggest fear from your legislators is their mail-in balloting
- Mississippi man sentenced to 20 years in prison for threatening postal worker
- New video inside Palmetto, GA USPS facility – PEN: this video could have been taken at almost any large USPS facility as well. It appears that not many workers are there and these bins are just being held until processors, workers, have a chance to expedite.
- Hilton Head rural carrier guilty of mail theft takes plea deal, sentencing scheduled
- 1 man, 1 juvenile arrested in robberies of mail carriers in Belmont, Palo Alto
- With pressure mounting, DeJoy agrees to pause consolidations at dozens of USPS facilities
May 14, 2024
- Providence Man Sentenced for Robbery and Assault of U.S. Postal Carrier – PEN
- Watch: Anderson, IN postman caught on video pepper-spraying dog through the mail slot on her front door
- Food donations down for Postal Service campaign
- Female letter carrier robbed at gunpoint at Addison, TX apartment complex
- ‘Even stealing Mother’s Day cards’: Natomas neighborhood fed up with weekly mail thefts
May 13, 2024
- Postmaster General DeJoy Commits to Pausing Some USPS Facility Changes Until 2025 – PEN
- New Jersey USPS Supervisor Admits Misappropriation of $54,356 in Postal Funds – PEN
- Former Rochester mail carrier sentenced for stealing mail – PEN
- USPS responds to many Stamp Out Hunger bags not picked up in the Ozarks
- Tiny mailboxes are ruining deliveries, US Postal Service says
- St. Louis USPS Processing Facility Territory Expands Over 30% With Springfield, IL Facility Closure
- No More Overnight: UPS Cuts Deliveries To Southeast Wyoming To Three Days A Week
May 12, 2024
- Woman Sentenced for Smuggling Drugs into San Diego County Jail via USPS – PEN
- Thousands of pounds of food donated for 32nd ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ food drive
- Wheeling Resident Appalled To Find P.O. Box Address Used on Attack Ads
- Delivering for America Oversight Strategy
May 11, 2024
- Federal Indictment Charges Man with Robbing Letter Carrier in Chicago – PEN
- USPS Recommends New Prices for Parcel Select – PEN
- Video: USPS investigating after boxes of mail abandoned near dumpster at apartment complex in Houston
- USPS Delays Could Impact Absentee Voting in Georgia’s Primary Election
- Video: Photos allegedly shows Long Island postal worker stealing mail
- Postal hiring reform helped, but there’s more work to do
- GOP congressmember decries mail-in ballot ‘flaws’ after 104 Southern California votes aren’t counted
May 10, 2024
- USPS Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2024 Results – PEN
- PMG DeJoy’s Remarks During May 9, 2024, Postal Service Board of Governors Meeting – PEN
- USPS board member urges agency to slow network changes over persistent mail delays
- Mail Handlers to Receive Night Shift Differential Increase
- Ossoff sets one-week deadline for DeJoy to report on Atlanta’s postal issues
- Putnam County, FL post office to be renamed to memorialize life of mail carrier fatally attacked by dogs
- Amid ongoing losses and bipartisan pressure, DeJoy remains defiant in pushing USPS reforms
May 09, 2024
- Two additional Florida men indicted for robberies of mail carriers – PEN
- USPS reports second quarter fiscal year 2024 results
- Ohio Postal worker caught racing Mustang in USPS van, hitting 105 mph in a 60 mph zone
- US Postal Service second-quarter net loss narrows to $1.5 billion
- Former Cobb County, GA postal worker accused of stealing mail after ripped open checks found in stolen car
- Postal worker saves mail before Jeep goes up in flames near North Zulch, TX
- NY Postal Worker Accused of Stealing Mail
- Bipartisan Letter Calls on USPS to Pause Delivery Network Changes, Protect Local Mail Delivery – PEN
- Hudson County, NJ Woman Charged with Six Burglaries of U.S. Post Offices – PEN
- Postal worker accused of dumping mail in DC neighborhood
- Texas Postmaster Gets In Trouble With Agency For Unacceptable Direction Of Staff
- Terrifying armed robbery of U.S postal carrier in East Bay caught on camera
- USPS loses out on millions of dollars from one postage counterfeiter
- USPS Needs to Pause Implementation and Deliver Answers to Questions About the Delivering for America Plan
- Thieves are using a popular app to sell stolen mail
May 08, 2024
- OPM tweaks its final rule for the postal health benefits plan | Also see: OPM notice at the Federal Register
- Rules on Postal-Only Health Program Finalized—Sorry, No Exceptions, OPM Says
- Neighbors describe moment mail carrier was attacked by 3 males at Ohio apartment complex
- Stolen mail in a stolen car: Police arrest ex-postal worker in Cobb County, GA
- USPS improves mail operations at processing facility in Santa Barbara
- Boeing 767 smashes into runway in Turkey after FedEx postal plane forced to make emergency landing
- USPS And USPIS Continue Nationwide Campaign To Combat Postal Crime And Protect Postal Employees
- OIG: A Single Point of Compromise
May 07, 2024
- OIG Audit finds 78,948 pieces of delayed mail in the Bemidji, MN mail processing area – PEN
- Project Safe Delivery goes online | See website: Here
- USPS: Celebrate the magic of Carnival Nights stamps
- OIG Audit: Evaluating Mail Service Disruptions in Northern Minnesota
- OIG: The Public Service of the Postal Service
- 3 Dog attack in Papillion, NE leaves mail carrier injured
- Lawmakers troubled by data dearth of USPS trucking contractors’ accidents, fatalities
- Voter seeking mail-in ballot receives letter asking to confirm her death
- 4 South Charleston USPS employees ‘off the schedule’ until further notice
- North Carolina Man Charged with Mailing Antisemitic Threat Targeting Middle Georgia Rabbi – PEN
May 06, 2024
- 2 Ohio defendants sentenced to prison for aiding & abetting armed robberies of mail carriers – PEN
- House Passes Connolly’s Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act – PEN
- USPS Must Track Serious Trucking Crashes Under New Bill
- Mail-in ballots ‘mishandled’ by USPS returned to elections officials after delays
- Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive This Coming Saturday
- Former Maryland Letter Carrier Sentenced To 15 Months In Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Commit Bank Fraud And Wire Fraud – PEN
- ‘It’s a larger failure’: Missouri City postal facility mail delays were caused by systematic problems
- NALC: Update to the charges received by the NALC Executive Council proffered against President Brian L. Renfroe
- First woman postmaster general and director of ICE among inductees into Nativity’s Golden Cross Society
May 05, 2024
- Port St. Lucie letter carrier earns national recognition at ceremony
- Mailbox Improvement Week, May 19–25, 2024
- Employees can attend seminars on the new Postal Service Health Benefits Program
May 04, 2024
- Baltimore voter is questioning why he’s received several mail-in ballots for family members who are either deceased or no longer living at his address – PEN: Just wait until November
- Video: Letter carriers robbed in same Oakland neighborhood
- Mail Truck Catches Fire
- Officials release footage of suspected vehicle involved in mail carrier robbery
- Arrest made in Oceanside hit-and-run crash that left postal carrier dead
- Canada Post lost $748 million last year, warns of ‘critical’ financial situation
May 03, 2024
- Tester Introduces Bill to Protect Rural Postal Service, Prevent Unnecessary Consolidation of Mail Processing – PEN
- Man charged in connection with dog attack of postal worker in Jasper County, TX
- Former U.S. postal worker sentenced up to 10 years in prison for delivering cocaine in Lancaster County, PA
- Elected officials say postal service is auditing four Twin Cities locations after customer complaints
- Mailman helps evacuate residents from smoke-filled Cheektowaga, NY apartment building
- USPS: All packages in Birmingham, AL have been processed, apologizes for delays
- Dogfight in court over USPS contract for air mail bomb detection service
- 2 arrested in Albany mail theft investigation, 600+ stolen checks found
- 20-year-old FedEx worker steals $10,000 cash, Apple products from packages, TN cops say
May 02, 2024
- South Carolina Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison for Violent Assault on Postal Worker – PEN
- Former West Virginia APWU Secretary-Treasurer Sentenced for Embezzlement from a Labor Organization – PEN
- Former Massachusetts NALC Treasurer Charged in a Criminal Complaint with one Count of Larceny Over $1,200, Eight Counts of Forgery of a Check, and Eight Counts of Uttering a False Check – PEN
- US Postal Service to downgrade South Dakota mail operations
- Russian attack on Odesa postal depot destroys 15.5 tons of shipments
- USPS regulator weighs intervening on DeJoy reforms
- When an 86-Year Old Woodstock Man Fell on His Porch, a Postal Worker Came to His Rescue
May 01, 2024
- Letter carriers rally for bill to deter assaults, robberies, mail theft – but can you stop postal criminals via legislation – PEN
- United States Postal Service in need of hundreds of workers in the Bay Area
- USPS Still Struggles to Recruit, Retain in ‘Pre-Career’ Positions, Says Audit
- USPS regulator, lawmakers seek more transparency in reform plan after mail delays
- VA lawmakers meet with Dejoy to talk Richmond area USPS issues
- Utah cat with fondness for cardboard takes surprise postal trip to California in Amazon box
- Drunk resident greets mail carrier with hug and kiss on cheek