CHARLESTON, W.Va. – 1/8/25 – Brice Allen Pomeroy, 26, of Hernshaw, pleaded guilty today to obstruction of mail. According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 11, 2023, Pomeroy knowingly and willfully threw away approximately 227 pieces of mail by depositing a large plastic bad containing the mail pieces into a trash […]
SAN DIEGO – 1/8/25 – Former U.S. Postal Service employee Dewayne Morris Sr. and his son and namesake were sentenced today to seven years and 12.5 years in prison, respectively, for stealing $5.1 million in postal money order forms and distributing them to co-conspirators. After a trial in January 2024, a federal jury convicted both […]
1/7/25 – USPS News Link – A National Day of Observance has been declared Thursday, Jan. 9, to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at age 100. The Postal Service will suspend regular mail delivery, retail services and office activity on Jan. 9. There will be limited package delivery service on that […]
Nearly 1.7 Million Postal Employees and Family Members Enrolled, Sets Stage for Large FEHB Improvement OPM Press Release – Washington, D.C. – 1/6/25 – On Friday, December 13, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) completed the first Open Season of the new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program. The massive new program—the largest new Federal health benefit […]
On Sunday, President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, paving the way for nearly 3 million public workers to boost their Social Security benefits. The bipartisan legislation repeals two provisions that reduced Social Security benefits for certain public workers who also receive pension income. Advocacy groups who lobbied for the changes for decades […]
SCRANTON – 1/3/25 – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann sentenced Angelo Pereyra, age 39, of Wichita, Kansas, to 18 months in prison for interstate transport of stolen human remains and body parts. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Pereyra previously […]
HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) — 1/3/25 – A community is mourning the loss of a 36-year-old postal worker who was stabbed and killed during a dispute in a Harlem deli on Thursday. The warmth from dozens of candles could be felt on a frigid Friday morning as friends and neighbors stopped by the Mott Haven Houses […]
Washington, DC – 1/2/25 – The Postal Regulatory Commission voted unanimously to designate Commissioner Robert G. Taub as vice chairman of the Commission effective January 1, 2025, succeeding Commissioner Tom Day. Agency regulations provide that the commissioners elect a member to serve as vice chairman for a term of one year. Robert G. Taub was […]
This GREAT news comes to us today from NARFE 1/2/25 – We are on the verge of a monumental moment for public servants. On Monday, January 6, President Joseph Biden is expected to sign into law the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82, which repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). […]
Yahoo News: Politico journalist Jacqueline Sweet shared “ghost remnants” to X from Jabbar’s LinkedIn profile before it was deleted. His current job was listed as “Information Technology Team Chief at U.S. Army Reserve,” with past jobs including “Data Entry Clerk at United States Postal Service.” Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the New Orleans terror suspect who died in […]