BACKGROUND: In a January 2013 report, the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the U.S. Postal Service did not adequately monitor its two largest advertising contracts. As a result, the Postal Service planned to restructure the contracts to take advantage of competition in the advertising marketplace. In fiscal years 2012 and […]
Several viewers have claimed the U.S. Postal Service is slow, late and unreliable, so ABC 6 Investigators started asking questions and holding the government accountable. Video will load below. Read More Here
USPS – June 09, 2014 A Mississippi man who mailed threatening letters laced with ricin to President Obama and other officials was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison May 19. James Everett Dutschke pled guilty to producing ricin and mailing the letters to Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker and Judge Sadie Holland in April 2013. […]
6/9/14 House Republicans last week proposed allowing the Postal Service to stop delivering most mail on Saturday and to use the savings to keep the federal Highway Trust Fund from going broke. In a statement, USPS said, “Allowing the Postal Service to implement a five-day mail/six-day package delivery schedule is one of several legislative requirements […]
SPENCER, Okla. – A Spencer mail carrier was attacked on his delivery route. Trekking through severe weather and fighting off dogs and wildlife are all part of the job for a postal worker. It’s rare they have to run away from a homeowner. But it happened to one mail carrier. While delivering on Krammer Street, […]
The House Republican Leadership, spearheaded by Chairman Issa, has been developing a plan to end six-day delivery and in turn, use the projected cost savings to fund a Shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund. We have attached a statement where NAPS vehemently opposes this proposal. The Highway Trust fund is an account, funded by fuel […]
June 04, 2014 Washington D.C. – Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement in response to Republican leadership recommending that USPS eliminate delivery on Saturdays and the funds saved from this move would be used as funding for the Highway Trust Fund: Senator Boxer statement: Late Friday, […]
EPA Settlement with U.S. Postal Service Helps Protect Soil and Groundwater from Underground Storage Tank Leaks in Virginia PHILADELPHIA (June 3, 2014) – Through a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has certified that five of its facilities in Virginia are currently in compliance with federal and state underground storage […]
Courtesy of USPS – 6/3/14 Eddie Meneses, Santa Ana, CA Posted 6/2/14 Today’s hero is a full-length story, ‘Just doing my job’ Warren Malphrus, Walterboro, SC Posted 6/3/14 Walterboro, SC, Rural Carrier Warren Malphrus became concerned when he noticed a customer hadn’t collected mail in several days. Her car was in the driveway, so he […]
May 22, 2014 – National Association of Postal Supervisors The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today approved cost-savings legislation that would require the Postal Service to convert door delivery at 15 million homes and businesses to lesser expensive delivery options over the next ten years. The approval of the “Secure Delivery for America Act” […]