U.S. Postal Service investigators are looking into recent allegations that a Palatine postman stole mail and used drugs while on duty. According to Scott Caspall, a special agent with the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Postal Service, the employee, whose name is being kept confidential, is still employed with the post office […]
Last week, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper and Committee Ranking Member Tom Coburn invited National Association of Postmasters of the United States President Bob Rapoza to testify before their panel regarding S. 1486, the postal reform legislation that they introduced mid-summer. The hearing, which is scheduled for Thursday, September 26, […]
August 12, 2013, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Frank Juarez, former President of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 6768 (located in Plano, Tex.), was sentenced to three years of probation with 180 days of home detention and was ordered to pay $21,151 in restitution and an assessment […]
The contributions of America’s industrial-era workers are memorialized on a new sheet of Forever stamps titled Made in America: Building a Nation. The stamps, which feature black-and-white photographs of early 20th-century industrial workers, were dedicated at the Department of Labor today by Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe. “With Labor Day around the corner, the Postal […]
NAPUS: 7-17-2013 Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing to consider to two different draft proposals about how to provide relief to the U.S. Postal Service. One proposal was offered by Chairman Darrell Issa and the other was introduced by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD). Although NAPUS was not a witness at […]
Ten protesters blocked a private mail truck leaving the Mt. Hood Distribution Center (US Postal Service) today, demanding that postal management stop subcontracting the trucking of “the people’s mail.” Claiming concerns about safety, cost and corruption, the blockaders left after police ordered them to disperse. No arrests were made. ”Postal truckers are losing work to […]
June 27, 2013 MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a former employee of the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) pleaded guilty to embezzling postal funds from the Brooklyn Park Post Office. Kathleen M. Warner, age 53, of Otsego, pleaded guilty to one count of misappropriation […]
Postal Inspectors honor local crime fighters Task force helps solve cases totaling $59.8 million Over the past decade, upstate South Carolina was plagued with drug-related mail theft and financial crimes, challenging Postal Inspectors and local authorities. In 2008, Postal Inspectors joined forces with local authorities to form the Upstate Financial Crimes Task Force to fight […]
Be Wi-Fi Aware — Use Caution with Wireless Hot Spots Wireless hot spots provide great convenience for anyone traveling or working outside the office. But with the benefits come risks. Hot spots provide a wireless access point (WAP) available to anyone with a laptop antenna. WAPs may not be secured, because the owners want to […]