Postal News

March 2010

3/15/10

Direct mail loses ground to digital post-recovery -

Direct marketers and catalog mailers join forces -

Census forms on their way this week - Census Bureau explains pre-census postal blitz -

Andy on Struggling Post Office -

Postal Worker Honored For Returning Man's Lost Life Savings

3/14/10

Some support end to Saturday mail delivery -

Kalamazoo: No timetable yet for decision on mail-plant consolidation -

USPS: Post Office Boxes Face Competition -

Netflix downgraded on share price, postal worries -

3/13/10

Transferring Selected Post Office Box Service Locations to the Competitive Product List (PDF) -

PRC March Monthly Meeting Audio (MP3) -

Dog that attacked carrier gets death sentence -

Federal Disability Retirement Under FERS and CSRS: Revisiting "Accommodation" -

Jackson postal workers want answers about move of mail-processing operations to Lansing -

People detail stories of missing mail -

3/12/10

Some competitors hope to capitalize on proposed cessation of Saturday mail delivery -

4 incendiary devices found in eastern Texas mail -

Taxpayers Might Have to Fund the U.S. Postal Service -

Stop Delivering Mail: Build USPS 2.0 -

APWU: Commission Sharply Criticizes USPS Station Closure Plans -

Missing From the Postal Service's Action Plan -

Postal service chief: Our business model as outdated as the newspaper industry's -

Chiropractor, doctor indicted on federal health care fraud charges (treated postal workers) -

Timeworn Canada Post labours to reinvent itself

Milwaukee-based postal inspector wants to stamp out mail fraud

3/11/10

Father, son sentenced for assault on postal worker -

Mailman accused of delivering, using drugs held without bond -

Postmaster General: Focus on customers, not struggling downtowns -

Woman who subbed for postmaster cashed stolen money orders for $41K -

Olivehurst Postal Service mail-sorting center to close -

When will the Postal Service start telling the whole story? -

US postal employees are overworked -

Top postal service official addresses shortfall, rivals -

Marysville Mail Plant To Close -

USPS should engage public more when closing offices, PRC says -

Man Sentenced for Burning Postal Van

3/10/10

Sex offender with mail carrier job reassigned -

Seven Misconceptions About the Postal Service's Action Plan -

2010 Financial Performance -

NALC Fact Sheet: Demand Fairness in USPS Pension and Retiree Health Funding (PDF) -

Top USPS Suppliers for Fiscal Year 2009 (PDF) -

Congress is running out of time to save the Postal Service -

Postal Worker Accused of Identity Theft -

USPS Issues Final Rule on Catalog Droop Test -

3/09/10

Burrus Update: Bill's Author Can't Change the Facts: Postal 'Reform' Created the USPS' Financial Plight -

Mailman robbed, stabbed on route -

Post Office Worker's Request for Work Defibrillators Denied - Co-worker Dead -

Postal Service Gets a Bright Idea for EVs -

Is the end of an era near for the Postal Service? -

No Saturday mail delivery? No problem for some -

USPS OIG Blog: Will Postal Service bosses go undercover in the future? -

3/08/10

Former USPS chairman Fineman is named DHL Global Mail board chairman -

APWU Urges Members to Support Six-Day Mail Delivery -

The U.S. Postal Service is Officially in a Panic -

USA Today: 'Something has to give' -

LA Times: Reinventing the post office -

At the post office: Town welcomes permanent postmaster

Canada: Colorful collection boxes designed to discourage graffiti

UK: Junk mail deluge feared

3/07/10

Five-Day Delivery MTAC Briefing (PDF) -

Mailboxes removed for lack of use -

'Waste' mail is part of the rising cost of the 2010 Census -

Millvale Post Office will remain open with service cuts -

3/06/10

3rd Pueblo postal carrier admits theft -

D-FW post offices slowly offering recycling bins -

Poll: Most Americans think a mail-free Saturday sounds fine -

Collins: What to do about the Postal Service's woes? -

Pushing the Envelope -

3/05/10

Columbus: Postal workers protest moving mail processing -

Economy Can Handle Fewer Postal Workers -

Postal Service letter carrier indicted for workers' comp fraud - This video won't help Nicki's case -

Will end of USPS Saturday delivery kill Netflix? -

Postal Service Urged to Weigh Delivering Mail Three Days a Week -

Mail Delivery Times Changing in Cedar Rapids -

USPS planning to add kiosks to retail stores and consumer sites -

Summer Mail Sale Returns -

Chicago: Body pulled from harbor said to be missing postal worker

Failure in Postal Commentary

3/04/10

USPS Lost $592M in January -

A tweet from Fred Thompson on the post office and health care -

Postal workers accused of drinking in lot near post office -

Is the Postal Service Destined to Fail? -

Will Difficult Decisions Wait Until 2010? -

Post Office fund-raising ban slows down soldier support -

Bill calls for feds who owe taxes to be fired -

Direct Marketers, Catalog Companies: We Can Adjust to Five-Day Postal Week -

Postal Service Preparing Double Whammy for Publishers -

Postal Kiosks Added to Target Stores - Is Home Depot Next? -

USPS to test a repurposed electric vehicle fleet -

Supreme Court Upholds Order to Remove Religious Materials From Manchester Post Office Counter -

TSP: Getting Bigger & Better

3/03/10

OMG: Postal workers make about as much as schoolteachers -

APWU Rejects USPS Call for Five-Day Delivery, New Business Model -

'The Path Forward' of the Postal Service -

Technology Could Deliver USPS From Debt -

Sen. Collins Opposes Delivery Cuts - Sen. Carper Backs Plan -

Confessions of a Former Station Manager 2010 (PDF) -

PRC Initiates Review of USPS Pension Liability (PDF) -

Linda Welch Named VP, Southeast Area -

February TSP Rates of Return -

Audit Report - Highway Contract Route Transportation - Greater Chicago (PDF) -

Postal Service Plans to Use More Part-Time Employees -

3/02/10

Postal Worker: "I Lucked Out" (Tree crushes mail truck) -

Postal Service Requests PRC Review of CSRS Liabilities (PDF) -

Many Mailboxes Are Going, Going Gone -

3/01/10

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and the Postal Service -

Concerns Regarding Postal Inspection for Move Update -

Could Longer Lines Be Coming to Your Post Office ... Lottery Lines? -

Tree crushes mail truck -

WHEC: On Monday, USPS will ask Congress to approve five-day workweek -

USPS Statement for Response to Media Inquiries Only Regarding National Reassessment Process -

Weber City residents concerned about prospect of losing post office -

USPS' December - Better But Still on the Precipice -

Mailboxes disappearing from South Florida as Postal Service struggles with deficit -

March Audiobooks Review by Jonathan Lowe

TOP NEWS STORIES

Postal Service Outlines 10-Year Plan to Address Declining Revenue, Volume "Facing unprecedented volume declines and a projected, cumulative $238 billion shortfall during the next decade, Postmaster General John E. Potter today outlined an aggressive plan of cost cutting, increased productivity, and an array of legislative and regulatory changes necessary to maintain a viable United States Postal Service." - USPS: Envisioning America's Future Postal Service - NALC opposes cutback in mail service - Workforce Plan: Arbitrator to consider financial health of USPS; more flexibility in workforce; address cost of employee benefits through collective bargaining (PDF) - Postal Service Revives Cutback Plans - New studies reinforce dire outlook for USPS - Postal Service to shed another 30,000 jobs - Dropping Saturday? Not so Fast - Questions: How did postal service get in this fix? - Reaction Mixed - Saturday mail 'huge thing' for some - Shorter week will darken Fido's routine -

Building for the 21st Century - PMG Releases Message to Employees "Stating that the challenges facing USPS demand multi-faceted solutions that involve the cooperation and support of all employees, PMG Jack Potter today releases a plan to shape the Postal Service of the future. In a message to employees, Potter says that despite the best efforts of employees to save money and improve efficiency, economic and technological forces beyond the Postal Service's control continue to impact revenues. He expects mail volume to continue dropping -- by 20 billion mailpieces in the next 10 years." - Previewing the Postal Service's Proposal - Postal Service expected to announce 'significant changes' - USPS is pushing for a radical reshaping -