Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Meth Mail: drug bust

Otsego woman arrested after U.S. Postal Service finds meth in the mail
Meth
"...from Vallejo, Calif., a known source location for narcotics, the complaint said. After a K-9 inspection revealed the package had narcotics, a federal search warrant was obtained and inspectors found about seven ounces or 200 grams of crystal methamphetamine..."    
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Friday, October 11, 2013

USPS recommended military mailing dates holiday 2013

USPS recommended military mailing dates holiday 2013

Article Title: USPS recommended military mailing dates holiday 2013

2013 Military Mailing Dates
2013 Holiday Mailing Dates (USPS)
The United States Postal Service has announced the recommended military mailing dates for the 2013 holiday season. You will also find valuable tips for addressing the package properly. You can find this information here.
Reference: USPS

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

APWU Elects New President

Dimondstein Wins Presidency

"...Mark Dimondstein was elected the new president of the American Postal Workers Union in a hotly-contested race that ended Oct. 7. His “Members First” team won most of the offices they sought, defeating incumbents. ..."    

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Monday, October 7, 2013

Postal Service selling postal properties through CBRE at far less than assessed values

Nader to Feinstein: Stop the USPS Sell Off

"...Going Postal: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Husband Sells Post Offices to His Friends, Cheap. In his letter, Nader highlights a number of troubling issues raised by Byrne, including that in the first two years of CBRE’s contract with USPS, it sold 52 postal properties at $66 million less than their assessed value...."    

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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Postal Service 'issues' $16.7M contract to FedCentric Technologies LLC

FedCentric Technologies LLC is awarded a $16.7M contract with the United States Postal Service

"...The US Postal Service has issued a contract to FedCentric Technologies LLC to deliver a High Density Supercomputing (HDSC©) solution including Silicon Graphics International high density hardware platforms and FedCentric Technologies products & professional services to provide high availability and expanded functionality to the Transactional Record Processor (TRP) system...."    

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Friday, October 4, 2013

Led by Darrell Issa: The destruction of the U.S. Postal service ...and all things governmental

GOP’s newest target: The postal service

"...The government itself wasn't enough. Now, led by Darrell Issa, the right wants to go after your mail delivery ..."    

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Man in postal worker killings physically restrained and removed from a Memphis courtroom

Outburst at Man's Hearing in Postal Worker Deaths

"...charged with killing two Tennessee postal workers had to be physically restrained and removed from a Memphis courtroom after..."    

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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Rain, sleet, snow or government shutdown, the Postal Service continues to deliver mail

USPS, WIC, VA Offices Still Open

"...Offices of the USPS are also operating normally, despite the federal government shutdown...."    

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Monday, September 30, 2013

PMG working hard to pull postal workers out of Federal Health Benefits Program

USPS says overhauling health benefits key to postal reform

"... However, the Office of Personnel Management is concerned about how the Postal Service's planned exit would affect the FEHBP, which OPM manages. Jonathan Foley, OPM's director of planning and policy analysis, said the overall impact would be about a 2 percent increase in costs per enrollee. But he testified Postal Service's withdrawal from the federal health system would have a larger impact on those plans with a heavy presence of postal employees. ..."    

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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Privatizing the Postal Service is not a good idea

Don't privatize USPS yet

"...Although delivering mail may not turn a profit, it is a valuable public service. The Postal Service delivers 40 percent of the world’s cards and letters, according to the Center for American Progress. Sending letters, though less common today, is far from obsolete. Spending a small amount of tax money to keep the postal service afloat is not automatically a bad idea...."    

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Friday, September 27, 2013

More Mail Delays

Mail fail: Local newspaper steamed up over USPS delays

"... ongoing cutbacks at the U.S. Postal Service have been delaying the arrival of the paper in subscribers' mailboxes by as much as several days...."    

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

First class stamps going up, what about standard bulk mail rates?

USPS proposes raising stamp price by 3 cents in new year

"...The United States Postal Service said Wednesday that it has proposed increasing the price of first-class mail to 49 cents from 46 cents, beginning in January..."    

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