"...The change is part of a nationwide effort to right an agency that lost $2.8 billion last year after experiencing the largest percentage decline in mail volume since the Great Depression...."
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Friday, December 26, 2008
Thinking outside the mailbox on Staten Island
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Post office feeling effects of slow economy
"..."There will be no layoffs. That would require an act of Congress. That's a far more complex process. The type of reductions we're talking about are natural attrition, people who were going to retire anyway, a voluntary early retirement option...."
This Article is From: www.montanasnewsstation.com
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Postal panel: Don't cut service
"...The panel also said the agency's delivery "obligation" applies not only to letters but to so-called competitive products, such as Priority Mail, Express Mail and package services...."
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Friday, December 19, 2008
Russia Postal Service - Pony Express Russia (сегодня)
"...The leading national operator on the market of mail and cargo express delivery over Russia, to the CIS countries and abroad. (Ведущий национальный оператор на рынке экспресс-доставки почтовых отправлений и грузов по всей территории России, в страны СНГ и за рубеж.)..."
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Father and son hold postal contract for six decades
"...Shorty Yates said his dad started the route when there were "star route" addresses in the 1940s. "These government contracts go back to the old west days, and it has slowly gotten up to where it is today," Shorty Yates said. "They began with the Pony Express." ..."
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History of the Pony Express from Wikipedia
"...The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the North American continent from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 1860 to October 1861. Since 1866 until 1990, the Pony Express logo was used in security business. Presently, "Pony Express" is a trademark for postal services in Russia (by Freight Link) and the US (by the United States Postal Service)...."
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
TSP IRS contribution limits for 2009
"...For 2009, the IRS permits you to contribute up to $16,500 in tax-deferred money to the TSP. If you are a member of the uniformed services, you may contribute a total of $49,000 in tax-deferred and tax-exempt money. If you will be age 50 or older during 2009, you may also contribute up to $5,500 in additional “catch-up” contributions if you will reach the $16,500 limit in 2009..."
This Article is From: www.tsp.gov
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Thousands of feds no longer contribute to TSP
"...lowest FERS participation rate since September 1997. It’s also the steepest one-month drop since June, when the participation rate dropped 0.7 percentage points to 85.3 percent. All FERS employees who enroll in TSP automatically get a contribution from their agencies equal to 1 percent of their basic pay..."
This Article is From: www.federaltimes.com
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Suspicious Packages Concern SD Guard
"...The packages that have been sent across the country have all looked similar. They have no return addresses, extra postage and they are all sent through the US Postal Service...."
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"... "I don't think it's a good sign that the Postal Service can sweet-talk GAO out of an investigation," said Gwen Ivey, president of American Postal Workers Union, which represents workers at the plant. "Our concern is that the mismanagement in Philadelphia goes above the plant level where the problems occurred," she added. "No one would be protected from scrutiny in a GAO investigation, and that's the way it should be."..."
This Article is From: www.philly.com
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Antique American Postcards
"...All the postcards in this exhibit are over one hundred years old. Most of them have undivided backs which allowed only the mailing address to be written on the back, and, most of those had a space on the front to write a message. The postcards in this exhibit are from what postcard collectors have termed the Private Mailing Card Era (1898-1901) and the Undivided Back Era (1901-1907)...."
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"...Members of the U.S. Marshals task force learned that Reid and Housley would be at a hangout in south Macon and arrested them at the hangout..."
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December 26, 2008 -- The Day After Christmas -- Is A Work Day for Postal Employees
Letter form NPMHU President to all local Presidents
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"...We are writing to inform you that the Postal Service will be business as usual on Friday, December 26, 2008, the day after Christmas. ..."
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Postal privatisation may cost 50,000 jobs in UK: Report
"..."If the Government backs the changes, as seems likely, it will inflame the postal unions and Labour backbenchers who both want a fully publicly owned Royal Mail..."
This Article is From: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Union Files ‘Dispute’ Over Elimination of Tour 2
"...“The major reduction and relocation of employees on Tour 2 is a significant change to the three-tour operation that has been in existence for over 200 years,” the union contends, “with Tour 2 being the most sought after hours of work for the most senior employees.”..."
This Article is From: www.apwu.org
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Postal Service hit by consumer cutbacks
"...The actual number was worse than originally expected, but better than the revised estimate. Wednesday is expected to be the biggest delivery day for the Postal Service...."
This Article is From: www.columbusdispatch.com
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DECLINING MAIL VOLUME LEADS TO ROUTE ADJUSTMENTS
"...Most of the changes resulting from those evaluations will go into effect in January 2009.
The changes are designed to give letter carriers stability and consistency by assigning a single route that they will deliver on a regular basis...."
This Article is From: liteblue.usps.gov
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Business Down 50 Percent At Post Office
Some Positions Could Be Cut, Excised
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"...“What excised really means is 21 of our workers in Waterbury will be relocated 100 or 500 miles away,” state Sen. Joan Hartley said. “I call that a layoff."..."
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Postal Service Busiest Day NOT so Busy
Postal Service sees fewer holiday packages
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"...Monday a week before Christmas has traditionally been the busiest day of the year for the U.S. Postal Service and people mailing holiday packages, but officials say..."
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USPS acknowledges mail meltdown
No longer 'what problem?'
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"..."We are trying to clean up the mess the postmaster ... has created," one carrier wrote in an e-mail after News 13 began its reporting. "Since the story broke, all hell broke loose"..."
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