"...Tony Harrelson, 46, a Royster Trucking driver from Dadeville, was shot and killed on duty at the Camp Hill Post Office between 5:45 and 6:15 p.m. on Oct. 2...."
This Article is From: www.thedadevillerecord.com
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Monday, November 23, 2009
Postal service improves lighting at Camp Hill Post Office after Harrelson murder
This Article is From: www.thedadevillerecord.com
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Best way to get your name off mailing lists
"...To get your name off mailing lists, go to the Direct Marketing Association’s consumer Web site, at www.dmachoice.org. Click on “Register for eMPS” to opt out of unsolicited junk e-mail. ..."
This Article is From: www.dmachoice.org
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Stay out of the US Postal Service's National Change of Address database ...Big Brother is watching
"...When you move, stay out of the U.S. Postal Service’s National Change of Address database. Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy at the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, advises that you file a temporary change, good for six months, which won’t be entered into the database. During that time, tell everyone who needs to know your new address. .."
This Article is From: www.consumerreports.org
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USPS redesigns to aid Mac users
"...hassle came when trying to do all this with an Apple Macintosh computer and Mac OS X version 10.6. The Postal Service's site says its Web service is geared toward computers running Microsoft's Internet Explorer and does not support Apple's Safari Web browser...."
This Article is From: www.washingtontimes.com
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Federal Disability Retirement: As a Medical Issue, Medical Treatment Must Be Followed
"...Federal and Postal employees to obtain Federal Disability Retirement benefits often get lost in the morass of meeting the legal criteria for their clients, forgetting that, first and foremost, the entire process begins with the medical condition and the appropriate treatments for that condition. ..."
This Article is From: www.fedsmith.com
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Current List of Stations/Branches Under Review as of November 20, 2009
"...The USPS has updated the Station/Branch Consolidation Initiative List. 241 offices still remain on the list. Click here to see the updated list...."
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
USPS' possible-closings list about to get shorter
"...On Friday, there will be a new list released by the government agency that contains a smaller number of branches still subject to consolidation...."
This Article is From: www.news-sentinel.com
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Clerk and Mail Handler November Contractual Pay Increse
"...Postal employees covered under the APWU-USPS and NPMHU-USPS Collective Bargaining Agreements will receive a 1.2 percent increase in annual salaries effective Nov. 21. The raise will be reflected in paychecks issued Dec. 11, 2009...."
This Article is From: postal-newsgroup.blogspot.com
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USPS COLA Update: Consumer Price Index - October 2009
"...The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) decreased 0.3 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 211.549 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.1 percent prior to seasonal adjustment...."
This Article is From: BLS.gov
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Rare stamp find during a tidy-up at Sedbergh School
"...doing routine sorting at the Sedbergh Archive and Heritage Centre when she came across letters with Penny Blacks, Penny Reds and Penny Blues. ..."
This Article is From: www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
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Collect Stamps and Postcards
"...CollectStampsAndPostcards is here to provide interesting information about stamp and postcard collecting through our interactive web community! By registering and creating a personalized profile, you will be able to access interesting information on the many different prized stamps and postcards of the past and today. Find just the topic you are seeking by posting a question on our message board, or browse through our daily updated blog. Your answers and guidance about collecting stamps and postcards are here...."
This Article is From: www.collectstampsandpostcards.com
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New HR website launches today
REVAMPED SITE HELPS EMPLOYEES AND HR PROFESSIONALS
This Article is From: liteblue.usps.gov
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"...Human Resources has redesigned its website. It’s available today and serves as a one-stop location for HR services and information.
Design was based on audience research and usability studies, and contains several intuitive and easy-to-navigate avenues for accessing information...."
This Article is From: liteblue.usps.gov
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Those Who Tell Workers to Sacrifice Fail to Understand Postal Realities
"...I challenge any other entity in the “postal community,” including the major mailers, mail consolidators, printers and prognosticators, to prove that they have made a greater contribution to restoring the USPS to solvency than the savings generated by the major reduction in craft jobs...."
This Article is From: www.apwu.org
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UPS: holiday outlook still cloudy
"...UPS says Dec. 21, the last Monday before Christmas, will be its busiest day this holiday season. The shipping giant's brown-clad drivers..."
This Article is From: www.ajc.com
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PIMCO Founder Bill Gross Selling $3M Portion of Stamp Collection to Benefit Smithsonian Museum
"...Estimated to bring $3 million in an auction in New York City on Thursday, November 19, 2009, many of the 214 Civil War-era Confederate States and early Canadian postage stamps are one-of-a-kind or the finest known...."
This Article is From: www.news-antique.com
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(Mail)Man Vs. Machine
"...Compensation and benefits constitute close to 80 percent of USPS costs--a percentage that has remained similar over the years despite major advances in technology and automating postal operations...."
This Article is From: techinsider.nextgov.com
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Identity theft booms, even as thieves rely on old-fashioned methods
"...Fourteen percent of identity theft incidents came from online or data breaches, and 5 percent from postal fraud. Once your information has been obtained, thieves tend to open up new credit cards, Travelers reports. Stolen information is used for new accounts 75 percent of the time. ..."
This Article is From: www.creditcards.com
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Somersworth postal union head claims time sheets were altered
"...Management would electronically delete overtime from the time sheets, according to Bob Guilmette, the union representative for Somersworth employees in the National Association of Letter Carriers...."
This Article is From: www.fosters.com
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Congressman Asks USPS For Employee Reimbursement Plan
"...to present a plan to fully reimburse postal workers for wages they lost as a result of managers manipulating their electronic timecards. ..."
This Article is From: www.vpr.net
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Santa Claus offering its picture postmark
"...SANTA CLAUS, Ind. — Abby Wilmes, a 2009 graduate of nearby Heritage Hills High School, designed this year’s holiday “picture postmark” for the Santa Claus post office...."
This Article is From: www.courierpress.com
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