"...“The USPS is anything but an anachronism on a slow march to oblivion. It is a national treasure that provides an immense and irreplaceable social service. … We must recognize that the Postal Service can and must remain public if we are to maintain the essential infrastructures of democracy.”..."
Monday, June 14, 2010
Postal Service needs makeover, not to be shunted aside as obsolete
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Shelter Animal stamps no longer rare
"..."All Huntsville Post Offices have (animal stamp) supplies in stock," Joseph Breckenridge of the U.S. Postal Service communications department for Alabama and the Florida panhandle wrote in an e-mail. "The stamps were flying out the door, but supply has now caught up with demand." ..."
Friday, June 11, 2010
Capital area chief Lane leaves Postal Service after assault allegation
"...Lane, based in Gaithersburg, visited the Dulles Processing and Distribution Center in Sterling on June 1 and allegedly argued with the center's manager, Kathleen J. Michaels. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call at the building..."
Seattle man charged in suspicious mailings to Republican senator
"...Writing the court, a Seattle-based postal inspector said the U.S. Postal Inspection Service launched an investigation following a May 8 incident in which a postal employee's face was dusted with the white powder while handling Howe's letter to DeMint. Postal inspectors opened the letter two days later...."
Monday, June 7, 2010
Going postal -- the violence continues
"...Robin Quintin Parks, who was laid off from the U.S. Postal Service last December, went on a bizarre alcohol-induced shooting rampage from his car early Sunday morning in Lakeland, reports the Orlando Sentinel...."
Friday, June 4, 2010
Bernstock Resigning from USPS
"...The president of shipping and mailing services for the U.S. Postal Service, Bob Bernstock, will resign his position on June 4. Bernstock is currently under investigation for awarding about $5.8 million in no-bid contracts to his former business associates...."
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Postal Voluntary Early Retirement Offer Again?
Take a look at the FederalSoup forum (page 38) for the latest "early out retirement offer rumor" ...this one claims a July 2010 announcement. Additionally, the individual claims that the PMG was at their plant and spoke of it, along with other interesting information found in the post. Take a look!
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Burrus Criticizes Exclusion Of Postal Unions from OIG Workshare Audit
"... APWU President William Burrus has criticized a decision by the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) to exclude postal unions from providing input into a recently-announced audit of postage workshare discounts. The OIG plans to interview a range of “stakeholders,” including mailers’ representatives — who are the beneficiaries of the discounts — Burrus noted.
In a May 21 letter to the Inspector General, Burrus said that he did not believe the exclusion of the unions was an oversight, since the announcement of the audit followed so closely a May 12, 2010, House Subcommittee hearing on the subject of workshare discounts. During the hearing, the APWU criticized postal management and the OIG “for turning a blind eye to the abuses,” he wrote...."
Unions, Management Reach Settlement of Unions’ Privacy Lawsuit
"...In accordance with the agreement, the Postal Service and its agents must present a “HIPAA letter” to healthcare providers before asking them to disclose any health information about employees. The letter must include a description of the information sought and a statement demonstrating how it is relevant to a legitimate law enforcement inquiry. The letter also must instruct healthcare providers to provide only information that is relevant to the investigation of the employee’s alleged violations of law...."
Monday, May 24, 2010
IRS may get access to TSP accounts of tax-delinquent feds
"...gives IRS the upper hand in its push to seize TSP accounts in the same way it can seize private-sector 401(k) accounts. IRS can already seize federal employees' wages to repay tax debts under the Federal Payment Levy Program...."
Could US Postal Service be key to investigating Landis allegations?
"...the United States Postal Service. As a Government agency, it is reasonable to assume that it will be interested in finding out what happened to its money once it was paid to Tailwind Sports, the company that owned and ran the team. When the United States Postal Service terminated its nine-year sponsorship of the team at the end of 2004, it was reported the agency's commitment had risen to around $8m a year....."
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Major Mailer Discounts at the Expense of the Average American Customer?
"... Bernie Madoff Would be Proud
“This is a PONZI-like scheme Bernie Madoff would be proud of,” he added in oral comments. The Postal Service diverts mail volume to the private sector, using an exaggerated per-piece cost to set postage discounts. At the same time, discount-funded private mail processing plants are opened, while more efficient USPS processing centers are consolidated, he said.
“The results benefit major mailers, while making the USPS less efficient and more expensive,” Burrus said...."
FBI investigating four packages sent to Toyota
"...Toyota had received three packages since Friday and a fourth was intercepted at a post office in Princeton, Indiana, near a Toyota manufacturing plant, all from the same sender, Toyota spokesman Mike Goss said...."
Monday, May 10, 2010
Postal Service won't have enough money to make payroll...
"...By fall, the Postal Service won't have enough money to make payroll, Potter predicts. But big customers, regulators, lawmakers and organized labor still have to be won over. ..."
Friday, May 7, 2010
USPS loses another $1.9bn
"...reduced work hours by 12.7% in mail processing and 11.6% in customer services. For the year to date, overall expenses have been reduced $1.4bn or 3.8% below the previous year. “Despite aggressive efforts to reduce costs, including the reduction in full-time equivalent employees by more than 120,000..."
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
USPS Broke? More Big Mailer Discounts
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PRC ACTION CLEARS THE WAY
"...The incentive program offers a 30 percent rebate to eligible mailers for Standard Mail letters and flats volume above a predetermined threshold — 5 percent over each mailer’s volume for the same period in 2009. ..."
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Train vs FedEx Truck Accident
"...the incident involved a light rail vehicle on the T-Third line and a FedEx truck.
Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Crash-delays-T-Third-line-92132819.html#ixzz0mJeIi4l8
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Postal workers wondering about wiggling package bound for Puerto Rico find ferret
"...Postal workers contacted a postal inspector after they spotted the wiggling package...."
National Veterans Outreach Program Wins USPS Contract
"...The United States Postal Service (USPS) recently issued the contract award to the National Veterans Outreach Program (NVOP) of the American GI Forum for the tray production. The NVOP operate the VETS facility which is a corrugate box manufacturing plant located in San Antonio, Texas. USPS contracted the NVOP to create and implement production of One Million Two hundred Nighty-Six thousand (1,296,000) corrugate mail tray units. Once the corrugated trays are manufactured and assembled, the units will be shipped to USPS facilities in Chicago, Philadephia, Des Moines, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Jacksonville and Dallas. ..."
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Portland police say they're investigating a postal service burglary scheme
"...still investigating the scheme in which Larson was allegedly using information from a postal service employee to target homes where the residents were on vacation. “I believe he had access to a postal employee,” ..."
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