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OPM announces 2016 FEHB Premiums
for Postal, Federal Employees
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The overall
average Postal rate increases shown are based on the
Postal contribution for Category 1. The Postal employee
groups in Category 1 can change from year to year.
USPS awards contract for Extended Capacity
Delivery Vehicles valued at $351 Million
- Replacing
USPS fleet could reach $10 billion over the next
few years. At least 4,500 vehicles purchased
(8/28/15)
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EEOC: USPS must provide ‘reasonable accommodation’
to postal employees with diabetes
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In 2013, USPS agreed to adhere to provisions
by the EEOC regarding reasonable accommodation of
diabetic employees. But this EEO case shows not
all postal officials got the memo.
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Senator
Sanders urges Postmaster General to reinstate overnight
mail delivery
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Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter today to Postmaster
General Megan Brennan urging the Postal Service
to reinstate overnight mail delivery standards in
light of a recent report finding significant delays
in the delivery of mail.
(8/26/15)
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APWU
files National Dispute over primary duties of Small
Parcel Sorting System (SPSS)
The APWU
maintains that the SPSS is involved in mail processing
and/or distribution of mail and this work and the
essential allied work is the work of the Clerk Craft.
(8/25/15)
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Congressman takes complaints
of slow mail delivery to U.S. postmaster; days later,
his town hall invites get delayed
Rep. Jeff
Fortenberry of Nebraska recently sent a letter to
the U.S. postmaster sharing Nebraskans’ grievances
over slow mail delivery, including overdue charges
because of late credit card payments and delayed
arrival of prescription drugs.Then, just days later,
Fortenberry found himself with a major snail mail
gripe of his own.
(8/24/15)
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USPS awards LLV maker $257 million contract for
Walk In Body Delivery Trucks
USPS has awarded
long-time supplier a contract for over 3,000 Walk
In Body Intermediate Delivery Trucks.
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Video: USPS GPS device transmits letter carriers
location to supervisors every minute
USPS mail carriers
are getting a “panic button” The unofficial U.S.
postal creed says neither rain, nor sleet, nor heat,
nor gloom of night will keep carriers from their
rounds. Thieves and vicious dogs, however, may be
another matter. So the Post Office is delivering
a solution.
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Washington State Letter Carrier
saves mail before truck goes up in flames
A letter carrier saved the mail in her truck after
it caught fire
House Oversight Chairman requests info on assets,
revenue for USPS “package delivery” products
GOP Oversight and Government
Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz seeks information
from USPS about competitive product assets, revenue,
service performance and other materials.
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August 31, 2015
APWU outlines disbursement of $56 Million Global
Settlement Payout
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APWU reached a $56 million settlement with the USPS
on Dec. 5 to resolve a long-standing dispute over
postmasters and supervisors in small offices performing
bargaining unit work.
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Video: Amazon Prime packages found lined up underneath
cluster mailboxes angers residents
- A delivery
snafu with the U.S. Postal Service this weekend
had one neighborhood confused as to what happened
with their packages and when they saw where the
boxes were, some got pretty irritated.
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Why Mailbox Access is reserved for USPS and not
other delivery companies -
In his recent Office
of Inspector General blog article, “Rethinking Mailbox
Access,” UPS executive Keith Kellison proposes giving
other delivery companies access to your mailbox.
If delivery companies want to discuss stuffing your
mailbox with their packages, then that discussion
needs to start with why mailboxes are reserved for
the Postal Service in the first place.
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USPS: Trail of mail fell off trash truck on way
to Rumpke dump
Man's effort restores glory to flag display at Millvale
post office
31% of Federal Employees are Veterans - but many
do not stay long
Downtown post office in North Platte closes
Video: Mystery shopper scams using USPS money orders
on the rise
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August 30, 2015
NRLCA: No National Count of All Mail for Rural Carrier
Routes in September
Aspen Mailman Who Made News With Golden Retriever
Sidekick Retires
Postal Worker Wins $4 Million Lotto the Day After
Getting Married
August 29, 2015
Three-Alarm Fire at Dallas Bulk Mail Facility
Postal carrier claims dog's owner waved her onto
property before attack, sues for $310,000
Napans (California) reject alternative locations
for downtown post office
August 28, 2015
USPS awards contract for Extended Capacity Delivery
Vehicles valued at $351 Million
- Replacing
USPS fleet could reach $10 billion over the next
few years. At least 9,000 vehicles purchased
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Richmond, CA post office temporarily closed due
to mold found in basement
Pharmacists say USPS mail center closure causing
delayed delivery of medication
Postal Service truck slams into laundromat
Man arrested for assault and pushing Postal Worker
down flight of steps in Harrisburg PA
Video: Woman says post office didn’t know her street
exists
Hidden Treasures: The New Deal post office art of
Palm Beach County
USPS wants to go high-tech without losing jobs
NJ police say heroin-using postal carrier had 1,000
undelivered pieces of mail in car
Crozet Post Office Dealing With Decrease in Electricity
The Delivery Revolution in Your Neighborhood
Post Office Delays? We Want to Hear From You
Gyrocopter pilot’s
new campaign: Push Congress to sign no-lobbying
pledge
PRC denies USPS request to reclassify first class
mail parcels
USPS: New online rules for overseas parcels
Letter: A Few Bad Postal Workers Do Not Represent
The Whole
Retirement pre-funding puts Postal Service in red
APWU: Subcontractors Seek Exemption that Threatens
Safety on the Roads
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August 26, 2015
Senator Sanders urges Postmaster General to reinstate
overnight mail delivery
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Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter today to Postmaster
General Megan Brennan urging the Postal Service
to reinstate overnight mail delivery standards in
light of a recent report finding significant delays
in the delivery of mail.
(8/26/15)
USPS responds to Washington wildfires
The record-breaking
wildfires roiling Washington state prompted about
a dozen Post Offices to adjust operations last week
Former
U.S.postal exec gets CEO gig at Sarasota business
Postmaster threatened by callers
Postal Service data shows decline in vacant Detroit
addresses
Postman Rovella's long career is in the bag
Postmaster threatened by callers
Canada: Postal Workers Upset About Location of New
Super Mailbox
Police work with USPS to investigate mail and parcel
thefts
The mail keeps arriving late, and it isn't even
meeting the Postal Service's lower standards
USPS Official: First Priority With Internet of Things
is Cost Cutting
Postal driver charged after hitting cop training
for charity ride
Mail delivery restored after Postal Service tried
to have cluster boxes installed
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August 25, 2015
USPS kicks off Q4 2015 with boosts in shipping revenue,
employee workhours increase
APWU files National Dispute over primary duties
of Small Parcel Sorting System (SPSS)
The APWU
maintains that the SPSS is involved in mail processing
and/or distribution of mail and this work and the
essential allied work is the work of the Clerk Craft.
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Video: Pecos TX Postmaster Accused of Racial Discrimination
A group of U.S. Postal
Service mail carriers accused a Pecos postmaster
of racial discrimination, civil rights advocates
and union leaders said.
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Postal Truck hits off duty police officer riding
bicycle
Video: Kurten, TX Residents Frustrated After Post
Office Abruptly Closes
Video: Post office holds couple’s mail after chihuahua
complaint
August 24, 2015
USPS Third-quarter report highlights new vehicles,
equipment
The Postal
Service has approved investments of more than $1.5
billion since last October, Chief Financial Officer
Joe Corbett reports in his latest “Dollars and Change.
APWU, USPS Resolve Dispute Over Commercial Driver’s
License Training (CDL)
The APWU and USPS agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding
re: Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Training for
Automotive Mechanics and Technicians on Aug 18,
Motor Vehicle Service Craft Director Michael O.
Foster has announced.
USPS looking to rent package-delivery vans for holiday
season
The US Postal Service has issued a solicitation
seeking contractors to rent vans and minivans for
use in delivering packages during holiday season.
Last year USPS spent approximately $712,000 to rent
the same type of vehicles
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Congressman takes complaints of slow mail delivery
to U.S. postmaster; days later, his town hall invites
get delayed
Rep. Jeff
Fortenberry of Nebraska recently sent a letter to
the U.S. postmaster sharing Nebraskans’ grievances
over slow mail delivery, including overdue charges
because of late credit card payments and delayed
arrival of prescription drugs.Then, just days later,
Fortenberry found himself with a major snail mail
gripe of his own.
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USPS PROPOSES ACCOUNTING CHANGE THAT MAY EFFECT
THE FINANCIAL EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT ASSOCIATED
WITH POStPLAN
On August 12,
the Postal Service asked the Postal Regulatory Commission
(PRC) to begin a proceeding to change the way in
which the agency accounts for certain costs associated
with POStPlan-impacted small and rural post offices.
Post office property needs a cleanup
Postal Service to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays,
holidays
USPS officials to gather comments on proposed closure
of Corpus Christi center
August 23, 2015
Former oil industry manager finds peace as a letter
carrier
Postal service in NY stamped with rash of carrier
crimes
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August 22, 2015
Kurten TX Post Office closed after building deemed
uninhabitable
USPS restricts mail services in new neighborhood
Packages could one day be delivered by unicycle
drones
Beverly Hills Post Office 90210 service disrupted
again
NALC: 6th Contract COLA: $0
August 21, 2015
Postal Carrier Required To Remove Rebel Flag From
SUV After Resident Complains
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After a resident submitted
a complaint, a postal carrier oin North Carolina
is no longer flying a small Confederate battle flag
while delivering mail,
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USPS reviews 5,000 more post offices for reduced
hours
Post office where brown recluse spiders found is
reopening
Minnesota postal worker allegedly stealing mail
Fairbanks Mail Clerk Indicted for Stealing Mail
82 yr. old former Alabama attorney pulled gun on
postal worker, used racial slur after road rage
Video: Armed man robs Northeast Philadelphia post
office
Michigan APWU Local 300 President Charged With One
Count of Embezzling $6720
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August 20, 2015
USPS to review government email use for infidelity
site Ashley Madison
- The U.S. Postal Service and its internal watchdog
plan to review whether or not some of the agency's
employees may have violated federal policies by
using their government email on the infidelity website
Ashley Madison.
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Two PMRs from same post office charged with stealing
over $110,000
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Two former
postal workers in Anaktuvuk Pass have been separately
indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage for
a combined total of 68 counts of misappropriating
postal funds.
Postal Supervisor charged with stealing over $15,000
from NAPS in Fairbanks AK
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Video: Last Man Standing – Politics paralyzes USPS
Board of Governors
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ideas have surfaced to improve the postal service’s
bottom line, but the board which oversees its operations
is essentially paralyzed. The problem is political.
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Video: Man Spots Postal Service Driver Texting While
Driving in Rush Hour Traffic
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A driver
in Jamaica, Queens witnessed danger on the road
during rush hour on Monday morning. “This guy is
texting while driving a truck.
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Erasing History at USPS
Video: USPS Impersonator and Accomplice Hold Up
Family In Texas
Video: For Spartanburg SC Neighborhood, Getting
Mail Is A Struggle
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August 19, 2015
EEOC: USPS must provide ‘reasonable accommodation’
to postal employees with diabetes
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In 2013, USPS agreed to adhere to provisions
by the EEOC regarding reasonable accommodation of
diabetic employees. But this EEO case shows not
all postal officials got the memo.
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USPS proposing to eliminate
3 clerk positions at busy Decatur Post Office
Four charts explain
the Postal Service’s financial struggles
Business as Usual at Santa Fe Post Office
USPS worker drives 30 years without an accident
Delivery Driver Saves Mail From Burning Truck
Here's how the Post Office is taking on UPS, FedEx
and Amazon
Minnesota postal worker
allegedly stealing mail
Alaska Mail Clerk Indicted for Stealing Mail
DeKalb Watershed says
Theft from post office mailboxes increasing in Moorpark
USPS glitch caused water bills not to be delivered
Retired postal worker warns of scam
Where did the principle of secrecy in correspondence
go?
USPS Is Open To Delivering Anything To Raise Cash
Postal Service Increasing Same-Day Delivery to Compete
'Let's End De Facto
Rate Increases,' Mailers Plead
If you like your post
office, can you keep your post office?
Late Deliveries Raise Concerns of Mailers
The Mailbox Incident and Political Anger
Bezos says Amazon's drones will be as common as
mail trucks
Louisiana woman fights to get dogs back after attack
on mail carrier
Jenny Come Lately
Junk mail: the bulk of it
USPS thinks political candidates are first class,
sees voters as bulk mail
When No Postal Rate Increase Is a Bad Thing
Postal service needed in rural areas
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August 18, 2015
APWU: Hearing on USPS-Staples Deal Dominated by
Legal Wrangling
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A hearing on charges that the Postal Service illegally
subcontracted work to Staples was dominated by procedural
wrangling on Aug. 17 and 18.
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Postal Worker Killed On The Job In Two-Vehicle Accident
U.S. Rural Mail Carrier
Killed On The Job In Western Kentucky
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Video: San Francisco Postal Worker can’t work after
police officer error on ticket
-The
ABC7 News I-Team investigates how a long-time driver
for the U.S. Postal Service can't work, because
a police officer got one number wrong on the ticket
he gave her.
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USPS, Mail Handlers Union reach agreement on procedures
to fill residual vacancies
New York based Law Firm Files Class Action Against
OPM for “Most Devastating” Cyber Attack
Postal Support Employee charged with mail theft
Video: Residents worried about mail thefts in North
Las Vegas
Video: Hot jobs: Heavy bags, long walks, high heat
for letter carriers
Postal News Recap – USPS database, New FEHB option,
mail carrier uninjured wearing seat belt and more
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August 17, 2015
New FEHB option available to employees this year
You’ll have a new option
when choosing your health coverage during this year’s
open season: Self Plus One.
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Former New Mexico Postmaster gets probation for
stealing over $450,000 in postal funds
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Former Postmaster of
Capitan Post Office Sentenced for Federal Embezzlement
Conviction
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USPS responds to error-riddled article by Americans
for Tax Reform
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The entire piece is
based on a competitor-funded paper fraught with
errors about the financial status of the Postal
Service that the Americans for Tax Reform organization
unquestioningly parrots.
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Elvis stamp sends wrong message to youth
The relationship of USPS lease costs and lessor
location
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August 16, 2015
Bronx Post Office Remains Closed After Testing Positive
For Legionella Bacteria
Nemacolin post office closing puzzles residents
Postal Views Podcast #5
August 15, 2015
USPS Building Database of Postal Employees Health
Information
The
Postal Service is seeking to provide a new wellness
benefit to its employees and their dependents by
offering USPS Health Connect
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Delegation from A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public
Postal Service meets with Postmaster General
Mail Carrier wearing a seat belt uninjured in rollover
accident
Could ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ be the next US
blockbuster stamp issue?
Letter Carrier who stole money from greeting cards
put on probation
USPS thinks political candidates are first class,
sees voters as bulk mail
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August 14, 2015
USPS OIG: Substantial Increase in Delayed Mail after
service standard revisions -
The purpose of USPS
OIG alert is to immediately address the timeliness
of mail processing following the January 5, 2015,
service standard revisions. Mail was not being processed
timely throughout the country.
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NPMHU files lawsuit against USPS, APWU over SPSS
craft determination reversal
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NPMHU says mail handlers
as a result of the Postal Service contract violations
have suffered and will continue to suffer substantial
injuries.
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Former Mail Carrier still pushing for USPS to approve
redesigned Uniforms, launches
petition
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A former postman is
looking for a stamp of approval from the U.S. Postal
Service when it comes to updating the agency’s uniforms.
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Former Postal Supervisor heads to federal prison
for theft
A former supervisor
with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been ordered
to federal prison following his conviction of theft
of money from the government,
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Hot jobs: Heavy bags, long walks, high heat for
letter carriers
Postal worker treated for minor injury after package
leak
Copy of Postal Service Audit Shows Extent of Mail
Surveillance
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August 13, 2015
Video: Union protests postal worker’s termination
for being on active military duty too long
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Members
of the American Postal Workers Union protested outside
of the Gateway Post Office Thursday in Springfield
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Video: Atlanta TV station’s misleading story on
Postal Workers
An Atlanta TV station
obviously forgot to finish its investigation of
postal workers allegedly cheating on time and attendance.
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NALC: USPS $1.2 Billion operating profit this year
On Monday, the U.S.
Postal Service released its financial results for
the fiscal third quarter of, and the first nine
months of, 2015. So far, things are looking good
for fiscal 2015.
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Video: USPS proposal
includes mailmen checking on the elderly
A new report
by the Inspector General outlines a plan to have
the mailman stop in to help the elderly, by assessing
their health and even setting up their new TV
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Video: Poor Management Is the Apparent Reason Behind
West Hollywood’s Mailbox Thefts
Video: Military mom heartbroken after heirloom American
flag goes missing in the mail
Video: Man killed after jumping in front of mail
truck
USPS apologizes for Broadway post office 90-minute
lunch closure
Video: Military mom heartbroken after heirloom American
flag goes missing in the mail
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August
12, 2015
FedEx to Pay $1.75 Million Settlement for Environmental
Violations
USPS: Elvis Returns to ‘Stamping Ovation’ at Graceland
Today
Maine PMR admits stealing $1,600 from USPS
Collector
gets call from postal inspectors about early Elvis
stamp purchase on Aug 10th
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August
11, 2015
Mail Handlers Union Files Labor Charge Against USPS
Over SPSS decision
The NPMHU National
Office has filed an appeal to arbitration concerning
the disputed work on the Small Parcel Sorting System
(SPSS), as well as an unfair labor practice charge
with the National Labor Relations Board.
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New York postal worker diagnosed with TB
A part time Postal
employee has been diagnosed with pulmonary Tuberculosis.
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Man flown to hospital after mail truck wrecks in
Alabama
Video: Bronx tenants left without mail for 2 months
New York man facing 20 years in prison for assaulting
mail carrier
Postal Lifeline in Amazon's Jungle
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USPS Reports $586 Million Net Loss in Third Quarter;
Double-Digit Package Growth
- USPS reported a net loss of $586 million for the
third quarter of fiscal 2015 (April 1, 2015 — June
30, 2015), a reduction of $1.4 billion from the
net loss of $2 billion for same period last year
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NALC President: After three quarters, USPS operating
profit for FY 2015 stands at $1.2 billion
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USPS OIG: Curbing Workers’ Comp Abuses
While most compensation
claims are legitimate, fraud and abuse do occur.
The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General
(OIG) focuses resources on identifying claimants
and providers who defraud the system. In FY 2014
USPS OIG conducted 945 investigations which resulted
in 82 arrests, 71 convictions. See chart
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Mail carrier’s intervention saved South Carolina
woman from scam
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August 9,
2015
Post office does care - lost ring is back home
Woman fought to get post office to recognize disability
Long Grove, Iowa Post Office closed for health and
safety reasons
August 8,
2015
USPS reverses Craft Determination decision for SPSS
operations from Mail Handlers to Clerk Craft
-On August
7, 2015, the USPS notified the NPMHU of their decision
to reverse the craft determination for operation
of the Small Parcel Sorting System (SPSS).
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Video: Postal worker run over by USPS contractor
truck at mail center
He was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital with “possible
internal injuries,” Homestead said.
Connecticut Postal Worker seriously injured after
getting hit by vehicle
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Arizona Delegation Deliver Survey Results to PMG
showing Negative Impacts of Cherrybell Facility
Consolidation
U.S. Representative
Martha McSally today joined members of the Arizona
Congressional delegation to deliver the results
a recent survey detailing the impacts of the proposed
Cherrybell Post Office and Processing Center consolidation.
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Postal News Recap – postal worker injured, FEGLI,
Stamps, Elvis, mailboxes and more
August 7, 2015
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August 7,
2015
Amazon to open sorting center across the street
from USPS in Wallingford CT
Expanding its presence
in the state and along the East Coast, Amazon plans
to open a sorting center on Research Parkway
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Video: New Law in Fayetteville Arkansas restricts
parking in front of mailbox
Fayetteville police
are starting to enforce the new law restricting
parking in front of a mailbox.
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OPM announces Open Season For Federal Employees
Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) in 2016
The Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) has announced an upcoming FEGLI
Open Season and changes in premium rates for certain
Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance (FEGLI)
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Maryland Postal Worker involved in head-on collision
The driver of the USPS
vehicle was taken out of the area by a Maryland
State Police helicopter.
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USPS to sell, renovate two Historic Post Offices
in California and Florida
USPS to sell earth-quake
damaged Napa, CA post office and renovate, repair
Fernandina Beach, FL post office
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USPS: Two Postal Pulse
questions explained
USPS continues to gather
feedback about the Postal Pulse, the all-employee
survey administered earlier this year. Many employees
are curious about the survey’s first two questions.
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Video: USPS refutes NY Postmaster letter telling
customers to move mailboxes or else
People in an Amherst
neighborhood are mad and confused after receiving
letters from the Postal Service, stating they must
move their mailboxes or they will no longer receive
any mail
Video: USPS letter requiring customers to move mailboxes
to curb sent in error
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New
Version of Elvis Presley’s ‘If I Can Dream,’ To
Accompany Elvis Presley Stamp Dedication Aug. 12
US Coast Guard re-creates 225th anniversary forever
stamp
Senate passes bipartisan bill to help protect Federal
Retirees from Fraud
Former Postmaster Relief Sentenced To Federal Prison
For Theft Of Postal Funds And Identity Theft
Video: Postal worker refutes claims he threatened
to shoot postal supervisor
OPM officials hindering
scrutiny of hacked computer systems, watchdog says
The U.S. Postal Service's plan for profitability
Former Michigan postal worker guilty of destroying/delaying
mail
8 Letter Carriers Join Million Mile Club
PRC made deadline, unlike other federal agencies
August 6,
2015
Photo: Futuristic-Looking USPS Mail Delivery Vehicle
from 1970s?
A PostalReporter reader
sent this photo of an abandoned mail vehicle in
Kentucky. Can anyone identify what year this vehicle
was in service or tested?
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USPS continues use of Lobby Assistants to serve
customers faster
The Postal Service
is continuing to use lobby assistants to better
serve retail customers who require simple transactions.
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Video: Jeweler says USPS mailed package of diamonds
worth $50,000 has gone missing
Update: Alert readers
say the jeweler had the wrong address on package.
A Midstate
jeweler has filed a claim after an insured valuable
package sent express mail was lost.
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Postal Service agrees to sell, not demolish, earth-quake
damaged post office in Napa CA
Glimpse of history: Flying the mail in Clinton
Canada: Letter carriers refusing to deliver graphic
anti-abortion flyers
Temporary post office up and running in Orwigsburg
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August 5,
2015
Senators Johnson, Carper Release Bipartisan Staff
Report on Mailman’s Gyrocopter Incident
Senator Ron Johnson
(R-Wis.) and Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman
and Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a bipartisan
staff report examining the April 15, 2015 Capitol
airspace security breach in which Doug Hughes landed
a gyrocopter on the West Lawn of the United States
Capitol, exposing gaps in our efforts to secure
the airspace over Washington, D.C., and in investigating
and responding to potential threats.
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Video: Michigan postal worker critically injured
when her van is struck by car
A U.S. Postal Service
worker was critically injured Wednesday morning
when her parked van was struck by another vehicle
Video: Detroit mother grateful for help mail carrier
daughter received after being hit by car
Iowa postal worker ejected from vehicle after crash
with tractor trailer
A rural carrier had to be flown by medial helicopter
to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, following a two-vehicle
crash
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Woman sentenced for mailing loaded .357 Magnum in
Idaho that discharged injuring Postal Worker at
Massachusetts facility
The woman was sentenced yesterday to one year of
probation for mailing injurious articles and causing
a firearm to be present in a federal facility,
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Videos: Filipino residents in Carson CA cry foul
over alleged mail dumping
Some Filipinos are
angry because they believe their postal carrier
has been throwing away their mail. When they tried
to bring some of the letters and complain at the
local post office, San Nicolas claimed they were
threatened with arrests
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NALC: August 2015 transfer opportunities under M-01856
August 4,
2015
USPS Heroes’ corner: ATV-riding postal employee
helps save stranded sisters
Alaska Postal Employee trains Special Olympics athletes,
set record lifting 716 pounds
USPS Arizona District strengthens training for City
Carrier Assistants (CCAs)
National Postal Museum Exhibition Showcases popularity
of sharing secrets via postcards
Video: USPS Blue Boxes Targeted by Check Thieves
USPS salutes United States Coast Guard’s 225th anniversary
with forever stamp
Maryland Postal Worker indicted for Workers Comp
expenses fraud scheme
Duluth post office sinkhole under repair
Despite complaints, Vermont post office still flew
shredded U.S. flag
August 3,
2015
USPS: New Small Parcel Sorting System (SPSS) exceeds
expectations
Parcels
are moving faster than ever through five USPS plants
that are testing new small-package sorting equipment
— and exceeding expectations.
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Congressmen Blumenauer, Huffman Introduce Legislation
to Modernize the U.S. Postal Service
Representatives Earl
Blumenauer (OR-03) and Jared Huffman (CA-2) introduced
legislation to create a framework that will modernize
the United States Postal Service (USPS) to address
its growing financial problems
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Alabama postal supervisor, letter carrier accused
of helping criminals traffic 500 pounds of weed
A narcotics investigation
spanning nearly a year resulted in its first arrests
this week when drug agents in Tuscaloosa charged
two post office workers and two alleged drug dealers
accused of participating in the distribution of
more than 500 pounds of marijuana.
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Postal carrier thrown down stairs while trying to
trace stolen package
Harrisburg police are
investigating after a United States Postal Service
carrier was attacked Friday while trying to determine
who had stolen the contents of a package.
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USPS Increasing its On-Demand Delivery Services
High-Accuracy Mapping: An Opportunity the Post Office
August 2,
2015
Tractor Trailer hauling mail overturns on Indiana
highway
Video: Customer unhappy after mail carrier maced
his ‘non-aggressive’ dog
Getting the mail? Get ready to take a walk
Post office non-deliveries a hassle for veteran
Rain damages Udall
Post Office
August
1, 2015
US Postal Service Issues Fanciful Flowers Forever
Stamped Card
Rolando: Washington politics have caused "crisis"
in postal service
Video: Customer unhappy after mail carrier maced
his ‘non-aggressive’ dog
Post office non-deliveries a hassle for veteran
Rain damages Udall Post Office
This Should Be Exigency's Last Gasp, Mailers Say
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