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December 2011

12/31/11

Before Civil War, American Letter Mail Company competed with US Post Office Department, drove down rates -

'Didn't miss a beat' After 42 years, metro-east postal carrier is stepping aside -

Postal employees honored for 225 years of cumulative service -

USPS ranked tops -

USPS says Bentonville Post Office will close | Tiny town's faithful fear post office closure -

Occupy the Post Office? Tucson Postal Workers, Supporters, Fight Back Against Threatened Job Cuts -

Why Mail Matters: It Drove the Decline of Newt Gingrich in Iowa | Gingrich Hit Hard by Iowa Mailers -

12/30/11

USPS Puts GoPost Website Up -

USPS News Link Year in Photos -

GameFly Appeal Reinstated to DC Circuit Court of Appeals Active Docket (PDF) -

PRC Remands Determination to Close Gepp Post Office (PDF) -

City of New Orleans Files Notice of Intervention Concerning Mail Processing Network Changes (PDF) -

The RAOI Advisory Opinion: A Transformative Moment or a Bump in the Road? -

Attendees at meeting line up to support Toledo postal site -

USPS website launches Chinese version -

USPS future plans criticized by Western Oregon residents and DeFazio -

How to 'Save' Your Post Office -

Man accused of spitting in Portland postal clerk's face -

Aurora: Postal workers, manager speak out on possible closing of center -

12/29/11

USPS Announces Competitive Post Office Box Service Fees -

Verizon to charge $2 fee for online payments -

TE fired for "All the Dogs Want to Kill Me" photos puts letter-carrying memoirs online -

Retirement reception honors long-time Manila postal employees -

Postal workers rally against possible Waterloo plant closure -

Community weighs in on USPS delays: Thousands across the nation did not receive their Christmas packages in time -

Tucson: "Snail mail" could get even slower -

Postal Service Justice: Off-duty postal worker follows mail thieves -

Fredric Rolando: Issa misleads on Postal Service -

12/28/11

Holiday Packages in a Combat Zone | More Photos -

USPS Posts $1.267B Loss for November 2011; Shipping Services Volume up 32.7% Over SPLY (PDF) -

Pray for the Postal Service -

Tom's 21st Century Postal Enhancement Plan (PEP) -

Postal picket in Toledo -

USPS: Fix it or nix it? -

25 Predictions for the U.S. Courier, Express and Postal Market for 2012 (1-7 day USPS shutdown in October) -

House Passage of HR 2309 Likely in 2012 (but no future in the Senate) -

Life and Letters -

Editorial: What Brown couldn't do for Denver -

Post office still vital for the masses -

CBO: Enacting H.R. 2309 Would Save $34 Billion Over the 2012-2021 Period (PDF) -

Mail Delivery: Are There Unnecessary Steps? -

12/27/11

New online tool revolutionizes bill paying -

FedEx upset, embarrassed as YouTube video goes viral -

Week in Review: Tis the Season -

Congressman Can't Send Christmas Greetings, Commission Rules -

Island jury delivers $125G verdict to letter carrier -

Ruddy v. US Postal Service -

Small newspapers anxiously eye USPS -

Special delivery: The dying art of letter-writing -

The Post Office as State-Business Hybrid -

The Decline and Fall of the U.S. Postal Service -

12/26/11

Postal union officials blame fiscal woes on management -

Postal Service opens first Village Post Office in KV -

Japan: Postal Execs Crack the Whip -

Fire Burns Verdi Post Office | Anti-government graffiti and bullet holes -

Congressman Introduces Rural Postal Service Preservation Act -

12/25/11

50,000 packages in limbo at UPS distribution center -

12/24/11

The Postal Service propaganda machine kicks into gear -

What kind of nation won't fund a post office? -

Unbinding the Nation: America and the Post Office -

The Postal Service is Fighting for Its Life and Should Be Saved -

Postal workers make special deliveries to troubled kids -

Unleash the Eagle -

12/23/11

PRC Advisory Opinion Finds USPS Proposal for Retail Closures Lacks Proper Analysis (PDF) | Advisory Opinion (PDF) -

Texas Town Fears the Worst if Post Office Closes -

Postal Service Cuts Worry Kitchen-Table Entrepreneurs -

'Star Trek' mailbox glows at night -

Postal worker gets OK to wear Santa outfit -

People crowd local post office in last-minute shipping rush -

Postal worker shot with BB gun -

Postal carrier linked to burglary suspects -

Postal Banking to the Rescue of the US Postal Service -

Manhattan post office overrun by rats -

UK: Surge in online orders causing chaos for retailers and parcel delivery companies -

12/22/11

Sioux City letter carriers adjust after mail center closure -

Detroit: 4th postal worker pleads guilty in kickback scheme -

Virtual Post Office (VPO) Growth -

Season of uncertainty: Local workers worry about future of postal service -

With cuts, towns could lose more than just mail -

Postal employee accused of setting up illegal Ecstasy shipment -

In a post-postal world, Christmas still delivers -

Postman continues wearing Santa suit, despite orders -

Cash-Strapped U.S. Postal Service Turns to Deliveries After Dark: Mail Carriers Nervous and Furious That Service Will Keep It That Way -

A Private Postal Service at Half the Price of Bulk Rate Mail -

12/21/11

Dutch postal reforms to eliminate Monday deliveries -

Postal Service Delivers Christmas Gift One Year Late -

Post Offices Open Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve -

PRC Annual Report to the President and Congress (PDF) -

USPS requests PRC continue 'pending' post office appeals - PRC rules to close Watson Post Office (PDF) -

Oregon: 20 post offices dropped from closure list -

Postal Workers Fight for Snail Mail -

The Political Impact of Tweets From Representatives Issa and Ross -

The Postal Ties That Bind -

Postal Santa tries to deliver on letter requests -

12/20/11

Exigency Rate Case Order Published (PDF) -

Oregonians Occupy Their Post Offices in Response to Threat of Rural Closures -

Long lines ahead at post office -

Bicyclist collides with parked USPS truck, suffers severe injuries -

The end of email? -

Week in Review: The Plot Thickens -

Holiday Message From the PMG -

12/19/11

U.S. Postal Service expecting busiest week of the year -

Social Media: What's in it for the Postal Service? -

Dear Sidewalk, a Romantic Comedy | Facebook -

Fewer Holiday Cards Sent Through the Mail -

Elderly Driver Crashes Into Clearwater Post Office -

Post Office Helps Last-Minute Rush -

Fixing the United States Postal Service -

LINK: PostOfficeFreak.com -

Wanted: New Postmaster General; Must Be Able to Kiss 535 Backsides Simultaneously -

VIDEO: America's Disappearing Post Offices -

12/18/11

Memphis: Trucks stuck for hours waiting to unload Christmas mail -

USPS carrier not allowed to deliver while wearing Santa suit after fellow carrier complains -

USPS Announces Green Ways to Send Greetings -

Cartoon - Post Office Cuts... Slower Service? 'But I thought we already sent our Christmas Cards. We did. These are for next year' (see December 14, 2011) -

Police Investigate Postal Service Manager Attack -

12/17/11

Postmaster Charles Laffey Retires After 34 Years With Postal Service -

VIDEO: The Postman @ 9:43PM -

NALC: Contract Talks Extended Until Jan. 20th, 2012 -

APWU: 'Dual Appointments' to end in January -

Postal Service gears up for crazy Monday with extra work on Sunday | USPS Gears Up for Busiest Days -

12/16/11

Holiday parcel business booms at cash-strapped Postal Service -

Akaka Introduces Postal Investment Act of 2011 -

Abilene approves $1.43 million to USPS to avoid closure of mail processing facility -

Deadline Today For Contract Talks Extension Between USPS and NALC -

Canada: Snail mail vital to entrepreneurs -

Postal center shutdown plan causes outrage -

It's busy season at the Postal Service -

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Too Big to Mail (It's like texting, with a pencil) -

Another JARAP? Are You Kidding Me? -

USPS: We can't pay retiree prepayment even if delayed -

Postal Service proceeds with first-class mail service standard change -

12/15/11

On the trail of snail mail: A first-class letter's trip -

USPS Changes Will Be A Mixed Bag for FedEx -

UPS delivering gifts via bicycles this holiday season -

Capital Constraints Should Worry USPS Employees, Unions and Management Associations -

Mail driver pepper sprayed, punched in face -

Letters: The Future of America's Post Offices -

Businesses fret about reliance on mail amid Postal Service cutbacks -

Postal Service 'crisis' overblown: 'Hyannis post office busier than Santa's elves' -

Postmaster Lowder to retire Wednesday -

12/14/11

Aspen Hill Post Office manager stops Christmas carolers, draws ire of local resident -

USPS to Simplify Pricing Policy That Offers 7,600 Domestic Options | OIG: Postal Service Pricing Strategy (PDF) -

APWU: House Republicans Attack Postal and Federal Retirement Benefits -

PA: 17 Carriers Put Off the Clock for 7PM Work Stoppage? -

Closing of Village Post Office Ok'd -

Cyberspace or USPS? How Will You Send Your Holiday Cards and Gifts? -

E-Mail Inventor: Use Technology to Overhaul USPS -

Austin: USPS Sells Downtown Post Office -

Postal Service's Future Beyond 2013 Cloudy Due to Severe Capital Constraints -

Delays in Restructuring Operating and Retail Networks Will Increase Red Ink; Delay Possible Early Retirements -

12/13/11

Coming Changes in USPS Health Benefits -

Post Office Closure Causing Backups -

Postmaster General Talks Sustainability in Durban While Promoting Junk Mail Back Home -

Postal Service won't go broke anytime soon -

Postage due: Direct-mail industry already addresses post office cutbacks -

Mail carrier helps save woman from burning home -

Dallas office workers want answers to missing mail mystery -

USPS hopes for another deferral on mandatory payment -

Longer Routes for Mail Carriers -

12/12/11

It's time to bring the US postal system into the 21st century (PDF) -

PRC Affirms Determination to Close West Elkton Post Office (PDF) | Affirms Determination to Close Village Station (PDF) -

Meriden carrier union leader still has hope for Postal Service -

Derry store's postal kiosk a 1st in New England -

The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise -

Senators: Building a 21st-century postal service -

Notes, Photos and Videos From the Dallas Area Mail Processing Study Public Meeting -

12/11/11

APWU Local President to the Public: Sorry for the lack of Service -

Week in Review: What a Mess -

E-Mail Isn't Killing the Postal Service -

Delayed Retirements, Rising Overtime Bedevil USPS Finances -

12/10/11

'Sixth Sense' solution could save 28K postal jobs -

DeFazio Counters USPS Closure Plans -

Does Marilyn Get Postal Mail? -

The Case for Consolidation: Overview of the Postal Service's Request for an Advisory Opinion -

Walk a mile in her shoes -

PMG Gives 'Green' Speech in South Africa -

Holiday Mail Rush Begins -

PMG and Postmaster Organization Presidents Agree to Re-open Pay Talks -

VIDEO: Dallas Public Meeting - Angry Postal Customer Tells District Manager What He Thinks -

VIDEO: The Good Wife: Wife of Dallas Letter Carrier Takes USPS Manager to Task Over Why Her Husband is Working in the Dark -

12/09/11

John Wiley Price, West Turn Up for Tense Forum on Fate of Dallas' Main Post Office -

UK: Postal worker Stephan Brooks caught stealing penis enlargement pills -

Large Group of Senate Democrats seeks to stop Postal Service cutbacks -

Saved: A complete list of post offices removed from RAOI -

70 grievances filed against Redondo Beach Post Office -

Chicago: Postal workers rally against proposed cuts -

Cash-strapped Postal Service paying millions for unused building -

The Public Be Damned: Using the Amtrak Script to Kill the Post Office -

12/08/11

Workers' comp reform has lawmakers crisscrossing partisan lines -

Postal cuts imperil holiday tradition: O little town of Bethlehem, your postmark soon may fade -

A long career of special deliveries -

Mother of man accused of shooting in Montgomery post office says her son had PTSD -

Postal Service Worker Injured After Pellet Gun Shooting in Manistee -

Poison pill for post offices -

Postal efficiency also requires quality service -

Retailers, small businesses brace for postal cuts -

Union warns of USPS 'death spiral' -

It's Imperative for USPS to Meet Delivery Standards -

Dallas: USPS Considering Contracting Out MVS Functions to HCR -

NALC: Contract Talks Extended Again (to Dec. 16th) -

12/07/11

US postal mail: Just a little bit s-l-o-w-e-r -

Postal Workers Behaving Badly -

Snail Mail May Arrive More Slowly. Will it Matter? -

Potential USPS changes could affect newspaper circulation -

Bulk-mailers fear proposed mail delays could hurt business -

Internet Killed the Postal Star -

Direct Mail: The Secret Weapon of Modern Political Campaigns -

Postal Pain Continues With First Class Mail Changes -

Room for Debate: How to Help the Post Office -

Postal mismanagement leads to D.C. closings -

12/06/11

USPS Closing Post Office That Costs Only $10 a Month to Rent -

Where's My Mailbox? -

NALC/USPS Contract Talks Extension Expires Dec. 7th -

PHOTO: Car hits letter carrier in LLV delivering mail in the dark last Saturday night (Facebook) -

Federal Times: The Postal Service's first class mail retreat -

The good, the bad, and the ugly: The Postal Service finds its own hired gun -

Netflix Prepared for Post Office Slowdown | Cutbacks Add New Light to Netflix Saga -

Four Postal Groups Request Withdrawal of Exigent Rate Case -

Alabama postal employee worked 4 years before arrest -

New Yorkers stamping feet over Postal Service's drastic cutback plans -

Corridore Says U.S. Postal Service Cuts to Hurt Economy -

12/05/11

Netflix will be doomed by USPS cuts -

Importance of PRC Appointments -

Postal union honors man who tried to keep post office open -

Precedent Provides Hints about how PRC Will Rule on USPS Service Changes -

House Dem calls for firing postmaster general; blames Obama, GOP Congress -

Arbitration between the USPS and NRLCA Begins Today -

Michelle Bachmann: Why the USPS May Need to Resort to Bake Sales -

Magazines Gird for USPS Nixing Saturday Delivery -

Week in Review: More news, more of the same -

12/04/11

Letter carrier Gina Feltz's retirement felt in downtown Portland community -

USPS to close 12 Capital Region Branches -

Postal Robberies May Be Connected -

USPS proposing to close post offices in the Capitol, Cannon House Office Building, and Rayburn House Office Building, and consolidate operations into the Longworth Building and Ford Building post offices -

What were you thinking, Mr. President? Obama nominates Hammond to the PRC -

Reports conflict over USPS freight truck advertising -

12/03/11

USPS in need of rural carriers in the Upstate -

Dallas Mayor and City Manager Write Letter to PMG About Loss of Dallas Postmark and Potential Closures | Meeting Notice (PDF) -

Postal workers aren't 'excess' to be jettisoned to cut costs -

Arthur Lee Darby Jr. Charged in Postal Shooting | Mail Handler Hired in 2007 -

President Names Tony Hammond to Postal Regulatory Commission -

12/02/11

FOIA: Voting Tallies of USPS Board of Governors (PDF) -

Lighted Promotions: Ads on USPS Trucks -

Promotional products company recommends mailing lighter-weight products to offset USPS rate hike -

Proposed USPS Kalispell closure plan draws a crowd -

Your ad here? -

Tulsans air concerns about center's proposed closing -

Postal worker robbed, locked in truck in Northwest D.C. -

Postal Retirement Q&A December 2011 by Roseanne Jefferson -

Screen Grab of Fake USPS Email Notice -

12/01/11

Spammers spoof USPS messages -

USPS promises to fix "unacceptable" flats processing delays -

700 USPS Jobs in Queens Jeopardized -

Newest VPO Opens in Missouri -

APWU-Supported Workers' Compensation Bill Passes House -

What a difference a day makes: The Postal Service slows down the mail -

Postal Service Will Introduce Parcel Lockers December 6 -

Retired postal worker opens sewing center -

Jeff Ward: Our Local Post Offices Aren't Delivering -

Obama Hears O'Brien's Pitch for Postal Jobs -

USPS Kicks Off Operation Santa in New York City -

Postal workers, patrons oppose closing Reno mail center -

December Audiobooks Review by Jonathan Lowe -

TOP NEWS STORIES

PRC Faults USPS Planning for Post Office Closings
12.27.2011 - The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has concluded the USPS used questionable data in determining post office closures, Federal Times reports. Postal officials are reviewing the PRC advisory opinion. - USPS regulators savage post office closure plan - Postal Service's closure review was flawed, panel says -

Congress Grants USPS 8-Month Reprieve on Prefunding Payment
12.19.2011 - The funding bill passed by Congress over the weekend grants the USPS an eight-month reprieve, giving the Postal Service until August to make a $5.5 billion payment to prefund retiree health benefits, reports the Washington Post. The bill also mandates continuation of six-day delivery. -

AP: Postal Service plant closures will be 'a mess'
12.10.2011 - "What's about to unfold in cities from Reno, Nevada, to Chicago will illustrate the complexity of cutting a work force protected by strong union contracts and shrinking operations dependent on intricate logistics," reports the Associated Press. John Zodrow, a former Postal Service arbitrator, believes "it's going to be a mess and its going to be a mess for a long time." -

NYT: The Junking of the Postal Service
12.04.2011 - Ian Lee, a historian of both the United States and Canadian postal services, believes the USPS is in the final stage of decaying into total irrelevance due in large part to the Postal Service becoming mainly a subsidized tool for mass mailers, reports the New York Times. And Hamilton Davis, executive director of the American Catalog Mailers Association, worries about the Post Office's signal-to-noise ratio: "If TV was all commercials no one would watch." -

USPS to Announce It Will No Longer Honor Standard for Next-Day Delivery of 1st Class Mail
12.02.2011 - According to CNN, the USPS will announce on Monday a cost-savings proposal that will change its national standard for First Class mail delivery. Postal officials say the changes will help make the mail processing system more efficient. - FOX News - Washington Post: 'Facing Bankruptcy' - TIME: USPS to Slow Delivery of First Class Mail - NALC: Reduced Delivery Standards Will Harm USPS - APWU: Plan Will Hasten Demise - CBS: Postal Service Confirms Cuts - USPS: Proposal to Change Service Standards Filed With PRC -

Postal Employee Opens Fire in Alabama Mail Processing Facility
12.02.2011 - A postal employee armed with several pistols opened fire in the mail processing room of the William Blount Post Office in Montgomery, Alabama, reports Boston.com. No one was injured and the suspect is in custody. - Police saved lives -

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