Postal News - February 2011

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February 2011

2/28/11

Why Manilla is the Postal Service's Worst Nightmare -

OMB Not Testifying at Postal Hearing -

Who Represents the Administration on Postal Policy? -

Alberta post office closes -

West Lawn Post Office gets low-key send-off -

Mail carrier nominated as postal hero -

USPS Seeks Adult Signature Service, Seeks New Competitive Product -

APWU Members to Protest at White House on March 7th (PDF) -

2/27/11

Postal Retirement Q&A March 2011 (Special Edition) -

Venerable Westside post office closes, a victim of the Internet age -

Small towns mourn fast-closing post offices -

Letter carrier retires after 37 years -

It's My Job: Kenneth Simmons, carrier technician with Postal Service -

Somerville postman delivers big role in 'The Fighter' -

2/26/11

USPS: Should some Gary operations consolidate into South Bend? -

February A Record Month for USPS Consolidations -

Postal worker gets prison -

Post Offices Should Keep Downtown Presence -

Did newspapers burst the Postal Service's bubble wrap? -

Postal worker convicted of destroying mail on Capitol Heights route -

2/25/11

APWU: The Battle in Wisconsin: 'Are We Next?' -

USPS Posts $451M Loss for January 2011 (PDF) -

Choosing a Road for the Postal Service in the Digital Age -

Service Resumes for International Mail to Egypt -

USPS Carrier Crashes Through Cemetery Fence -

Wichita Falls: Local mail center will close -

'B.S.' called at Postal Service public hearing -

Dodging delays at the GJ Post Office -

2/24/11

Indictment in Henning Postal Murders -

The Postal Service Role in the Digital Age: Part 1 (PDF) -

APWU: Rank-and-File Bargaining Committee to Meet: But There is No Tentative Agreement, Union Says -

Rockford postal distribution consolidation studied -

Residents work to keep Gepp Post Office open -

Changes Planned for Unionville Post Office -

Halfway There: 50 Phase 1 FSS Machines Now in Operation -

Postal Problem: Huntsville Hammered by Mail Delays -

2/23/11

Postal worker suspect in assault on police officer (spit feces during a breath test) -

There's light at end of the USPS budget tunnel -

APWU: "Business as Usual" Isn't Good Enough, Guffey Tells National Officers -

Negotiating With the APWU is a Smart Business Decision -

How to protect yourself from mailbox theft -

Cancelled stamps: Like other communities, Orangeburg losing Automated Postal Center -

San Angelo: Postal carrier base to move -

Gainesville's postal distribution center is fighting possible relocation to Jacksonville -

Cash-Starved Postal Service May Buy Time With Obama Quick Fix -

2/22/11

USPS Goes Live With New Teradata Capabilities -

USPS pension puzzle -

Postal Service Brief in Workshare Discount Litigation (PDF) -

City of Tuscaloosa v. USPS (PDF) -

For Most Publishers, Snail-Mail Editions Still Beat Apps -

Mingo, Iowa: Small Town Fights To Save Post Office -

Foreign posts offer USPS lessons on modernising mail delivery -

How Congress Makes the US Less Competitive -

2/21/11

Lincoln Branch closes after 40 years -

Family fights for its daily mail -

Artist's son works to restore historic post office mural -

Will You Ever Be Able to Retire? -

Competing in Competitive Markets -

Rural post offices on notice in digital age -

2/20/11

Postal Service in Delaware: Overdue Mail -

Tweets from Congressman Dennis Ross and Possible Implications for Postal Unions -

2/19/11

Postal carrier is always upbeat -

Postal Service to consolidate E. Texas facilities -

Natchez: City proposes consolidating post offices -

2/18/11

Postal Service Price Adjustments Set for April 17 -

Former Fort Worth union leader accused of defrauding postal workers -

CHP officer and postal driver place each other under "citizen's arrest" -

APWU Stands in Solidarity With Embattled Workers -

Sources: Suspect confesses in Henning post office murders -

Coburn reintroduces bill to fire tax-delinquent federal workers -

Uncovering how questionable those big blue mailboxes are -

Dog owner admits misdemeanor in scuffle with mail carrier -

Tweets from Congressman Dennis Ross on the Postal Service -

Wisconsin is 'ground zero' for battle over unions -

2/17/11

USPS Discusses Possible Closure of Pomona Post Office -

Feds probe ties between shootout, USPS slayings -

Postal regulators seal branch's fate -

Hallmark and the USPS Launch Postage-Paid Greeting Cards -

The 'Bailout' Talk Has Begun. Or Has It? -

No changes planned for bypass mail in Alaska -

2/16/11

PRC: Congressional Budget Justification (PDF) -

PRC: Order Revising Postal Service Market Dominant Price Adjustments (PDF) -

GOP senator renews push for postal reform -

An interview with the Postal Service's inspector general -

USPS Included on new GAO high risk programs list (Page 44-48) (PDF) -

Postmasters ponder possible cuts -

USPS to Close Daytona's Main Office -

Las Cruces: Plan to study USPS consolidation unwelcome delivery for many -

Panel can't rule out other sources of deadly anthrax spores -

2/15/11

What do House Republicans Think About Budget Changes Relating to the Postal Service? -

Obama Hints at Changes to Postal Service Workforce (but budget includes usual language about maintaining six-day delivery) -

Albertville post office worker honored for 30 years of service -

Zanesville mail processing moving to Columbus -

2/14/11

APWU: Union Opposes Plans to Remove Bullet-Proof Glass at Some Retail Facilities -

White House Budget, Page 192: Provide Financial Relief to the USPS (PDF) -

Movement to Reinstate Mail Carriers Who Were Drinking on Job is Underway -

USPS payroll data updated on DataUniverse.com (current through January 2011) -

When is $600,000 more than $6,200,000 -

When Will the Fines End? -

What LSU's Actions Tells Us About Retail Postal Services -

Rural post offices put on notice in face of DIY digital age -

2/13/11

Story about postal service dispute riled many readers - Thanks to so many for all the kindnesses -

2/12/11

APWU: OSHA Fines USPS for 'Willful' Safety Violation: In Nashville, Faulty Dock Leveler Led to Serious Injury -

Priority murals at the P.O. -

Post office to move some processing to Kokomo from Muncie -

Questions surround postal distribution center's closure -

Congress Hears the Truth About Postal Service Finances -

2/11/11

5-Day Delivery: Maybe the PRC's Decision Is In the Mail -

Neighborhood's front-door mail delivery stops after pit bull attacks postal worker -

2/10/11

New Reagan Stamp Lets Fans Honor Him 'Forever' -

USPS 10-Q Quarter I 2011 Report (PDF) -

OSHA cites US Postal Service in Nashville -

Large Order from USPS: VITRONIC supplies 126 camera systems -

Gleaner carrier charged with mail theft -

Bangor's postmaster cleared of luring, admits to summaries -

2/09/11

Mail Carrier Tries to Get Job Back After Helping Boy -

Looks Like You Don't Have Mail -

New Canaan Postmaster Gets Stamp of Approval -

Packers items cause surge in postal volume -

Mail Carriers Work No Matter What the Weather -

2/08/11

Will Post Offices Become Obsolete? -

USPS spokesman insists expenses must be cut -

Reward For Info In Postal Worker's Killing Up to $100K -

Mail truck catches fire in Novi subdivision (fourth vehicle in the district to get stuck in the snow and catch fire) -

McNerney advocates for Stockton USPS workers -

Muncy postal worker retires after 25 years -

2/07/11

Former postal service mechanic admits using computer for child porn -

How Much Longer for Transaction Mail? -

Postal Tracking via GPS: Where the Mail Goes From London -

Order No. 666: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Mail Classification Schedule (PDF) - Mail Classification Schedule (PDF) -

Letter: A lot of nonsense on the front page -

Study Says 2016 Is The "Tipping Point" for eBill Usage -

NPMHU: Official Call For Bargaining Proposals -

Roadside rule leaves couple in postal cold -

2/05/11

USPS employees predict winner of Super Bowl -

Ex-postal worker admits mail theft -

Global Express Guaranteed Service to Egypt Suspended -

Postal Mortem -

Unbundling Postal Prices -

Lawyer says Brooklyn teen accused of snowball assault on mailman innocent -

2/04/11

Postal Workers Split $46.5 Million Lottery Prize -

NYC mail carrier pummeled with frozen snowballs -

Mail man saves a life on route -

This winter especially hard on letter carriers -

Printer Praises Postal Plant Consolidations -

Please, please Mr. Postman, it's been a long time -

Petaluma: The postal service and its process -

Moorhead woman campaigns to get new mail carrier -

In praise of snail mail -

Postal workers in Romulus win Mega Millions jackpot -

Northville postal carrier retires after 40 years on the job -

USPS Truck Involved in Chain Reaction Crash -

2/03/11

Senator Collins Introduces Federal Workers' Comp Reform -

The USPS and Six-Day Delivery: Issues for Congress (PDF) -

Postal Service 'AMPs' Up Facility Consolidations -

Springfield: 16 postal trucks stuck in the snow on Tuesday -

26 tubs of mail found in rural carrier's home -

2/02/11

APWU Urges Commission to Make Repeal of Pre-funding Mandate a Priority -

Braving the Cold -

USPS OIG: Fundamental Questions for the Future of the Postal Service (PDF) -

The World is Flat: New Flat-Rate Products Priced to Move International Shipments -

Portsmouth: Postal jobs under microscope - Augusta - Bowling Green -

-30 degree wind chill doesn't stop letter carriers -

National League of Postmasters Receives Proposal to Revise Salary Protection Provisions in the ELM -

2/01/11

Minneapolis woman charged in puppy-mailing attempt -

Dozens of RI mail carriers hurt this winter -

Homosassa postal worker faces charge of defrauding patrons -

USPS agrees 10-year extension for change-of-address service -

Santa Ana: Mail consolidation foes criticize plan -

We can't allow Postal Service to shrivel and die -

February Audiobooks Review by Jonathan Lowe -

Postal Retirement Q&A February 2011 -

TOP NEWS STORIES

Budget would provide short-term relief from USPS financial woes
"The president's budget proposal would return about $6.9 billion in FERS overpayments to the Postal Service over 30 years, including $550 million in fiscal 2011. USPS also would receive short-term relief from a 2006 requirement to prefund its retiree health benefits at about $5 billion annually. It is the only federal agency with that obligation." - APWU: White House Budget 'Recognizes Seriousness' of USPS Crisis - NALC: Proposed budget preserves six-day mail delivery and offers postal relief - Statement of USPS CFO - Obama budget proposes $11B break for Postal Service -

Postal IG details travel card waste, abuse
"One U.S. Postal Service employee used his official travel card to pay his mortgage and another charged more than 50 purchases at adult entertainment establishments, according to a new USPS inspector general report. The IG also found the agency failed to cancel travel cards for almost 2,500 former employees, including 53 listed as dead. In all, the IG found that 173 employees misused their cards by buying personal items and taking cash advances that had nothing to do with official travel." - Video: Postal Credit Cards Used for Adult Stuff - Postal Workers Buy Porn, Plane Tickets While USPS Drowns in Debt -

Postal Service Begins 2011 with Loss in First Quarter
"The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ended the first quarter of this fiscal year (Oct. 1 - Dec. 31, 2010) with a net loss of $329 million, compared to a net loss of $297 million for the same period in fiscal year 2010. Excluding the cost of prefunding future retiree healthcare benefits and noncash adjustments to the workers� compensation liability, the Postal Service would have had a net income of $226 million for the first quarter." - USPS warns of "default" on retiree health care payment - USPS warns of default as losses mount -

REDESIGNING USPS: Changes To Be Announced in Late March
"Donahoe, the Executive Leadership Team, and area and headquarters vice presidents are currently examining the existing organizational structure, recommending where USPS can be realigned to better match resources to workload. Decisions based on this review are scheduled to be announced by the end of March. This announcement - a major benchmark in the long-term redesign of the Postal Service - could include district closures, as well as changes in organizational structures at headquarters and in the field. The March announcement also could lead to a reduction in force (RIF) or voluntary early retirement (VER) for specific groups of employees." -

Obama Budget to address "major financial concerns" of USPS
"This morning, the chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission revealed that she had been told by White House officials that some assistance will come in the President's Budget for the 2012 fiscal year, which is due to be announced later this month. "I did have a meeting with representatives of the OMB in the White House," Ruth Goldway said at the Commission's latest open meeting, "who indicated to me... that there will be something in the President's Budget on February 14 that deals with major financial concerns in the Postal Service." (PostalMag note: Goldway says "pay attention when the budget is issued on February 14th.") -