February 28, 2021
- Chairwoman Maloney’s “Vote by Mail Tracking Act” To Be Included in H.R. 1 – PEN
- Tennessee farmer receives dead baby chicks in the mail
- Amber McReynolds, CEO of National Vote At Home Institute and Coalition, tapped for USPS board of governors
- Why Does The Post Office Have Over 600,000 Workers?
- USPS Warns Memphis Backlog Is Impacting Entire Air Network
- Philly postal worker held at gunpoint, made to drive so man could steal packages, police say
- Salvaged From 1941 Shipwreck, Letters Reveal Wartime Love and Sacrifice
February 27, 2021
- Former Postal Service Employees Among Eleven Individuals Charged in Conspiracy to Steal Credit Cards From the Mail – PEN
- Philadelphia Man Charged With Kidnapping and Robbery of Postal Workers – PEN
- United Airlines has agreed to pay over $49 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to fraud on postal service contracts for transportation of international mail
- Man Held Gun to Philly Postal Worker, Made Her Drive, Stole Packages, Police Say
- USPS Investigates More Than $100,000 Dollars In Mailed Checks Stolen By Scammers
- USPS Just Rolled Out Its New Duck-Shaped Vehicles – Here’s What Customers Think
- OIG: How Efficient is the Postal Service Peak Season Hiring Process?
- OIG: Stamps, Money Orders, and Cash – Los Angeles, CA, Barrington Station
February 26, 2021
- Postal Workers In Chicago Surprised To Learn Of Dismissal Due To ‘Lack Of Work’ Amid Continued Mail Delays – PEN
- Why USPS may need to keep Postmaster General Louis DeJoy – Democrats may have to choose between fixing Postal Service’s finances or getting rid of Louis DeJoy
- Biden’s Postal Board Nominees Unlikely to Spell Quick End to Postmaster General’s Tenure
- Just 10 percent of the new Postal Service fleet will be electric
- Lawmaker Seeks to Stop Postal Service Contract With Limited EVs
- NALC Updated: Recent letter carrier deaths from COVID-19 and other causes
February 25, 2021
- Statement of PMG Louis DeJoy Before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform – PEN
- Statement of USPS Board of Governors Chairman Ron Bloom Before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform – PEN
- USPS blames unprecedented volumes, fewer employees for mail delays since pandemic – PEN
- USPS’ DeJoy to Congress: ‘Get used to me’
- Videos and more: Committee on Oversight and Reform – Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal Service on Sustainable Financial Footing
- PMG commits to 10% of new delivery fleet as electric vehicles
- USPS 10-year plan looks to redefine ‘unachievable’ service standards
- USPS: Hand sanitizer, disposable face masks available
- $50K reward offered for information in assault on postal worker in San Francisco
- OIG: Misrouted Mail Within the U.S. Postal Service Network
February 24, 2021
- USPS Awards Contract to Launch Multi-Billion-Dollar Modernization of Postal Delivery Vehicle Fleet – The NGDV vehicles will include air conditioning and heating, improved ergonomics, and some of the most advanced vehicle technology — including 360-degree cameras, advanced braking and traction control, air bags, a front- and rear-collision avoidance system that includes visual, audio warning, and automatic braking. The vehicles will also have increased cargo capacity to maximize efficiency and better accommodate higher package volumes stemming from the growth of eCommerce. – PEN | USPS News Link – Video
- Proposals to Put the Postal Service on Sustainable Financial Footing
Committee on Oversight and Reform – Hearing live today at 10 AM E.T. - Postal Reform Effort to Focus on Financial Relief, Transparency
- USPS delays: Bronzeville building receives mail month and half late, South Shore residents still waiting
- OIG: Predicting the Unpredictable
February 23, 2021
- Former Michigan NALC President Sentenced to One Year Probation For Embezzlement of Union Funds – PEN
- NY letter carrier pleads guilty to dumping mail in wooded area – PEN
- Harrisburg, PA Man Sentenced To 18 Months’ Imprisonment For Stealing Thousands Of Dollars’ Worth Of Postage Stamps – PEN
- Parsons Corporation Awarded $600M Ceiling U.S. Postal Service Contract – PEN
- Fly flags at half-staff to honor COVID-19 victims
- NPMHU: Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) set at $416
- Amazon Alabama, union organizers at odds over ‘pay to quit’ bonuses
- A man claiming to be from the U.S. Postal Service pushed his way into a Bronx woman’s home Monday afternoon
- OIG: Payments to Contract Postal Unit and Village Post Office Suppliers
February 22, 2021
- Letter: Vaccination schedule leaves postal workers behind
- New York legislators are considering a bill that would prohibit mail order chicks within the state
- In 1914, a Grangeville girl was mailed to her grandmother in Lewiston
- White House claims they will deliver 6M vaccine doses delayed by winter storm this week
February 21, 2021
- More Long Lines At Chicago Post Offices, Complaints About Missing Mail Surface This Weekend – PEN
- USPS back on the roads after nationwide winter storms – PEN
- Kentucky mailman caught on video making snow angels in woman’s yard
- You don’t have mail! Clayton, MO residents missing almost two weeks’ worth
- Some Tri-State neighborhoods still covered in snow, extending mail delays
February 20, 2021
- Birmingham Man Pleads Guilty for Fraud on Fallen Police Officer’s Memorial Fund and Defrauding Customers of USPS – PEN
- Mail meant to go hundreds of miles ends up in local Ohio mailboxes – PEN
- Absentee ballots, among other mail, found in a Greenville, WI ditch
- Postal workers seek COVID vaccine as essential workers; they’re not on New York State eligibility list
- Postal Inspectors Investigate Mail Thefts, Assault With Vehicle
- NALC Rep: Today’s Postal Service doesn’t honor the significance of not showing up for work
- Video: Dog And Mail Carrier Are Friends
February 19, 2021
- Identity theft victim having issues sending certified letter to IRS – PEN
- Florida carrier tosses family’s package, breaks 2 scales inside
- $50,000 Reward Offered For Suspect Who Rammed U.S. Postal Inspectors In San Francisco
- USPS Injury compensation – Self-paced training offered in HERO
- Petition aims to remove post office’s mural depicting Black people picking cotton
- Missing medication, late bills: Chicago residents, politicians say enough is enough with U.S. Postal Service delays
February 18, 2021
- Company donates products that could ward off COVID to local postal workers awaiting vaccine eligibility
- DeJoy’s plan for USPS calls for rate hikes and slower deliveries
Duh! that’s the ONLY way to allow the service survive - How USPS Came to Overstate Its Pandemic Fallout
Ask letter carriers how the pandemic sent their parcel deliveries through the roof - New Jersey Woman Admits Possessing Stolen Mail – PEN
- USPS Should Nix Plan To Further Slow Mail Delivery – The Poor, Elderly, and Rural Americans Will Be Hit Hardest
- NPMHU President Endorsement of Resolution Prioritizing USPS COVID Vaccines
- USPS to block emails containing cardholder data
- We Asked 1,000 Investors Why They Believe Workhorse Deserves USPS Contract
- USPS subcontractor mail carrier sentenced for trashing bundles of League of Women voter guides addressed to households in Atlantic City and South Pass City
- OIG: Pandemic Volume and Revenue Projected Scenarios
February 17, 2021
- Federal agencies and states appear to disagree on who is responsible for vaccinating frontline federal workers
- Postal vehicle stolen in Yuma, officials looking for suspect
- Special postmark will mark Perseverance on Mars, if rover survives landing
- A reckoning comes for Postal dis-Service
- Zero-emission vehicles can help transform the Postal Service
Oh yeah – how’s that going to save USPS? - OIG: Voyager Card Transactions – Elizabeth, NJ, Post Office
- OIG: Timely Destruction
February 16, 2021
- Inspector General Report Shows Tens Of Thousands Of Pieces Of Delayed, Undelivered Mail In Chicago – “On average, 30% of employees just did not show up to work each day last summer” – PEN
- Mail carriers battling brutal cold weather to make deliveries – PEN
- Residential USPS Service Disruptions – PEN
- Due Diligence Not Just for First Contract, Postal IG Says
- Mail delays wreaking havoc with bill-paying
- Supervisors call on USPS to address ‘regrettable situation’ and ‘restore some retail postal operations’
- Video: USPS still seeing impacts of pandemic; needs more money to survive
February 15, 2021
- What proposed postal changes could mean for millions of American – PEN
- Congressman Hern introduces the Union Accountability Act – PEN
- Can Federal Unions Bargain Over Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations?
- Who did federal employees support with political donations in 2020 and how many millions did they donate?
February 14, 2021
- Cold weather face-off: Postal workers battle frigid temps – PEN
- Letter Carrier Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver in California
- “When he asked me for the money… I knew it was over’: USPIS warns romance scams on the rise
February 13, 2021
- Delayed Mail: Chicago letter carriers union asks for outside help to deliver mail – PEN
- Washington Post via CNN: Postmaster expected to consolidate first-class mail in anticipated slowdown
- Postmaster general’s new plan could include slower mail and postage hike
- Royal Mail: Postal worker’s ‘disgusting’ act after finding elderly woman lying in snow
- USPS Posts in the Black, Promises to Address Problems
- Wisconsin mail delay mystery includes missing absentee ballots
February 12, 2021
- USPS Suspends Door-To-Door Delivery On Street After Pit Bull Bites Mail Carrier – PEN
- Committee Announces Hearing with Postmaster General and Stakeholders on Legislative Proposals to Help USPS – PEN
- McKinley, Kaptur Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Restore Postal Service, Help Rural Communities – PEN
- USPS employees must follow Privacy Act – PEN
- Florida carrier caught on camera hitting mailbox, driving off
- USPS will rebuild the Minneapolis Minnehaha branch burned down by rioters
February 11, 2021
- Hartford Letter Carrier Involved in Cocaine Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 27 Months in Federal Prison – PEN
- Lost letter could cost Illinois man nearly $1 million in retirement – PEN
- Former Massachusetts Letter Carrier Indicted on Mail Theft Charge – PEN
- U.S. Post Office Blamed Short Staffing For Problems With Mail In Chicago, But One Man Says He Looked For Job Hoping To Help And Found Nothing
- Postal Volume Plummets Despite Surge In Ecommerce: Marketing Mail Takes A Hit
- Postal delays easing, but customers still complain of backlogs
- PMG DeJoy apologizes for Postal Service’s slow mail delivery
February 10, 2021
- PMG and CEO Louis DeJoy’s remarks from Feb. 9, 2021 open session meeting of the USPS Board of Governors – PEN
- Democrat Ron Bloom elected by Republican board members to be chair of USPS Board of Governors – PEN
- Aurora US Postal Service carrier robbed, truck stolen – PEN
- Under PMG DeJoy USPS Turns Profit During Busy Season, Says Transformational Changes Coming Soon
- ‘It’s Not My Job, It’s Their Job:’ Edison Park Residents Told No Postal Delivery Is Available, People Wanting Their Mail Have To Go To The Post Office
- Washington postal workers push for vaccine after outbreak in Kent facility
- USPS Board leadership – Elections held for chairman, vice chairman
- Statement of NALC President Fredric V. Rolando on Postal Service’s 2021 Q1 Financial Report
- OIG: How are Vehicle Accidents in Your Organization Being Reported to Management?
February 09, 2021
- ‘Our next chapter’ PMG talks service standards, plan for future – PEN
- Are changes coming to USPS? Board of Governors to meet Tuesday – PEN
- Postal Service Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2021 Results – PEN
- USPS swings to a profit as revenue rises, boosted by record holiday package deliveries
- Gumming up the works: yellow sticky notes on mail
- OIG: Due Diligence Still Due
February 08, 2021
- Biden eyes appointments to Postal board as counterbalance to Louis DeJoy
- In Alabama, Workers At Amazon Warehouse Are Poised For Union Vote
- Decades later, watch honoring postal service career returned to family who lost it
- OIG: Refunds of Permit Postage – Washington, D.C., Main Office Window
February 07, 2021
- NJ City postal workers call on state to elevate their COVID-19 vaccine eligibility
- Battle looms over future of the U.S. Postal Service
- ‘It’s costing people money:’ Mainers call on Postal Service to resolve delays
- UK: Pay Royal Mail postmen to deliver some TLC to elderly
February 06, 2021
- The Reckless Calls To Fire The Entire USPS Board of Governors
The law is clear, President Biden cannot fire the Postmaster General, only the Board of Governors is able to do that. - Michigan dealer discovers color-omitted error on 2019 U.S. Coral Reefs coil stamps
- Congress reintroduces USPS reform bill to eliminate pre-funding mandate
- OIG: Management Alert – Issues Submitting and Processing Change of Address Requests
February 05, 2021
- Almost 1,600 Postal Workers in DC Region Tested Positive for COVID-19; 7 Have Died
- Biden hopes to revive Trump plan to mail masks to Americans
- Experienced mail carriers prioritize safety over heroism when dealing with snow
- How your mail can be ‘seen’ by thieves before it even arrives
- PRC releases annual report (PDF)
- How Workhorse Has a Path to Its Postal Service Bid
February 04, 2021
- Missing Postal Employee Kierra Coles Disappearance: Woman in Video Played Nationwide Wasn’t Her, Mother Says – PEN
- Danielson, CT Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the USPS – PEN
- Proposal To Distribute Medical Masks Via The U.S. Postal Service – PEN
- USPS Board of Governors: We’re applying lessons from the election and the holiday season
- Amazon to pay $62M for stiffing drivers on tips
- United States Postal Service seeing staffing shortage – it’s DeJoy’s fault…right
- USPS creating dashboard to address performance data demands
- Late arrival: Data shows around 40% of first-class mail arrived on time in DMV in late December
- USPS committed to safe workplaces
February 03, 2021
- Senators Daines (R), Schatz (D) Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support USPS – PEN
- USPS Employee Sheldon Blackwell wins big on Wheel of Fortune
- USPS has three websites about COVID-19
- USPS apologizes for Milford landscaper’s massive mail delay
- Employee availability due to virus affecting Tahoe mail delivery
- GSA, USPS Offer Credentialing Services at U.S. Post Offices
- National Postal Mail Handlers Union National President Paul V. Hogrogian Statement Endorsing the USPS Fairness Act
- Amazon is testing Rivian electric delivery vans in Los Angeles | Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon CEO
February 02, 2021
- Former Nevada Postal Carrier Pleads Guilty To Stealing Mail – PEN
- Lawmakers Renew Bipartisan Push to End Much Maligned Payments Toward Future USPS Retiree Health Care | Lawmakers aim to dissolve ‘draconian’ law that placed heavy financial burden on Postal Service
- Mail, money stolen during break-in at Gloucester County post office
- Driver accused in fatal crash now charged with murder of 56-year-old Postal Service employee
- Postal Workers Union Pres. calls mail delays after holidays ‘unacceptable’
- Perpetrator caught on camera breaking into mailboxes
- What to do if you’re among the Chattanooga area residents having issues with the Postal Service
- NPMHU and USPS Sign MOU on Late Enrollment Exception for Health Benefits for MHAs
- Their mail carrier planned to retire and put his feet up, so a group of neighbors raised money to buy him a recliner
- Postal Service may expand international parcel, mail delivery services
- Amazon’s Former Delivery Guru Wants to Solve the ‘Middle Mile’
- OIG: Delivery Problems in the Granite State
February 01, 2021