May 06, 2021
- Four Sentenced in Mail Theft Scheme Involving Stolen Checks, Driver’s Licenses – PEN
- Former Florida Mail Carrier Sentenced to Probation for Mail Theft – PEN
- Federal Indictment Returned in Bishopville Post Office and City Hall Arson – PEN
- Progressive ‘Postal Banking’ Proposal: A Solution in Search of a Problem
- Berger to Congress: Reject postal banking programs, empower CUs
- Residents living in 8th fastest growing county in US say US Postal Service is overwhelmed
- How the US Postal Service Is Using AI at the Edge to Improve Mail
- GAO questions sustainability of U.S. Postal Service
- eBay CEO Makes Case for USPS Reliability, Reduced Regulations
May 05, 2021
- Investigation underway into dumping of undelivered mail in Ferguson, MO – PEN
- Postal Service and NIKE, Inc. announce officially licensed footwear – PEN
- Postal Service to Issue Layoff Notices Later This Month
USPS declined to specify how many positions would be eliminated, but said it aims to offer impacted workers opportunities for reassignment. Also see: Final restructuring phase – Voluntary early retirement offers included - In small test of mail delivery, U.S. Postal Service delivered just 1 of 8 letters on time
- Amazon Work Rules Govern Tweets, Body Odor of Contract Drivers
- Detroit protest held over mail delivery struggles by postal service
- Forget Packages, USPS Is Tracking You
- OIG: Management Alert – Negotiated Service Agreement Price Tables Sent Unsecured to Vendors
May 04, 2021
- USPS opts for reduction in force for non-union employees in agency restructuring’s final phase
- RIF and VER Information: UPMA | NAPS
- Woman details sexual harassment at Corpus Christi postal facility
- Postal banking won’t deliver
- One Memphis community has not received single piece of mail in month
- Matt Gaetz says USPS ‘covert operations program’ is ‘classic government’
May 03, 2021
- Can the USPS Deliver a Major Reformation?
- Fraud in the mail – Scammers targeting unemployment benefits
- Memphis police cruiser, postal truck involved in crash
- ‘I chose a bad thing.’ Pasco High grad admits getting paid for mailed drug shipments
- OPM offers up details on new emergency paid leave for federal employees
- Do We Need Federal Unions?
May 02, 2021
- Former Pennsylvania Vice President of NALC Branch 274 Indicted on 10 Counts of Honest Services Wire Fraud and 10 Counts of Wire Fraud – PEN
- After slow holiday mail, postal service has hired 150 in New Hampshire but retention remains a concern
- Something didn’t seem right, so a postal worker stepped in to save a senior citizen from major scam
- Roughly 40% Of Post Offices Operate In The Red – Could Banking Offer Them A Way Out?
- 100 Years Ago: Postal clerks, carriers start carrying guns for protection
- $570M Emergency Leave Fund Now Available for Federal Employee Use
- New Pandemic Leave Fund Comes with Strings Attached
- New Emergency Paid Leave Benefit May Impact Your Federal Retirement Date
May 01, 2021
- Congressman Matt Gaetz Leads 9 Lawmakers in Push to Abolish USPIS’s “Internet Covert Operations Program” – PEN
- Postal Service to Move Erie Mail Processing Operations to Pittsburgh by November
- Suspect charged with armed robbery of United States Postal Service employee
- Amazon is spending big to take on UPS and FedEx
- Postal Inspectors Warn Veterans Of Scams Targeting Them
- OIG: International Election Mail Observations for the 2020 General and 2021 Georgia Senate Runoff Elections