January 15, 2022
- Postal Banking? – Maybe Not – USPS Pilot Test Brought In Just $35.70 – PEN
- Former DHS Acting IG Pleads Guilty In Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Government – was Also a Former USPS Office of Inspector General Employee – PEN
- Service Performance Holds Steady for All Mail Categories As USPS Addresses Multiple Operational Challenges – PEN
- Bakersfield Man Sentenced to Over 2 Years in Prison for Burglarizing 8 Post Offices – PEN
- Michigan teens attack postal worker at random
- Mail thief sentenced in Mobile after stealing nearly $300,000
- USPS reaches deal with APWU on pilot to package free at-home COVID-19 tests
- Free at-?home COVID-?19 tests- Ordering begins January 19
- USPS, USDS collaborate on new COVID-19 test website
January 14, 2022
- APWU: Biden Administration Taps USPS and Postal Workers for Distribution of COVID Test Kits – PEN
- Grand Jury Indicts Two in Investigation into Robbery and Assault of U.S. Postal Carrier – PEN
- How the Post Office Could Sabotage Biden’s Billion-Test Goal
- Postal workers at 43 facilities across the United States will build and label millions of COVID testing kits for mail delivery
- Supreme Court Releases USPS From Vaccine Mandate
- Postal Service Off the Hook for Vaccine-or-Test Mandate Following Supreme Court Ruling
- Postal service sets new record with help of dogged mail carrier workforce
- Both defendants in Longmont postal shooting set for trial
- OIG: Next Generation Delivery Vehicles – Contract Clauses
January 13, 2022
- New USPS board chair, previously nominated by President Trump, backs PMG DeJoy and urges Congress to approve reforms – PEN
- Iowa Letter Carrier Rescues Elderly Woman From Frigid Fall
- Woman found in yard twice by letter carrier; the second time she was dead
- Houston postal worker caught on camera singing with joy while delivering packages
- USPS Health Benefits Plan
- Thrift Savings Plan – Contribution limits increase this year
January 12, 2022
- POSTAL SERVICE REFORM ACT OF 2021 – SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT (PDF) – They Want To Take Away Your FEHB Health Insurance and Your Unions Support This
- Union Upset Alabama Amazon Plant’s Second Vote to Organize Will Be Conducted By Mail – there’s that vote by mail problem again
- The person who assaulted a mail carrier with the intent to steal mail and put the carrier’s life in jeopardy has committed a crime of violence
- Frustration builds in D.C. region over mail delays
- Mainers are going days without mail as COVID sickens postal staff
- COVID, staffing shortages to blame for mail delivery delays in Elmhurst, USPS says
- Uncertainty Continues on Discipline under Vaccine Mandate, Reentry to Worksites
- Postal Service to deliver COVID-19 test kits
- USPS Reveals More Stamps for 2022
- $50,000 reward offered in robbery of Mississippi post office
- Biden health team weighs new mask distribution plan
January 11, 2022
- PRC Asks USPS What the Future Holds for Their Recent Postal Banking Pilot and Why the Pilot Was Launched Without Prior PRC Review – PEN
- Audit Finds Surge in AWOL at Postal Service
- On eve of special election, congresswoman and elections supervisor scrutinize postal center that processes Florida’s Broward County mail ballots
- New USPS delivery vehicle a star at tech show
- Postal authorities investigating break-in at Texas post office
- Post Office Auctions $8 Million Worth of Mail Annually, Has No Idea What It’s Selling
- USPS Issues New Forever U.S. Flag Stamps
- Letter Carrier Starts Postal-Themed Shop on Etsy – PEN
- OIG: More Data Needed! – Could Operational Delays with International Outbound Packages be a Thing of the Past?
January 10, 2022
- Postal Service: Here’s the price tag for 100% EVs
- US Postal Service Says Vaccine Rules Could Slow Mail Deliveries
- Supreme Court Justices Voice Skepticism Over Federal Vaccine Mandates
- Hackers are mailing out USB drives infected with ransomware
- TSP Millionaire Count Crosses 100,000 Mark
- I will not comply with vaccine mandate for federal workers – It is ill-considered, is ineffective and legitimizes bureaucracy supremacy
January 9, 2022
- 8-years late mail delivery perplexes Backus mother and daughter
- The story of West Palm Beach’s murderous postmistress
- COVID positive museum workers in DC are afraid to call out sick, union president says
January 8, 2022
- As Postal Service Eyes Supreme Court on Vaccine Mandate, It Prepares to Help Send COVID-19 Tests to Americans
- NPMHU: USPS Issues Update to Isolation/Quarantine Policy, and Close Contact Tracing Program
- Fake Forever stamps are going around: What to know about USPS warning
- Soldier’s WWII Letter to Mother Delivered to His Widow 76 Years Later: ‘I’ll Be Seeing You Soon’
- FedEx Warns of Shipping Delays as Omicron Hurts Staffing Levels
- OIG: Unscheduled Leave – Absence Without Leave (AWOL) Status
January 7, 2022
- USPS Accepted More Than 13.2 Billion Mailpieces and Packages this Holiday Season with an Average Delivery Time of Less Than 3 Days – PEN
- Florida Postal Employee Arrested For Theft Of Mail – PEN
- Texas clinic owner sentenced in illegal kickback and money laundering scheme – Postal Employee Involved – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service says vaccine rules could slow mail deliveries
- Biden admin plans to have Postal Service mail 500M coronavirus at-home test kits amid surge
- USPS: Holiday preparations paid off, figures show
- Florida family receives packages postmarked in 1971
- White House not budging on OSHA vaccine mandate as Postal Service says mail could be affected
- Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in a stabbing of a Louisiana postal worker
- New Orleans neighbors say their checks were stolen from post office drop boxes, edited and cashed
- USPS asks for more time to implement vaccine mandate
- World War II soldier’s letter to mother delivered 76 years after it was sent
- 3 arrested after almost 600 Amazon packages dumped in Oklahoma
January 06, 2022
- Postal Service requests temporary exemption from Biden’s vaccine rule – “…requiring Postal Service workers to comply with the new rules “is likely to result in the loss of many employees — either by employees leaving or being disciplined.”
- $25,000 reward offered in Charlotte mail carrier robbery case
- U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors to Meet Jan. 12
- Several Postal Service price changes will take effect Sunday, Jan. 9
- Oversized future USPS delivery truck on display at CES in Las Vegas
- Postmaster General owed an apology by Maryland congressional delegation
- Self-made (TSP) millionaires club shows growth spurt
- 3 arrested in scheme to steal thousands of undelivered Amazon packages
January 05, 2022
- Biden’s PRC Chairman Elects Senate aide responsible for overseeing the development of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) As Vice Chairman of PRC – PEN
- How cybercriminals turn paper checks stolen from mailboxes into bitcoin
- Louisiana letter carrier stabbed on mail route
- Walmart to hire over 3,000 U.S. drivers as it expands home delivery
- Got a best age to retire in mind? If not, maybe you should!
- Colorado Woman Sentenced to 27 Months in Federal Prison for Postage Stamp Scheme
- Postal carrier, 2 others injured in an attack by 3 dogs in Monett, Mo.
- Man sentenced 18-40 years in prison for murder of retired Ann Arbor postal worker
January 04, 2022
- Mail truck catches fire in Orange County; USPS investigating
- Oklahoma thief hijacks hundreds of Amazon Christmas packages before they reach Postal Service
- Body of missing Toledo, OH mail carrier found
- Part of Buck Owens’ guitar stolen from post office recovered
- After They Piled Up At FedEx Dropboxes, Many CPS Students’ COVID-19 Tests Rendered ‘Invalid’
- Deputies investigating after almost 600 Amazon packages found dumped in Oklahoma County
January 03, 2022
- ‘It’s really shocking’ – San Antonio man captures mail carrier cursing at him on camera
- Neither rain, nor sleet, nor wildfire: Postal workers rally to resume delivery after Marshall fire
- Neighbors rescue stuck USPS van
- USPS: Calendar shows 2022 payroll schedule
- Want to review new ads for USPS?
- OIG: Top 10 Postal Stories of 2021
January 02, 2022
- Postal Service holiday delivery rate recovers from 2020
- Tennessee mailman accused of delivering the mail while intoxicated
- U.S. Postal Service must be more transparent
- USPS delivered 96.9% of shipments on time in weeks before Christmas
January 01, 2022
- USPS is getting hit by Omicron after it survived the holiday season by enlisting 185,000 new workers – 8,000 are in quarantine this week
- USPS delivered smooth holiday season, analysis shows
- Missing Ohio man was last seen leaving job at US post office
- Armed robbery postal employee lead police on chase from Detroit to New Baltimore
- The Reckless Push for Electric Vehicles at the U.S. Postal Service