Postal Service gets anemic response to EAS early retirement offer – Fedline - The Federal Times Blog - federal news, government operations, agency management, pay & benefits: The U.S. Postal Service may have its problems, but they evidently weren’t severe enough to persuade many supervisors and administrators to jump at an early retirement offer.
Out of 3,594 Executive and Administrative Schedule employees eligible for the package, just 186 signed up by the Nov. 19 deadline, according to Postal Service figures provided today.
November 27, 2012
Postal Service gets anemic response to EAS early retirement offer – Fedline - The Federal Times Blog - federal news, government operations, agency management, pay & benefits
Postal Service gets anemic response to EAS early retirement offer – Fedline - The Federal Times Blog - federal news, government operations, agency management, pay & benefits: The U.S. Postal Service may have its problems, but they evidently weren’t severe enough to persuade many supervisors and administrators to jump at an early retirement offer.
Out of 3,594 Executive and Administrative Schedule employees eligible for the package, just 186 signed up by the Nov. 19 deadline, according to Postal Service figures provided today.
Out of 3,594 Executive and Administrative Schedule employees eligible for the package, just 186 signed up by the Nov. 19 deadline, according to Postal Service figures provided today.
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USPS Could Save $1 Billion By Combining Delivery Operations, Study Says
Dead Tree Edition - The U.S. Postal Service could save about $1 billion annually by closing nearly 10,000 postal facilities that house both retail and carrier functions, according to a study released today. A plan presented by the USPS’s Office of Inspector General would mean fewer clerks and postmasters but increased labor costs for letter carriers. "These consolidations [would] reduce facility space costs by $817 million and support labor costs by $566 million, but they also come with additional carrier travel costs of $374 million to obtain the net cost reduction of $1 billion.”
USPS Could Save $1 Billion By Combining Delivery Operations, Study Says
USPS Could Save $1 Billion By Combining Delivery Operations, Study Says
August 14, 2012
New Hampshire House speaker says mailings aren't reaching voters
Republican House Speaker Bill O’Brien is leveling serious charges against New Hampshire’s unionized postal workers that some are calling paranoid and ridiculous.
O’Brien took to Facebook on Monday night to accuse post office employees of delaying and withholding mailers he is trying to send to voters.
“My sense is that there will come a time right before November 6 in this election cycle, or perhaps even before the primary, when the unionized postal employees will just stop delivering my mail entirely, cutting me off from having an effective conversation with my constituents,” O’Brien wrote on Facebook.
via O’Brien accuses postal service of delaying mailings | Politics – WMUR Home.
7 More Reasons the GOP Might Be Starving USPS of Cash
Exactly why House Republican leaders chose not to act on any postal reform legislation before autumn is still a bit of a mystery. But last week’s Dead Tree Edition article on the subject (See 7 Reasons the GOP Might Be Starving USPS of Cash) stirred up plenty of theories and heated comments from all parts of the political spectrum.
via Dead Tree Edition: 7 More Reasons the GOP Might Be Starving USPS of Cash.
What can Brown do for you? Congressman Ryan's UPS Express
Save The Post Office Congressman Paul Ryan, who may be our next Vice President, hasn’t had much to say about the U.S. Postal Service.
He has a statement on his website about the agency’s financial problems, but it basically just nutshells the bills put forward by Darrell Issa and Stephen Lynch. The only thing of substance in the statement is Ryan’s rejection of the claim that the Postal Service has overpaid $50 to $75 billion into the CSRS pension fund.
Ryan has come out in favor of selling government property, which would presumably include the sale of post offices, and he advocates including government entities like the Postal Service in the federal budget. Ryan also sponsored a bill naming a post office for Congressman Les Aspin (1938-1995), who represented Ryan’s district in Wisconsin from 1971 to 1993.
Burglars hit New Woodstock Post Office
Burglars hit New Woodstock Post Office
Sometime during the night, one or more people tried breaking into the building, police say. The postmaster notified Madison County 911 Center at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday about the attempt.Police are withholding further details because of the ongoing investigation.
Madison County sheriff’s deputies, investigators and crime scene technicians, as well as the U.S. Postal inspectors from Syracuse have interviewed staff members and and neighbors, photographed the scene and lifted fingerprints.
Post office employees are taking inventory and reviewing records for possible missing items.
July 28, 2012
Maryland man planned mass shooting at Pitney Bowes Mail Facility, called himself "Joker"
Police: Maryland man planned mass shooting, called himself 'Joker'
A Crofton man repeatedly threatened to “blow everybody up” at his former workplace and declared himself a “joker,” according to Prince George’s County police — in what authorities believe is a reference to last week’s mass murder during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colo.
A Crofton man repeatedly threatened to “blow everybody up” at his former workplace and declared himself a “joker,” according to Prince George’s County police — in what authorities believe is a reference to last week’s mass murder during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colo.
July 20, 2012
Mailbox rivals complain at "unfair" USPS PO Box service upgrades
Dozens of private sector operators of retail mailing and shipping stores in the US have complained to regulators about US Postal Service plans to offer enhanced PO Box services in post offices. At least 40 operators, including a number of The UPS Store franchisees, filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission today as part of a complaints process regarding new USPS PO Box services introduced since 22nd January this year.
Mailbox rivals complain at "unfair" USPS PO Box service upgrades - Postal and Parcel
Mailbox rivals complain at "unfair" USPS PO Box service upgrades - Postal and Parcel
July 17, 2012
Postal carrier injured in Belltown hit-and-run
Postal carrier injured in Belltown hit-and-run
A Seattle letter carrier was transported to Harborview Medical Center after his leg got trapped between two vehicles in the 2200 block of 2nd Avenue in Belltown on Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened shortly before 3 p.m. The mail carrier's van was parked in front of a Mazda car and the carrier was standing at the back of his van in between the two vehicles. When the suspect struck the Mazda, it was pushed forward into the back of the postal van and pinned the carrier between the two cars. The suspect then backed up and fled the scene.
A Seattle letter carrier was transported to Harborview Medical Center after his leg got trapped between two vehicles in the 2200 block of 2nd Avenue in Belltown on Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened shortly before 3 p.m. The mail carrier's van was parked in front of a Mazda car and the carrier was standing at the back of his van in between the two vehicles. When the suspect struck the Mazda, it was pushed forward into the back of the postal van and pinned the carrier between the two cars. The suspect then backed up and fled the scene.
July 15, 2012
Editorial: Congress’ inaction on Postal Service default disgraceful
Federal Times - Barring some unexpected intervention from Congress, the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service will default on Aug. 1, when it fails to pay $5.5 billion into a retiree health care fund, which is required under law.
Two months later, on Sept. 30, the Postal Service is likely to default again, this time on a $5.6 billion payment to the same fund.
It’s a monumental failure — but it’s Congress, not the Postal Service, that should be ashamed.
July 11, 2012
USPS reform triggers changes in postmaster jobs
USPS reform triggers changes in postmaster jobs - Choteau Acantha: News: The fallout from the latest postal reform proposal has started in the region with at least three rural postmasters set to retire or resign on …
USPS plans to cut rural post office hours in 2014
USPS plans to cut rural post office hours in 2014 - Choteau Acantha: News: Postmasters in the region have been counseled to refrain from talking to the media about the POStPlan, but retired Livingston Postmaster Earline “set is under no such restriction. She was in Choteau recently for a postmaster’s convention and is the president of the retirees” division of NAPUS, the National Association of Postmasters of the United States.
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PMG: Patrick R. Donahoe on Post Office Closings
The Senate passed legislation this week to preserve post office services as the agency faces financial problems. The 37th Postmaster General, Patrick R. Donahoe, joins us this week on Newsmakers.
He discusses the Senates bill, if and when it will move forward in the House and changes the agency plans to make in the future with regards to consolidation of post offices. He also talks about an array of options for restructuring the national mail system, which is losing $25 million per day.
Our guest reporters are Bernie Becker of The Hill and Michelle Jamrisko of Bloomberg News.
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to postpone for one year the Postal Service’s own plan to save money by closing 3,700 post offices and consolidating hundreds of processing centers. The bipartisan Senate bill aims to save money through early retirements of some 100,000 employees, and it would restructure the USPS health care benefit system.
The House has not yet acted, and most Democrats there oppose a proposal by Rep. Darrell Issa for a commission that would close many post offices and processing centers.
The Postmaster General says he needs to cut $22 billion in operating costs by 2016. His plan calls for ending Saturday mail service, overnight mail, and shutting many post offices.
Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe on Newsmakers | C-SPAN
He discusses the Senates bill, if and when it will move forward in the House and changes the agency plans to make in the future with regards to consolidation of post offices. He also talks about an array of options for restructuring the national mail system, which is losing $25 million per day.
Our guest reporters are Bernie Becker of The Hill and Michelle Jamrisko of Bloomberg News.
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to postpone for one year the Postal Service’s own plan to save money by closing 3,700 post offices and consolidating hundreds of processing centers. The bipartisan Senate bill aims to save money through early retirements of some 100,000 employees, and it would restructure the USPS health care benefit system.
The House has not yet acted, and most Democrats there oppose a proposal by Rep. Darrell Issa for a commission that would close many post offices and processing centers.
The Postmaster General says he needs to cut $22 billion in operating costs by 2016. His plan calls for ending Saturday mail service, overnight mail, and shutting many post offices.
Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe on Newsmakers | C-SPAN
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Shut Out at the National Postal Forum
Orlando – The theme of this year’s National Postal Forum here at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center is innovation and technology. There’s even an Innovation & Technology Pavilion inside the exhibit hall. The first session I went to this morning was called, “Innovations in Technology & Delivering Product Information,” but when I reached the session room I was told there was no room.
Many others wanting to attend this session on mailing innovations and technology were also shut out of the session. When I tried going to another session at the same time that too was “sold out” with standing room only. One attendee said: “I didn’t pay $800 to come down here and get shut out of these sessions.”
It was an overly packed house for Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s opening session today, but there were no warnings of the breakout sessions being overcrowded. Attendees are arriving early for these sessions, I was told, so I’ll need to arrive plenty early to get a seat in the afternoon sessions I hope to attend.
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Many others wanting to attend this session on mailing innovations and technology were also shut out of the session. When I tried going to another session at the same time that too was “sold out” with standing room only. One attendee said: “I didn’t pay $800 to come down here and get shut out of these sessions.”
It was an overly packed house for Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s opening session today, but there were no warnings of the breakout sessions being overcrowded. Attendees are arriving early for these sessions, I was told, so I’ll need to arrive plenty early to get a seat in the afternoon sessions I hope to attend.
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Transguardian: FedEx and UPS Invoice Shock? Use USPS Instead!
Transguardian: FedEx and UPS Invoice Shock? Use USPS Instead!
TransGuardian President Jim Moseley Speaks at National Postal Forum
March 31, 2012
Eagle Rock, MO postmaster facing federal charges for alleged robbery plot
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – David M. Ketchmark, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the Eagle Rock, Mo., Postmaster was charged in federal court today in connection with conspiring to rob or burglarize a convenience store. Michael Joe Stubblefield, 48, of Cassville, Mo., was charged by complaint with conspiring to interfere with interstate commerce by threats or violence in connection with planning an alleged robbery of Uncle Roy’s convenience store in Eagle Rock. According to an affidavit supporting the complaint, on multiple occasions, Stubblefield met with confidential informants, who were cooperating with law enforcement, for the purpose of coordinating a staged robbery or burglary at Uncle Roy’s Convenience Store by utilizing an employee’s access information to gain entry after the store was closed. When that employee was terminated from the store, the affidavit states, Stubblefield abandoned the plan of a staged robbery and turned his attention toward a possible take-over robbery. Ketchmark cautioned that the charges contained in the complaint and affidavit are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence. This case is being prosecuted by Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Oliver and Assistant U.S. Attorney James Kelleher. It was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Postal Service– Office of Inspector General, and the Barry County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department.
see more news at PostalReporter.com
see more news at PostalReporter.com
March 30, 2012
Georgia Woman Stole ID to Obtain U.S. Citizenship and Get USPS Job As Mail Carrier
Georgia Woman Stole ID to Obtain U.S. Citizenship and Get USPS Job As Mail Carrier
Mail Carrier Obtained U.S. Citizenship Under Stolen Identity and Then Stole Identities of Over 85 Victims on Her Mail Route
Mail Carrier Obtained U.S. Citizenship Under Stolen Identity and Then Stole Identities of Over 85 Victims on Her Mail Route
U.S. Postal Service Plans to Allow Mailer Logos and Marks on Permit Indicia
U.S. Postal Service Plans to Allow Mailer Logos and Marks on Permit Indicia
The U.S. Postal Service is planning to revise its mailing standards and has recently filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission to allow commercial mailers to include logos, trademarks, brand images or other kinds of marketing designs in the permit imprint indicia area of their mail
The U.S. Postal Service is planning to revise its mailing standards and has recently filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission to allow commercial mailers to include logos, trademarks, brand images or other kinds of marketing designs in the permit imprint indicia area of their mail
March 23, 2012
Kansas Acting Postmaster indicted for money order fraud
ARGONIA, Kansas -- Tamara S. Dresser, 39, is charged with one count of issuing postal money orders without payment while she was the Officer-In-Charge of the Argonia Post Office, and one count of making false entries in the postal service's computer system. The crimes are alleged to have occurred from November 2011 to February 2012 in Sumner County. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of five years without parole in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of issuing money orders without payment and a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of making false entries in the computer system.
Argonia postal official charged
Argonia postal official charged
March 22, 2012
Maryland Senator Puts Hold on Postal Legislation in Objection to Flawed USPS Consolidation Plan
Maryland Senator Puts Hold on Postal Legislation in Objection to Flawed USPS Consolidation Plan
U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) announced today that she has placed a hold on Senate consideration of postal legislation as a result of the United States Postal Office's (USPS) lack of public input or transparency in the possible closure of the Easton Mail Processing Center
U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) announced today that she has placed a hold on Senate consideration of postal legislation as a result of the United States Postal Office's (USPS) lack of public input or transparency in the possible closure of the Easton Mail Processing Center
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A Stunning Admission: USPS Hasn’t Considered Combined Effect of Proposed Changes
A Stunning Admission: USPS Hasn’t Considered Combined Effect of Proposed Changes
In a document [PDF] filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), the Postal Service declared that it “has conducted no ‘combined impact’ analysis” of the proposals. The USPS filed the document in response to an APWU motion that sought to compel the Postal Service to provide testimony about how it weighed the cumulative effect of the pending changes.
In a document [PDF] filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), the Postal Service declared that it “has conducted no ‘combined impact’ analysis” of the proposals. The USPS filed the document in response to an APWU motion that sought to compel the Postal Service to provide testimony about how it weighed the cumulative effect of the pending changes.
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Postal Service may RIF up to 2,000; buyouts, early outs also expected - FederalTimes.com
Postal Service may RIF up to 2,000; buyouts, early outs also expected - FederalTimes.comSo far, USPS officials have acknowledged they are considering a voluntary early retirement program. But Louis Atkins, president of the National Association of Postal Supervisors, said Friday that he expected the agency to offer buyouts and early retirements within the next month to bargaining unit and white-collar employees.
In general, Atkins said, the offers will be restricted to employees working in processing plants, post offices or other positions. He had no details on the scope of the buyout package, but said that eligibility for early retirement would be limited to employees of any age with a minimum of 25 years service or are at least age 50 with 20 years service. In each category, employees would see a 2 percent reduction in their expected pensions for each year they are under age 55 or 30 years of experience, Atkins said. see more at PostalReporter.com
In general, Atkins said, the offers will be restricted to employees working in processing plants, post offices or other positions. He had no details on the scope of the buyout package, but said that eligibility for early retirement would be limited to employees of any age with a minimum of 25 years service or are at least age 50 with 20 years service. In each category, employees would see a 2 percent reduction in their expected pensions for each year they are under age 55 or 30 years of experience, Atkins said. see more at PostalReporter.com
March 04, 2012
How long does USPS take to ship to Canada? « IBEROSTAR …
How long does USPS take to ship to Canada? « IBEROSTAR …I ordered a Nike ID product on August 29 and it was made and shipped to Florida in about 3 weeks, on September 20. On September 22, after it arrived in Florida, it was shipped to Canada via USPS, the cheapest ground shipping way. My Nike ID package still has not arrived, and when I log on to the tracking website, it only says that it was accepted in Florida. I’m getting really worried that USPS lost my order! Help!!
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