If the Postal Service really wanted to get serious about selling things (other than stamps), it should market those wire-reinforced plastic mail tote boxes.It’s the best thing they’ve come up with this side of the Elvis stamp.You can’t buy anything half as good at the discount store, which offers smaller, flimsy plastic milk crates in […]
Former USPS CFO Michael Riley submitted testimony to PRC on behalf of NALC earlier this month. Former USPS Chief Financial Officer: Eliminating Saturday Delivery Is Not Necessary. Now USPS is requesting that Riley produced documents, analyses, data to support his assertions. Here is what USPS is requesting: Pursuant to rules 25 and 26 of the […]
U.S. National Park Sites Included WASHINGTON — From Dallas to Detroit, Nome to San Juan, and 115 national parks, memorials and historical sites in between, recycling mail at Post Offices has just gotten more convenient. With more than 10,000 locations across the country, nearly 50 percent more than last year, it’s even easier to be […]
“The Affordable Mail Alliance – a growing coalition of nearly 1,000 non-profits, Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, major trade associations, consumer groups, and citizens representing the vast majority of the mail sent in the United States – submitted further comments to the Postal Regulatory Commission yesterday. The comments focused on last week’s hearings at the […]
A new audit report from the Office Of Inspector General says that the USPS over-funded its FERS retirement obligations by $6.8 billion. The OIG reported several months ago that USPS overfunded its CSRS retirement obligations by $75 billion. Excerpts: Consistent with other retiree benefit obligations, the Postal Service is being unfairly burdened for its share […]
CORBIN — By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer John Henry Sears and Alyssia Lynn Adkins, U.S. Postal Service employees, have been charged in separate indictments with embezzling mail. Sears, who is scheduled for arraignment in U.S. District Court in London on Aug. 23, is charged on two counts. Adkins, who worked at the Heidrick, […]
A former postal employee in Minto, N.D., charged with embezzling money has been sentenced to a year of probation and 75 hours of community service. Laura Satterlund, 34, has paid back nearly $4,900 to the U.S. Postal Service, according to minutes from Monday’s sentencing in federal court. Full story: Former Minto, N.D., postmaster sentenced for […]
DAYTON, Ohio. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service with three alleged willful and six alleged serious violations at its Dayton, Ohio, processing center. The Postal Service faces a total of $225,000 in fines for electrical and equipment hazards following an OSHA inspection conducted in […]
The following is a letter submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission by the Envelope Manufacturers Association opposing the proposed rate increase: Re: Docket No. R2010-4, Rate Adjustment Request Due to Extraordinary or Exceptional Circumstances August 12, 2010 The purpose of this letter is to offer our comments on the above-mentioned request that is now before […]
CALCULATING BETTER SERVICE NEW TOOL TO MEASURE SERVICE DELIVERY How well is USPS doing to meet its service delivery commitments — internally and with its customers? With the new Service Delivery Calculator (SDC), the Postal Service will soon have more accurate and timely answers to this critical question. SDC is a tool USPS and its […]