Marketers’ Digital Spending to Overtake Print for First Time Ever

Outsell Forecasts Advertising/Marketing Spending to Grow, But Only 1.2 Percent Burlingame, CA and London, UK—March 8, 2010—For the first time, spending on digital/online advertising and marketing will overtake print in 2010, according to new projections from Outsell, Inc. In an industry crossover event, companies will spend $119.6 billion on online and digital strategies, from search […]

South Carolina Man Sentenced For Burning Postal Van Carrying Mail

Columbia, South Carolina—- Acting United States Attorney Kevin F. McDonald stated today that Timothy Turner, age 25, of Westminster, South Carolina, was sentenced today in federal court in Anderson for maliciously destroying a vehicle carrying United States mail by means of fire, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(i). Senior United States […]

Louisiana Man Indicted For Assaulting Letter Carrier

March 11, 2010 CHRISTOPHER ISAAC, age 20, of Marrero, Louisiana, was charged in a one count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with Assault on a Federal Officer, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten. According to the indictment, ISAAC used a dangerous weapon to forcibly assault a United States Postal Service letter while the Postal […]

Postal Service Seeks To Change Classification of Some PO Boxes

Post Office Boxes Face Competition Postal Service Seeks Change in Service Classification WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today is filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to change the designation of some Post Office Boxes from monopoly to competitive designation – a move to allow greater flexibility to meet the needs of […]

Surgeon Tried to Get Easy Money in the Big Easy

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has investigated many fraudulent workers’ compensation claim cases. Most of these investigations involve postal employees scamming the system. But, employees aren’t the only ones who abuse the system. Sometimes, medical providers used by postal employees injured on the job, defraud and abuse the system. A few seek to take […]