Postal Service IG Puts Retirement and Leave Benefits Under the Microscope
"... The reports will “reveal the ways in which the Postal Service could benefit from adopting the identified best practices” for its retirement and leave benefits programs, the inspector general said in the solicitations...." 
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Postal employees report late mail, more work
"... The U.S. Postal Service's earlier first-class mail pickup time went unnoticed for some, but those who say they were charged late fees on bill payments and had utilities shut off because of a late notice may have a different opinion. ..."
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Is there a pattern here? Three more post offices closing over "lease disputes"
"... Just as typically, the landlord reveals that the Postal Service really wasn’t interested in renewing the lease to begin with. This happens all the time. Over the past few days, three more cases have been reported in the media — in New Canaan, Connecticut; Aripeka, Florida, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The stories are strikingly similar...."
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UPS Won’t Insure Spouses Of Some Employees
"...UPS...expects the move, which applies to non-union U.S. workers only, to save about $60 million a year, said company spokesman Andy McGowan. ..."
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Could These Apps Save the Post Office?
"...Apple's Cards, Red Stamp, Postagram, Postcard on the Run, and my favorite, Postography, are some of the more popular apps in this space. ..."
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USPS Plan to Pull Out of Fed Health Benefits Could Cost Postal Workers
"...A recent bipartisan Senate proposal to overhaul the Postal Service included a provision to allow the agency to create an independent health care benefits system for its employees. It generally accepted the Postal Service’s proposals and included the plan to shift retirees’ benefits primarily to Medicare. The Senate bill is awaiting committee markup when Congress returns from recess in September. ..."
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Postal inspectors looking at job scheme
"... A U.S. postal inspector has started investigating a job scheme that appears to have used recruits to target post offices in the Grand Rapids area...."
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Senators Introduce Postal Reform Bill With Bipartisan Support
"...The reform act would allow the Postal Service to not offer new employees access to the Federal Employees Retirement System or contribute to their Thrift Savings Plan account. It would also give USPS authority to, in consultation with postal unions, create an independent health care benefits system ..."
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Post Office eyes alcohol deliveries to raise revenue
"..."There's a lot of money to be made in beer, wine and spirits," Donahoe said. "We'd like to be in that business." ..."
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How the Postal Service Is Being Gutted
"... Why would the USPS take such radical measures? The simple truth is that the postal service is a fundamentally sound business, though not without its challenges. If you look closely, you'll see a concerted campaign to drive USPS out of business, despite the fact that it operates without government subsidies and, potentially, at a profit. It's being subjected to a politically manufactured crisis in order to ram through drastic change. But without the USPS, citizens will face much higher costs without better service...."
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Postal service takes action on bulk mail delays
"... Bluebonnet Publishing’s Circulation Manager Ann Reeves confirmed more than 70 email-documented instances of delivery issues from customers...."
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Issa releases long-awaited postal reform legislation
"... In addition to a free hardship exemption, authorizes the Postal Service to create a program whereby mail reci
pients whose delivery would otherwise be converted to curbside or clusterbox could maintain door delivery for
a small annual fee...."
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Tough Economy Prompts Shipper to Add Surcharge
"... While these surcharges add to the shipping costs for customers who use FedEx services, customers of USPS continue to enjoy surcharge-free deliveries...."
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Police ID suspect accused of shooting motorist during series of carjackings in west Denver on Monday
"... The gunman then carjacked a U.S. Postal Service truck at West 24th Avenue and Julian Street, a police officer at that scene told 7NEWS. The postal worker was not harmed, police said...."
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Don't Expect The U.S. Post Office To Copy Britain's Royal Mail IPO
"... For perspective, the Post Office is more than 100% funded in its pension accounts, while the average large-cap company is funded at 80%–and just a fraction are 100% funded...."
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Audit: Postal Service overtime costs topped $3.5 billion last year
"...USPS officials agreed to pursue staffing plans and other steps to reduce reliance on overtime, but said that the inspector general “completely fails to understand an organization in transition.” The Postal Service is in the midst of consolidating more than 270 processing plants ..."
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An Update On The Valassis/USPS NSA
"...represents essentially a proprietary partnership between the U.S. Postal Service, a government-granted monopoly, and Valassis, a public company, designed expressly to attack the newspaper industry, this effort would not garner much attention. ..."
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USPS: A wholly owned subsidiary of Mailers Inc.
"... Postal reform, the PostCom way: The first three principles, presumably the most important given their place at the top of the list, directly attack the wages and benefits of postal workers: pull postal workers from their federal health care program, allow the Postal Service to offer a defined contribution retirement plan instead of FERS ..."
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Issa’s Draft Bill ‘Deeply Disturbing,’ APWU Says
"... A draft postal bill released by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) on June 13 would punish postal workers, privatize major portions of the USPS, and deprive the American people of vital services, said APWU President Cliff Guffey...."
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Rep. DeLauro to Introduce ‘Protect Overnight Delivery Act’
"... “The elimination of overnight delivery standards and consolidating processing facilities will have a disastrous impact on local and national unemployment,” Rep. DeLauro wrote. “The USPS is a major employer around the country and employs over 500,000 workers. With an unacceptably high unemployment rate, it would be particularly inopportune for the USPS to close these facilities...."
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Postal mix-up delays IRS payment
"... The same mix-up happened to five other people in the Spring Hill area, which prompted Drexler to issue a warning to his Hernando County neighbors: Be wary of sending important documents through the mail. It may be worth it to go the extra step to ensure the correspondence is protected. - See more at: http://hernandotoday.com/he/list/news/postal-mix-up-delays-irs-payment-20130612/#sthash.XYquZoay.dpuf..."
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Downtown post office closure leaves Northfield frustrated with USPS
"...The postal service has been trying to sell the building, leading to speculation and some concern about who might purchase it, and what use they have in mind. The city says purchase offers for the building have gone unanswered. ..."
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Dennis Carpenter accused of raping postal worker
"... The man who allegedly raped a young postal worker in Silver Spring last month was arrested Tuesday...."
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Quirky Kurbwatt electric postal van from 1980s surfaces on eBay
"...Originally built by Grumman, this Kurbwatt is one of 50 electric vans sold to the US Postal Service in Cupertino, CA, during the 1980s. There are three days left to bid, if a project car like this is up your alley. ..."
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Complaint outlines alleged plot to kill letter carrier
"...With a rifle, extra ammunition and lighter fluid, he hid in a treeline like a sniper to wait for the letter carrier to make her delivery. ..."
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Body in burning vehicle may be murdered San Jacinto County mail carrier
"... The victim is thought to be a female postal worker who was involved in a possible assault. The name and age of the postal worker are not being released at this time..."
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USPS has plans to cut Madison mail-handling jobs
"... The proposed cuts at the Madison processing center on Milwaukee Street would result in an increase of 24 clerk and handler jobs in Milwaukee, and an increase of 14 supervisor jobs, according to a limited summary. The net loss would be 16 non-management jobs...."
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Another Ricin Incident Hits Spokane
"... Preliminary lab tests indicated the presence of ricin on two suspicious letters in Spokane WA, the Postal Service told the APWU on May 15. ..."
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Louisiana sinkhole shatters calm, prompts buyouts on the bayou
"... The Romeros bought their home in 1991 as a getaway retreat, and moved in fulltime in 1996. “We decided we enjoyed it so much we wanted to retire here,” said Nick. For several years, the couple drove back and forth to jobs in Baton Rouge, some 50 miles away. Nick is retired from the U.S. Postal Service, and Brenda a retired loan closing manager...."
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What's up in the Heights? The Postal Service relocates a post office, forgets to tell anyone
"... for some reason, the Postal Service has not included this relocation in its discussions with city officials, and there hasn’t been an announcement about a public meeting or comment period. The Postal Service seems to be treating the Washington Bridge closure as a done deal. That’s because it is...."
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Canada Post claims exclusive use of the words "postal code"
"... Canada Post disagrees. The crown corporation now argues that the very term “postal code” is subject to a trademark owned by Canada Post. Anyone using the term “postal code,” therefore, does so at their own risk. ..."
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Former ricin suspect happy with vindication as probe continues
"...Did someone try to frame Elvis impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis by sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and other officials? ..."
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Man arrested for sending letter to Obama with poisonous substance; father tells The News he's shocked at son's involvement
"... The fact the scare resulting from the potentially deadly letters followed so soon after the Boston attack was eerily reminiscent of the anthrax mailings that came on the heels of 9/11...."
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Another Intercepted 'Ricin' Letter Sent to President Obama
"...both letters included the phrase: "To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance." Both were signed, "I am KC and I approve this message."..."
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Envelope sent to Roger Wicker tests positive for ricin
"...sorted at a Washington facility, USPS trucks it to a New Jersey irradiation facility operated by Sterigenics, a company known for its medical sterilization equipment. The Postal Service said it spends about $12 million annually on irradiation ..."
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No post office rush on tax day
"... But some taxpayers still prefer to file the old-fashioned way. They just have to remember they no longer have until midnight Monday to get the right postmark. ..."
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U.S. Postal Service Names McCann Creative Agency of Record
"...for an agency whose North American operations struggled for the past several years to make it into any new business pitches -- let alone actually manage to win one -- it's good news ..."
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Postal Service to close more than 50 mail-processing centers
"...The U.S. Postal Service announced on Wednesday that it would close more than 50 mail-processing centers this year, accelerating a consolidation plan ..."
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Postal Service Cuts Past Red Tape To Save Turtles In Trouble
"... Barrack contacted the South Florida Water Management District, which dispatched an inspector. The inspector verified that the pipe where the turtles were getting trapped did indeed belong to the U.S. Postal Service, which has a mail processing facility nearby...."
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GAO Says USPS Must Comply with Six-Day Provision
"... Through this interpretation, the USPS is legally compelled to “continue six-day delivery and rural delivery of mail at not less than the 1983 level. ..."
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