Burrus Update Of significant concern to postal employees is a bill sponsored by Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), which includes both positive and negative features for the Postal Service: The “Post Act” (S. 3831) would correct in part the colossal policy blunder of requiring the Postal Service to pre-fund future healthcare liabilities. But the Post Act […]
A mail carrier from Fayetteville, Ga., pleaded guilty Tuesday to disclosing confidential information relating to a federal investigation. In June 2008, Randall T. Smith, 53, was a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service working in East Point, Ga. In that position and during an active federal criminal investigation, Smith disclosed sensitive and confidential information […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is known for delivering mail and packages throughout America, but did you know it is the largest contributor to the National Marrow Donor Program’s (NMDP) Be The Match Registry? Thousands of patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other life-threatening blood diseases need donor matches for a bone marrow or […]
The arrival of the holiday season brings with it thoughts of reflection, celebration and special times spent with family and friends. Traditionally, the end of the year also brings with it an increase in commerce and mailing activity. We are hopeful that will be true again this year as the economy and the Postal Service […]
Office of Public Affairs and Government Relations In October 2009, the Commission awarded a scoping contract to The Urban Institute to identify the array of benefits provided by the Postal Service that contribute to the social value of the post in the United States. The study was intended to identify possible metrics and methods for […]
DOUGLAS S. MARSHALL, of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, pro se. ELIZABETH A. SPECK, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent. With her on the brief were TONY WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and KENNETH M. DINTZER, Assistant Director. __________________________ MARSHALL v. USPS 2 […]
With about 1,200 murals and 200 sculptures in Post Offices nationwide, USPS is the custodian of the largest public art collection owned by any federal agency. The artwork was created from 1934-1943 during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal initiative. With the nation facing 25 percent unemployment in 1933, the New Deal sponsored several art […]
Press release from the Federal Bureau Of Investigation SANTA ANA, CA—Two brothers pleaded not guilty today to federal charges that allege they submitted bills that fraudulently sought hundreds of thousands of dollars from a government workers’ compensation program for supposedly transporting injured Postal Service employees to medical appointments that never took place. Roman “Mike” Aghajanyan, […]
A postal service worker was arrested Friday on a racketeering charge and 21 counts of petit theft after she lent United States Postal Service credit cards to friends and family members and accumulated more than $122,590 in fraudulent charges, according to county records. In a probable-cause affidavit, investigators reported that 43-year-old Patricia Hooks Gillyard of […]
El Cajon, CA, Letter Carrier Bill Kuehling was delivering mail during a record-setting heat wave this summer, when San Diego television reporter James Koh noticed how quickly he was moving. Then the reporter noticed Kuehling’s prosthesis. Recounting that meeting, Kuehling laughs at how the reporter rushed over and said, “You’re a much better story than […]