Author: Lu

Dec 10th

AT&T Government Solutions Awarded $120 Million Contract Extension from the U.S. Postal Service

AT&T Will Provide Managed Network Services for the U.S. Postal Service Network Expansion Government Solutions has announced a $120-million contract extension to support U. S. Postal Service facilities across the country under the Postal Advanced Telecommunications Network (PATN) contract. Under terms of the agreement, AT&T will provide Managed Network Services such as IP address management, […]

Dec 9th

U.S. Postal Service Letter Carriers to Collect Food Dec. 12

Annual Holiday food drive to benefit local charities SANTA BARBARA, CA—Postal Service letter carriers will deliver more than mail on Saturday, Dec.12, 2009. With the help of residential Postal customers, and the support of the Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers Union, Postal employees in Goleta, Santa Barbara, Montecito and Carpinteria will […]

Dec 7th

House Passes Bill to Raise Funds for Endangered Species Through New Postage Stamp

WWF Praises Bipartisan Effort to Help Save Rhinos, Tigers and Other Endangered Species ? Washington, December 7, 2009 — World Wildlife Fund today applauded the passage of a House bill introduced by Representative Henry Brown (R-SC) that will raise funds to save endangered species around the world. The Multinational Species Conservation Fund’s Semipostal Stamp Act […]

Dec 3rd

Former Postal Employee Gets Prison for Stealing Stamps Worth Over $682,000

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced former postal employee Marvin Lamont Foster, age 55, of Rosedale, Maryland, today to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to steal from the United States Postal Service (USPS), announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod […]

Dec 3rd

Dead Tree Edition Blog Not Dead Yet

The Dead Tree Edition blog  is experiencing technical difficulties so readers will find the message from Google stating “The blog you were looking for was not found.” Here is the message Dead Tree Edition sent out yesterday: “For all of you who have been kind enough to link to my blog, Dead Tree Edition (http://deadtreeedition.blogspot.com/), […]

Dec 2nd

Avery Dennison and Stamps.com Debut Complete Internet Mailing and Shipping Solution

BREA, Calif., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Avery Dennison Office Products and Stamps.com unveiled the Desktop Postal Center as part of Avery’s Mailing Center service, a comprehensive set of tools and services for mailing and shipping needs. Together the Avery Dennison and Stamps.com alliance provides the most convenient and cost-effective postage solution for small businesses […]

Dec 2nd

APWU: USPS Fantasy Land

Burrus Update Only in the world of postal discount fantasy can anyone justify the accompanying chart. It shows that as USPS mail-processing work hours declined from 340 million in 2005 to 250 million in 2009, the postage discounts enjoyed by major mailers increased from 9.2 cents to 10.5 cents. This is contrary to every economic […]