The following is PostalReporter’s summary of several cases related to the same issue: Darrell Coburn sued the United States Postal Service claiming that the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, was violated when records from the file on his administrative complaint of discrimination were disclosed internally to several management employees. USPS was seeking evidence of […]
According to the Court records: Mark Comerford is a male person, over the age of 50 residing in Colorado, but at the time of some of the acts complained of was residing within the area of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, in Manatee County. Comerford has been […]
A former California Postal Manager is attempting to circumvent the seniority provisions of the APWU National Agreement. The Postal Manager filed an appeal of the agency’s action removing her from the position of EAS-19 Manager Customer Services effective January 18, 2009. The parties entered into a settlement agreement disposing of the appeal, and the administrative […]
Press Release from the United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas (HOUSTON) – Former letter carrier Johnnie Harden Jr., 46, of Houston, has pleaded guilty to mail theft, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Harden was convicted today of mail theft by United States District Judge Nancy F. Atlas after pleading guilty […]
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to pay $11.6 million to a former Monroe woman and her son who were seriously injured in a collision caused by a postal worker four years ago in the Walton County city. The bulk of the money will go toward caring for the woman’s child, Anthony […]
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Grand Jury in Scranton has indicted Denise Miller, age 49, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, on two counts of intentionally obstructing and delaying mail coming into her possession as a postal employee in May 2010. According to United States Attorney Peter J. […]
The following is a modified version of the MSPB case: Based on the results of an investigation, USPS removed the appellant from his position as EAS-17 Supervisor, Distribution Operations, on a charge of failure to follow instructions – unauthorized purchases on his government credit card. USPS listed three specifications: (1) using his assigned government credit […]
WASHINGTON – California-based companies Quicksort Inc., Quicksort LA Inc. and Quicksort Sacramento Inc. have agreed to pay the United States $4.2 million to settle allegations that Quicksort violated the False Claims Act by falsely representing the level to which it had pre-sorted mailings in order to obtain discounted postage rates from the U.S. Postal Service, […]
After complaint filed Postmaster gets temporary assignment as USPS District Manager of Operations CARTHAGE — A federal court jury has awarded a U.S. Postal Service employee about $125,000 in back pay after finding that her full-time position was eliminated because of complaints that she was being discriminated against for being a woman. Roberta K. Faul […]
The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, requested information from the United States Postal Service under the Freedom of Information Act on September 10, 2008. APWU requested “the most recent Pay for Performance bonus and/or pay increases . . . contain[ing] the following information: finance number, last name, first name, middle initial, level, title, PFP lump-sum amount, PFP […]