The National League of Postmasters and NAPUS have jointly asked USPS Inspector General David Williams to investigate the 2009 Pay For Performance final core requirement ratings and goals. According to the organizations the investigation is based on “the failure of USPS to comply with the administrative rules of the PFP.” The organizations say they have […]
A former postal employee in Minto, N.D., charged with embezzling money has been sentenced to a year of probation and 75 hours of community service. Laura Satterlund, 34, has paid back nearly $4,900 to the U.S. Postal Service, according to minutes from Monday’s sentencing in federal court. Full story: Former Minto, N.D., postmaster sentenced for […]
Press Release from the U.S> Attorney for the District of Connecticut: August 11, 2010 David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN RYAN, 54, of Avon, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to two years of probation for misappropriating postal […]
From the National League of Postmasters: We are in receipt of a July 28, 2010, letter from Postal HQ stating effective immediately, all hiring, promotions and placement of non-bargaining employees at Headquarters, Areas and Districts are suspended until further notice. Selections received by COB 07/30/2010, will be processed by HR Shared Services but the postings […]
A Fort Gibson woman was charged late Monday with embezzling nearly $1,200 while employed as postmaster at the U.S. Post Office in Hulbert. Prosecutors allege Galvan converted money orders and cash totaling $1,199.84 to her own use between April 1 and July 20. An affidavit filed by Investigator David Hill states a money order for […]
Postal Service spokesman David Walton said [Verna] Naylor became the agency’s oldest employee following the June 30 retirement of Chester Reed, a 95-year-old mail handler and forklift operator in San Bernardino, Calif. Naylor had been postmaster in Bentonville [Ohio] since 1968, taking over the job from her husband, who died that year read strory via […]
From the Postmasters.org website: “Senator Akaka (D HI) and Congressman Gerald Connolly (D VA) have both introduced a bill that would add language to title 39 that puts into law that postmasters and other supervisory personnel shall have a reasonable and sustainable workload and schedule. These bills both address the unreasonable overload that the Postal […]
US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Colleen K. Mouw,age 52, of Elk Point, SD, appeared before US Magistrate Judge John E. Simko on March 25, and pled guilty to an Information that charged her with theft of government funds. The maximum penalty upon conviction is one year in prison and/or a $100,000 fine, plus […]
Issue:The Abusive Treatment Of Postmasters And The Inefficient And Ineffective Post Office Management Practices Of Upper Level USPS Managers Mr John Potter Postmaster General US Postal Service RM 10022 475 l’Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20260 Dear Mr. Potter, This letter will serve to inform you of our intention to take our Postmaster issues to […]
Robert Di Paolo appeals a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“MSPB” or “Board”) sustaining his demotion from the position of Postmaster to Supervisor in the Lincoln Post Office, Sacramento District, Pacific Area. The demotion was based on four charges: (1) inappropriate stamp purchases, (2) receipt of alcohol on postal property, (3) failure to […]