WASHINGTON – Today, as postal losses surpassed $1 billion since the U.S. Senate passed its bipartisan bill to reform the U.S. Postal Service, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), co-author of the 21st Century Postal Service Act and chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the Postal Service, launched a new Facebook page – “Priority Fail” – […]
Ross Lead Effort to Keep Post Offices Open Washington – As you know, last year the United States Postal Service dramatically increased its attempts to close post offices around the country in order to help save the agency money, primarily those in rural areas. In fact, almost 200 postal facilities here in Arkansas were being […]
One Month after Senate Action, Sen. Carper Calls Attention to Deeper Postal Service Losses while House Delays Since the Senate passed a postal reform bill on April 25, the Postal Service has lost over $700 million; House Republican leaders propose delaying until July WASHINGTON – One month after the U.S. Senate passed its comprehensive, bipartisan […]
Senator Urges Postmaster General to Honor Senate Bill’s Provision Hold off on Montana Shutdowns (Washington, D.C.) – Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus blasts the Postmaster General today for plans to shut down the Kalispell area mail processing facility. Baucus is specifically calling out the United States Postal Service for ignoring his provisions in Postal […]
Lieberman Reacts to Postal Service Announcement WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Thursday issued the following statement in reaction to the U.S. Postal Service announcement that it would delay closing mail processing plants until 2013. “I appreciate that the Postal Service is moving forward with its downsizing in a […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following reaction to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service lost $3.2 billion in the second quarter of fiscal year 2012: “Today’s announcement that the U.S. Postal Service lost $3.2 billion in the second quarter […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Jay Rockefeller today issued the following statement on the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to reduce hours at 13,000 post offices nationwide, and almost 500 in West Virginia. “On its face, this move looks like an improvement over the previous proposal to flat out close 150 post offices in West Virginia,” said […]
BOSTON – A former United States Postal Inspection Service inspector was sentenced today in federal court for perjury and obstruction of justice. Joseph M. McGonagle, III, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Nathaniel M. Gorton to one year and one day in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release and a $4,000 […]
PR note: Debbie is a very talented individual. USPS did not post a photo to showcase her artwork. Hopes Her Pictures are Worth a Thousand Food Donations WALNUT CREEK, CA — As an artist, Letter Carrier Debbie Gruwell knows that a picture is worth a thousand words. She is hoping that her painted windows will […]
News Releases from the United States Attorney, Northern District of New York Martville, New York – Letter Carrier and Husband enter guilty pleas to making false statements and representations to obtain federal workers compensation benefits. Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York,announced today that TRACEY RAPONI, age 41, and […]