Month: January 2010

Jan 11th

Netflix Announces Multiple Partners to Instantly Stream Movies and TV Episodes from Netflix to the TV

Funai, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba to Provide Netflix Ready Devices LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), the world’s largest online movie rental service, today announced agreements with five global consumer electronics companies that will introduce Netflix ready devices later this year. The partners include Funai, which distributes the Philips, Magnavox, Sylvania […]

Jan 10th

USPS Proposes New Standard For Mailing Replica Or Inert Explosive Devices

Some comments USPS received last year stated that banning ‘replica or inert explosive devices’ in the mail violated the Second Amendment. 39 CFR Part 111 Restricting the Mailing of Replica or Inert Explosive Devices ACTION: Proposed rule; revised. SUMMARY: The Postal Service proposes to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail […]

Jan 8th

OIG: Status Report on USPS Network Rationalization Initiatives

This report presents the results of our audit of Network Rationalization Initiatives (Project Number 09XR001EN000). This review is part of a series to evaluate the U. S. Postal Service’s Network Rationalization1 initiatives. Our objectives were to evaluate the Postal Service’s progress in streamlining the network since fiscal year (FY) 2005;and identify the key challenges in […]

Jan 8th

USPS Board of Governors Announce Agenda For Next Week's Closed Meetings

TIMES AND DATES: 3:30 p.m., Monday, January 11, 2010; and 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, January 12, 2010. PLACE: Newport Beach, California, at the Fairmont Hotel, 4500 MacArthur Boulevard. STATUS: (Closed) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Monday, January 11, at 3:30 p.m. (Closed) 1. Strategic Issues. 2. Financial Matters. 3. Pricing. 4. Personnel Matters and Compensation Issues. 5. […]

Jan 8th

California Postal Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement And Theft Charges

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that AUDRY MAE SIMMONS, 57, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement and theft charges before United States Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd. This case is the product of an investigation by the United States Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General. According to […]

Jan 5th

APWU: Workers In Small Post Offices, We Want To Hear From You

APWU News Postal employees in small offices whose hours have been reduced while managerial hours have been increased are being asked to complete and return a union-sponsored questionnaire [PDF] on the subject. Work-hours for part-time flexible clerks at many small offices have been slashed, APWU President William Burrus noted in a column in the January/February […]

Jan 5th

The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act: Overview and Issues for Congress

Congressional Research Service Report Summary President George W. Bush signed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA; P.L.109-435; 120 Stat. 3198) on December 20, 2006. The PAEA was the first broad revision of the 1970 statute that replaced the U.S. Post Office with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), a selfsupporting,independent agency of the executive branch. […]