David Willis was convicted by a jury of soliciting murder using a facility of interstate commerce and promising payment, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 373; and using a facility of interstate commerce with the intent that murder for hire be committed, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958. The district court sentenced Willis to […]
It appears USPS Headquarters has developed a retail survey for PS-07 Lead Sales and Service Associates (LSSA) , Clerk Finance Station, and Window Service Technicians. Some concerns are being raised about this survey including a lack of Privacy Act notice on the website. From PostalReporter Reader (s) Some USPS managers are requiring all window clerks […]
APWU News A USPS myth was demolished at House hearing April 15 — a myth that serves as the Postal Service’s rationale for eliminating Saturday mail delivery. In response to questions by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Postmaster General John E. Potter admitted that predictions that the Postal Service would amass losses of $238 billion by […]
Columbia, South Carolina —- Acting United States Attorney Kevin F. McDonald stated today that Harry H. Higgins, age 52, of Greenville, South Carolina, was charged in a federal Indictment with misappropriation of postal funds, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1711. Higgins worked as a technician for the Spartanburg West Post Office, […]
From Governemnt Executive Rep. Darrell Issa, the ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform, went after the size of the federal workforce in general this morning at the opening of a hearing on the sorry financial state of the Postal Service. He claimed that the Postal Service has “more or less” a third […]
Hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia House of Representatives Mr. David C. Williams Inspector General United States Postal Service Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, thank you for asking for our testimony today. The Postal Service’s financial […]
Testimony of Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway, Postal Regulatory Commission Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia April 15, 2010 Chairman Towns, Chairman Lynch, Ranking Members Issa and Chaffetz and members of the Committee and Subcommittee, thank you […]
Good morning and thank you all for being here at this hearing, “Continuing to Deliver: An Examination of the Postal Service’s Current Financial Crisis and Its Future Viability.” We are here today to discuss the financial crisis facing the United States Postal Service and the unsustainable business model threatening its viability. For more than 200 […]
Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Thomas D. Oliver, age 48, of Louisville, Ohio, with theft of mail by a postal employee and unauthorized opening of mail by a postal employee. The Indictment alleges that from as […]
Acting United States Attorney Robert S. Cessar announced today, April 13, 2010, that Jason E. Svencer of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of theft of mail by a postal employee. The one-count indictment named Svencer, age 37, as the sole defendant. According to the indictment […]