Month: May 2010

May 7th

PRC: Witness List For May 12 Hearing In Sacramento To Consider USPS 5-Day Delivery

Witness List for the Postal Regulatory Commission Field Hearing Sacramento, California Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Panel 1Mury Salls Senior Vice President, DST Mailing Services/President, Major Mailers Association El Dorado Hills, CA Sharif M. Sleiman Director, Global Procurement, eBay, Inc. San Jose, CA Grady Hesters CEO, Audio Editions Auburn, CA Joe Ridout Consumer Services Manager, Consumer […]

May 6th

USPS Reports $1.6 Billion Net Loss For Second Quarter

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service will post a net loss of $1.9 billion on declining volumes of 88.1 billion pieces of mail for the six months ended March 31, 2010, further evidence that the Postal Service continues to face incredible challenges, Postmaster General John Potter said today. Potter reinforced the need for legislative and […]

May 6th

PRC: Witness List For May 10 Hearing To Consider USPS 5-Day Delivery

HEARING TO CONSIDER USPS 6-DAY TO 5-DAY DELIVERY INITIATIVE 2010 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA MAY 10, 2010 Witness List Panel 1: Tom Underkoffler, Director, Corporate Logistics, Medco Health Solutions Doug Bowen, Administrator/Central Graphics, Southwest Gas Corporation Arnie Goldstein, Postal Solutions, Inc. Panel 2:Yul Melonson, Las Vegas District Manager, U.S. Postal Service Omar Gonzales, Western Region Coordinator, […]

May 6th

U.S. Postal Service Reports $1.6 Billion Second Quarter Loss

The U.S. Postal Service, which has said it may lose $7 billion this year, narrowed its fiscal second quarter loss to $1.6 billion. The net loss in the quarter ended March 31 shrank from $1.9 billion a year earlier, the agency said today in Washington. Mail volume dropped 6.3 percent in the past six months, […]

May 5th

OSHA Fines USPS $217,000 for Safety Violations in Denver

Findings Occur Just Days After Citations Issued in Providence APWU Web News Five days after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued citations and fines of more than a half-million dollars to the Postal Service for safety hazards in Providence, RI, the agency charged the USPS in Denver with similar violations. The Postal Service […]

May 5th

Senators Introduce Legislation To Expand Vote By Mail

Washington, D.C. – Looking for ways to expand voter participation and reduce the growing cost of elections, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), John Kerry (D-Mass.), Thomas Carper (D-Del.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a package of bills today that would make it easier for states to institute the same […]

May 5th

USPS Resumes International Mail Service to Haiti

Support to Haiti Post Continues WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service resumed international mail service to the nation of Haiti today as efforts to restore limited postal services gain momentum in the wake of the devastating earthquake in January that destroyed much of Haiti Post’s infrastructure and service capacity. A temporary hold issued Jan. 15 […]

May 5th

PRC Chairman Goldway: USPS $238 Billion Loss Proclamation Is an Unsubstantiated Figure With No Connection to Reality

From Postcom.org: PRC Chair Ruth Goldway today told attendees of the IDEAlliance Print Distribution conference that the Postal Service’s proclamation that it will lose $238 billion over the next 10 years if nothing changes is an “unsubstantiated figure with no connection to reality.” Goldway said the USPS is presenting dire forecasts to scare Congress into […]

May 5th

Former Houston Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Use Of USPS Gas Credit Card

Press Release from The United States Attorney’s Office,Southern District of Texas (HOUSTON) – A former letter carrier has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the United States Postal Service (USPS) while on duty, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Indicted for theft of public money on March 4, 2010, Juan DeDios Vargas, 35, […]