Greenbelt, Maryland – Virgil E. Ball, age 59, of Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement from the U.S. Postal Service. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent in Charge Paul Bowman of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, Capital […]
Press Release from the Office of Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) July 13, 2012 Congressman blasts Postal Service for refusing to solicit required community input Ackerman also expresses opposition to the plan U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Queens/L.I.) announced today that he has sent a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe strongly opposing the proposed closing […]
From the National Association of Postmasters of the United States (NAPUS) Apparently, the House Republican leadership has thrown in the towel in attempting to bring up H.R. 2309, the Issa-Ross postal bill, prior to the summer recess. (The summer recess extends from August 4 through September 9.) Depending on who you ask, the following reasons […]
Update: Rep. Dennis Ross responds to Burrus via Twitter: @postalreporter not truthful or fair. Chairman Issa does not control when or if a bill comes to the floor. — Dennis Ross (@RepDennisRoss) July 15, 2012 A Subtle Shift After all of the grandstanding, Congressman Darryl Issa has chickened out on his threat to impose draconian […]
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) –Residents in west Fort Worth notified the United States Postal Service Thursday of what appeared to be a phishing scam set up at a neighborhood mailbox. The scam is an example of a crime that, according to the local postal inspector, has resulted in 30 arrests across the metroplex, since […]
APWU Web News Article 82-2012, July 13, 2012 The National Postal Professional Nurses/American Postal Workers Union met with the Postal Service on July 11 in the opening round of contract negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The current agreement, the result of the Goldberg Interest Arbitration panel, is due to expire on Aug. 10, […]
On May 15, 2002, Congress enacted the “Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002,” which is now known as the No FEAR Act. Under Section 202 of the Act, all federal agencies, including the Postal Service, must provide written notification of the rights and protections available to its employees, former employees, and […]
Press release from the issuing company Responding to media reports that the U.S. House is unlikely to vote on postal reform legislation this summer, Printing Industries of America today warned of the disastrous consequences this delay would pose to the printing and graphic communications industry–and to the overall future viability of the U.S. Postal Service. […]
From C-Span: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Stephen Crawford to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors. Crawford was part of President Obama’s 2008 transition team for the U.S. Postal Service where he made recommendations on policy. Among them he suggested that the Post […]
You should say hello to your letter…while you still can. Because you may soon be saying goodbye. Back in 2006, Congress passed a bill that needlessly drains the Postal Service of billions of dollars each year. Now, some in Congress advocate shutting local post offices and eliminating Saturday and door-to-door delivery. They would rather cut […]