Springfield post office paid out millions on worker grievances
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Remember the Gyrocopter mailman? He published a memoir
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Ex-Postal Service supervisor sent to prison for stealing marijuana from confiscated package
BRUNSWICK, GA: A U.S. Postal Service supervisor who admitted stealing marijuana from a confiscated package has been sentenced to federal ...
U.S. Postal Inspection Service Case Management of Arrests
Objective Our objective was to evaluate the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s oversight of case management reporting requirements related to arrests ...
Andrew Ritchie Second Person To Be Charged With First-Degree Murder In Mail Carrier Jason Schaefer’s Death
(CBS4) – A 34-year-old Loveland man who investigators believe wasn’t at the scene of the shooting of postal worker Jason Schaefer but is ...
USPS to roll out new computer tablets to supervisors and managers who work in first-line operations
The Postal Service is equipping supervisors and managers who work in first-line operations, transportation, in-plant support and maintenance with Elitebook X2 tablets ...
Postal Service held to unreasonable standards
Over the past 246 years, there has been no greater bargain than the U.S. Postal Service, which for a few ...
Two Lawmakers Come Out Swinging Against Postal Banking Pilot Program
On Friday, two Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to USPS Postmaster General Louis Dejoy ...
Rural Carrier in Greene County hit by vehicle, killed
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A mail carrier in Greene County was hit by a vehicle and killed on Monday afternoon, ...
USPS mailer celebrates employees
The Postal Service is generating holiday spirit with a direct mailing that highlights the important role its employees play during ...
Postal Service Vows to Win Over Republicans Angry About Banking Pilot
Republican committee leaders say Louis DeJoy withheld information to keep the initiative secret. The U.S. Postal Service is promising to ...
Chief Postal Inspector Gary R. Barksdale has a message for Postal Service employees
Chief Postal Inspector Gary R. Barksdale has a message for Postal Service employees: Be careful out there. “To say the ...
US vaping industry looks for answers as Postal Service ends deliveries
The American e-vapor industry faces a major challenge that has nothing to do with selling to minors, concerns over health ...
Garbarino, Pascrell Introduce Postal Police Reform Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) recently introduced H.R. 5587, The Postal Police Reform Act. The bill would reverse a 2020 directive ...
Community works to raise money for family of postal worker shot, killed in Pittsburgh suburb
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — People helped raise money for the family of a postal worker shot and killed while on ...
DeJoy: Postal Service to add 45 facilities ahead of holiday season
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said that the United States Postal Service was going to add 45 extra facilities to handle more packages ...
Virginia Democrats sue USPS for delays that threaten to ‘disenfranchise’ voters
The Virginia Democratic Party filed a lawsuit against the United States Postal Service (USPS) on Friday for allegedly failing to ...
US Postal Service Moves To Escape Facial Recognition Suit
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GOP Reps. Cry Foul On Postal Service’s Paycheck Pilot
Law360 (October 22, 2021, 6:57 PM EDT) -- A pair of Republican congressmen raised alarms Friday about a U.S. Postal Service pilot ...
USPS vehicles used to collect data for geospatial project
The Postal Service recently teamed with Ericsson, a leading information and communications technology provider, to collect geospatial radio spectrum data ...
Alleged killer’s friend tailed postal worker before fatal ambush
Before a Colorado mail carrier was fatally shot on his route, he was tailed by a friend of the alleged killer ...
Postal Manager Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges
BOSTON – A U.S. Postal employee pleaded guilty today in connection with stealing mail believed to contain controlled substances. Shawn ...
- Chief Postal Inspector Gary R. Barksdale has a message for Postal Service employees “To say the last year and a half has been challenging is an understatement,” Barksdale said, citing statistics that show violent crime has surged during the coronavirus pandemic. For example, FBI data show murders are up 30 percent.
- USPS to roll out new computer tablets to supervisors and managers who work in first-line operations The Postal Service is equipping supervisors and managers who work in first-line operations, transportation, in-plant support and maintenance with Elitebook X2 tablets to provide greater flexibility as they move about postal work floors.
- Update on required COVID vaccines for postal workers U.S. Postal Service workers are subject to a rule to be developed by the Labor Department mandating coronavirus vaccinations for workers and weekly testing for non-vaccinated employees at companies with over 100 workers, a senior Biden administration official told CNN and the Washington Post.
- Beware of New Scam Using USPS Name, Citing Delivery “On Hold” The scammers send an official-looking email complete with US Postal Service logos that say you have a package that can’t be delivered because of an insufficient address. Next they ask for a small amount of money to “re-deliver” your package.
- USPS 2021 EAS Salary Schedule The USPS 2021 Executive and Administrative Schedule (Schedule E) and Part-Time Postmaster Schedule
- Andrew Ritchie Second Person To Be Charged With First-Degree Murder In Mail Carrier Jason Schaefer’s Death He also told detectives that the threats to harm Schaefer had been going on for a while and they didn’t seem as serious on previous occasions “except for the three days before the shooting when Schreiner messaged him a picture of herself dressed in clothes similar to those of the shooting suspect.”
- Yes, USPS workers will be required to get vaccinated, but not under executive order for federal workers USPS workers won't be required to get vaccinated under the executive order for federal employees, but will be required to get the shot under the rule for businesses.
- Informed Delivery now allows multiple addresses The Postal Service has upgraded Informed Delivery to better serve customers who have more than one address.
- Two Lawmakers Come Out Swinging Against Postal Banking Pilot Program On Friday, two Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to USPS Postmaster General Louis Dejoy to raise their concerns about the postal banking pilot project, which launched quietly last month.
- Postal Service held to unreasonable standards Over the past 246 years, there has been no greater bargain than the U.S. Postal Service, which for a few coins, could guarantee delivery of a letter to any address in the continental United States within a few days.
- DeJoy: Postal Service to add 45 facilities ahead of holiday season Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said that the United States Postal Service was going to add 45 extra facilities to handle more packages ahead of the holiday season, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
- USPS : Vets can add military service to retirement Military veterans employed by the Postal Service, or any other federal agency, may be eligible to have their time in the military credited toward their civilian retirement through the Military Buy Back program.
- Garbarino, Pascrell Introduce Postal Police Reform Act The bill would reverse a 2020 directive from the Chief Postal Inspector that shackled Postal Police Officers to physical postal locations and prevented officers from fully executing their duty to ensure public safety within the nation's mail system.
- USPS defenses against OSHA citation rejected An administrative law judge of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has rejected two defenses put forth by the U.S. Postal Service to a citation issued by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
- Subcommittee Chairman Connolly Requests Info on Postmaster General’s Secret Communications with Trump Campaign Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to follow-up on his responses to questions on Monday during testimony before the Committee on Oversight and Reform and to request information about his secret communications with the Trump campaign
- Postal Inspector receives congressional honor Postal Inspector Brian Hess has been honored with the Federal Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery for his help in the 2018 capture of a cunning counterfeiter who had eluded authorities for months.
- USPS Grilled At DC Circ. Over Postal Supervisor Pay Two D.C. Circuit judges took the U.S. Postal Service to task Tuesday, saying it had failed to fulfill statutory requirements to provide a differential in pay rates between thousands of supervisors and the employees they supervise and had not set compensation comparable to that provided in the private sector.
- US vaping industry looks for answers as Postal Service ends deliveries The American e-vapor industry faces a major challenge that has nothing to do with selling to minors, concerns over health risks and black-market knockoffs. It has to do with putting its products in the hands of consumers.
- Kettering worker drives into building, drugs and mail found A Kettering postal worker took off from a police cruiser early Saturday, crashed his vehicle into a residence and was found with suspected cocaine and U.S. mail, according to a Dayton police report.
- Postal unions and associations sign agreements with USPS to increase annual leave carryover amounts Postal unions and associations and the Postal Service have agreed to increase the maximum allowable annual leave carryover amounts outlined in the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)