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There’s Value in Fighting for Meaningful Postal Reform
In case you don’t appreciate the extraordinary consequence that postal legislation has for American businesses, allow me to share some eye-opening lobbying data filed for calendar year 2018. In a way, this information can quantify the value that enactment or defeat of meaningful postal legislation has to specific postal stakeholders.
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BOSTON – A Florida man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with the fraudulent abuse of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Informed Delivery electronic notification system.
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USPS renames South L.A. post office after music icon Marvin Gaye
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A post office in South Los Angeles has been renamed in honor of R&B legend Marvin Gaye.
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Secret Service investigating suspicious package at West Rogers Park post office
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a suspicious package that was received Monday at a post office in West Rogers Park on the North Side.
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Former Postal Employee Sentenced For Theft of Mail
NEW ORLEANS – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that COURTNEY C. DUPLESSIS (“DUPLESSIS”), age 30, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday for Theft of Mail, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709.
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NLRB: Employers May Bar Union Solicitation in Their Facilities
“Employers may ban union representatives from promoting their union in a public space within the employer’s facilities if those representatives aren’t employees, the National Labor Relations Board ruled June 14.
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Frogs Are Forever – U.S. Postal Service Celebrates Four Species with New Forever Stamps
The U.S. Postal Service issues Frogs, four stamps in a booklet of 20 that feature digital illustrations of four North American frogs: the Pacific tree frog, the northern leopard frog, the American green tree frog and the squirrel tree frog. The First Day of Issue event is free and open to the public. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtag #FrogStamps.
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Deweyville family seeks justice after dog killed by letter carrier
DEWEYVILLE, Texas — A US Postal Service worker drove down their driveway and hit their dog while delivering a package, according to a Deweyville family.
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Video of the LLV police chase in Florida
If I had to make a list of “worst vehicles to use to escape the police,” the Grumman LLV mail delivery truck would be somewhere just below tractor and forklift. And yet one Florida man apparently went for it anyway, and the results were 100 percent predictable.
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APWU is concerned that USPS is Testing Self-Driving Trucks
Recently, the USPS conducted an automotive mail haul pilot program test for a 1,000-mile trip between Phoenix and Dallas. From Bloomberg to NPR, headlines read, “USPS is Testing Self-Driving Trucks.”
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House resolution supporting door delivery reaches majority of support
A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives has now cosponsored House Resolution 23 (H. Res. 23), which expresses the sense that the U.S. Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers. It now has 220 cosponsors.
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Englewood Police Revive Heart Attack Victim With Assist From Postal Supervisor
POLICE HEROES: A trio of Englewood police officers revived a heart attack victim with an assist from a local postal supervisor.
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Udall, Heinrich, Haaland Urge USPS to Swiftly Improve Albuquerque Post Office Facilities
Lawmakers call on USPS to implement recommendations made by recent Inspector General report to ensure timely mail delivery and safe, secure facilities
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Social Security, Postal Service Using Outdated ID Checks
The Social Security Administration and the U.S. Postal Service are among government agencies using an outdated identity verification method that makes citizens vulnerable to fraud if their online data is stolen in cyber breaches, according to a new Government Accountability Office report released Friday.
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USPS changes parcel pricing strategy; shipper impact uncle
On June 23, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) implements a pricing change that subjects more parcels to rates pegged to their dimensions instead of their actual weight. What impact, if any, this has on the USPS shipper universe won’t be known for months.
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Amazon Should Acquire the US Postal Service—How It Could Work
Amazon is a company of big thinkers. In fact, one of Amazon’s leadership principles is ‘Think Big,’ and the term is frequently spoken inside the company. For Amazon to grow and take market share away from Walmart and other retailers, Amazon must increase the size and scope of its logistics network and capabilities.
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OIG: USPS Must Better Manage Its Cyber Funds
Though the U.S. Postal Service’s investment strategies have strengthened its cybersecurity practice, the agency must produce a solid operational cyber budget to adequately steer the program and fund annual expenses, according to the Office of Inspector General’s Semiannual Report to Congress released this week.
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USPS Clarifies Hemp/Cannabidiol Product Mailing Policy
Last week, the United States Postal Service (USPS) published a revision of its policy on the mailing of hemp-based products, including cannabidiol.
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What Should Congress Expect from USPS’ New ‘Business Plan’?
Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan explained how “we have a responsibility to put forward a plan that closes this gap.”This business plan, prepared for congressional review in the coming weeks, is expected to address, in its most basic terms, matters of cost and revenue
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GEORGE W. BUSH PRAISES US POSTAL SERVICE FOR THIS SPECIAL HONOR OF HIS LATE FATHER
George W. Bush praised the United States Postal Service Wednesday following the unveiling of a commemorative Forever stamp in honor of his late father.
