• Glitch, high traffic knock Postal Service tools offline

• Dear Friend: Lurid Tales From Junk Mail America

• Police release sketch in letter carrier stabbing

12/11/08

• Maryland postal worker indicted for embezzlement

• Too slow at the PO? Lost mail, slow delivery frustrate Gallup residents

• Council opposes possible postal layoffs
• Postal worker suspended after arrest for DUI

• Postal Service Web site woes disrupt services

• Tough economy means a Pasadena post office is moving

12/10/08

• Postal employee stabbed while delivering mail expected to make full recovery
• Where's the mail?
• Postal Service scrambles to fix its online shipping tools
• Some thoughts on the latest USPS Governor nominee

12/9/08

• Mailman nearly targeted by plane
• Connecticut Carrier Pleads Guilty To Thefts
• Postal Official Offers Lost-Check Explanation
• The Economic Challenge: Direct mail success in a tough economy
 

12/8/08

Philly Update: Postal Service's New Manager To Meet With Union Prez - Today, [Jim] Gallagher is to meet with Gwen Ivey, president of APWU Local 89, which filed a complaint on Oct. 24 about senior managers allegedly ordering clerks to undercount the mail by millions of pieces each week and about chronic understaffing at the plant . APWU attorney Nancy B. Lassen said she was contacted by the top investigator for the Postal Service's Office of Inspector General regarding the union investigation that led to the complaint." Lassen conducted interviews with numerous employees about the alleged falsification of the mail count, the rerouting of tractor-trailers containing uncounted mail and the bonuses managers received for carrying out what she called "potentially criminal actions." New Philadelphia manager says he'll work with unions to meet goals |: Editorial: Philadelphia perfects 'fail mail' | Philadelphia: Postal Service District Manager Gets Canned | Some Philadelphia Post Offices say the mail is not going through there, either  |

• Mail Carrier Stabbed in Apparent Robbery

• Beer-stealing ex-cop now accused of spilling Kansas mail

• Postal Worker's suit claims his idea for animated TV series was ripped-off

• TIME: De-Cluttering Your Mailbox

• Extreme Deliveries

• Interim Route Adjustments May/Sept Computations Spreadsheet (Excel - XLS format)

12/7/08

 For Some Postal Employees, Small Thefts Spell Big Trouble

When postal inspectors want to catch a thief in the ranks, the bait may be a little plastic gift card in a greeting card envelope, just like the holiday cheer you may be about to stamp and mail. That's exactly how Peter Lim was caught. The 17-year postal employee looked remorseful in Houston federal court on Dec. 1. He told the court that he was so angry with his supervisors he opened greeting cards and stole $55 in cash, a $10 Wal-Mart gift card, a $20 Target gift card and a $50 Lowe's gift card. According to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service's latest Semiannual Report, there were 333 criminal cases filed nationwide against postal employees or contractors for mail theft, delay or destruction in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30.  |

Boston Postal Workers Goodbye To 84-Year-Old Retiring Co-Worker - "Herbert Baron [pictured at left] retired from the Boston [MA] P&DC on November 7,2008. He had 50 years of service. Herbie will be sadly missed not only by those he worked with, but also by the countless unseen customers he helped. His job has been replaced by a machine which will mark the mail "Return for better address." Herbie has two goals. The first is to see 90 years old, (at present he is 84). His second goal is to spend quality time with his lovely wife.  |

• Postal Service offering $15,000 reward in robbery

12/6/08

• Notes from National APWU Telecon on Tour 2 Initiative

• Less Mail, Later Delivery In Some Places

• Texas Window Clerk convicted of filing false financial reports (PDF)

• FedEx Agrees To Pay $26.8 Million To Settle Calif Contract Drivers Lawsuit

12/5/08

Philadelphia: Postal Service District Manager Gets Canned

The U.S. Postal Service has shaken up its Philadelphia-area management after a week of stories in the Daily News about late and missing mail deliveries. Frank Neri, the Postal Service district manager for the Philadelphia metropolitan district, was replaced yesterday by Jim Gallagher, a veteran USPS manager, spokesman Paul Smith confirmed yesterday. Some Philadelphia Post Offices say the mail is not going through there, either - Conditions at some local post offices mirror the problems at the U.S. Postal Service's processing plant in Southwest Philadelphia, according to letter carriers and a supervisor. In some stations in the 191- and 190- ZIP codes in Philadelphia and nearby suburbs. |Comments (189)

• Long Trail of Mail Leads to Arrest of Truck Driver

Salina Postmaster Richard Brake tells KSAL News that his office was notified by local law enforcement late Thursday that mail was falling out of large box truck along the highway. The driver, who is not a postal employee but rather someone who was sub-contracted to drive the truck, did not properly secure the load. The driver of the truck, 42-year Brian Hill was arrested and booked into the Saline County Jail on charges that could include DUI.  |

• Two hurt in Chicago post office robbery   |

• South Carolina: Where are the Social Security checks?

• New Hampshire: Social Security checks are late

• APWU Boston Metro Talks About Service on "Labor Talk"
• Letter Carriers Give Santa A Hand

• Postal Bulletin 12/04/08 Issue

• OIG Semiannual Report on the Audit, Investigative, and Security Activities of the USPS (PDF)