USPS mail thefts and robberies – 02/19/24
Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today.
Month: February 2024
Latest postal facility review articles – 02/19/24
The U.S. Postal Service plans to review Processing and Distribution Centers as part of its 10-year Delivering for America plan. These are the latest articles found in the news
USPS OIG – Procedures for Calculating Workshare Discounts for Letters
The U.S. Postal Service offers reduced postage rates (i.e., worksharing rates) to mailers for handling, pre-applying barcodes, pre-sorting, and transporting mail.
With SNS Sender, USPS Smishing Scams Move to the Cloud
The latest example comes from attackers who are using Amazon Web Services’ Simple Notification Service (SNS) in a “smishing” scam that includes impersonating the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
Former U.S. Postal Employee Admits Stealing Mail
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAWN R. FULLER, 37, of Hamden, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to a mail theft offense.
Nobody Is Using Postal Banking Pilot
Literally, nobody. During the first quarter of FY24, which included the holiday season, no one purchased a single-use gift card using a payroll or business check at any of the four post offices that have been testing the program, according to records released by the USPS this month.
APWU – Maintenance Capable and Non-Maintenance Capable Dispute Settled
On February 15, 2024, Maintenance Division Director Idowu Balogun announced that APWU and USPS have reached a step-4 agreement that resolves longstanding issues in the Maintenance Craft regarding changes made to the Administrative Support Manual.
Postal facilities must report threshold quantities of toxic chemicals
Postal Service facilities that store certain quantities of hazardous chemicals must complete and submit the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Tier II form by March 1 each year.
Man run over by USPS big rig in East Village
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A man was hospitalized after police said he was run over by a U.S. Postal Service semi-truck in the East Village early Friday morning.
California Man Faces Charges for Threatening to Kill Postal Workers in St. Thomas
ST. THOMAS — Simon Peters, a 41-year-old man from Valley Center, California, has been formally charged with making threats to kill postal workers in St. Thomas, announced United States Attorney Delia L. Smith on Thursday.