
USPS OIG – Penalty Overtime
Our objective was to assess the Postal Service’s management of penalty overtime. For this audit, we analyzed nationwide penalty overtime ...

Barnard, VT postmaster pleads not guilty to gross negligence in accident involving pedestrian
Barnard postmaster Sylvia Bradley (70), of Randolph, was in Windsor County Court on Tuesday to answer to the charges of ...

DeJoy addresses UPMA convention
The Delivering for America plan is helping the Postal Service move into a promising future, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told ...

Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service bows out as its red-and-white envelopes make their final trip
The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix's once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century after two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs came ...

Is U.S. Postal Service doing all it can to stop change-of-address fraud?
The U.S. Postal Service vowed to check customers' IDs to help prevent a massive spike in fraud from identity thieves changing people's addresses. But ...

Man found guilty in first-degree murder of postal carrier in Longmont, sentenced to life
Andrew Ritchie, the second defendant in the Longmont shooting of a postal carrier, has been found guilty by a jury and sentenced ...

USPS OIG – A Chance Encounter
Within moments of pulling over, she realized this was no ordinary traffic stop — far from it: St. Louis Metropolitan ...

USPS mail thefts and robberies – 09/28/23
Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today ...

Is the USPS violating the National Labor Relations Act by not allowing employees to talk to the press?
The Leader approached a carrier to “ask a quick question.” The carrier shook their head and said they were not ...

USPS Extends Grace Period for Moving to Ground Advantage
The original deadline for moving to USPS Ground Advantage is days away, but the Postal Service granted shippers some relief ...

U.S. Postal Service taking public input during review of Greenville, South Carolina, center
The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday it will be conducting a Mail Processing Facility Review of its processing and distribution ...

USPS Prepares for the 22nd Annual New York City Triathlon
NEW YORK — In the interest of safety and security, postal officials will temporarily seal or remove Postal Service collection boxes ...

Federal workers will pay 7.7% more towards health insurance premiums in 2024
Federal employees and retirees will pay an average of 7.7% more on their health care premiums in 2024, a slight ...

USPS OIG – Postal Regulatory Commission Acquisition Planning and Contracting Practices
We identified opportunities for the PRC to improve internal controls and policy throughout the acquisition planning and contracting process ...

Man, awaiting sentencing, gets extra time to go over agreement in case of postal worker’s murder
In the courtroom on Tuesday, the judge was expected to accept a 22-year prison sentence. However, Zamora claimed he was ...

Closing statements heard in the Longmont postal shooting case
A Boulder County jury on Tuesday heard closing statements in the trial of a man charged in the 2021 fatal shooting ...

USPS mail thefts and robberies – 09/27/23
Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today ...

USPS OIG – Follow-Up to Nationwide Employee Background Screening
The Postal Service conducts background screenings to gather sufficient information about a person’s character, reputation, and allegiance to the United ...

The high tech behind Netflix’s old-school DVD service
Over the last 25 years, Netflix shipped more than 5 billion DVDs to millions of subscribers. The disc-by-mail service, which ...

Man gets 7 years in prison in unprovoked stabbing of mail carrier in Hartford
Before sentencing a man Tuesday to seven years in prison for the unprovoked stabbing of a Hartford mail carrier two ...