Postal Service

How Phantom Accounting Is Destroying The Post Office

David Morris | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Unified Budget, Privatization, Deficit, Postal Service, Accounting, Mail, Post Office, Usps, Politics News
David Morris

The post office deficit that is driving management to commit institutional suicide by ending six-day delivery, closing half of the nation's post offices and mail-processing centers, and laying off more than 200,000 workers, is make-believe.

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Postal Service Moving Ahead With Closures

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Post Office Closures, Video, Postal Service, Postal Service Plant Closures, Postal Service Plant, Usps, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is moving forward with a multibillion-dollar cost-cutting plan that will close nearly 250 m...

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A USPS Cover-Up? OSHA Probes Sickening Package Mystery

AP | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Yemen, Video, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Bankruptcy, Florida News, Postal Service, Homeland Security, Terrorism, Wusf, Jeffrey Lill, Chemical Spill, Osha Probe, Jeffrey Lill Orlando Postal, Miami News

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The federal agency that monitors worker safety has opened an investigation into the illness of a U.S. postal worker who became sick a...

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Postal Worker Alleges He Suffered Terminal Illness After Handling Suspicious Package [UPDATE]

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Video, Yemen, Bankruptcy, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Postal Service, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Wusf, Jeffrey Lill, Chemical Spill, Business News

A postal worker claims that handling a suspicious package is the cause of his terminal illness. The Postal Service itself couldn't disagree more. ...

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Postal Service Halts Controversial Plan

AP | DAVID PITT | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Post Office Closures, Video, Postal Service, Post Office, Post Office Closing, Usps, Politics News

DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Postal Service said Monday its decision to halt the closing of more than 3,700 post offices includes roughly 600 urb...

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Postal Service Suffers Significant Losses

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Video, U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service, Postal Service Losses, Usps, Postal Service Quarterly Losses, Mail Service, Mail, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Drowning in red ink, the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday reported a quarterly loss of $3.2 billion and blamed Congress for blocking...

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Postal Service Makes Announcement About Cuts

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Post Offices Closing, Postal Service Cuts, Postal Service, Post Offices, Rural Post Offices, Usps, Usps Cuts, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Bending to strong public opposition, the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday backed off a plan to close thousands of r...

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Postal Service Wants Wide Authority To Make Big Changes

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Postal Service Jobs, Video, Post Office Closings, Postal Service, Post Office, Usps, Saturday Delivery, Postal Reform House, Postal Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With financial losses mounting, the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service is urging the House to quickly pass legislation that would ...

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Killing the Messenger: The Downsizing and Death of the Postal Service

Dean Baker | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Privatization, U.S. Postal Service Cuts, Postal Service Cuts, U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service, Business News
Dean Baker

The goal is to have a public Postal Service that can compete effectively in the market. But it's not a fair fight when we shove it into the ring with its shoes tied together and both hands tied behind its back.

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Senate Weighing Postal Service Measures

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Post Office Closures, Video, Post Office Cuts, Postal Cuts, Postal Service, Saturday Mail Delivery, Senate Post Office, Post Office, Usps, Saturday Delivery, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With big postal cuts looming, the Senate is deciding whether to stabilize the ailing U.S. Postal Service with a short-term cash inf...

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Big Postal Service Cuts Coming In May

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service, Mail Delivery, Mail Delivery Cuts, Post Office, Postal Service Cuts, Postal Service Budget, Mail, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With no financial relief in sight, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with planned cuts to more than 260 mail processing cent...

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USPS Urns Colo. Woman's Anger

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Post Office Loses Remains, USPS Loses Urn, Video, U.S. Postal Service, Lynn Young, Postal Service, Denver News

A Colorado daughter is stunned after returning home from a funeral to discover her mother's remains are stuck in USPS limbo. 9News reports Lynn You...

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Report Holds Grim Sign For Postal Service

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Video, US Postal Service Broke, Usps Loses, Postal Service, Postal Service Loses, Post Office, Usps, US Postal Service Losses, Postal Service Broke, US Postal Service, Usps Losses, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service's quarterly loss ballooned to $3.3 billion amid declining mail volume...

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10 Careers That Are Dying Out

Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: U.S. Farming Industry, Jobless Rate, U.S. Farmers, Postal Service, Unemployment Rate, Agricultural Workers, Agriculture, Business News, Fast Food Industry, Occupations in Decline, Business News

Much as it looks like the job market may be starting to turn around for some, certain careers look poised for long and difficult declines. Sewing ...

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Government Accounted For Nearly A Third Of All Layoffs In 2011: Report

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Pentagon, Financial Industry, U.S. Economy, Financial Sector, Financial Industry Layoffs, Public Debt, Retail, Challenger Gray & Christmas, Consumer Spending, Local Government, Layoffs, State Government, Retail Industry, National Debt, Unemployment, Postal Service, Wall Street, Job Cuts, Government Layoffs, Federal Government, Military Spending, Government Jobs, Defense Spending, Video, Business News

For government workers and financial sector employees, last year was a particularly bad one -- and 2012 likely won't be much better. More jobs were...

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11 Things That Will Be More Expensive In 2012

Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Dealnews, Postal Service, Tap Water, Expenses, Food Prices, Expensive-Airfare, Airfare, Shipping, US Postal Service, Digital Cameras, 2012, Fifty News

With 2012 just around the corner, we are planning resolutions and bracing for change. However, our pocketbooks will also need readjusting in preparati...

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The Post Office Shutdown: Answers To Your Most Important Questions

Gene Marks | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Small Business, Postal Service, Government Shutdown, Small Business Postal Service, Post Office, Netflix, Mailman, Small Business America, Small Business News
Gene Marks

So what if, with all this talk of deficits and national debt and budget overages, our government takes the unprecedented step of shutting down its mail services? Many small business would worry. But I say to my fellow small business owners: do not fear.

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Fixing the United States Postal Service

Gabe Zichermann | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Competition, Gamification, Innovation, Postal Service, Usps, United States Postal Service, Postal Service Cuts, Technology News
Gabe Zichermann

The USPS has tremendous potential to innovate itself out of the hole it's in. Why oversee the demise of postal delivery when you can reinvent the organization for the future?

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U.S. Postal Service To Delay Closing Post Offices Until Mid-May

AP | By HOPE YEN | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday agreed to delay the closing of 252 mail processing centers and 3,700 local post offices until mid-May...

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Nate C. Hindman

Business Owners Brace For Massive USPS Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Small Business Shipping, Video, Small Business Owners, Small Business, Post Office Closings, United States Postal Service, Sustainable Shipping, Postal Service, Small Business Operation, Post Office, Small Business News and Trends, Postal Service Cuts, Shipping, Small Business News

"Grandma may soon have to get in the car and drive 100 miles for her medicine," worried Bill Snodgrass, the owner of a USave Pharmacy in a small Nebra...

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The Public Be Damned: Using the Amtrak Script to Kill the Post Office

Kelly Kleiman | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: U.S. Post Office, Postal Service, African American, Public Utility, Amtrak, Post Office, U.S. Postal Service Cuts, Postal Service Amtrak, Postal Service Default, Politics News
Kelly Kleiman

There is an alternative to the current flood of crocodile tears over the death of written communication. We could return to the social compact that regarded mail service as something to be paid for by the people who benefit from it most.

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U.S. Postal Service Moves Forward With Plan To End Next-Day Mail

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Next Day Mail End, Postal Service Next Day Mail, Next Day Mail, Postal Service, Next Day Mail Postal Service, US Postal Service, Business News

WASHINGTON (Emily Stephenson) - The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service on Monday moved forward with plans to end next-day delivery of letters, post...

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Postal Service Making Unprecedented Cuts To Mail Delivery

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Postal Service Cuts, Video, Postal Service, Mail Delivery Cuts, Economy, US Postal Service, Usps, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Facing bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with unprecedented cuts to first-class mail next spring that will slow ...

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Startup Updater Sees Goldmine In 'Snail Mail'

Reuters | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Snail Mail, Tech Startups, Small Business, Postal Service, Startup, Small Business News and Trends, Technology, Mail, Small Business News

(Deborah L. Cohen) - One entrepreneur's shrinking, outdated market is another entrepreneur's goldmine. Traditional mail may be on the wane, but tha...

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Dave Jamieson

Senators Set To Slash Benefits For Disabled Civil Servants

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: United States Postal Service Cuts, Susan Collins, Disabled, Video, Super Committee, Postal Service, Workers Comp, Budget Cuts, Workers Compensation, Joe Lieberman, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are looking to cut benefits for federal workers disabled on the job, a budget-trimming move that critics warn ...

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