The Justice Department announced today that Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) has agreed to pay $32.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that HP overcharged the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for products between October 2001 and December 2010. HP is a manufacturer and vendor of information technology products and services headquartered in Palo Alto, […]
WASHINGTON – Leaders from the White House Council on Environmental Quality, U.S. EPA, GSA, and U.S. Postal Service, along with electronics industry stakeholders, will hold a meeting on Monday, August 4, 2014 to discuss progress on the National Strategy on Electronics Stewardship and participation in the U.S. Postal Service BlueEarth®Federal Recycling Program. Following President Obama’s […]
LAWMAKERS EXPRESS CONCERNS OVER PROPOSED CLOSURE OF ROANOKE USPS FACILITY WASHINGTON, D.C. – (July 31, 2014) Today, Congressman Bob Goodlatte, joined by Congressmen H. Morgan Griffith and Robert Hurt, sent a letter to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe requesting the United States Postal Service to reconsider the proposed closure of the Roanoke Processing and Distribution Center. […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former Eagle Rock, Mo., postmaster was sentenced in federal court today for conspiring to rob or burglarize a convenience store. Michael Joe Stubblefield, 51, of Cassville, Mo., sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to three years […]
FORT MEADE, Md., July 31, 2014 – The U.S. Postal Service’s Atlanta-based Mail Recovery Center processes nearly 100 million pieces of lost mail a year. As service members learn more about the center’s efforts to return belongings to their owners, success stories such as that of one veteran sailor’s experience in retrieving his mail will, […]
Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Identity Theft Scheme Using Prisoner Names and Corrupt U.S. Postal Service Employee Gregory Slaton pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to file false claims for his involvement in a Stolen Identity Tax Refund (SIRF) scheme, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department’s […]
SAN FRANCISCO, July 28 (Reuters) – FedEx Corp has hired some of the hard-hitting attorneys who represented home run slugger Barry Bonds to defend against criminal allegations that FedEx knowingly shipped packages from illegal online pharmacies. FedEx was indicted earlier this month on 15 criminal counts, including conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Senior managers at […]
Baltimore, Maryland – Roland Michael Muir, age 57, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to steal, and theft of, aluminum carts from the U.S. Postal Service. The plea agreement was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Postal Inspector in Charge Gary R. Barksdale of the […]
GREENSBORO – Referred to as the Father of Black Aviation, Chief Flight Instructor of the prestigious Tuskegee Airmen C. Alfred “Chief” Anderson will be the subject of a special stamp event on Friday, August 1, 6 pm at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, 134 South Elm Street. The dedication ceremony, presented by ICRCM […]
DALLAS — A Rowlett, Texas, man was arrested this morning by special agents with the FBI and inspectors with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service on a criminal complaint charging an offense stemming from hundreds of white powder hoax letters he allegedly mailed from North Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District […]