DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – With only days until Christmas, the United States Postal Service is struggling to keep up with demand. A spokesperson of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) told CBS 11 News their on-time delivery score is sitting at 75%. That number would normally be in the 90s, which means that one in every four […]
ASM Revision: Emergency Lines of Succession Effective December 17, 2020, the Postal Service™ is revising the Administrative Support Manual (ASM), section 286.1, to update the emergency lines of succession in the event the Postmaster General is incapacitated from an enemy attack or other national emergency. Administrative Support Manual (ASM) * * * * * 2 […]
12/23/2020 A federal law that provides workers with emergency paid sick leave and other protections during the coronavirus pandemic will soon expire. The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) requires employers, including the Postal Service, to provide their workers with emergency paid sick leave and extended family and medical leave for child care expenses. These […]
CLEVELAND — Cleveland’s United States Post Office distribution center has been plagued with delays for the last few weeks as packages and mail overwhelm couriers nationwide. At times, semi-trucks waited outside the facility for upwards of 12 hours waiting to be unloaded and eventually delivered. One driver even spent multiple days outside sleeping in his […]
A Number of Stolen Credit/Debit Cards Recovered During a Fraud Investigation Were From the Letter Carrier’s Route and Led to the Discovery of Her Mail Theft 12/22/2020 Baltimore, Maryland – Daniyelle Barnes, age 27, of Randallstown Maryland, pleaded guilty on December 21, 2020, to federal charges of mail theft by an employee. Barnes was employed […]
12/22/2020 Late at night on Monday, December 21, the House and Senate agreed to a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package. The package includes language that converts the $10 billion loan for the United States Postal Service provided in the previously passed CARES Act (P.L. 116-136) to emergency funding that does not come with the borrowing […]
12/21/2020 HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Postal customers across the Midstate say they’ve been measuring their package delivery times in weeks and months rather than days. Mike Wolfe of York Haven said a holiday card sent by a friend a few blocks away was sent in early December, “And we just received it last wednesday.” No […]
While Claiming Disability, Postal Carrier Received Compensation for Variety of Jobs, Including as a Snow Plow Driver, Plumber, and Field Supervisor for a Home Improvement Company 12/21/2020 Greenbelt, Maryland – Ronald S. Repass, age 57, of Poolesville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of making false statements or fraud to obtain federal employees’ […]
12/21/2020 The latest coronavirus relief deal, which Congress is aiming to approve later today, provides $10 billion to help the ailing U.S. Postal Service, legislative aides familiar with the text tell Axios. Why it matters: This new round of funding comes as the Postal Service has struggled to operate amid the pandemic, withstand a surge […]
Letter Carriers in East Oakland Victimized by Same Man in Six Different Armed Robberies or Attempted Robberies over Six Weeks OAKLAND – David Leveren Quinn has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with robbery affecting interstate commerce, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and United States Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Rafael […]