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Post office had $1.9 billion second-quarter loss

...advance payments to cover expected health care costs for future retirees ? something no federal agency does.Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said the agency is considering its options, including negotiations with unions to reduce labor...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-10/post-office-had-19-billion
Black citizens legendary

...Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald reported, however, that Augusta would not have a "colored postmaster" because Postmaster General James A. Gary stated that it would cause trouble.Instead, McKinley named Lyons register of the U.S. Treasury...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2013-02-24/black-citizens-legendary
Postal workers rally in favor of keeping Saturday delivery

...Association of Letter Carriers President Don Griggs, who traveled from Macon for the Augusta rally, said he fears Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe will continue to fight for 5-day delivery in the fall when lawmakers mull over the next federal...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-24/postal-workers-rally-favor-ke
Online holiday shopping expected to break shipping records

...projected to be Dec. 17, with more than 655 million pieces of mail, almost 100 million more than a normal day.Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said early shipping is key to packages reaching their destination on time.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-11-26/online-holiday-shopping-ex
Postal Service to cut Saturday mail

...on its side regarding the change.Material prepared for the Wednesday press conference by Patrick R. Donahoe, postmaster general and CEO, says Postal Service market research and other research has indicated that nearly 7 in 10 Americans support...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-02-06/postal-service-cut-saturday-
Mailing a letter to cost a penny more in 2013

...lacked sufficient cash reserves.While the Postal Service has said it will continue seeking ways to cut costs, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has made clear that the agency has little left it can do to bring in significant new revenue. He...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-10-11/mailing-letter-cost-penny-
USPS financial problems concern Augusta workers

...will help protect their livelihoods.On Tuesday, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe told a Senate committee that USPS...people," she said, noting the country's first postmaster general. "Poor, rural, whatever. People in rural communities...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-09-07/usps-financial-problems-conc
Fight government control

...was that all these rural offices could be saved if the salaries of the postal higher-ups was cut way down. The postmaster general makes way too much money for what he does.When I wrote my list of concerns to send in, I reminded the lady that...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2011-12-08/fight-government-control
Augusta mail processing center decision expected

...however, with what others have heard from the Postmaster General himself.Mike McCoy, assistant administrator for...part in an informational webinar Friday in which Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said letters would be going out...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-02-14/augusta-mail-processing-
Closure of Augusta's mail processing center postponed

...our customers, employees and other stakeholders, and to enable a more methodical and measured implementation," Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe said in the statement.Consolidating operations ? which mostly involve transferring mail-processing...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-05-17/closure-augustas-mail-pr