RURALINFO

First of all, I want to say congratulations to all of the newly appointed regular rural carriers! I thought I (with the help of some of my rural buddies) would put together a guide to help you deal with your new status. There will a lot of new things you will have to learn and [...]

Senate bill S.1789 has hit the Senate(kind of) if they ever get past the dragging of feet, and objections to proceeding it will be debated and voted upon!  Do you think it will be good for you?  Are you willing to rely on Congress, USPS Headquarters, and lobbyists to do the right thing for YOU? [...]

I’ve been working hard on getting the brand new redesigned Delegate Awareness Project website going.  It has a brand new, much more user friendly design.   I have been doing this for a few years now, and some years more have participated, and then later years the participation has fallen off.  Not sure if it [...]

Follow all of the bills pending in Congress that affect the USPS on our Postallegislation website.  This list will update when anything new happens on the 20 something bills that have been introduced. Bookmark it so you can come back later and see any changes!   PostalLegislation.com.

              With all the talk of eliminating Saturday delivery I dug up this gem from 2009.   This is what the USPS presented to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) in 2009 to show the effect of eliminating Saturday delivery on rural routes.   Of course we have no idea [...]

USPS Proposes Changes Which Would Expand its Ability to Subcontract Rural Routes to Contract Delivery Service | From January 7th, 2011 This one got us all riled up, thankfully, they later dropped it but not totally..  They are still threatening contracting out, but the last I heard, it was for Non L route only.  Time [...]

Everyone check out the brand new Ruralinfo.net News Portal. A much cleaner and more organized look, and you can find both regular postal news and the latest rural carrier new all on one page. One note though, if you have subscribed to our old news feed through an RSS feed or feed reader, you will [...]

These are all of the questions from the weekly newsletters from 2011     Ruralinfo.net is not sponsored or authorized by the NRLCA or any state or local association. It is presented here for only informational use. The information presented here comes with no warranties, either expressed or implied, as to its accuracy. Links to [...]

Saying Goodbye to 2011 This has been a year full of rumors, double speak, mail counts, blow hards, misleading news stories, lying Congressmen, head scratching “USPS initiatives” and much more. Any postal worker is within their rights if their head is spinning. I know mine is. We hear one thing, then another, then something different, [...]

Just wanted to do a quick share of how I keep up with my 90 day vacants. I print the calendar out below and then add them on the month the box becomes vacant.. Nice easy way to keep up with them.. Just an FYI!!http://www.calendarlabs.com/calendars/templates/2012_monthly_calendar_portrait_12.doc

National Convention Reporters: Ruralinfo is looking for some National Convention reporters again. Someone to send us updates and maybe write up a report for the website. Most like this website for the information they receive. The information comes from many different sources but one of the largest sources is carriers themselves. Become a part of [...]

Would you mind helping me spread the news about this website to other rural carriers? The upcoming National Convention is a great opportunity to get other carriers to join us here on Ruralinfo.net. Or if you will not be going to the National Convention, how about your local meetings or even your office? There are [...]

Sorry everyone for the changes here.  I am trying to make everything a little bit easier to find from all of my pages.  You will find links to the most used parts of my site in the top navigation.  If you are looking for the tags or labels look over to the right and click [...]

Ruralinfo Rural Connect Network Updates: We send out a weekly digest of the latest news and happenings from our Rural Connect Network.  Check out the latest news, happenings, discussion and blogs in the Rural Carrier and Postal World in the latest newsletter!! (Sign Up required) Latest Rural Carrier News and Highlights (02/27/11)

Since Ruralinfo started over 5 years ago, this website has grown into more than I ever could have imagined. What started out as basically my own reference directory on a free hosted Google site has become one of the most popular destinations on the internet for rural carriers. Back in the day, one had to [...]