USPS, as well as the local, state and federal agencies in the storm damaged areas, are still in search and rescue mode. There are employees in Beaumont postal facilities that cannot be reached. Other than search and rescue, the instructions to USPS employees is to shelter in place. Damage assessment hasn't even begun in much of the Houston area.
Mail processing is taking place in Austin and San Antonio. Mail that can be transported for delivery is going out, but mail for the affected area is being staged, or held in Dallas.
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If confusion is the first step to knowledge, FOIA users must be geniuses. In some ways, the FOIA is as impenetrable as it is helpful, but a new resource wants to change all that:FOIA Wiki, which launched in beta today.
Check out the ful story: http://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/foia_request_wiki.php
By luring away readers and advertisers, the social media site is both narrowing the news agenda and, ultimately, jeopardising journalism as we know it.
For the full story, see: https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/sep/20/why-facebook-i…
ACES Editing Boot Camp
If you’re an editor or edit as part of your job, the American Copy Editors Society offers a daylong “Editing Boot Camp” that can help you polish your skills. Each workshop is taught by knowledgeable and experienced presenters.
The Editing Boot Camp workshop covers the following topics:
A free seminar on libel will be held from 10:30 a.m. until noon on Oct. 29, 2015 at the Austin American-Statesman building at 305 S. Congress Ave. in Austin.
PS FORM 3526, STATEMENT of OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULATION FOR 2015
The deadline for filing your Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation (PS Form 3526) with the U.S. Postal Service is October 1 of each year. The filing and publication of this form is a requirement for maintaining Periodicals mailing privileges. Dailies must publish a completed copy of this form in their newspaper by October 10, and non-dailies by October 31.
Pate remakes a struggling newspaper into a prosperous seven-town media company
By DONNIS BAGGETT
Texas Press Association
TIMPSON, Texas — The ink was barely dry on Chad Pate’s degree in English from Stephen F. Austin State University when the phone rang in December.
A Field Guide to the Taxes of Texas
State taxes make up almost half of Texas’ revenue, with major taxes currently generating $50 billion annually. So that taxpayers and legislators can better understand the major taxes, the Comptroller’s office has published A Field Guide to the Taxes of Texas (PDF, 1.4M).