In December 2010, USPS issued a solicitation for the Next Generation Retail System Software (Next Gen RSS). According to the solicitation: “This software will be utilized across all of the retail Point of Sale platforms. USPS is seeking Software, Software Maintenance, Software Support, and Help Desk Support across the continental United States.” Recently USPS awarded […]
(Portland, Oregon: “At 2:30pm on Tuesday, Feb. 7, over a hundred activists from dozens of unions and community organizations, under the banner of JOBS with JUSTICE and the slogan of GOOD JOBS, NO CUTS swarmed out of two buses into University Station post office, which is slated for closure. This 13 min. video, which includes […]
Statement by Fredric Rolando, President of the National Association of Letter Carriers, on the USPS Financial Report for the First Quarter of FY 2012 WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2012 – Despite the headline on its press release, the U.S. Postal Service announced today a net operating profit of $200 million delivering the mail in the first […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following reaction to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service lost $3.3 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012: “While today’s announcement that the U.S. Postal Service lost $3.3 billion in the first […]
WASHINGTON, DC — In a move to raise awareness of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, the U.S. Surgeon General, the host from NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” and the American Heart Association joined the Postmaster General in dedicating the 2012 Social Awareness Heart Health Forever stamp. The stamp plays a key motivational role in a competition featured […]
Washington, Feb 8 – Yesterday, Rep. Waters introduced H.R. 3916, the Protecting Post Offices Act, which would reduce the operating costs of the US Postal Service to provide continued service in urban and rural communities and save 28,000 American jobs. She is joined by American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO in support of this much needed […]
When the service is this good there’s no saying “no more.” Email and texting are much less personal ways to connect. The chances of your personal handwritten note or letter going viral are slim to none. As email and other forms of electronic diversion increases so does the exponential amount of spam and meaningless digital […]
Postal Service Losses Continue in First Quarter; Profitability Dependent on Comprehensive Legislation and Network Size Reductions Shipping Services Business Continues to Grow WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service ended the first three months of its 2012 fiscal year (Oct. 1 – Dec. 31, 2011) with a net loss of $3.3 billion. Management expects large losses […]
Customers drop a letter or packages in the mail, confident they will reach their destinations safely and efficiently. But what really happens during that journey from sender to recipient? “Systems at Work” — a new exhibit at the National Postal Museum in Washington, DC — tells that story. Spanning 200 years — from […]
INDIANAPOLIS, IN —This year’s edition of football’s biggest game is already being labeled a classic, and fans can still grab a piece of history by ordering collectible stamped envelopes celebrating Sunday’s Super Bowl via mail. While the “Championship Station” in the Super Bowl Village’s “Huddle” area in downtown Indianapolis has closed, football fans still have […]