The following is a legislative update from the National Association of Postmasters of the United States: Postmaster General Legislative and Financial Briefing On Tuesday, February 15, President Bob Rapoza and Director of Government Relations Bob Levi attended a postal briefing conducted by Postmaster General Pat Donahoe, Chief Financial Officer Joseph Corbett and Vice President for […]
Instead of accepting a change of address, the Tariffville, Connecticut Post Office is filing one. Immediate evacuation due to structural damage moves mail services to Simsbury At the direction of the landlord, the Post Office was evacuated today after the discovery of structural damage in the facility. No one was injured but there was still […]
At post offices in Browns Valley, Smartsville, Dobbins and other small Yuba County burgs, residents stop in for their mail, and a chat. Sometimes it’s with the clerk, sometimes it’s with neighbors. The topic can be the weather, where to get firewood, or general gossip. But officials of the U.S. Postal Service, which continues to […]
’60 Minutes’ visits Mansfield post office – Show drawn to city to tell story of Lincoln branch’s closing The Emmy-award winning show “60 Minutes” spent Thursday and Friday at sites throughout Richland County, including five Mansfield post offices and AngelWoods Hideaway Bed and Breakfast, in Lucas. “We’re doing a story about the U.S. Postal Service, […]
USPS review process examined approximately 3,300 stations and branches in urban and suburban areas across the country As a result of a study started in 2009, the U.S. Postal Service has made the decision to close the Cumminsville Finance Station, 4122 Hamilton Ave., the East End Finance Station, 3923 Eastern Ave., and the Reed Hartman Finance Station, […]
The Postal Service has announced that retail operations at the Strip Station office, located at 3100 Industrial Road in Las Vegas, will close as of end of the business day on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. The Post Office Box operation will still remain in operation for the immediate future, but the plans are to close […]
The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe reports: After years of using a confusing and laborious 21-month process panned by customers and Congress as too secretive and inconsistent, the mail agency is now relying on a computerized system that enables officials to review and determine a location’s fate in no more than five months. If plans succeed, […]
Closing post offices can be tricky—and has already landed the U.S. Postal Service in hot water. The Postal Regulatory Commission expects to rule “very soon” on its investigation into whether the postal service has been improperly using reasons such as lease expirations to suspend service and to close many small, rural post offices, Norman Scherstrom, […]
The U.S. Postal Service will begin the process of closing as many as 2,000 postal offices in March and will review 16,000 more — half of all existing post offices — that are losing money, according to the The Wall Street Journal. The U.S. Postal Service plays two roles in America: an agency that keeps […]
The Postal Service has given notice to the Postal Regulatory Commission it intends to conduct a test of an experimental product: Gift Cards. This product will provide postal customers with the ability to purchase a card loaded with a specified sum of money, which can be sent as a gift through the mail. The test […]