WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) have agreed to jointly provide fulfillment, information management services and customer maintenance to federal agencies to enable them to serve the needs of their departments. According to a signed memorandum of understanding, NTIS will work directly with the Postal Service’s Stamp Fulfillment […]
Prova.fm, an online crowdsourcing startup announced a design contest for the United States Postal Service in Hawaii. The Post Office recognizes the power of the crowd too The United States Postal Service in Hawaii has selected the online community of designers at Prova.fm to crowdsource the design of a “Season’s Greetings from Hawaii” logo to […]
Print Catalogs Deliver Digital Orders Campaign Shows Online Retailers How to Go Beyond the Web to Double Sales WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is reaching out to e-tailers with a campaign showcasing the power of catalogs with the potential to double online transactions and achieve revenue lift of over 100 percent by creating print […]
Man assaulted and robbed letter carrier of $26 while delivering mail The U.S. Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorney’s office for Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following press release: July 16, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHRISTOPHER ISAAC, age 20, of Marrero, Louisiana, pled guilty in federal court yesterday before U. S. District Judge Helen G. […]
COLUMBUS, OH — The U.S. Postal Service celebrated five newspaper comic strips by dedicating the Sunday Funnies stamps today. The 44-cent First-Class stamps honor comic strips: Archie, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes. The strips, as well as their characters, may have changed over the years, yet each remains an enduring […]
Press Release issued by the office of Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s (D-Oh) Washington, Jul 14 – Today the House of Representatives unanimously approved Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) legislation to rename the Post Office at 13301 Smith Road in Cleveland, Ohio as the David John Donafee Post Office Building in honor of Mr. Donafee, a public servant […]
Business Plan Establishes Simplified Gateway to Global Trade for U.S. Companies WASHINGTON — Responding to the call for a doubling of exports over the next five years through the National Export Initiative, officials with the U.S. Postal Service and U.S. Department of Commerce are leveraging their strategic partnership to launch a business plan aimed at […]
for exposing workers to electrical hazards at Capitol Heights, Md., facility CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for workplace safety violations related to electrical hazards found at the Capitol Heights Processing and Distribution Center. Proposed penalties total $272,000. “These citations and […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Tamara R. Barnett, 39, Indianapolis, was charged late yesterday with misappropriation of postal funds, following an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General. The indictment alleges that Barnett stole postal funds by manipulating the retail sales system in a manner that resulted in cash overages that she subsequently […]
WASHINGTON — The Postal Service has been named one of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity in the July issue of Black Enterprise magazine. The results were based on a survey Black Enterprise sent to the top 1,000 publicly traded U.S. companies and the 50 leading global companies with U.S. operations. The survey focused on […]