10,000 Activists Call for USPS to Honor Dean Martin with Postage Stamp

Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 19, 2010 — In just a few weeks since it launched, a groundbreaking new activist effort, launched via the Facebook platform, has already swelled to over 10,000 supporters calling for the US Postal Service to issue a stamp honoring Dean Martin. (http://Facebook.com/DeanMartinStamp or http://DeanMartinStamp.com) Launched as a shoestring effort by two brothers, […]

Hallmark Announces First Postage-Paid Postcards

Hallmark today announces the company’s first postage-paid product, Postage-Paid Postcards. The postcards were developed with the US Postal Service and use a new barcode technology that eliminates the need for consumers to apply a stamp. Hallmark chose to offer Postage-Paid Postcards when consumers expressed interest in a product that could be easily written and mailed, […]

Mail Handler and Letter Carrier Charged With Mail Theft

Press Releases from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas : (HOUSTON) –  A mail handler for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been indicted for mail theft, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Johnny McCoy, 49, of Spring, Texas, has been charged in a one-count indictment with theft of mail […]

South Carolina Postal Clerk Charged With Stealing $46,000 From Stamp Machines

Columbia, South Carolina —- Acting United States Attorney Kevin F. McDonald stated today that Harry H. Higgins, age 52, of Greenville, South Carolina, was charged in a federal Indictment with misappropriation of postal funds, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1711. Higgins worked as a technician for the Spartanburg West Post Office, […]

Arroweye Solutions Recognized by U.S. Postal Service with Business Achievement Award

USPS presents Arroweye with 2010 Corporate Business Achievement Award for innovation; citing creation of customized USPS priority envelope CHICAGO (April 14, 2010) – Arroweye Solutions was awarded the 2010 Corporate Business Achievement Award from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) during the National Postal Forum Awards Ceremony in Nashville, Tenn. USPS recognized Arroweye for its innovation […]

OtterBox Receives USPS Creative Business Solutions Award

FORT COLLINS, CO — 04/14/10 — OtterBox, makers of protective technology cases, was recognized last night with the 2010 Creative Business Solutions Award from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). This prestigious award was presented during the National Postal Forum (NPF) ceremony held at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. Sylvester Black, Area Operations, Western […]

National Newspaper Association Continues Support For Six-Day Mail Delivery

Press Release WASHINGTON, DC — National Newspaper Association (NNA), a community newspaper organization of over 2,000 members, today filed its formal opposition to the United States Postal Service’s proposal to end Saturday mail delivery. NNA has intervened on behalf of its newspapers in a proceeding before the Postal Regulatory Commission, which will issue an advisory […]

Postal Service Expands Prescription Mail Back With Pilot Program For Vets

Program Diverts Expired, Unused Medicine from Landfills, Water Supply WASHINGTON — Veterans will be able to safely dispose of expired and unused prescriptions and help the environment at the same time under a program offered by the U.S. Postal Service and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This pilot program is limited to an estimated […]

Letter Carriers’ Annual Food Drive Set for May 8 Throughout Nation

Donations Critical as Thousands Join Hunger Rolls; Effort Will Help Feed Needy Families in All 50 States WASHINGTON – The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) announced today that the nation’s largest annual food drive to combat hunger will be conducted this year on Saturday, May 8.  On that day, letter carriers will collect non-perishable […]

FEC Dismisses Complaint Against Mail Handler’s Union Over Diversion of Membership Dues To PAC Fund

Press Release from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Washington, DC (April 5, 2010) – The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has dismissed a complaint filed by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and a Nashua-area postal worker who discovered his annual union membership dues were illegally diverted into the union’s political action […]