USPS: Letter Carrier Positions Are Available
Letter carrier positions available
Employees can apply through eReassign.
The Postal Service has a limited number of city letter carrier positions available, and current employees are encouraged to apply.
What are the advantages of becoming a city letter carrier?
- Base salary ranges from $44,292 to $57,704 per year
- Daytime work hours
- Interaction with customers
- Outdoor work
- Typically off on Sundays and holidays
- Uniform allowance
Why become a city letter carrier now?
- Taking advantage of this option will provide the greatest selection of jobs and job locations, and increases the chances of finding a job near the applicant’s home.
- Letter carrier seniority begins as soon as the applicant starts.
For more information, employees should contact their local Human Resources office or visit eReassign on LiteBlue to review job listings and locations.
USPS shoots for $1 billion in annual Every Door Direct Mail sales
USPS shoots for $1 billion in annual EDDM sales
Last year’s sales figures from Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) were so encouraging the Postal Service has set far grander plans for the product this year.
Introduced by the Postal Service last April, EDDM already has grown to a $270-million-a-year product. Vice President, Sales, Cliff Rucker has stated USPS is aiming for $1 billion in 2012 EDDM sales. Rucker said the $1 billion mark would be reached by focusing on the following sources:
- Sales to national and regional franchises
- Alliances with printers
- New product development, including new mail sizes to appeal to businesses who don’t want to print new menus, and new route options, such as delivering only to commercial customers.
- New strategies, such as targeting political campaigns and local businesses
- New sales generated by 100 additional sales associates who will contact new customers
Rucker stressed that USPS can reach its EDDM sales goal only if employees remain committed through training and engagement with the product.
source: USPS News Link
USPS Issues Clarification On Public Disclosure Policy and Lobbying Restrictions
Last week, Link published an article regarding the federal anti-lobbying statute as it relates to USPS employees. It’s important to note that the law only applies to the “use of postal resources.” The law prohibits employees — acting in their official capacity — from encouraging stakeholders to intercede with Congress. source: USPS News Link
Here is what USPS originally posted:
It’s nobody’s business
Public disclosure policy and lobbying restrictions Read more
Updates to USPS Express Mail refund policy begin on Jan. 22
Major changes are coming to the Postal Service’s Express Mail refund policy.
For Express Mail sent on or after Jan. 22, customers requesting a postage refund for a service failure must submit that application within 30 days of the mailing date. Previously, a mailer could request a postage refund for an Express Mail service failure up to 90 days after the mailing date. Read more
USPS Warns Employees About Disclosing Non-Public Postal Information
USPS has rules — designed to protect both the Postal Service and employees — that prohibit the communication of confidential, proprietary, and non-public information, as well as information that would violate anti-lobbying laws. These rulers are important, in times such as these, when legislative action has dominated discussions concerning the Postal Service. USPS wants its employees to understand the parameters of anti-lobbying laws and public disclosure.
Employees should not discuss non-public aspects of their work, or any other postal work with anyone other than those directly involved. Sales or cost data, and unreleased financial statistics are examples of such information.
The “Anti-Lobbying Act,” 18 US Code 1913, prohibits the use of postal resources to influence others to speak with Congress about postal issues.
The Government Relations office manages communication to Congress on the Postal Service’s position on issues and legislation, and postal employees may respond to Congressional inquiries through authorized channels. This information may be discussed with USPS stakeholders ― including members of the public. However, employees are prohibited from urging these stakeholders to intercede with Congress.
Anti-lobbying law violations are punishable by civil penalties and are investigated by the Government Accountability Office, which refers cases to the Justice Department for possible enforcement.
via USPS News Link Story – It’s nobody’s business
USPS Launching New Initiative to Help Employees Provide Positive Customer Service
Customer service basics
Delivering a positive customer experience
Customer Experience Essentials
USPS is launching a new initiative to give employees resources and tips to help provide a positive experience for every customer in every transaction or contact with the Postal Service.
The “Delivering a Positive Customer Experience” campaign will focus on the basics of good customer service in four areas: customer telephone calls, customer retail visits, mail delivery, and Business Mail Entry.
According to Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President Megan Brennan, Operations, Consumer and Industry Affairs, Corporate Communications, and labor and management organizations joined together to organize and promote the effort. Brennan said USPS officers and managers will promote and disseminate the principles of this program during 2012. “Our expectation is a marked improvement in our customer experience,” she said. Read more
USPS adopts new sales tool
Coming soon to tech-conscious customers everywhere is a new Postal Service sales tool, designed to place the power of digital media in their hands.
USPS will be providing customers and prospects with a USB BuzzCard, an interactive media product the size of a credit card that can be plugged into any PC or MAC computer USB port. The card automatically launches a customized Web-based marketing application featuring information on Postal Service products and services.
USPS can load color brochures, videos and other USPS information on BuzzCards. It includes an RSS reader that can be used to connect to Web content. The BuzzCard also can display running banners, help update social network sites, and measure and capture user data.
Because the card is small and portable, it can be passed out and shared nearly anywhere USPS and its customers conduct business. It can be handed out to customers at trade shows and other business events, used in customer meetings and seminars and in business-to-business and business-to-customer sales campaigns, and as part of direct mail campaigns.
“The BuzzCard is a perfect example of how the Postal Service is harnessing the power of the most cutting-edge digital media tools to drive its business,” says Cliff Rucker vice president, Sales
source: USPS News Link
USPS: No Deduction In Pay Period 27 For Dental and Vision Plan
In accordance with federal regulations governing Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) enrollment, premiums are deducted for 26 pay periods, not for the entire benefit year. Therefore, employees currently enrolled in FEDVIP will not have premiums deducted in pay period 02-2012 (covering the paycheck issued on Jan. 20). Premium payments for enrollments continuing in 2012 and for new open season enrollments — effective Jan. 1, 2012 — will be deducted in pay period 03-2012 (covering the paycheck issued on Feb. 3).
Premium deductions for other programs such as Federal Employees Health Benefits and the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program will not be affected. Regulations governing these programs require premium deductions based on the benefit year.
USPS To Test New Electric Vehicles
This month, USPS will begin testing 10 Navistar eStar electric step vans. This test, part of the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act funded through the Department of Energy, is led by Engineering Systems with support from Safety, Delivery and Vehicles Category Management Center.
The new 2-ton vehicles will be tested in three locations: Los Angeles, CA (five vehicles), Manhattan, NY (three vehicles) and Fairfax, VA (two vehicles).
During the 2-year test, USPS will collect data on fuel efficiency, energy usage, maintenance and vehicle utilization. USPS will review the results and consider whether to expand the program.
“Testing of new technologies is important as we review alternatives to keep our vehicle fleet green and efficient,” said Michael Amato, vice president, Engineering Systems. “If successful, these vehicles will allow us to deliver mail in a way that is environmentally responsible.”
The Postal Service’s FY 2010 Annual Sustainability Report reports the Postal Service is meeting or exceeding a number of its sustainability goals — including a 133-percent increase in alternative fuel use.
source: USPS News Link
USPS Ranked #1 in Performance Among the World’s Top 20 Postal Services
A review of the performance of universal postal service providers by the Oxford Strategic Consulting (OSC) firm has named USPS the best postal service within the world’s top 20 largest economies for access to services, resource efficiency and public trust.
OSC conducts advanced research and helps private and government organizations achieve key strategic objectives. The review ranks USPS, Japan Post, Australia Post, Korea Post and Deutsche Post in its top five. USPS earned the premier ranking due to its high operating efficiency and public trust in its performance.
The ranking considered factors including the average number of citizens served by the postal system in a country, the number of letters and parcels delivered by each postal employee and data on service reliability and public trust measured over three years.
Professor William Scott-Jackson, director, OSC said, “If you could live anywhere in the world, and were sending a present to someone this Christmas, you’d want to be in the U.S., Japan or Australia.”
The report found that USPS delivers nearly double the number of letters per employee as its closest competitor and more than five times more letters per employee than fifth-place Deutsche Post.
Despite increasing competition from digital communications, postal services retain a key role in societies across the globe. The expansion of e-commerce means there’s
an even greater need for fast, efficient and reliable postal services.
“People tend to think the Internet has made the postman redundant,” said Scott-Jackson. “But postal services provide the backbone for e-commerce deliveries.”
source: USPS News Link