Postal employees, members of the public, charitable organizations and corporations can respond to letters received through the mail that are addressed to Santa by participating in the Postal Service’s Operation Santa program — set to kick off Dec. 1. However, to maintain the trust of its customers and to safeguard the mail, Post Offices must […]
Postal Service customers take note — usps.com recently posted a warning about email scammers using the Postal Service’s name to access valuable personal information. Customers being targeted receive bogus emails with subject lines containing the text: “USPS Delivery Failure Notification.” The emails claim to be from the Postal Service and contain fraudulent information about an […]
DRIVE INITIATIVE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION MOVES AHEAD Members of the Network Optimization team — including employees whose expertise spans most USPS functions — discuss the plant consolidation/closure study. Vice President, Operations, David Williams, the team leader, is second from right. The Postal Service’s Network Optimization Initiative — a study to determine whether more than 250 […]
USPS completed phase I deployment to 241 sites of new “ring scanners” Intelligent Mail Devices (IMDs) last Sept. 30. Scanning scores around the country are improving as a result. Ring scanners capture enroute scans on manually processed packages and flats — an essential piece of the end-to-end visibility USPS has promised. Since receiving ring scanners […]
From USPS News Link: PROPERTY FOR SALE USPS REAL ESTATE SALES PRODUCE REVENUE USPS has listed 90 commercial properties and 36 land parcels with a commercial real estate broker. Sale of these properties by broker Caldwell Banker will generate much-needed capital for the Postal Service. “The Postal Service fully recognizes and supports the need to […]
USPS Reminds Employees They Can Be Fired For Non-Compliance With New Social Media Policy USPS SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY – NAVIGATING A NEW FRONTIER It began in earnest this past summer, when the Postal Service previewed its schedule of 2012 commemorative stamps on Facebook and Twitter (Link, 7/18). Before that, USPS had established a YouTube channel […]
PMG Reassures Customers PMG Pat Donahoe today is sending a message of reassurance to USPS customers, telling them the Postal Service is “here to stay” and that he has a plan to lead USPS to profitability and long-term growth. In a video posted internally as well as on USPS public-facing websites, Donahoe brings customers up-to-date […]
There are no national elections this year. But plenty of jurisdictions around the U.S. are holding municipal or state-wide elections this fall. If there’s an election in your area, remember to review provisions of the Hatch Act. It applies to all postal employees — including telecommuters. Among other provisions, this federal law prohibits employees from […]
If respondents on the Postal Service’s Facebook and Twitter accounts had their way, postage stamps would soon bear the images of Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Springsteen. Those are the popular online suggestions — so far — for stamp subjects after the Postal Service last month announced its decision to begin honoring living people […]
To give customers greater convenience and generate new retail revenue and cash during the holiday shipping season, the Postal Service will expand the American Express Gift Cards sales program to an additional 3,000 Post Offices starting this week. With the expansion, customers now will be able to purchase and mail gift cards at nearly 5,000 […]