HOUSTON — Bright pink peach blossoms highlight the 2019 Year of the Boar Forever stamp, the 12th and final stamp in the Celebrating Lunar New Year series. The U.S. Postal Service dedicated the stamps today during a first-day-of-issue ceremony at the Chinese Community Center in Houston, TX. The public is asked to share the news of the stamp using […]
USPS is reminding employees who work outside to layer up, protect their extremities and stay dry this winter. The Postal Service wants employees to dress warmly when working outside this winter. Here are some tips: • Layer up. Each layer provides insulation and acts as a barrier from the cold to help retain body heat. Avoid […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — New Directions Behavioral Health today announced it has been awarded the contract to provide its Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to the United States Postal Service, starting April 1, 2019. The contract represents the company’s largest EAP client to date, serving nearly 1.5 million lives across the country. New Directions competed with […]
Martin Luther King Jr. appeared on a 15-cent Black Heritage stamp released in 1979. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday that commemorates the civil rights leader’s birthday, will be observed Monday, Jan. 21. King (1929-1968) was a Baptist preacher who became a leader in the American civil rights movement. He helped organize the 1963 […]
What: The U.S. Postal Service will celebrate the beauty of cactus flowers with 10 new stamp designs. The first-day-of-issue event for the Cactus Flowers Forever stamps is free and open to the public. News on the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #CactusFlowers. Who: Jacqueline Krage Strako, Chief Customer and Marketing Officer, U.S. Postal […]
Mail Condition Visualization will use simplified categories and enhanced analysis capabilities to improve the mail inventory process. USPS News Link – 1/09/19 – The Postal Service will soon begin using simplified categories and enhanced analysis capabilities to improve the mail inventory process. Mail Condition Visualization (MCV), an Informed Visibility module, will provide users with near-real-time conditions of mail […]
Zamari Elliott, a Washington, DC, retail associate, assists customer Kunal Sangwan with fingerprinting recently. USPS News Link – 1/07/19 – USPS is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to test fingerprinting services at two Washington, DC, Post Offices. The program allows the offices to provide fingerprinting services to customers applying for an identity history […]
James Han, a mail processing clerk, works at the Suburban Maryland Processing and Distribution Center in Gaithersburg this month. Postal Service employees demonstrated their dedication to their customers as 2018 drew to a close. In October, employees marked Breast Cancer Awareness Month by promoting the Breast Cancer Research semipostal stamp and participating in events at USPS facilities […]
Postal Inspector Steve Cohen checks out the basement at the Red Springs, NC, Post Office, which flooded after Hurricane Florence in September. USPS News Link 12/27/18 – USPS focused on serving customers throughout the year, including the summer months. Employees helped customers rebound from Hurricane Florence, which tore a path of destruction through North Carolina, South […]
Letter Carrier Rita Colachagua brings Stamp Out Hunger donations to Diamond Farms Station in Gaithersburg, MD, in May. USPS News Link 12/26/18 – USPS employees continued to serve their communities throughout the spring. In May, postal workers collected 71.6 million pounds of food for people in need during Stamp Out Hunger drive, an annual one-day campaign led […]