From The USPS Office of Inspector General OIG – 9/23/19 – Postage stamps, records manipulation, and a clandestine call to report suspicions. It has the makings of a good series to binge watch on a rainy weekend. Instead, it’s a recent audit report on improving the controls around stamp stock at postal retail outlets. And […]
WASHINGTION — The U.S. Postal Service announced today that this year’s contemporary holiday stamps will highlight wreaths to welcome the season. The Holiday Wreaths Forever stamps will be issued later this fall, providing plenty of time for mailing greeting cards. Details will be announced soon. These stamps will be among several holiday-themed stamps that will […]
The Virtual Timecard app, which can be accessed from LiteBlue, will provide USPS employees with access to their Time and Attendance Collection System clock entries. USPS News Link – The Postal Service will introduce an application this fall to make it easier for employees using personal computers or mobile devices to see their time clock […]
PLEASE NOTE: We have been asked by attorneys representing Romulo Ruiz to remove the video provided by CBS 8 San Diego regarding his terrible accident. You may still access this article and video at CBS here [if CBS has not removed said article/video]. We wish Mr. Ruiz the best and a full recovery. Rick Owens […]
USPS is offering updates on its negotiations with the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union. USPS News Link – 9/20/19 – The Postal Service is offering an update on negotiations with two labor unions. On Sept. 21, negotiations on a new labor contract between USPS and the National Association […]
Jose Garcia was delivering mail Wednesday when a home on his route caught fire. Garcia banged on the door of the home to warn his customers of the flames. He sustained minor burn injuries to his hand. Luckily nobody was in the home. CBS Las Vegas
CHICAGO (CBS) — A mail carrier was caught red-handed – he was supposed to be hard at work, but instead, recorded video shows he had a woman in his truck with him, and the mail from a Northwest Side Chicago neighborhood. The mail truck was parked just a couple houses away, while the worker and […]
DOJ – 9/18/19 – COLUMBUS, Ohio – A former United States Postal Carrier pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to stealing mail parcels that contained narcotics and then selling those narcotics in his neighborhood. Ricky Lee Harris Germany, 32, of Columbus, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute […]
Fed up neighbors are starting a petition drive to get rid of the boxes after the recent rash of thefts. STOCKTON, Calif. — Ken Thompson has had enough. He wants something better now that his community mailbox has been broken into near Weston Ranch High School. “People should stop stealing, get a job…you’re taking people’s […]
The Hatch Act prohibits USPS and other federal employees from engaging in political activity in the workplace. USPS News Link – 9/17/19 – The 2020 presidential primary season is around the corner, and so USPS is reminding employees to follow the rules established under the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act is a law that prohibits postal and […]