USPS wants employees throughout the organization to understand federal ethics rules and how to follow them. USPS News Link 1/10/19 – If you’re a Postal Service employee, you’re expected to comply with the federal government’s principles and standards of ethical conduct. If this is news to you, don’t worry. USPS wants to help you understand […]
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 […]
NALC News – USPS recently updated the Wound Warriors Leave policy effective January 5, 2019. Eligible military veterans will be credited with 104 hours of Wounded Warriors Leave each leave year going forward. This is a significant improvement over the previous policy which provided this benefit as a one-time occurrence only. The Postal Service released an updated Management […]
The Hearts Blossom stamp features the word “Love” in cursive script below 12 colorful hearts. USPS News Link – 1/09/19 – The Postal Service will release Hearts Blossom, this year’s first stamp, Thursday, Jan. 10. The stamp is part of the Love series and features the word “Love” in cursive script below 12 colorful hearts. […]
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 […]
WILTON – Police in several towns are warning people to be careful about what they put in the mail after four post office boxes were broken into over the weekend. Wilton police say someone used a crowbar Saturday night to break open a United States Postal Service collection box. Around the same time, Weston police […]
The Postal Inspection Service will use this image on social media and elsewhere to promote job openings that are open to USPS career employees. USPS News Link – 1/07/19 – The Postal Inspection Service is hiring. The agency will accept applications for postal inspector positions from Monday, Jan. 7, at 10 a.m. CST through Saturday, […]
Gaffney, MO, Letter Carrier Darius Downer says he takes pride in delivering packages carefully. USPS News Link – 1/07/19 – Darius Downer always says no to the throw. The Gaffney, MO, letter carrier takes pride in delivering customers’ packages carefully. “Throwing or tossing packages onto a customer’s property is never acceptable,” Downer says. USPS encourages […]
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 […]
Impact of Federal Government Shutdown on Mail Handlers NPMHU – 1/07/19 – As all Mail Handlers know, the U.S. Postal Service remains open and operational during the Federal Government shutdown that started on December 22, 2018. Here is a listing of other federal agencies or services of most interest to Mail Handlers. National Labor Relations […]