This is the time USPS employees can make changes to their benefits or choose a new plan USPS News Link 11.6.26 – Open season, the once-a-year opportunity for Postal Service employees to make changes to their healthcare coverage or choose a new plan, begins Monday, Nov. 9, and ends Monday, Dec. 14. Because health plan […]
Participants can register now before fulfilling wish lists 11/5/26 – USPS Operation Santa opened registration for letter adopters on Nov. 2, with the program encouraging participants to consider fulfilling family requests this holiday season. “Every year we receive thousands of letters filled with holiday wishes — often outnumbering available adopters — many letters come from […]
Self-service options are available in many retail lobbies when Post Offices are closed WASHINGTON — 11/4/26 – The U.S. Postal Service will observe Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11. All Post Office locations will be closed. Regular mail delivery and retail services will resume on Thursday, November 12. Customers are reminded that when Post Offices […]
Help create holiday joy for those in need WASHINGTON — 11/4/26 – USPS Operation Santa adoption registration is officially open! Groups and individuals interested in adopting letters for this year’s program should visit USPSOperationSanta.com, click on the registration link and follow the prompts. For security reasons, all prospective adopters must be vetted through a short […]
Here’s what USPS employees can and cannot participate in USPS 11/3/26 – The Hatch Act is a law that restricts federal employees — including Postal Service employees — from engaging in certain political activities. These include: • Running as a candidate in a partisan election; • Hosting or inviting people to a political fundraiser; • […]
You put a lot of love into the things you send during the holidays. The United States Postal Service is delivering your love to more addresses in America than anyone else.
WASHINGTON — 10/30/26 – The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors will meet Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in an open session at Postal Service headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, in Washington, DC. The public is welcome to attend the meeting, which begins at 10 a.m. ET in the Benjamin Franklin Room. A public comment period […]
BETHESDA, MD — 10/6/26 – Today the U.S. Postal Service issued a semipostal stamp, Know the Facts About Fentanyl, at a ceremony held at the National Institutes of Health. The stamp will raise funds to advance research and raise awareness to combat this ongoing epidemic while providing a message encouraging hope, healing and recovery. The […]
Employees can’t spend time doing side jobs, gambling or making influencer videos USPS 10/22/26 – The Postal Service is reminding employees that they cannot perform work for an outside business or engage in gambling when they are on the clock. Supervisors also cannot ask or order subordinates to use their official time to work on […]
OIG special agents used a software tool to spot fake invoices and other problems USPS News Link 10/22/26 – A Maxton, NC, repair contractor has agreed to pay $1 million in a civil settlement for allegedly inflating the cost of repairs at several Postal Service facilities. Special agents from the Postal Service’s Office of Inspector […]