USPS: The Health Benefits, Dental, and Vision Programs are Going Green

USPS: The Health Benefits, Dental, and Vision Programs are Going Green

The Health Benefits, Dental, and Vision Programs are Going Green: LiteBlue will Provide You with 24/7 Access to the Program Information You Need Open Season, the period of time every year when you get to evaluate and change your health benefits, is coming soon, and this year, we’re going green. What this means is that you will […]

ELM Revision: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program

ELM Revision: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program

Effective October 16, 2014, the Postal Service™ is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), subchapter 520, Health Benefits Program, to update policy and procedures in accordance with Office of Personnel Management regulations and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as follows: 521.1 — Revised to update Reference Note. 521.2 — Revised to […]

DMM Revision: Hold For Pickup Service Expanded to Additional Products

DMM Revision: Hold For Pickup Service Expanded to Additional Products

Effective November 8, 2014, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) section 508.7.0 to expand Hold For Pickup service to include Parcel Select Lightweight and Bound Printed Matter parcels. In order to provide mailers with additional options to have their shipments held at a designated […]

Video: Mail service stalls in North Slope whaling village

Video: Mail service stalls in North Slope whaling village

Mail service stalls in North Slope whaling village Postal Service struggles to staff rural offices 10.15.2014 – Mail service has temporarily stopped in the Inupiat village of Kaktovik, an ongoing problem as the Postal Service struggles to find permanent postal clerks in some remote Alaska communities. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

USPS Hatch Act Reminder

USPS Hatch Act Reminder

 10/14/14 – USPS News Link Midterm elections are almost here — a good time to review provisions of the Hatch Act. A new pamphlet outlines how the Hatch Act applies to federal employees, including all postal employees. The Hatch Act prohibits you from engaging in political activity while on duty, in any government office, wearing an official […]

West Virginia letter carrier helps boy get home

West Virginia letter carrier helps boy get home

Clarksburg, WV, Letter Carrier Clay Clark 10.14.2014 – USPS News Link Clarksburg, WV, Letter Carrier Clay Clark was near the end of his route when he noticed a young boy sitting in the grass by himself, crying. When Clark asked the child if he was all right, the boy told him he had gotten off […]

Temple Couple Sentenced To Federal Prison For Postal Theft Scheme Involving In Excess Of 50,000 Pieces Of United States Mail

Temple Couple Sentenced To Federal Prison For Postal Theft Scheme Involving In Excess Of 50,000 Pieces Of United States Mail

In Waco today, 39-year-old Charles Hattenbach and 29–year-old Kathryn Hubbert were sentenced to 81 months and 48 month in federal prison, respectively, for a postal theft scheme involving more than 50,000 pieces of mail and over $500,000 in other U.S. Government property from U.S. Post Offices in approximately 80 cities and towns across Texas announced […]