National Dog Bite Awareness Week Starts June 4 WASHINGTON — 6/1/23 – More than 5,300 Postal Service employees were attacked by dogs while delivering the mail last year. Aggressive dog behavior is a common safety concern USPS employees face. To keep its workers safe, the organization is providing important information on how dog owners can […]
From Federal News Network 6/1/23 – The Postal Service has been cleared to raise mail rates later this summer, getting the go-ahead from its regulator. The Postal Regulatory Commission is approving a USPS request to raise the price of a First Class stamp from 63 cents to 66 cents on July 9. That marks the […]
Verizon tasked with upgrading and digitizing USPS customer support infrastructure WASHINGTON, D.C. – 5/31/23 – Verizon Business today announced a 10-year contract worth up to $145,700,000 with the United States Postal Service (USPS). The award builds on Verizon’s existing technology and positions Verizon as the USPS’ key strategic contact center and customer experience partner. Under […]
ECS will provide enterprise applications and IT support for geospatial analytics and data management FAIRFAX, Va. – May 30, 2023 — ECS, a leader in advanced technology, science, and digital transformation solutions, has won a seven-year recompete contract valued at $138M in support of the United States Postal Service (USPS) Addressing and Geospatial Technologies (AGT) Professional Support […]
WASHINGTON — 5/25/23 – The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics for the seventh week of the third quarter for fiscal year 2023 showing improved delivery performance across all mail categories. The average time for the Postal Service to deliver a mailpiece or package across the nation improved to 2.4 days. FY23 […]
CHARLOTTE, NC — 5/24/23 – Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy gave the keynote address at the 2023 National Postal Forum in Charlotte on May 22, 2023. Below is the organizational strategy transcript of those remarks, with the organizational strategy video available at https://about.usps.com/video/NPF2023PMG.mp4. For additional details, please see the keynote address highlights press release. “Thank you everyone, […]
CHARLOTTE, NC — 5/22/23 – Today, Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy welcomed 3,500 attendees to the 2023 National Postal Forum in Charlotte. In his keynote address to the annual convention of the mailing and shipping industry, DeJoy extoled the progress the Postal Service is making under its 10-year Delivering for America plan and how the agency’s […]
WASHINGTON — 5/19/23 – The U.S. Postal Service today launched an online service performance dashboard, consistent with one of the operational reforms included in the Postal Service Reform Act. After prompting users to enter only a ZIP Code, the website provides customers with a variety of useful information, including the percentage of on-time delivery for […]
Washington, DC – 5/17/23 – Today the Postal Regulatory Commission released its Financial Analysis report, an in-depth evaluation of the overall financial position of the United States Postal Service in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. With this year’s Financial Analysis report, the Commission introduces a fully accessible dashboard with downloadable data that provides a visual snapshot of key […]
WASHINGTON — 5/18/23 – The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics for the sixth week of the third quarter for fiscal year 2023 showing improved delivery performance across all mail categories. The average time for the Postal Service to deliver a mailpiece or package across the nation remained at just 2.5 days. […]