Premier service New program improves retail lobbies USPS – 2/25/15 Premier Post Offices are taking new steps to improve customer service. The nation’s top revenue-generating Post Offices are taking new steps to improve customer service, including keeping each location well-stocked, clean and orderly. The 3,100 Post Offices are part of the USPS Premier Office program, which recently began […]
Chemical solutions USPS updates purchasing policy USPS 2/24/15 Look for the green leaf icon, which designates environmentally preferred products in eBuy2 catalogs. A new policy requires Postal Service employees to avoid using products that contain 13 targeted chemicals that can produce hazardous waste. Sustainability and Supply Management issued the policy, which prohibits cleaners, paints, solvents, pesticides, […]
In the cards USPS travel cards to become safer, more secure USPS 2/19/15 The Postal Service’s travel cards will soon be safer, more secure and easier to use. Citibank, which issues the cards, plans to convert all magnetic-strip plastic cards to new versions that are embedded with secure computer chips. The new cards also require cardholders […]
Cold weather, warm coverage Press reports praise postal employees’ perseverance USPS 2/19/15 Chicago Letter Carrier Nicole Easter appears in an NBC News report Postal Service employees are braving frigid temperatures to keep the mail moving this week — and the press is paying attention. In a Feb. 18 “NBC Nightly News” segment, Chicago Letter Carrier Nicole Easter […]
Tennessee rural carrier aids customer in distress USPS 2/18/15 Henderson, TN, Rural Carrier Randy Cunningham Henderson, TN, Rural Carrier Randy Cunningham always delivers for his customers. Sometimes, he delivers the customers themselves. Cunningham was on his route recently when he spotted a man collapse in front of his house. Cunningham rushed to the man’s side, picked […]
PHOENIX (KSAZ) – We’ve all heard the unofficial motto of the U.S. Postal Service; “Neither snow nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” But maybe a rutted gravel road and perhaps too much speed and it may bring things to a halt. More […]
Network Operations Malone named vice president USPS 2/17/15 Network Operations VP Linda Malone PMG Megan Brennan has named Linda Malone as Network Operations vice president. Malone will oversee the Postal Service’s distribution network, including design, policies and programs, logistics and maintenance. She will report to Chief Operating Officer David Williams, who previously held the position. Malone […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — If you have to go by scooter, Pat Carroll’s is a sweet ride. It’s also essential to her ability to get around. “I can’t stand up for long periods of time because I got a bad leg and I’ve had five back surgeries,” Carroll said of the Progress Mobility three-wheel […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) — A meeting was held Tuesday to talk about the safety of postal workers. It comes after a mail carrier was attacked in Springfield last month. Police say the postal worker was sitting in his mail truck, while waiting at a red light at the corner of Belmont and Oakland Streets when […]
DETROIT (WITI) — They promise big dollars for very little work, but what appears to be an attractive business opportunity is a costly scam. Express Mail packages are at the heart of the scam and the key to unraveling the costly crime. “We were getting reports that there were large stacks of Express Mail envelopes […]