COLUMBUS, Ohio – 12.03.14 – Photos have caught a central Ohio postal worker in the act. Pictures show an employee throwing mail into an east Columbus dumpster. An NBC4 viewer sent two photos. NBC4 alerted the USPS about these allegations. Another postal worker was caught on camera retrieving the discarded mail. The dumpster diving postal […]
U.S. Postal Service Delivers Children’s Holiday Dreams Through Operation Santa Program — Now Celebrating 102 Years NEW YORK — With a little help from the U.S. Postal Service, neither rain, nor snow, nor heat, nor gloom of night will keep Santa Claus from delivering dreams this holiday season. Today marks the start of the Postal Service’s […]
12.01.14 – Dancing penguins, flashing holiday lights and a reminder to order shipping boxes and stamps. Those are the highlights of a new holiday smartphone application that the U.S. Postal Service launched Monday with the goal of attracting more business from direct-mail marketers. The idea: You can do this with your own messages. USPS customers can use the app […]
Post Offices Open Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve Many Will Close Early, Collection Box Mail May Be Collected Earlier WASHINGTON – 12.01.14 – Post Offices nationwide will be open Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 24, and New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 31. Most Post Offices will shorten retail lobby hours and close at noon on these dates. Regular […]
Ethically yours Avoiding ethical lapses during the holidays Complying with ethical conduct standards is especially important during the holidays. The Ethics Office wants employees to know that complying with the Federal Standards of Ethical Conduct — which apply all year long — is especially important during the holidays, when employees often participate in seasonal activities […]
Capture and destroy New service helps businesses avoid undeliverable mail USPS – 12.01.14 – USPS recently introduced a service to help reduce the more than 1.4 billion pieces of undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) mail returned each year. Secure Destruction, a USPS Blue Earth sustainability initiative, allows mailers to have letter-sized return-to-sender First-Class Mail captured and securely destroyed […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – 11/25/14 – For the first time in nearly a week, all of the postal carrier routes around Buffalo are back to delivering the mail. Some mail–in West Seneca for instance–went undelivered for 5 days last week because post office vehicles were affected by travel bans, just like everyone else. “There were […]
11/25/14 – On the anniversary of the murder of a local postal carrier, the News4 I-Team shows a never before released list of crimes committed against postal employees, including a dramatic increase in robberies. It started out like any other February day for a well-known D.C. postal carrier who delivered the mail on Webster Street […]
Credit-monitoring codes sent to employees Note: See link to PMG video below. The Postal Service reminds employees that a personalized letter from the PMG was recently sent to your home address following the cyber intrusion into some USPS information systems. The letter, which was sent via First-Class Mail, includes an activation code for a credit-monitoring product that […]
Revamped usps.com offers easier access The Postal Service has redesigned usps.com with customers in mind. The Postal Service has redesigned usps.com to make it easier for customers to find what they need. The streamlined design places information on popular products and services front and center, including mailboxes, passports and The Postal Store. The site also makes mailing, shipping and tracking packages […]