OIG – 9.23.2014 Background The U.S. Postal Service uses highway contract routes (HCR) to transport mail between its facilities. An extra trip is an infrequent trip made in addition those that are outlined in the contract. The Postal Service must complete a Postal Service Form 5397 to authorize an extra trip and a Postal Service […]
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Help wanted USPS recruiting more city carrier assistants USPS News Link – 9/16/14 Alexandria, VA, City Carrier Assistant Juan Butler The Postal Service is recruiting more people to serve in city carrier assistant (CCA) positions, non-career jobs that offer a stepping stone toward permanent employment with USPS. CCAs fill in for regular carriers on their […]
From left, John, Eli and Stephanie Cooper and Greenville, SC, Letter Carrier Christopher Brown. Photo: Greer Today. Greenville, SC, Letter Carrier Chris Brown, who recently saved toddler Eli Cooper by performing the Heimlich maneuver on him, will be a guest on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” Sept. 18, 2014. Producers of the show heard about Brown’s heroic […]
September 11, 2014 PITTSBURGH – A resident of Butler, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of mail by postal employee, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The one-count indictment, returned on Sept. 9, named Kasy N. Bell, 27, as sole defendant. According to […]
USPS – 9/9/14 Employees must use their new, more secure passwords to access the LiteBlue site and online Human Resources self-service applications, including PostalEASE, eReassign,eIDEAS and eOPF. To create your new password, go to LiteBlue and click on the “Forgot Your Password?” option. You will be redirected to the Self-Service Profile Application where you can create your new password. You’ll need it to […]
USPS: 9/9/14 DSS is helping to strengthen the scanning rate at Post Offices across the nation. More than 12,000 Post Offices are receiving new equipment this year to improve package scanning. The Delivery Sortation System (DSS) allows offices and other delivery units to efficiently capture arrival at unit scans on packages, and it tells the […]
Greenville, SC, Letter Carrier Christopher Brown was delivering mail to a customer’s home when a woman approached him carrying her infant son. She told Brown the child was choking on a piece of plastic wrapper, which she couldn’t dislodge. By the time the woman reached Brown, the child was unconscious. Brown began performing the Heimlich […]
August 29, 2014 – Hialeah, Fla. – A mail carrier, a grandmother and a 1-year-old girl were taken to the hospital after a head-on crash. The incident happened Friday at 305 West 68th St. in Hialeah. The mailman stopped on the side of the road. Police said he was outside of his car, reaching in […]
Aug. 29, 2014, 8:30 a.m. ET California On Aug. 23, the California Bay Valley area was hit by a 6.1 earthquake. As a result, retail and delivery services have been impacted in the areas of Napa and Vallejo, CA. Delivery service for the impacted areas will continue as all operations are being moved to the […]