{"id":25186,"date":"2018-12-25T09:56:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T14:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=25186"},"modified":"2018-12-25T09:56:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T14:56:39","slug":"recalling-the-top-postal-service-stories-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2018\/12\/25\/recalling-the-top-postal-service-stories-of-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Recalling the top Postal Service stories of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Frank Mancuso, a letter carrier at the Ozone Park, NY, Post Office, loads a delivery vehicle during a January snowstorm.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n

USPS News Link 12\/24\/18 – The first three months of 2018 brought major snowstorms to many parts of the United States, but the Postal Service\u2019s dedication to its customers never wavered.<\/p>\n

The streak\u00a0began in January<\/a><\/em>\u00a0with rare snow in the South and bone-chilling temperatures in the Midwest. The wild weather\u00a0continued in March<\/a><\/em>,<\/em>\u00a0when the Northeast was hit with four nor\u2019easters in three weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have never had this much snow, but to see everybody in a pleasant mood is encouraging,\u201d Douglas, GA, Postmaster Damita Gaskins said after a January storm.<\/p>\n

USPS also focused on innovation and improving customers\u2019 experiences during the Jan. 1-March 31 period, including introducing an\u00a0online appointment scheduler<\/a><\/em>\u00a0for passport customers, an improved version of\u00a0PS Form 3849<\/a><\/em>,<\/em>\u00a0and rebooted\u00a0training for retail associates<\/a><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Additionally, the organization unveiled several stamps during the year\u2019s first quarter, including a Black Heritage stamp honoring\u00a0Lena Horne<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and a stamp featuring\u00a0Fred Rogers<\/a><\/em>,<\/em>\u00a0host of \u201cMister Rogers\u2019 Neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a Gallup poll released at the beginning of 2018 found the Postal Service once again has the\u00a0best job performance<\/a><\/em>\u00a0of any government agency.<\/p>\n

USPS was ranked \u201cexcellent\u201d or \u201cgood\u201d by 74 percent of consumers surveyed, topping 13 other government agencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the Postal Service, everyone is a customer. Our high ranking in this poll reflects the efforts of our employees to improve customers\u2019 experiences at every touch point,\u201d said Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan. \u201cI thank all employees for their contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frank Mancuso, a letter carrier at the Ozone Park, NY, Post Office, loads a delivery vehicle during a January snowstorm. USPS News Link 12\/24\/18 – The first three months of 2018 brought major snowstorms to many parts of the United States, but the Postal Service\u2019s dedication to its customers never wavered. The streak\u00a0began in January\u00a0with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25187,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25186\/revisions\/25187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}