Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar on preparing for retirement. The session, “Retirement 101,” will be held Thursday, Oct. 21, at noon EDT. An Aetna representative will conduct the webinar, which will provide a better understanding of how your retirement benefits might work nationwide and overseas. Participants must register before the event […]
Have you ever considered a career in cybersecurity? The CyberSafe at USPS team works every day to protect the organization’s computer network from multiple security threats. Throughout October — National Cybersecurity Awareness Month — the team is highlighting various information technology jobs and their roles in securing the USPS network. Cybersecurity encompasses a variety of […]
The Postal Service’s Power of One campaign has ended, bringing in $1.33 billion in new revenue for the organization. The initiative began Oct. 1, 2020, with a goal to raise $1 billion through employee-generated sales leads by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. The campaign’s ending total marked the eighth consecutive year […]
Medicine Lodge, KS, Rural Carrier Riley Gamber was recently delivering mail when he spotted an older customer lying on a wheelchair ramp outside her home. Gamber immediately checked on the woman, who was semiconscious, and called 911. He stayed with her until paramedics arrived. The customer, who had suffered a stroke, did not survive. […]
The Combined Federal Campaign’s cause of the week aims high indeed: ending poverty. The campaign quotes Martin Luther King Jr., who spent the last months of his life organizing the Poor People’s Campaign, uniting haves and have-nots from diverse backgrounds to fight the scourge. “I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have […]
Here’s a look at some recent changes in the Postal Service leadership ranks: • Janie M. Beltran was named the Manchester, NH, Processing and Distribution Center’s plant manager. She previously served as the Southern Maine Processing and Distribution Center’s plant manager. Michael C. Mitchell, the Eastern Maine Processing and Distribution Center’s plant manager, was named […]
On the job and off, Todd Griffin is a hoofer. The Attleboro, MA, letter carrier may drive an LLV on his route, but he gets plenty of exercise delivering packages to its 756 residences. “I carry a lot of stuff up long driveways and do obstacle courses as I’m going through yards,” he said. “I […]
The Postal Service has published a series of five videos from the recent National Postal Forum. The virtual event took place Sept. 20-22. The videos are from the opening session, which took the form of a roundtable discussion hosted by Judy de Torok, the Postal Service’s vice president for corporate affairs. The session featured a […]
The Postal Service will release Otters in Snow, a booklet of 20 stamps depicting playful otters in their element, on Oct. 12. Each of the four designs portrays a lone North American river otter amusing itself in a frozen landscape. In one, the creature’s head breaks the surface of an icy river; in another, it […]
The Postal Service can help customers who want to give it the college try when sending the comforts of home to students away at school this fall. Before baking and shipping a student’s favorite cookies, the organization recommends customers review Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail, which is available on usps.com. Here are some […]
The Postal Service’s job fairs are attracting hundreds of applicants for seasonal and career positions as the organization ramps up for the busy winter holidays. More than 500 people applied for jobs at a recent fair at the Milwaukee Main Post Office. “We were hoping for around 100 people the first day and in the […]
Kelli St. Dennis, a highway contract route relief carrier, was recently delivering mail in a Garden Valley, CA, subdivision when she spotted something unusual: Cash totaling nearly $900 lay on the ground around the neighborhood box unit. St. Dennis gathered up the money and turned it in to local Postmaster Robin Rust, who notified the […]
The Combined Federal Campaign’s cause of the week is that most essential of human needs, shelter. The campaign quotes sociologist Matthew Desmond, whose 2015 book “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” is a harrowing account of how easy it is to become homeless in America and the dire consequences of not having a […]
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a time for employees to learn how to avoid scams and other pitfalls while online. This year’s theme is “Fight the Bait — Stay CyberSafe.” Employees are encouraged to go to the CyberSafe at USPS Blue and LiteBlue pages to view interactive online security activities and informative videos. The site also features: […]
Here’s a look at Postal Service employees who received appointments or recognition recently: • Donald E. Crone, technology acquisition and program management senior director in Merrifield, VA, was named to a special assignment in Engineering Systems. • Kathy J. Hand was named the Omaha, NE, Processing and Distribution Center’s plant manager. She previously served as […]
The Postal Service’s new Day of the Dead stamps were dedicated Sept. 30 at the El Paso Museum of Art in Texas. Dia de los Muertos, as the holiday is called in Spanish, is celebrated Nov. 1-2, straddling the Roman Catholic feast days of All Saints Day and All Souls Day, respectively. It is an […]
Rural Carrier Parris Hampton was delivering mail one day in February in Blacklick, OH, when he came upon a customer who had fallen on ice. The woman, whose daughter was with her, couldn’t get up on her own, and her daughter was unable to lift her. Hampton stopped to aid the pair, safely getting the […]
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to learn more about the disease and efforts to cure it. Aside from skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer for American women. Although it is rare, men can get breast cancer, too. Approximately 1 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed in the […]
In a year filled with pandemic-related challenges, some individuals, teams and facilities were able to find new ways to reduce the Postal Service’s environmental impact and often its operating costs, as well. The USPS Sustainability Excellence Awards recognize these efforts. This year, the awards — announced Sept. 27 during a virtual ceremony — took a […]
Small businesses of all kinds are finding USPS Connect Local is the right fit for their customers. The pilot program provides businesses and nonprofits with local-to-local same-day and next-day package delivery at affordable rates. In July, the Postal Service launched the pilot in Texas at seven postal facilities in Houston and Dallas. The program will […]
Rural Carrier Associate Courtney Hutchison was recently delivering mail in Batavia, OH, when she spotted smoke billowing from a house. Hutchison immediately called 911 and rushed to the scene to alert the residents. Once they were aware of the blaze, a man and a woman who were home at the time ran to the garage […]
“One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world.” — Malala Yousafzai The Combined Federal Campaign uses this quote from the youngest laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize to introduce the second cause of the week for the 2021-22 campaign: education. The brave young Pakistani’s past is testament to how high […]
The Postal Service is making a small change on employees’ paychecks. Beginning with the checks dated Oct. 1, each employee’s mailing address will be printed below his or her name. USPS will continue to mail paychecks to the facility where employees work. Employees who receive paper paychecks should review the address on their check for […]
Here’s a look at some recent changes in the Postal Service leadership ranks: • Dennell M. Maestas was named the Albuquerque, NM, Processing and Distribution Center’s plant manager. She previously served as the Las Vegas Processing and Distribution Center’s distribution operations senior manager. • Gary L. McClellan was named the Nashville, TN, Processing and Distribution […]
The Postal Service’s Message Monster stamps — designed to deliver smiles, not scares — were dedicated Sept. 24 in Topeka, KS. “This new collection of Message Monsters stamps is one of the most creative, fun and unique designs we’ve ever produced,” said Jeffery A. Adams, the organization’s corporate communications vice president, who spoke at the […]
Rural Carrier Jacenda “JC” Dohme was recently making deliveries at a senior apartment complex in Greenville, OH, when she grew concerned about a woman who had not picked up her mail in several days or placed her trash can at the curb as she normally would. After knocking on the customer’s door and getting no […]
Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar to learn about Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program with Blue Cross Blue Shield. The session, “Medicare, FEHB and Blue Cross Blue Shield,” will be held Wednesday, Sept. 29, at noon EDT. Christel Bull, a federal account manager for CareFirst Blue Cross Blue […]
A lead from a Pennsylvania employee has resulted in a shipping deal worth more than $3,000 for the Postal Service. Robin Black, a mail handler at the Greensburg Post Office, is a big fan of a local cookie baker and followed the business on Facebook. She then noticed the bakery had started selling its cookies […]
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy expressed optimism in the future of USPS during this week’s National Postal Forum virtual conference. “The best days of the Postal Service are still ahead of us,” he said, after outlining changes that are taking place at the organization as part of the Delivering for America 10-year plan. DeJoy’s remarks were […]
Customer Services Supervisor Allen Milletics was on duty one day in January in New Port Richey, FL, when an older customer had a heart attack in the parking lot while she was behind the wheel. Milletics hurried outside and safely secured the woman’s vehicle while another customer called 911. The Postal Service employee then lifted […]