The Postal Service wants everyone to know it will be ready to deliver their Cyber Monday purchases this year. In a news release this week, USPS reminded customers that products and services like Click-N-Ship, Package Pickup and free Priority Mail boxes, available on usps.com, allow them to take care of their mailing and shipping needs […]
The five facts about turkeys featured in last week’s edition of “The List” were amazing. I didn’t know turkeys have such excellent vision. […]
Retail Associate Deanna Eliason was on duty recently at the Marsing, ID, Post Office when she smelled smoke. Eliason stepped outside to investigate and saw that a day care facility adjacent to the Post Office was on fire. She rushed back inside to alert Postmaster Marnie McNeil, who called 911, before returning to the day […]
The Postal Service expects holiday customer traffic to increase beginning Dec. 7, with the season’s busiest period for mailing, shipping and deliveries occurring Dec. 14-21. The organization released the expectations last week, noting that more gifts are expected to be sent through the mail this year as families and friends hold virtual get-togethers instead of […]
A newly updated video reminds Postal Service employees of the importance of the open season benefits enrollment period. The two-minute video, “2020 Open Season,” notes that employees’ circumstances may change from year to year. For example, some employees may want to add a dependent to their plan, while other workers may determine they no longer […]
Here’s a look at some recent changes in the USPS leadership ranks: • Severo Garza, the San Francisco Network Distribution Center’s manager, has been named the Albuquerque, NM, Processing and Distribution Center’s acting plant manager. • Fort Lauderdale, FL, Postmaster David C. Guiney has been named acting Western Pennsylvania District manager. • Mid-Carolinas District Manager […]
To help mark USPS Motor Vehicle Safety Month in December, here are three facts about the Postal Service’s delivery fleet. 1. USPS has more than 228,000 vehicles, one of the largest civilian fleets in the world. On a typical day, these vehicles help USPS deliver more than 470 million mailpieces to about 160 million addresses, […]
I’m very happy about the stamps previewed in “Hello, 2021,” including the releases honoring our Asian community. […]
Rural Carrier Jacqueline Tannehill was recently making deliveries in a Springfield, IL, neighborhood when she grew concerned about an older customer whose mail was piling up. Tannehill knocked on the woman’s front door and only heard dogs barking in response. The Postal Service employee alerted a neighbor, knowing he was also a local police officer. […]
The Postal Service has honored one area and four districts with this year’s Safety Leadership and Vision Awards. The awards, introduced in 2019, honor areas and districts that exceed requirements in maintaining safe workplaces based on key criteria, such as reducing accident rates and improving performance compared with the same period one year earlier. This […]
Letter Carrier Brina Uhrbrock’s neighbors own a gift, novelty and souvenir company. Over the course of a year, the Muskegon, MI, employee chatted with them about their business and how the Postal Service could help them. “This is a veteran-owned, family-run business,” said Uhrbrock. “They had been using another shipper for their products, but when […]
Postal Service employees have a few more weeks to change their health coverage or enroll in a new plan. Open season, the annual period when USPS employees can make benefits changes, ends Monday, Dec. 14. Employees can choose from a variety of health, vision and dental coverage through the following programs and plans: Federal Employees […]
USPS is offering savings on Visa gift card purchases at select Post Office locations this month. From Nov. 14-27, customers and employees will receive $2 off the purchase fee of Mastercard gift cards valued at $50 and $100. Variable load gift cards are excluded. No coupon is needed. […]
I frequently learn something new from “The List,” one of my favorite Link features. I especially enjoyed the recent editions on Native American Heritage Month and Veterans Day. […]
Rural Carrier Associate Shelly Stoddard was delivering a package at an isolated residence in Barker, NY, on a rainy morning last winter when she heard someone yelling for help. She soon spotted an older customer lying on the ground in his driveway. Stoddard rushed to help the man, who lives alone and had been stranded […]
To help you get ready for Thanksgiving next week, here are five facts about the star attraction at the traditional holiday feast. 1. Turkeys are capable of fascinating physical feats. According to the Audubon Society, wild turkeys can fly as fast as 60 miles per hour. Turkeys also have excellent vision — seeing three times […]
Here’s a look at some recent changes in the USPS leadership ranks: • Wendy M. McLlwain, senior plant manager at the Suburban Maryland Processing and Distribution Center in Gaithersburg, was named acting Capital District manager. • Carlos Nunez, South Jersey District’s operations programs support manager, was named acting Central Pennsylvania District manager. • Sherrod M. […]
In a new video, Chief Human Resources Officer Isaac Cronkhite provides Postal Service employees with an overview of open season. The annual benefits enrollment period, which runs from Nov. 9-Dec. 14 this year, allows employees to review and make changes to their health coverage. “Please carefully look at all of the coverages and options to […]
The Postal Service has announced some of next year’s planned stamp releases. Here’s what’s coming: Year of the Ox, the second release in the new Lunar New Year series Love, which will feature three large hearts shown in an unconventional palette of color duos Chien-Shiung Wu, honoring one of the most influential nuclear physicists of […]
City Carrier Assistant Candis Wolff was recently delivering mail in a Waterloo, IA, neighborhood when she grew concerned about a strong odor of leaking gas at a residence. Wolff knocked on the front door and got no response, so she immediately called local Customer Services Supervisor Tyler Eliason. He notified the gas company, and utility […]
I was worried I wouldn’t be able to vote this year because I forgot to put a stamp on my request for a ballot, but I received my ballot in the mail anyway. I owe it all to the Postal Service and our dedicated employees. […]
The Postal Service wants employees to know about some important changes concerning the open season benefits enrollment period that began this week. Here’s a rundown: • The U.S. Office of Personnel Management recently announced that the average total premiums for individuals enrolled in plans under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB) will increase by […]
When the 2020 Race for a $Billion campaign finished in September, Arizona/New Mexico District found that it had surpassed its own goal for the initiative by almost 200 percent. Race for a $Billion began Oct. 1, 2019, and aimed to raise $1 billion through employee-generated sales leads by the end of the fiscal year on […]
The Postal Service is reminding employees and contractors to never send credit or debit card numbers electronically. Email, text messages and instant messaging generally are not secure forms of communication — and encryption doesn’t make snooping impossible. Consequently, employees and contractors shouldn’t send USPS-issued personal or customer-related credit or debit card numbers in any form […]
The “2020 Veterans Day Celebration” video is a truly honest and sincere tribute to all the men and women who currently or previously served in the military. […]
The Postal Service is providing employees with corrected information about the Annual Leave Exchange (ALE). Due to a technical error, some employees recently received letters that included incorrect dates for the benefits enrollment period and participation in the ALE program, as well as the incorrect number of hours that employees can exchange. A letter with […]
The Postal Service is working with Sandboxx, an app for military families, to help customers use Informed Delivery to connect with loved ones who have entered basic training. Developed by military veterans, Sandboxx allows people to use their digital devices to write messages to friends and family who are in basic training. The app then […]
Postal Service employees can participate in an online benefits fair throughout open season, which runs from Nov. 9-Dec. 14 this year. The Virtual Benefits Fair offers information about the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program and Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP), as well as flexible spending accounts. Employees […]
Here’s a look at some recent changes in the USPS leadership ranks: • Rocky Argel, the San Francisco Network Distribution Center’s distribution operations manager, was named the Northern California Surface Transfer Center’s acting manager. • Peter Avery, a Northeast Area network operations analyst, was named the New Jersey Surface Transfer Center’s acting manager. • Paul […]
To help mark the recent release of the Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor stamp, here are three facts about the famed merchant ship that brought America’s early settlers to the New World. 1. The Mayflower’s journey lasted several months. On Sept. 6, 1620, the Mayflower and its more than 100 passengers set sail from Plymouth, a […]