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Asian Pacific American Month

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month — an annual celebration of the nation’s 20 million Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders — began May 1. About 50,000 Postal Service employees identify as being Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. This represents approximately 7.9 percent of the USPS workforce. The organization celebrates the contributions of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders […]

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Food for thought

Postal Service employees will collect donations for local pantries Saturday, May 12, during the 26th Annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Here are some facts from Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization, along with information about Stamp Out Hunger. 1. Forty-two million people in the United States — or about 1 in 8 Americans […]

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Kun Kim, San Antonio

Letter Carrier Kun Kim was recently delivering mail in a San Antonio neighborhood when he saw customer Mark Hencke in his front yard. Everything seemed fine at first, then Hencke suddenly collapsed. Kim immediately called 911 and stayed with Hencke until emergency responders arrived. Soon after returning home from a 19-day hospital stay, the customer […]

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Retirement contributions

Did you know you can adjust your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) contributions at any time? You don’t have to wait for the annual open season benefits enrollment period to make changes to your account with TSP, the retirement savings plan for federal employees. To view or adjust your TSP contributions, use PostalEASE on LiteBlue. You’ll […]

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Giving thanks

Joseph Dlask recently received a surprise from his manager: A thank-you note. Sharon Turner-Hall, an address management systems manager for Great Lakes Area’s Central Illinois District, pulled aside Dlask and presented him with the personalized card to express her appreciation for his work. “She told me she couldn’t do it without me,” said Dlask, a […]

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Subjects for discussion

You know science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are important to the nation’s future, but do you understand why? To help you learn more about the subjects of the new STEM Education stamps, here are five facts from the Pew Research Center. 1. The STEM workforce is growing. As of 2016, 17.3 million workers ages […]

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Need to know

Are you sprinting? The Sprint to 10 Million Challenge, an initiative to sign up new users for Informed Delivery, is underway. The goal is to have 10 million Informed Delivery users by Sunday, May 6, when this year’s National Postal Forum begins. Informed Delivery currently has about 9 million users. Informed Delivery is a free feature […]

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Rising to the occasion

Kade Bambrough likes a challenge. This is why the Roy, UT, Postmaster is urging his employees to help USPS generate sales leads by talking with customers about the organization’s products and services. “After one of our daily safety huddles, I challenged everyone to get just one lead,” Bambrough said. “I explained to my co-workers that […]

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Michael Kuszewski, Worcester, MA

Mail Processing Clerk Michael Kuszewski was on duty recently in Worcester, MA, when a co-worker became ill. The man collapsed, suffering a head injury that left him bleeding profusely. While 911 was called, another colleague located Kuszewski — who also has EMT training — and enlisted his help, which he did not hesitate to provide. […]

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Retirement options

Do you understand the differences between the traditional and Roth Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) options available to Postal Service employees? If not, here’s what you should know:  • Traditional contributions are made pretax. Your contributions are deducted before federal, state and other applicable taxes. This type of contribution is taxed at the time of withdrawal. […]

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Passing the torch

Youngsville, NM, is one of the state’s tiniest communities, an unincorporated area of roughly 55 residents about an hour’s drive north of Santa Fe. But the Youngsville Post Office has quite a story to tell. Three generations of women from the same family ran the office from 1945-2012. (The usps.com Postmaster Finder has a complete […]

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Earthly reasons

To help mark Earth Day, which is Sunday, April 22, here are five ways the Postal Service helps the planet. 1. USPS uses the power of the sun. The Los Angeles Processing and Distribution Center has a solar power generation system comprised of 31,000 solar panels. This makes the center the city’s largest postal facility […]

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Power down

The Postal Service wants employees to remember that USB ports on work computers shouldn’t be used to charge personal devices. Plugging smartphones, tablets, wearable technology and other gadgets into USPS equipment violates Postal Service policy and puts the organization’s data at risk. The CyberSafe at USPS team offers the following tips: • Use wall outlets […]

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Sprint fever

The Postal Service is stepping up its efforts to promote Informed Delivery, the free feature that allows consumers to digitally preview their incoming mail and manage their packages from computers, tablets and mobile devices. The organization has launched the Sprint to 10 Million Challenge, an initiative to reach 10 million users before this year’s National […]

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Save the dates

USPS will conduct its next Postal Pulse employee survey from Tuesday, May 22-Friday, June 22. The survey was slated to begin a few weeks earlier, but the Postal Service moved the dates to a period when employees are more likely to have time to participate. “May is a busy time for our employees, especially those […]

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Ready for retirement?

Do you know why it’s important to maximize your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) account throughout your Postal Service career? Your annuity and Social Security alone won’t be enough to replace your current income in retirement, so making TSP contributions throughout your career can help you fill retirement gaps. Here are some things to keep in […]

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Seeing is believing

Tivoli Wiley loves mail — and hates missing it when she’s on the go. This is why the Redway, CA, retail associate recently signed up for Informed Delivery, the free feature that allows users to digitally preview their incoming mail and manage their packages from computers, tablets and mobile devices. “I signed up so I […]

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Amazing state

A new video features highlights from the recent dedication of the Illinois Statehood stamp. “Just like Illinois, this commemorative stamp will stay with us in Illinois forever,” says Acting Chief Customer and Marketing Officer Jacqueline Krage Strako, who led the ceremony. The Illinois stamp — the 21st entry in the Statehood series — commemorates the […]

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Notable notes

To help mark National Card and Letter Writing Month in April, here’s a list of five letters that helped shape our world. 1. Albert Einstein’s letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1939, Roosevelt, then president, received a letter from Einstein warning of a potential nuclear threat from Germany’s Third Reich. The letter prompted Roosevelt to […]

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Suzanne Mates, Ithaca, MI

Rural Carrier Suzanne Mates was recently delivering mail on a harsh winter day in Ithaca, MI, when she heard distressed moans coming from inside an older customer’s home. Mates investigated and found the woman on the floor, where she had apparently been collapsed for a long while. The customer’s disabled daughter, who lives with her, […]

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Show and tell

Antonio Brunson used to wonder how Postal Service leaders spent a typical day. Now he knows. Brunson, a Batesburg-Leesville, SC, city carrier assistant, recently spent a day “shadowing” Greater South Carolina District Manager Darryl Martin. Brunson observed Martin as he attended meetings, interacted with employees and met with customers. “Not everyone is willing to take […]

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Keep it moving

The Postal Service is planning a promotional campaign to encourage more customers to submit change-of-address requests through usps.com. The goal is to show that it’s fast and easy to change an address online. Customers submitted 36.8 million change-of-address requests last year, including more than 16 million requests through usps.com. Online requests rose 3 percent year-to-year […]

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Delivering the message

“New Places,” a new video from the Postal Service, shows how the organization works with business customers to deliver their messages. “We work with printers, mail houses and over 1 million retailers to send over half a billion pieces of mail every day, making sure every message gets to where it needs to be,” the […]

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