It’s back-to-school time — and that means more kids will be on roads and sidewalks, raising the risk of accidents. To help keep children safe, the Postal Service encourages everyone to stay alert. Drivers should be extra careful when driving near schools or playgrounds and through residential areas. Here are some additional precautions from USPS: […]
Pleasant View, TN, Rural Carrier Kevin Slayden recently encountered a man who collapsed after mowing a lawn. Slayden called 911. Emergency responders took the man to a hospital, where he recovered. […]
“They were excited to check out a [vehicle] that’s so familiar in their neighborhoods.” […]
I’m so excited about “The Inspectors.” The trailer was thrilling. […]
Never toss packages out of a vehicle, over a fence, into a yard or onto a porch. The customer has paid us to deliver with care. Treat every parcel as if it is a valuable item. […]
The Postal Service will celebrate the holidays with help from a boy named Charlie Brown. Ten stamps honoring the 50th anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” will be issued in October, USPS announced this week. The stamps will come in booklets of 20. Each stamp will depict a different scene from the holiday TV classic, […]
Select Post Offices will sell greeting cards to mark the National Day of Service and Remembrance, which is held each Sept. 11 to honor first responders, military personnel and other public servants. Approximately 10,000 Post Offices will soon receive shipments of the cards, which sell for $2.95 each and come in six designs. Each shipment […]
Doug Lehman is still moved when he recalls how he and more than 100 fellow Kansas Patriot Guard members, riding U.S. flag-decked motorcycles, led a miles long funeral procession for a fallen soldier. “We were in a rural area — the farmers and the kids stood along the road and waved flags,” Lehman said. Lehman, […]
A Connecticut food retailer recently agreed to send 400,000 packages a year through USPS, generating more than $1.4 million in Priority Mail annual revenue. The sale began when the company’s chief executive contacted Sales VP Cliff Rucker to express his dissatisfaction with commercial shippers. Rucker arranged for Sr. Field Sales Representative Janis Kaylor to meet […]
“Watch everything that is going on around you [when you’re driving]. You can’t always predict what another person or driver will do.” […]
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Chapter 24 of Handbook F-101, Field Accounting Procedures, has been revised for Single Drawer Accountability. The policy now includes Non-POS (Non-Point of Service) 6-Hour Remotely Managed Post Offices. See the Draft F-101 changes and updated e1412 SDA Toolkit for more information. […]
Brandenburg, KY, Rural Carrier Gary Horton was delivering mail when he noticed a man lying on the ground near a wheelchair. The man said he was sitting in the chair when he accidently rolled off a front porch. He spent several hours on the ground before Horton arrived and helped him. […]
A bigger mailbox is a great idea. I order a lot of items that would fit in a bigger box. Keep up the good work on searching for new ideas. […]
The Postal Service is continuing to update its scanning technology to better serve customers, PMG Megan Brennan says in her latest “Business Focus” video message. “Timely and accurate scanning is a basic customer requirement,” she says. USPS will soon complete deployment of Mobile Delivery Devices (MDDs), which are used to scan items upon delivery. The […]
The Postal Service has dedicated two stamps to honor next year’s World Stamp Show in New York City and issued an Ingrid Bergman stamp. The World Stamp Show-NY 2016 stamps, reminiscent of engraved 19th-century stamps and banknotes, were introduced Aug. 20 at the American Philatelic Society Stamp Show in Grand Rapids, MI. The stamps are sold […]
The upcoming television drama “The Inspectors” will be entertaining and educational, says actor Bret Green, one of the show’s stars. “The producers worked really closely with the [Postal Inspection Service] in making sure these crimes are 100 percent legitimate and accurate,” Green told Talk Nerdy With Us, a pop culture news site, this week. The […]
The Postal Bulletin’s latest issue reminds employees to watch out for children now that schools are going back into session. The new academic year means more pedestrians will be walking to and from school or waiting for buses, the article notes. Tips to help drivers in residential areas are included. The Aug. 20 Postal Bulletin […]