Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar on Medicare and retirement. The session, “Retirement 101: Understanding Your Health Benefits in Retirement,” will be held Wednesday, July 19, at noon Eastern. The webinar, presented by representatives from Aetna, will provide tips for retirement planning, explore available benefits and offer specific information on Medicare parts […]
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s latest employee video message focuses on efforts to improve USPS delivery and retail operations. Under the Delivering for America plan, USPS is establishing more than 400 sorting and delivery centers that will allow the organization to expand its offerings and provide more reliable, affordable service. As DeJoy explains, one of the […]
Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar to learn about diabetes. The session, “Diabetes Education,” will be held Wednesday, July 12, at noon Eastern. VHC Health has partnered with Blue Cross Blue Shield to conduct the webinar, which will explore the history, risk factors, diagnostic criteria and treatment options for diabetes. Participants must […]
Scanning snapshot: A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 96.47 percent during the week ending June 30, down -0.36 percent from one week earlier. The data was collected July 5. WestPac led the four areas with a rating of 97.09 percent, while Central ranked last with a 95.50 percent rating. […]
Garrett M. Hoyt, Technology Applications vice president, will retire after 36 years with the Postal Service. Angela Lawson has been named acting Technology Applications vice president, starting June 30. During Hoyt’s tenure, he directed the development of technology applications, including the integrated logistics platform, Click-N-Ship, address validation, price changes, fleet management, payroll, product tracking and […]
In a new employee video message, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy discusses the Postal Service’s efforts to create a more efficient, effective processing and transportation network. The efforts, part of the Delivering for America plan, include investing in approximately 250 facilities in the USPS network to make them best-in-class operations. The organization is also designing transportation […]
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy joined lawmakers on Capitol Hill last week for a special preview of a new stamp honoring John Lewis, a former U.S. representative from Georgia and a giant of the civil rights era. “The 635,000 women and men of the Postal Service take great pride in our mission to bind the nation […]
Scanning snapshot: A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 96.68 percent during the week ending June 23, down 0.38 percent from one week earlier. The data was collected June 28. WestPac led the four areas with a rating of 97.19 percent, while Central ranked last with a 95.81 percent rating. […]
It was nice to read the “Heroes’ Corner” article about Fremont, CA, Letter Carrier Lakhwinder Gill and how he helped an ailing customer slumped over her vehicle’s steering wheel. […]
Scanning snapshot: A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 96.90 percent during the week ending June 16, down 0.17 percent from one week earlier. The data was collected June 21. WestPac led the four areas with a rating of 97.39 percent, while Central ranked last with a 96.08 percent rating. […]
USPS and the Internal Revenue Service are encouraging employees to conduct a paycheck checkup to determine whether they need to update their tax withholding for 2023. Updating federal withholding is especially important for employees who had an unexpectedly high tax bill or a penalty this year. Similarly, employees who have had a major life change […]
Fifty years ago, the Postal Service moved its headquarters into its eighth and present-day home in the nation’s capital, at 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW in Washington, DC. In many ways, the move was symbolic: Two years prior, the federal government’s Cabinet-level arm known as the Post Office Department was reborn as the U.S. Postal Service, […]
April Page, a rural carrier associate in Dandridge, TN, was called in on her day off to work for a neighboring town’s Post Office. As she drove around looking for a cluster box unit at an apartment building on the unfamiliar route, a woman ran outside and screamed that her husband was dying. The Postal […]
Thank you for the recent article recognizing LGBTQIA+ Pride Month. As a member of the community, I appreciate the story and the resources it provides. […]
The Postal Service has released a video to highlight its Tomie dePaola stamp, which was released in May. The Forever stamp celebrates the children’s book author and illustrator, who is best known for his “Strega Nona” — grandma witch — picture book series. USPS dedicated the stamp on May 5 in Manchester, NH. The stamp […]
The Postal Service wants employees and contractors to watch out for phishing emails designed to con recipients into revealing their security clearance information. Employees at several government agencies have received phishing emails in recent weeks, according to the FBI. USPS employees also have been targeted. The emails contain “SF-86_F” or “SF-86” forms that are fake […]
Scanning snapshot: A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 96.94 percent during the week ending June 9, down 0.23 percent from one week earlier. The data was collected June 14. WestPac led the four areas with a rating of 97.32 percent, while Central ranked last with a 96.36 percent rating. […]
Carlow University — the Postal Service’s newest educational partner — will hold a live online session on financial aid June 21. The Pittsburgh-based college offers flexible online study in such fields as nursing, business, human services and criminal justice. There are multiple start dates throughout the year. The university is offering a 10 percent discount […]
The newest federal holiday, Juneteenth — short for “June Nineteenth” — is the oldest known nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. It is a time to reflect on a profoundly painful chapter of the nation’s past, as well as a celebration of hope, optimism and the resilience of the […]
June is LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, a time to honor the lives and contributions of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, asexual and more (LGBTQIA+) community. Over the years, USPS has honored several members of the LGBTQIA+ community on stamps, including political leader Harvey Milk; author James Baldwin; poets Edna St. Vincent Millay and Walt Whitman; […]
Scanning snapshot: A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 97.01 percent during the week ending June 2, down 0.26 percent from one week earlier. The data was collected June 7. WestPac led the four areas with a rating of 97.33 percent, while Central ranked last with a 96.64 percent rating. […]
The Postal Service has issued release dates and dedication locations for the last of the previously announced stamps for 2023: • Piñatas!, Sept. 8, Roswell, NM • Snow Globes, Sept. 19, Breckenridge, CO • OSIRIS REx, Sept. 22, Salt Lake City • Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Oct. 2, Washington, DC • Winter Woodland Animals, Oct. 10, […]
USPS is reminding facility managers that Postal Vision will cease broadcasting at the end of June. Employees with Postal Vision accounts should be prepared to switch to the replacement application, Informed Facility. Commonly found in break rooms and other nonpublic areas at Post Offices, mail processing centers and other postal facilities, Postal Vision screens have […]
Scanning snapshot: A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 97.15 percent during the week ending May 26, down 0.10 percent from one week earlier. The data was collected May 31. WestPac led the four areas with a rating of 97.41 percent, while Central ranked last with a 96.83 percent rating. […]
Are you feeling sluggish? Easily angered? Do simple tasks feel daunting to complete? If so, you may be experiencing burnout. Emotional, physical or mental exhaustion — along with negative attitudes toward yourself or others — are signs of burnout. If left untreated, burnout can cause or exacerbate depression, anxiety and other health problems. The first […]
The USPS Small Business Solutions team is asking Postal Service employees to submit sales leads in June, which is the organization’s #LEADtheWay Month. Districts will hold competitions throughout the month to support the annual challenge, which has a goal of more than 30,000 quality leads. “We’re asking every USPS employee to look for and submit […]
Memorial Day, a federal holiday to remember the men and women who died while serving in the armed forces, is Monday, May 29. Facilities that are open on the holiday must fly the U.S. flag at half-staff. The U.S. flag must be flown at half-staff from sunrise — or the hour when it’s raised — […]
Scanning snapshot: A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 97.12 percent during the week ending May 19, down 0.17 percent from one week earlier. The data was collected May 24. WestPac led the four areas with a rating of 97.37 percent, while Central ranked last with a 96.91 percent rating. […]
Employees who haven’t completed their online Postal Pulse employee survey must do so by May 26 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. The survey, which began April 25, is an important resource for the Postal Service to obtain feedback on its efforts to improve its workplace environments. The survey is run by Gallup and takes about […]
The Postal Service recently announced four winners of the Safety Leadership and Vision Awards, which honor the people and projects that go above and beyond to create a safer workplace. The winners are: • The driver safety instructors at the Pittsburgh Processing and Distribution Center, for demonstrating the organization’s safety mission during employee training; • […]