The Postal Service is providing employees with guidance to ensure the proper handling and timely delivery of Election Mail. The organization has published three employee memorandums outlining practices and policies to be followed. The documents — 2022 General Election Mail Preparedness Memorandum, 2022 General Election Extraordinary Measures Memorandum and 2022 Guidance on Postmarking Ballots — […]
The Combined Federal Campaign’s cause of the week is ending poverty. According to the Census Bureau: The U.S. poverty rate in 2020 was 11.4 percent, up a full percentage point from 2019 and the first increase after five consecutive annual declines. U.S. poverty rates for children under 18 rose from 14.4 percent in 2019 to […]
The Postal Service will honor employees who have served in the military with a special certificate of appreciation to mark Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The certificates are signed by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and will be mailed to employees’ homes. Additionally, the organization will release a video on Nov. 8 that features remarks from DeJoy […]
The Postal Service is releasing its latest Forever stamp, Women Cryptologists of World War II, on Oct. 18. The stamp’s mysterious image shows code characters superimposed on a recruitment poster for WAVES, or Women Accepted for Volunteer Service, part of the U.S. Naval Reserve. The code displayed on the stamp was a cipher used by […]
The Department of Labor predicts that information technology and cybersecurity will be among the fastest-growing and best-paying job sectors over the next decade. As one of the largest organizations in the nation, the Postal Service must stay on the cutting edge of developments in these fields to detect and deter the thousands of security risks […]
Albert Dangelantonio Jr., a rural carrier associate, was recently delivering mail in Bridgewater, CT, when he saw an older customer take a spill while walking two dogs. Dangelantonio stopped to check on the man and found him to be disoriented and bleeding profusely. The Postal Service employee immediately called 911 and remained on the scene […]
“Display of affection,” the article about a woman who decorated her home with sentimental postcards to honor her late father, shows how she found a beautiful way to stay connected to him. What a wonderful nation of people we serve. […]
Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar on preparing for retirement. The session, “Retirement 101,” will be held Oct. 20 at noon EDT. An Aetna representative will conduct the webinar, which will cover how retirement benefits work, including tools and resources to help employees plan for changes. Participants must register before the event […]
Postal Service employee Horace Dudoit, who lives and works in Honolulu, was recognized in a recent issue of The Eagle magazine for his community service. Besides his day job as an accountable paper supply clerk, Dudoit is an entertainer with the musical trio Ho’okena. “I’ve been fortunate to have my real job, and then my […]
The Postal Service’s Every Lead Counts campaign has ended, bringing in $644 million in new revenue for the organization. The campaign began Oct. 1, 2021, with a goal of 100,000 sales leads from employees and a participation rate of 10 percent. The initiative, which ended Sept. 30, resulted in 12 percent of Postal Service employees […]
Scanning snapshot. A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 96.8 percent during the week ending Oct. 7, down 0.20 percent from one week earlier. The data was collected Oct. 12. Central led the four areas with a rating of 96.9 percent, while Atlantic ranked last with a 96.63 percent rating. […]
Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar to learn about completing their college education. The session, “Finish What You Started,” will be held Oct. 19 at 12:15 p.m. EDT, 3:15 p.m. EDT and 8:15 p.m. EDT. Representatives from the University of Phoenix will conduct the webinar and discuss transfer credits, alternative credit providers, […]
The Postal Service will release its newest stamp celebrating the pan-African holiday of Kwanzaa on Oct. 13. Kwanzaa is a weeklong observance that begins Dec. 26 and runs through Jan. 1. This year’s stamp features the images of a girl and boy facing a kinara, a seven-stem candelabra that represents the holiday’s seven founding principles, […]
Tracy Lawrence — a female tractor-trailer operator in Minnesota-North Dakota District — is called “The Queen” for good reason. “Tracy is a great operator and has an excellent safety record,” said Dondi Winkelmann, a transportation operations supervisor at the St. Paul, MN, Processing and Distribution Center. “She’s conscientious and takes care of her customers. Not […]
Scanning snapshot. A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 96.90 percent during the week ending Sept. 30, down 0.15 from one week earlier. The data was collected Oct. 5. WestPac led the four areas with a rating of 97.06 percent, while Southern ranked last with a 96.79 percent rating. Among […]
Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar to lean about the “golden hour” of the workday. The session, “The Golden Hour,” will be held Oct. 12 at noon EDT. Representatives from American Public Education Inc. will conduct the webinar and explain the importance of taking a lunch break for recharging and improving overall […]
The USPS BlueEarth Federal Recycling Program is revising its eligible recyclable products list on FedRecycling.com and is temporarily removing inkjet and toner cartridges from those products accepted as of Oct. 18. This move is the result of a recycling supplier unexpectedly withdrawing from the recycling market. The Office of Environmental Affairs and Corporate Sustainability and […]
With the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ian still being calculated, a story in the latest issue of The Eagle magazine, “When Disaster Strikes,” comes at an apt moment. Using the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico as its main case study, the article explains why USPS is uniquely equipped to respond to such […]
Scanning snapshot. A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 96.98 percent during the week ending Sept. 23, down 0.07 from one week earlier. The data was collected Sept. 28. Southern led the four areas with a rating of 97.09 percent, while Atlantic ranked last with a 96.90 percent rating. Among […]
The Postal Service is offering a new commuter benefit option beginning in October. Employees who use micromobility modes of transportation — small, lightweight electric vehicles such as e-scooters, e-bikes and e-mopeds — can use post-tax dollars to save with partner discounts. If you would like to sign up for one or more of these options […]
The Postal Service dedicated its Virgin and Child stamp Sept. 22 during a ceremony in Boston. The Christmas release features “Virgin and Child,” a 16th-century painting that was created by an unidentified Florentine artist known as the Master of the Scandicci Lamentation. The image depicts the Virgin Mary gazing downward at the infant Christ, one […]
Scanning snapshot. A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 96.96 percent during the week ending Sept. 16, down 0.04 percent from one week earlier. The data was collected Sept. 21. Central led the four areas with a rating of 97.20 percent, while Atlantic ranked last with a 96.75 percent rating. […]
USPS and Penn State University will offer a webinar on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program on Sept. 28 at noon Eastern. Representatives from the university’s Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center will discuss recent changes to the program, also known as PSLF. The 45-minute session will also cover the four areas of eligibility […]
The Postal Service will release a stamp featuring “Virgin and Child,” a 16th-century painting, on Sept. 22. The painting was created by an unidentified Florentine artist known as the Master of the Scandicci Lamentation. The image depicts the Virgin Mary gazing downward at the infant Christ, one of her arms holding him protectively at his […]
East Setauket on New York’s Long Island Sound is not a town but a “census-designated place.” That doesn’t diminish its significance in the life of the nation, though. The bucolic burg was founded in 1655 and is rich with history. It was the site of a Revolutionary War battle and was a pivotal center in […]
Scanning snapshot. A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 96.88 percent during the week ending Sept. 9, down 0.22 percent from one week earlier. The data was collected Sept. 14. Central led the four areas with a rating of 97.15 percent, while Atlantic ranked last with a 96.69 percent rating. […]
The Postal Service recognizes National Hispanic Heritage Month, a celebration held each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Roughly 13 percent of USPS employees report Hispanic ancestry. While it may seem unusual to have a monthly observance start in the middle of one month and end in the middle of the next, it turns […]
Santa’s helpers take center stage with the Postal Service’s latest Forever stamps, Holiday Elves, to be issued on Sept. 15. The whimsical stamps depict four of Santa’s helpers cheerfully working on an assembly line filled with good things like presents and candy. No lumps of coal are in sight. The stamps are se tenant, which […]
The Postal Service facility responsible for deciphering illegible handwritten addresses from across the nation has a growing fan base. Millions of viewers have learned what it takes to get mail delivered to the right place since the USPS Remote Encoding Center, known as the REC, in Salt Lake City opened its doors to British YouTuber […]
Scanning snapshot. A snapshot of Postal Service scanning data shows the national rating was 97.01 percent during the week ending Sept. 2, down 0.29 percent from one week earlier. The data was collected Sept. 7. Central led the four areas with a rating of 97.18 percent, while Atlantic ranked last with a 96.78 percent rating. […]