Scanning snapshot. Things are looking up on the scanning front. The Postal Service’s national rating was 97.77 percent during the week ending March 6, up from 97.66 percent one week earlier. Like they usually do, Western (98.07 percent) led the areas, while Dakotas (99.1 percent) dominated the districts. None of the areas improved their overall […]
The Postal Service is reminding employees about a training course that is designed to help them build trust in their workplaces. The six-hour course, Engagement Matters, is geared toward all bargaining unit employees and is conducted in a classroom setting by USPS engagement ambassadors. The course will help participants learn to be more involved, committed, […]
The Postal Service will release a stamp Sunday, March 15, to help mark the 200th anniversary of Maine’s statehood. The date marks the anniversary of Maine’s admission to the union in 1820. Known as the Pine Tree State for its extensive pine forests, which have fueled its lumber industry, Maine is also famous for its […]
A new Postal Service video features highlights from the Year of the Rat stamp dedication ceremony. The event was held in January during a Lunar New Year festival in Monterey Park, CA, and featured several guest speakers, including U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, who represents the area, and Luke Grossmann, the Postal Service’s finance and strategy […]
The Postal Service is the most trusted brand in the nation, a new survey has found. The poll — conducted by Morning Consult, a market research firm — focused on almost 2,000 brands. For each brand, an average of 16,700 consumers were interviewed. The results show USPS is the top-rated brand overall, with more than […]
Spring is around the corner and you’re ready for a fresh start. Why not borrow a page from the nation’s first Postmaster General? Benjamin Franklin kept a daily schedule that reveals an appreciation for the kind of “life hacks” that would later make Marie Kondo famous. Here’s an example of some of his enduring wisdom: […]
The Postal Service is providing its managers with new training to help them protect the organization’s data. CyberSafe Managing User Access, a mandatory course, will show participants how to properly manage user access and conduct periodic reviews. This is important because threats to digital information are growing in frequency and sophistication worldwide. Protecting USPS employee, […]
Rob Early, a Washington state Postmaster, was recently honored for his efforts to support employees who serve in the military. Early received the Patriot Award for his support of Jeremiah Creelman, a letter carrier who was called to duty by his Coast Guard unit in 2019 and spent almost six months deployed to the southern […]
Scanning snapshot. The Postal Service’s national scanning rating dipped to 97.66 percent during the week ending Feb. 28, down from 97.76 percent one week earlier. This is the second consecutive week the national rating declined. Western led the areas with a rating of 97.86 percent, down 0.22 percent from one week earlier, while Dakotas topped […]
Gail Etienne-Stripling needed more than a notebook on her first day of school on Nov. 14, 1960 — she also needed police protection. The Tulsa, OK, mail processing clerk was 6 years old when she and two other first-grade girls became the first students to integrate McDonogh 19 Elementary School in New Orleans. Etienne-Stripling, Leona […]
The Postal Service’s national scanning rating slipped to 97.76 percent during the week ending Feb. 21, down from 97.78 percent one week earlier. Each of the seven areas saw their ratings decline, including top-ranked Western, where the rating was 97.99 percent, down 0.23 percent from the previous week. The numbers were also down in most […]
The Postal Service is reminding employees that they are required to abide by the Hatch Act, including the guidelines for using social media. Here’s a quick recap of the law: • The Hatch Act exists to keep politics out of federal workplaces. The law, passed in 1939, limits certain political activities of federal employees, including […]
Postal Service employees did their part to raise awareness of heart disease throughout February, which is American Heart Month. Post Offices, processing and distribution centers, and other facilities hosted health fairs where employees could screen their blood pressure, talk to health care providers and receive tips and information. USPS employees also participated in National Wear […]
The Postal Service has joined the ranks of national leaders in addressing climate change. The organization has achieved platinum status through the nonprofit Climate Registry, the largest group in North America that tracks greenhouse gas emissions. USPS earned this recognition by publicly reporting a greenhouse gas emissions inventory for its operations. This data, which was […]
Scanning snapshot. The Postal Service’s national scanning rating was 97.78 percent during the week ending Feb. 14, an uptick from one week earlier, when the rating was 97.76 percent. Six of the Postal Service’s seven areas saw their overall numbers decline slightly. The exception: Eastern, which ranked second with a rating of 98.01 percent, an […]
The Postal Service’s booth at last month’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was ranked among the show’s best by two media outlets. The 80-by-60-foot booth contained monitors that played videos about what USPS can do for its customers. It also featured three kiosks that attendees could use to answer questions and then receive a code to […]
The Postal Service is encouraging employees to leverage the HERO platform to take ownership of their career development. The most important step is creating a HEROProfile, a feature that allows employees to offer a consolidated view of their professional information. Managers, supervisors and colleagues can then view the HEROProfile to assess the employee’s skills, talents […]
Celebrations bring people together — and now there’s a new stamp to make that easier. Let’s Celebrate! — a stamp that can be used to add a festive touch to greeting cards, invitations, gift-bearing envelopes and packages — was dedicated Feb. 14 at a stamp show in Mesa, AZ. “The bright and cheery stamp is […]
USPS has introduced a tool to help employees log the payment device inspections that are required each day at Post Offices and other retail locations. Employees must perform these inspections to identify tampering, including the presence of skimmers — small, hard-to-detect devices that fraudsters attach to credit card readers to steal information. The new Daily […]
Edward Rehor Jr. is a talker. Rehor, a mail handler at the Flushing Main Post Office in Queens, NY, never misses an opportunity to discuss USPS when he’s out and about in his community. “If [a customer] asks a question, I’ll try to answer it or offer to have an expert contact them. It’s just good […]
My name is Carol Capone and I’ve been with the Postal Service for 33 years. For the past year and a half, I have served as the human resources manager for Los Angeles District. I oversee learning and development, injury and workers’ compensation, safety, employee assistance, labor, staffing and hiring. In all, I have more […]
The Postal Service recently announced its Strategic Learning Initiatives for fiscal year 2020, which include a course on employee political activity and the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act is a law that prohibits postal and other federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty, while wearing a uniform, while on federal property or […]
The Postal Service has released a brief video that explains how to sign up for Informed Delivery. Informed Delivery — which is available on smartphones, tablets and other devices — allows users to track their packages and digitally preview their mail before it arrives. Users can also interact with special offers, schedule redeliveries and leave […]
Handbook update. The Postal Service has revised Handbook F-66, General Investment Policies and Procedures. The revised handbook, available on the PolicyNet website, provides updated guidance on USPS investment policies and procedures, including requirements for providing decision analysis report business cases and business case modification requests. The Postal Service is evaluating five other handbooks in the […]
Scanning snapshot. The Postal Service’s scanning snapshot for the week ending Feb. 7 doesn’t look much different from the snapshot from one week earlier. The national score was 97.76 percent, down slightly from 97.79 percent. Western (98.02 percent) led the areas and Dakotas (99.09 percent) topped the districts, just as they did during the week […]
This year, Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17. The annual observance honoring U.S. presidents began with celebrations commemorating George Washington during the early 19th century. After Washington’s death in 1799, his birthday was celebrated informally across the young nation. In 1879, Congress declared Feb. 22 — Washington’s birthday — a federal holiday. A 1968 law […]
The Postal Service wants employees who plan to retire before Aug. 2 to know they can still support the Combined Federal Campaign after they leave the organization. Retiring employees’ donations to the 2019-20 campaign, also known as the CFC, end when they receive their last paycheck. However, employees can ensure their pledges continue through the […]
Military veterans employed by the Postal Service, or any other federal agency, may be eligible to have their time in the military credited toward their civilian retirement through the Military Buy Back program. Veterans who served on active duty and received an honorable discharge are permitted to request a “buy back” of their time in […]
The Loveland, CO, Post Office hearts Valentine’s Day — big time. The office operates a program that allows customers from around the world to send pre-addressed Valentine’s Day cards and letters to Loveland to receive the city’s heart-shaped postmark before the pieces are mailed to spouses, sweethearts and others. More than 110,000 cards and letters […]
Wesley Sneed, an area maintenance technician at the Oklahoma City Processing and Distribution Center, was recently driving to the Post Office in rural Eufaula, OK, when he saw a vehicle veer off the highway and flip over. Sneed stopped, called 911 and rushed to the aid the occupants: an older man and his two dogs. […]