The Postal Service is celebrating the New England Patriots’ recent Super Bowl victory with seven collectible matted prints and envelopes with commemorative cancellations. The prints include shots of quarterback Tom Brady receiving the game’s MVP award, tight end Rob Gronkowski’s touchdown catch and Gronkowski with the Super Bowl trophy. Each matted artwork/Super Bowl envelope commemorative […]
Maya Angelou — the beloved author, poet, actress and advocate for equality — will soon be honored with a stamp, the Postal Service announced Feb. 23. “Maya Angelou inspired our nation through a life of advocacy and through her many contributions to the written and spoken word,” said PMG Megan Brennan. “Her wide-ranging achievements as […]
A Postal Service employee will compete for $1 million on the new season of “Survivor.” Portland, ME, Maintenance Mechanic Daniel Foley is one of 18 contestants on the CBS show’s 30th season, which will divide participants into three tribes: white collar, blue collar and no collar. Foley says this will be one of the greatest […]
Keep making us proud, letter carriers. You’re very much appreciated. “Our season” is daily and you handle it professionally every day. […]
“I don’t hurry when I’m driving. I drive with caution and stay aware of what’s in front, back, left and right of me at all times.” […]
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Visit the Customer Experience Essentials website for tips on sharpening your customer service skills. […]
Depew, NY, Letter Carrier Tina Mederski was delivering mail when she heard noise coming from inside a house. Mederski knew the homeowners were away for the winter. She looked through a window and saw water leaking from the ceiling. Mederski called emergency responders who entered the home and found several inches of water covering the […]
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More than 600 Boy Scouts recently hiked 35 miles to honor mail carriers who once braved weather and wildlife along the South Florida coast. The scouts followed the footsteps of the “barefoot mailmen,” carriers who traveled a 68-mile route — mostly walking barefoot on the beach — to carry mail from Palm Beach to Miami […]
Following up on a sales lead, Hazelwood, MO, Sr. Field Sales Representative Alfredia Smith arranged a meeting with a Columbia, MO-based company that sells designer bridal footwear and accessories online. Aside from shoes, Smith learned the company shipped high-end bridal purses, jewelry and other accessories directly to customers. Most packages weigh 2 pounds and are […]
Postal Service employees who work at the Stamp Fulfillment Services (SFS) facility in Kansas City, MO, have a unique perspective on the world. They work below it. The facility is located inside the SubTropolis, an underground industrial park that Bloomberg Business visited recently. The park, carved out of an excavated mine, is the size of […]
The Accounting site’s new Money Order Expense and Correction Request tool allows employees to submit requests for corrections and find information on handling money order mistakes. […]
“I love my job. I do everything I can to help promote the Postal Service to my customers and friends.” […]
Sperryville, VA, Rural Carrier Chasiti Foster was delivering mail when she encountered a man lying on his front porch. He said he had fallen and was unable to move. Foster called 911 and stayed with him until emergency responders arrived. […]
The latest Postal Bulletin highlights National Consumer Protection Week, which is March 1-7. The federal program helps consumers prevent identity theft, foreign lottery scams and other forms of fraud. The Feb. 19 issue also includes a Thrift Savings Plan fact sheet, the toll-free number retail employees can call to verify the validity of Canadian postal […]
The mail doesn’t play a big role in this year’s crop of Academy Award-nominated films, so why not spend the weekend of the Oscars catching up with older postal-themed flicks? The National Postal Museum’s blog compiled a list of the 10 best mail movies a few years ago, including the 1963 rare-stamp caper “Charade” and […]
The Postal Service’s travel cards will soon be safer, more secure and easier to use. Citibank, which issues the cards, plans to convert all magnetic-strip plastic cards to new versions that are embedded with secure computer chips. The new cards also require cardholders to enter a personal identification number (PIN) when they make a purchase, […]
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“This new design brings a contemporary vibe to the traditional red, white and blue. This unique design also is sure to lend a patriotic appearance to large mailings.” […]
Today’s hero is a full-length story, Heroes’ corner […]
To ensure training records are documented correctly, employees should be logged on to a postal computer when launching the Learning Management System. Also, employees should never share their login information with other employees. […]
More than 31,000 Postal Service employees made changes to their health plan during last fall’s open season, up 16 percent from one year earlier. The spike is attributed to the Postal Service’s campaign to educate employees about their options and make more information available online. One result: The LiteBlue open season site received more than […]
Henderson, TN, Rural Carrier Randy Cunningham always delivers for his customers. Sometimes, he delivers the customers themselves. Cunningham was on his route recently when he spotted a man collapse in front of his house. Cunningham rushed to the man’s side, picked him up, carried him inside and put him in a chair. This was no […]
New leaders emerged in the area and district scanning performance ratings Feb. 18: Areas. Capital Metro (96.43 percent) assumed first place, followed by Western (96.36 percent) and Southern (96.28 percent). Districts. Salt Lake City (97.39 percent) ranked first, followed by Oklahoma (97.31 percent) and Sacramento (97.21 percent). National scanning performance for the week ending […]
The Postal Inspection Service employees who use “CSI”-style science to investigate mail crime have received a stamp of approval from their peers. The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board recently accredited the Inspection Service’s forensic laboratory division. Accreditation in the international program is granted after a thorough evaluation of lab management systems, technical […]
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Your Postal Service laptop contains sensitive information. Don’t place the laptop in checked baggage when traveling or leave it unattended in an unlocked vehicle. […]
“We ask customers questions. We offer customers what we think they might be interested in based on what we know about them.” […]
Postal Service employees are braving frigid temperatures to keep the mail moving this week — and the press is paying attention. In a Feb. 18 “NBC Nightly News” segment, Chicago Letter Carrier Nicole Easter is shown delivering mail despite the brutal temperatures that are making this the city’s coldest February since 1875. “It’s a nuisance […]
Postal Service employees in the Northeast continue to move the mail despite recent storms that buried the region under mountains of snow. Worcester, MA, has received more than 7 feet, making it the nation’s snowiest city this winter. “It makes for a tough delivery,” said Worcester Letter Carrier Michael Karls. The biggest challenge: parking. Karls […]