Daily printout: Oct. 6

The Postal Service will release its Know the Facts About Fentanyl semipostal stamp on Tuesday, Oct. 6, in Bethesda, MD.

Semipostal stamps are priced higher than the standard 1-ounce letter rate to help raise money for causes in the national interest. The current price of a semipostal stamp is $1.

Sales of this stamp will raise money for the National Institute on Drug Abuse — the world’s largest funder of substance use and addiction research.

Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp featuring an illustration by Whitney Sherman.

The stamp will be available in sheets of 20 at Post Offices and on usps.com.

USPS has issued six semipostal stamps since 1998 and currently sells four of them: Breast Cancer Research, Alzheimer’s, Healing PTSD and Save Vanishing Species.

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The late singer and songwriter Dolly Parton loved receiving and responding to fan mail.

She was also known to write supportive letters to fellow artists and for her gracious thank-you notes.

Parton, who died Aug. 25, regularly received mail at the Grand Ole Opry, which has its own Post Office and mailbox system for current members. The mailboxes are located backstage in the venue of what is considered the heart of country music in Nashville, TN.

Dan Rogers, the Opry’s senior vice president and executive producer, said, “Her Opry mailbox is always full, and as soon as it is emptied, it fills up again.”

Parton was an Opry member for 57 years and performed more than 100 times on its stage.

“There is no doubt that Dolly Parton, who was of course larger than life, had the most mail coming in day after day, and it’s the most colorful mail that comes in too. It’s always full of pinks, and blues and yellows from people writing cards and letters in colorful envelopes. We have continued to receive mail on her behalf and will continue to for some time of which I’m certain,” Rogers said.

He also vouches for Parton’s prolific letter writing.

“Every year, the Opry sends its members a holiday gift of some sort, and without fail, Dolly would send a thank-you note almost like clockwork in January. It was never generic and always mentioned the particular gift that had been given. We were thrilled to receive thank-you notes from her,” he said.

Parton wrote supportive letters to other artists and congratulated fellow contenders.

Eminem recently shared his appreciation of Parton, who wrote a congratulatory letter to him after both were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.

The rapper called the country legend a “superstar in every sense.” In the letter, Parton congratulated him on the honor and praised his performance during the ceremony. She also encouraged him to continue creating work that inspires others.

In 2006, Parton was up for the Best Original Song category of the Academy Awards. She lost out to Three 6 Mafia, the first hip-hop group to win an Oscar.

“She sent us a letter, and she signed it and said, ‘Congratulations, and I’m glad that somebody from Tennessee won the Oscar,’” said Juicy J, a member of the Memphis-based group.

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The Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, is a law that grants the public the right to access records from the federal government, unless an exemption applies.

The Postal Service has a special exemption that allows the organization to withhold commercial information if it would not be good business practice to publicly disclose that information.

This exemption can apply to information the Postal Service creates or information the organization obtains from customers or suppliers.

Information is considered commercial if it relates to commerce, trade, profit or the Postal Service’s ability to conduct itself in a businesslike manner. Examples include anything that can benefit USPS competitors, such as negotiated terms in leases and contracts, geolocation data, and records indicating carrier or delivery lines of travel.

The Code of Federal Regulations contains a list of commercial information that should be protected.

Employees with questions should email the USPS Privacy and Records Management Office or call 202-268-2608.