Daily printout: Nov. 5

The Postal Service will honor active military and veteran employees from all branches of service with a certificate of appreciation to mark Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11.

The certificates will be signed by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and mailed to the homes of all employees who have self-identified as veterans. Veterans are encouraged to update their mailing addresses through the MyHR website.

The Postal Service will also honor military and veteran employees from all branches of service — Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, Reserve and National Guard — with a video that will be viewable at postal facilities and on MyHR.

Employees with questions can email the USPS military affairs team.

Open season, the annual period when Postal Service employees can enroll in or change their health benefits, begins Monday, Nov. 11.

A variety of health, vision and dental coverage is available through the following plans and programs:

• The new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program;

• The USPS Health Benefits Plan, for eligible precareer and casual employees only;

• The Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program; and

• A new flexible spending accounts program.

A Login.gov account is required to access the Postal Service Health Benefits System, the new PSHB enrollment platform.

The MyHR website’s open season page will have resources to help employees prepare, including a link to a free health plan comparison tool from Checkbook’s Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees.

USPS will provide additional information throughout open season, which concludes Monday, Dec. 9.

The Postal Service has a reminder for employees and contractors: Before you click on a website, make sure it’s real.

Fraudsters create fake sites that replicate real ones, aiming to trick victims into consuming malicious content. These fake sites are an ongoing cybersecurity threat for people and businesses around the world.

To avoid fake sites, USPS employees and contractors should follow these tips:

• Type website addresses directly into the address bar and bookmark them as a favorite.

• Double-check that you are on the correct website by carefully reviewing the website address.

• Stop and think before providing personal information on websites.

• Report suspicious activity to the Cybersecurity Operations Center by emailing cybersafe@usps.gov or calling 866-877-7247.

• Don’t assume that online search engines such as Google and Yahoo always navigate to real, safe websites.

• Never click on suspicious links or attachments or share your employee identification number, password or multifactor authentication codes with anyone.

The CyberSafe at USPS Blue and LiteBlue pages have more information.