Tuesday, March 4, 2025
New finance and planning VP named
Steve Darragh most recently oversaw compensation and benefits
Steve Darragh has been named the Postal Service’s finance and planning vice president.
He will be responsible for directing all financial planning activities for USPS, including short- and long-range financial forecasts and annual budgets. He will also oversee capital investment plans and lead projects through the review and approval process, among other duties.
Most recently, Darragh was compensation and benefits executive director, leading the organization’s move to the Postal Service Health Benefits Program.
He joined USPS in 1985 and has held several roles in finance at the district, area and headquarters levels, including area finance manager and business services director for the chief information officer’s organization.
Do you think that email is a phishing attempt? Report it
Employees and contractors should act fast to protect USPS
The Postal Service is reminding employees and contractors to report suspected phishing emails promptly to protect the organization’s network from cyberattacks.
Phishing emails are attempts by scammers posing as legitimate people or institutions to lure recipients into providing sensitive data such as credit card details, personally identifiable information and passwords.
Such emails are one of the biggest cybersecurity threats the organization faces.
To report a suspected phishing email, select the message and click the “Report to CyberSafe” button on the Outlook toolbar. The button can be installed if it is missing.
A BlueTube video explains the email reporting process.
If a reported email is found to be a phishing attempt, it will be deleted from every USPS mailbox that received it.
The CyberSafe at USPS Blue and LiteBlue pages have more information on cybersecurity.
Watch a video about the Appalachian Trail
This uniquely American resource is featured on new stamps
The Postal Service has released a video about its new Appalachian Trail stamps.
The four-minute video features comments from Sandi Marra, CEO at the Appalachian Trail Conservancy; Bill O’Brien of the Appalachian Trail Museum; and Joe McConaughy, who holds the speed record for a self-supported hike of the entire trail.
Daniel Tangherlini, a member of the USPS Board Governors, provides the introduction.
“The trail’s creation is a very American story,” Tangherlini says in the video. “It exists thanks to a collaboration between the government and the people. That same grassroots spirit helps preserve the trail today.”