Daily printout: Sept. 30

The Postal Service will release its stamp honoring former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday, Oct. 1.

Carter, the 39th president, guided the nation through an energy crisis, economic struggles and international tensions. His administration’s notable accomplishments included the Camp David Accords, which led to a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and the establishment of diplomatic relations with China.

After his term ended in 1981, he founded the Carter Center in Atlanta, where the former president worked tirelessly to advance human rights, monitor elections and eradicate diseases. For decades, well into his 90s, Carter helped build homes with Habitat for Humanity, side by side with other volunteers.

In 2002, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Carter the Nobel Peace Prize for his decades of work promoting peace, democracy and human rights.

Carter died Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100.

The Forever stamp, announced Aug. 16, was designed by Ethel Kessler, an art director for USPS. It features a 1982 oil-on-linen painting by Herbert Abrams, who used it to prepare for Carter’s official White House portrait.

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

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The Postal Service recently held a special dedication ceremony for its Winter Landscapes stamps at INDYPEX, a philatelic show held each year in Danville, IN.

“These stamps highlight the beauty of our natural world,” Zachary Hannon, Indiana District’s Post Office operations manager, said during the ceremony. “They bring back childhood memories of the excitement of seeing a snowy landscape just right for sledding, snowball fights, catching a snowflake on your tongue — or best of all — no school.”

Joining Hannon for the event were three of the five photographers whose work appears on the stamps — Juanita Phillips, John Moore and Carson O’Ffill — and Jay Bigalke, editor-in-chief of Linn’s Stamp News.

The stamps feature five snowy tableaus: Red barns in a white landscape; a rustic fence amid snow-laden trees; ghostly white evergreens; icicles set against a fiery sunset and a home among frosty pines.

They were designed by Ethel Kessler, an art director for USPS, and are available in booklets of 20 at Post Offices and on usps.com.

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The Postal Service is marking its 10th year of observing Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

This annual observation, occurring each October, is sponsored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Cybersecurity Alliance.

The Postal Service’s cybersecurity efforts are led by the USPS Corporate Information Security Office, or CISO.

This year’s theme — “Stay Informed. Stay Secure. Stay CyberSafe.” — emphasizes the vital role cybersecurity plays in advancing the organization’s mission, and it stresses how each individual’s awareness strengthens the organization’s overall security.

CISO is encouraging employees and contractors to go to the CyberSafe at the USPS Blue and LiteBlue pages to learn more about:

• Monthly awareness campaigns, which offer reading materials and cybersecurity tips for work and home;

• CyberSafe Guardians, a program that enlists volunteers to spread cybersecurity awareness best practices to their co-workers;

• Virtual awareness activities that allow participants to test their cybersecurity knowledge;

• Videos featuring real-life cyberthreat scenarios that show the value of making improper decisions; and

• Training modules, including “CyberSafe Fundamentals” and “CyberSafe Mobile Device Security.”

Posters promoting various cybersecurity awareness topics can be downloaded from Blue.

The CyberSafe at USPS Blue page has more information.