Friday, November 7, 2025
PMG addresses employees in new video
Steiner discusses USPS financial and service expectations
Postmaster General David Steiner discusses the Postal Service’s financial and performance expectations and his hopes for the organization’s future in his latest video message to employees.
He also shares thoughts and observations after his first 100 days in office and previews this year’s holiday delivery season.
The video, released Nov. 6, is available on Link and other postal websites and will be shown to employees throughout the organization this week.
People
Binding the nation
One letter carrier creates a stamp map while another finishes a big race
Ryan Troy, an Olympia, WA, letter carrier, has used his collection of stamps to create a map of the United States.
For the 20-year USPS veteran, it was a labor of love — and a way to share his stamps with others.
“Nobody could see my stamps because I kept them in a book,” he said. “But when the Postal Service celebrated its sesquicentennial, I figured this would be a good time to display some of them.”
Troy, a history buff, did extensive research on his project, even consulting with a local historian so he could accurately place the stamps in their proper location on the map.
“I tried to make it as geographically accurate as possible, but there wasn’t much room to work with on the smaller Eastern states.”
Troy has collected stamps for about eight years, but he doesn’t consider himself a stamp collector. He said he purchases stamps to use them.
“I write a lot of letters, and I like to choose stamps that match the personalities of the people I’m writing,” he said.
Troy would love to see his fully framed, 20-by-28-inch map displayed in his local Post Office.
“That way, kids waiting in line with their parents would be able to see it and learn about the stamps. I think they’d get a kick out of it.”
Medal man
Brock Allen, a Henderson, NV, city carrier assistant, recently won a half-marathon in Las Vegas.
After taking a running hiatus for two years, Allen, 27, decided six months ago to lace up his running shoes again. He trained after his shift, often in over 100-degree heat.
“It is a lot physically, but it helps get me in shape,” he said. “A large step day is over 20 miles including a walking route, handoff and training run.”
Allen is training for future races but is mindful of the Postal Service’s busiest time of year.
“I will do the best I can during peak season,” he said.
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News Quiz
Horse sense
How much do you know about the next Lunar New Year stamp?
“News Quiz” is a weekly feature that lets you test your knowledge of recent Link stories. The correct answers appear at the end.
1. Who created the paper-cut mask that will be featured on Year of the Horse, the next Lunar New Year stamp?
a) Camille Chew
b) Sue DiCicco
c) John Fielder
d) James Yang
2. According to his interview in the Eagle magazine, what is Postmaster General David Steiner’s current top priority?
a) To fully diagnose the Postal Service’s service performance issues
b) To meet with every USPS vice president each day to discuss strategy
c) To refurbish all the older Post Offices
d) To visit every Postal Service facility in the largest cities
3. What was the name of the first theater show performed by Dean Davis, a USPS employee and community theater actor?
a) “Arsenic and Old Lace”
b) “Big River”
c) “Jekyll and Hyde”
d) “Phantom of the Opera”
4. Who is the guest on the latest episode of “Mailin’ It!,” the USPS podcast?
a) Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS
b) David Hathaway, a Telford, PA, customer services supervisor
c) Tracy Lawrence, a St. Paul, MN, transportation operations supervisor
d) Heather Maday, USPS sales enablement senior director
5. What alerted Monroe, WI, Letter Carrier Connie Hawkinson that something was wrong with one of her customers?
a) A neighbor asked her to help.
b) She heard the customer scream.
c) She saw smoke coming from the customer’s house.
d) The customer’s mail piled up for several days.
Answers: 1) a. 2) a. 3) b. 4) d. 5) d.
Flag notices now displayed on Blue
The Postal Service will now highlight half-staff flag notifications on Blue, one of the organization’s employee intranet websites.
When USPS facilities are required to lower the U.S. flag to half-staff, a green bar will appear on the Blue front page.
Clicking the bar will take the user to a Link article that explains why flags should be lowered and for how long.
The Postal Service introduced this feature Nov. 4, when Link published an article explaining that flags should be lowered to honor Dick Cheney, the former vice president who died this week.
The USPS Administrative Support Manual has additional guidelines on U.S. flag display and maintenance.
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PMG addresses employees in new video
Steiner discusses USPS financial and service expectations
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People
Binding the nation
One letter carrier creates a stamp map while another finishes a big race
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News Quiz
Horse sense
How much do you know about the next Lunar New Year stamp?
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Flag notices now displayed on Blue