WASHINGTON — Sending product samples in the mail is a proven way to engage consumers, test new products and generate sales. Now, with the introduction of an innovative co-op service from the U.S. Postal Service, thousands of households across the nation will soon receive packages brimming with food and personal care sample items sure to […]
PRC Issues Annual Compliance Determination – Finds Some Rates Do Not Comply Washington, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission today issued its Annual Compliance Determination (ACD) assessing the financial and service performance of the Postal Service in fiscal year (FY) 2010. The Postal Service’s financial situation continued to deteriorate in 2010, despite major reductions in […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has produced a thorough and comprehensive review of the Postal Service proposal to move to a five day per week delivery schedule. We are pleased to see they agree that the Postal Service is likely to achieve significant cost savings if this change were to be effected and that much […]
Author of book on the history of African American Postal Workers Granted Senior Prize WASHINGTON — Philip F. Rubio, assistant professor of History, North Carolina A&T State University has been awarded the Rita Lloyd Moroney Senior Prize from the U.S. Postal Service for his book, There’s Always Work at the Post Office: African American Postal […]
PostalReporter.com note: Earlier this month USPS Revised Officer List To Replace PMG In Case Of National Emergency in ASM from DPMG to COO and Executive VP (currently Megan Brennan). USPS press release is below. Congressional Experience, Leadership Skills Cited in Hiring Ronald A. Stroman will bring more than 30 years of professional experience in government, […]
NAPA, CA — In a celebration of the significant contributions and exemplary life of Thomas (Tom) Kongsgaard, the U.S. Postal Service will hold a ceremony on March 28, 2011 at 11:00 a.m., to rename the Franklin Post Office, 1351 Second Street, Napa, as the Thomas Kongsgaard Post Office. “The dedication of a Post Office building in the memory […]
The following is a press release from the office of US Attorney, Tennessee, Western District (March 25, 2011) Memphis, TN – Michael Bell, 34, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Bernice Donald to three (3) years incarceration for his involvement in the theft and illegal use of United States Postal Service-issued Voyager gas […]
On March 26, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Postal Service will issue a Jazz commemorative stamp (Forever priced at 44-cents) Inspired by vintage jazz record-album covers, Pasadena , Calif. , artist Paul Rogers captured the eclectic nature of jazz music and the spontaneity and improvisation of jazz artists in creating art for the Jazz […]
WASHINGTON – Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee that oversees the Postal Service, released the following statement reacting to the advisory opinion on Postal Service delivery frequency released earlier today by the Postal Regulatory Commission: “While I have serious concerns about the length of time it took the Postal Regulatory Commission to […]
NAPUS National President Bob Rapoza called Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe this morning in response to a March 24, 2011 article in the Washington Post, which stated the Postal Service planned to “eliminate the jobs of thousands of postmasters and supervisors, many through layoffs.” Postmaster General Donahoe told President Rapoza that he could tell Postmasters that […]