The Postal Service has announced that retail operations at the Strip Station office, located at 3100 Industrial Road in Las Vegas, will close as of end of the business day on Friday Feb. 25, 2011. The Post Office Box operation will still remain in operation for the immediate future, but the plans are to close […]
LOVELAND, CO –Love once again is in the mail and bound for Loveland and Colorado! It’s the 65th year of the popular Loveland Valentine Postmark Re-mailing program. The Loveland Post Office, Chamber of Commerce and senior citizen volunteers annually have stamped its special love-themed postmark, love verse and cupid cachet artwork on the front of […]
WASHINGTON – Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management which oversees the U.S. Postal Service, released the following statement regarding the Postal Service’s announcement [link added by PostalReporter.com] that its “Lean Green Teams” generated over $27 million in savings and revenue: “By embracing a culture of thrift and conservation, […]
Savings and Revenue Surpass $27 Million WASHINGTON — Lean Green Teams helped the Postal Service reduce energy, water, solid waste to landfills and petroleum fuel use, saving the agency more than $5 million in 2010. They also helped the Postal Service recycle more than 222,000 tons of material — an increase of nearly 8,000 tons […]
Reading Area Mail Processing (AMP) Study Public Meeting WHAT: Postal Service managers will give an overview and gather community input regarding a proposal to move some mail processing operations from the Reading Processing & Distribution Facility (P&DF) into the Harrisburg & Lehigh Valley Processing & Distribution Centers (P&DC). WHO: Kevin McAdams, District Manager, Central PA […]
Consumers Should Contact the Mailer, Not Their Carrier The Postal Service wishes to clarify erroneous information in at least two recent news articles regarding requests for non delivery of mail with simplified addressing. Consumers who do not wish to receive mail with a simplified address must make the request through the mailer, not their carrier. […]
Washington, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission has established Docket R2011-2, to receive comments on postal rate changes for market dominant products filed January 13 by the U.S. Postal Service. The rate changes, which include maintaining the current First-Class, first ounce rate at $.44, are scheduled to take effect on April 17, 2011. “The Commission […]
Imagitas Inc. issued the following press release: WALTHAM, Mass — Imagitas Inc. and the United States Postal Service (USPS) have completed a 10-year renewal of their successful MoverSource Alliance, a partnership built around a set of products that helps approximately 44 million U.S. residents with the change of address process each year. Pat Donahue, Postmaster […]
As the Author of Law, Senator Collins Says Postal Service Lacks Justification for Request WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today filed an amicus brief arguing that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit uphold the Postal Regulatory Commission’s […]
Names Chairmen and Vice Chairmen Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued the following press release: WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced today the members who will serve as Subcommittee Chairmen and Vice […]