New Prices Kick In For USPS Shipping Services

January 4, 2010 Effective today, USPS implements new prices for Shipping Services, which includes Express Mail, Priority Mail, Parcel Select (Destination Entry only), Parcel Return Service, Global Express Guaranteed, Express Mail International and Priority Mail International. On average, the overall price increase is 3.3 percent. By comparison, our competitors have announced price increases of nearly […]

USPS Executive Moonlights For Cash From Corporations

USPS Executives Pay For Performance “The financially troubled U.S. Postal Service pays Robert F. Bernstock a $232,500 salary to oversee its shipping and mailing division, but a little-known hiring provision allows the executive to earn even more money from outside corporate sources. Mr. Bernstock took home more than $270,000 in cash and other compensation combined […]

USPS Mobile Now Available On iPHONE And iPOD

Apple Computer’s online App Store now offers a free version of the USPS Mobile application for iPhone and iPod touch mobile digital devices. The new USPS Mobile application takes advantage of Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) capabilities, using the Locator function to show users the closest Post Offices, Automated Postal Centers and collection boxes. Maps and […]

Former Postal Employee Sentenced to Twelve Years in Prison for Narcotics Distribution

United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Press Release WASHINGTON – Thomas Ali Fields, a 40-year-old District man and former U.S. Postal Service employee, has been sentenced to 144 months in prison for the distribution and possession with the intent to distribute 186 grams of crack cocaine, Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D.Phillips announced today. […]