A man who grew up in Columbus, Mississippi is protesting the mural hanging in the local post office. It was 1939. Beulah Bettersworth of New York was in Columbus, taking in the scenery, for inspiration for her next work of art. The artist had been commissioned by the federal government’s Section of Fine Arts to […]
The U.S. Postal Service is offering a $20,000 reward for information that helps catch the man who robbed the post office on 34th Street in Chattanooga this morning. Chattanooga police spokesman Jerri Weary said in a news release that the man came in about 9:30 a.m. and followed a postal worker into her work area […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management which oversees the U.S. Postal Service, issued the following statement regarding the official swearing in of Patrick R. Donahoe as the 73rd Postmaster General of the United States and the CEO of the U.S. Postal Service: “I’d like to […]
Postal clerks will stop holding up the line with all those questions when you mail something. Some questions will still be needed for security reasons, but clerks no longer have to run through a litany of whether each customer wants a return receipt or insurance or other special services. It was like “Do you want […]
On January 12, NAPUS President Bob Rapoza forwarded a letter to President Barack Obama that called upon him to use his presidential authority to direct the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to accurately and fairly calculate the U.S. Postal Service’s pension obligations. OPM is an independent agency of the federal government, tasked with managing the […]
Partnership with eBay, Expanded Forever Stamp Program Announced WASHINGTON — Patrick R. Donahoe today took the oath of office in front of employees and family members to become the 73rd Postmaster General of the United States and the CEO of the U.S. Postal Service. Pledging to return the Postal Service to profitability and continue to […]
The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe reports on Twitter that Postmaster General Pat Donahoe plans to cut about 2,000 postmasters, or the people responsible for running post offices. Those cuts would impact about 30% of administrative workers, about 10% of overall USPS workforce. to cut about 7,500 jobs. close and/or consolidate about 10 of the Postal […]
Management ‘Lacks Understanding’ of Risks, Agency Concludes The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has hit the Postal Service with another unwelcome finding: Delivery Bar Code Sorter machines pose a direct risk to workers’ health, and there is a “general lack of understanding about the hazards and injuries” associated with the equipment among postal managers. In […]
Norway Post is continuously developing in order to provide services that are adapted to its customers’ current and future needs. In the spring, Norway Post is to launch a new digital mailbox that will be in addition to the traditional, physical mailbox. (Oslo, 12 January 2011) Norway Post is to launch a digital mail […]
As Federal News Radio reported today, a coalition of 15 Federal and Postal organizations sent a letter to President Obama calling on the White House to reject proposals by the Deficit Commission that would cut federal civilian retirement and health benefits, freeze federal pay and reduce the federal workforce by 10 percent. National Deficit Commission […]