PR note: To borrow some recent words by Congressman Darrell Issa and posted on Twitter: House GOP “folded like a cheap suit” on tax deal. The borrowed words from Issa “folded like a cheap suit” were recently directed at PMG Patrick Donahoe after USPS agreed to 5-month moratorium on closing/consolidating post offices Two days ago, […]
Update: Bellevue postal worker Bob McLean will be allowed to wear his full Santa Claus outfit when he delivers the mail on Saturday – Christmas Eve – following a resolution of the issue with management of the U.S. Postal Service. For the last ten years, right around Christmas time, McLean grows out his beard and […]
WASHINGTON — All Post Offices nationwide will be open Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, and New Year’s Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31. Most will have shortened retail lobby hours and will close at noon. Mail delivery for Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 will be the same as any other Saturday. Each Post Office will post its […]
DES MOINES, IA – Glenn Arthur Reisinger, also known as Art Reisinger, age 62, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of mail by a postal employee, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Reisinger entered his guilty plea before United States Magistrate Judge Celeste F. Bremer. Sentencing has been scheduled for March 20, 2012, […]
This month, USPS will begin testing 10 Navistar eStar electric step vans. This test, part of the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act funded through the Department of Energy, is led by Engineering Systems with support from Safety, Delivery and Vehicles Category Management Center. The new 2-ton vehicles will be tested in three locations: Los Angeles, […]
Temper Tantrum on Capitol Hill WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress lurched toward Grinch-like gridlock on Tuesday as the Republican-controlled House rejected a two-month extension of Social Security tax cuts that President Barack Obama said was “the only viable way” to prevent a drop in take-home pay for 160 million workers on Jan. 1. “The clock is […]
Most-used usps.com Pages Now in Spanish and Simplified Chinese WASHINGTON — Customers from two fast-growing U.S. populations — Spanish and Chinese speakers — will now be able to track packages, look up ZIP codes and learn about U.S. Postal Service products and services in Spanish and simplified Chinese on usps.com. “We’re making it easier for […]
A review of the performance of universal postal service providers by the Oxford Strategic Consulting (OSC) firm has named USPS the best postal service within the world’s top 20 largest economies for access to services, resource efficiency and public trust. OSC conducts advanced research and helps private and government organizations achieve key strategic objectives. The […]
HOLIDAY MESSAGE FROM THE PMG ‘THANKS FOR MAINTAINING FOCUS ON THE BUSINESS’ With the close of a very challenging year, PMG Pat Donahoe is assuring employees that he will remain focused on issues around postal legislation, operations and health care reform so that they can continue to focus on the business. In his annual holiday […]
Over the weekend, Congress approved an omnibus spending bill to keep the government operating through September that included a provision to again move the deadline for the Postal Service’s 2011 future retiree health benefits pre-funding payment for another eight months, to August. The spending measure also included language to keep the Postal Service delivering mail […]