Zumbox and Catalog Choice Partner to Digitize Consumer Postal Mailboxes

Zumbox, the leader in digital postal mail services, today announced an agreement with Catalog Choice, the nation’s leading mail preference service. In Q1 2012, Zumbox digital mail users will be able to opt out of catalogs, donation requests, circulars and other printed brochures through their Zumbox account. As a result of the partnership, which is […]

Retiree Health Benefits Causing Financial Strain on Employers

Kansas City, Kan.— It’s no surprise that companies have struggled over the past few years to provide the level of benefit coverage they were offering their employees five years ago. One of the most expensive components of some organizations’ benefits plan is the offering of health coverage to retirees. The Benefits USA 2011/2012 survey results […]

Video: Lawmakers have postal workers backs in Wallingford, CT

Lawmakers have postal workers backs in Wallingford: wtnh.com Hundreds of postal workers turned out Wednesday night to a meeting in Wallingford, over plans to shut down the postal processing center there.The postal workers attended in an attempt to save their jobs, and some of Connecticut’s federal lawmakers were right by their side. Among other cuts […]

OIG Audit: USPS Past Network Optimization Initiatives

“This capping report summarizes the results of past U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits conducted on U.S. Postal Service network optimization initiatives between fiscal year (FY) 2004 and FY 2011.” We determined a valid business case exists for 31 of the 32 AMPs (97 percent) we reviewed. These business cases were supported […]

Editorial: Myth, Reality, and the U.S. Postal Service

From Pitney Bowes: I couldn’t help but think about this as I read Thomas Sowell’s attack on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on the website of the New York Post. His arguments are based on only the most superficial interpretations of the market for sending physical information and goods from one place to another, and […]

Postal Worker Gets Probation for stealing Vets prescriptions from mail

BOISE – Guy K. Dunne, 45, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced today to two years of probation for theft of mail matter by a postal employee, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge fined Dunne $3,000 and ordered him to pay $255.11 in restitution, and costs of drug testing and […]

Senator Carper To Hold Telephone Town Hall Meeting Tomorrow On Future Of USPS

WASHINGTON – Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) will hold a telephone town hall meeting to hear questions, comments and concerns from Delawareans, including U.S. Postal Service employees. Sen. Carper will answer participants’ questions and share his thoughts on a range of topics, but he will focus primarily on the U.S. Postal Service’s ongoing financial challenges, the […]

USPS Selects Verizon as a Prime Contractor to Help Manage Advanced Communications Platform

$186 Million Agreement Extends Long-Standing Relationship With the Agency ASHBURN, Va., Jan. 10, 2012 – Every day, the United States Postal Service delivers 584 million pieces of mail to more than 150 million addresses and receives more than a million visitors to its website.  As a result, the Postal Service needs a communications platform unrivaled […]

Danny Thomas Immortalized On U.S. Commemorative Forever Stamp

Entertainer and Humanitarian Honored on U.S. Commemorative Forever Stamp LOS ANGELES — The United States Postal Service has unveiled a commemorative Forever Stamp honoring legendary entertainer Danny Thomas, the founder of renowned St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The unveiling took place at a star-studded gala in Los Angeles this past weekend to celebrate Thomas’ 100th […]