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Happiness and cheer
The Postal Service will celebrate the holidays with help from a boy named Charlie Brown. Ten stamps honoring the 50th anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” will be issued in October, USPS...
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USPS recently began deploying Informed Visibility, an online system that will offer up-to-the-minute information and insights into the mail. Informed Visibility will provide access to reports,...
View ArticleDear Mr. President
The White House has introduced a website to highlight handwritten letters to President Obama, along with stories about the writers. The first featured letter comes from Natoma Canfield, a cancer...
View ArticleIncreasing investments
The Postal Service has approved investments of more than $1.5 billion since last October, Chief Financial Officer Joe Corbett reports in his latest “Dollars and Change” video. The new vehicles include...
View ArticleOutside the box
The Louisville, KY, P&DC has improved the way it recycles cardboard, saving the Postal Service more than $230,000 each year. The plant established guidelines to ensure reusable cardboard isn’t put...
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Heroes’ corner
Retail Associate Susan Penney was working near the rear dock of the Miamisburg, OH, Post Office recently when she heard someone screaming in pain. Penney rushed outside, where a contract driver’s leg...
View ArticleShipping surge
The number of packages sent by households has surged 40 percent during the past two years, while the number of parcels received has grown 16 percent, new research shows. The figures, which are part of...
View ArticleHit list
Elvis Presley has a hit album again, courtesy of the Postal Service. “Elvis Presley Forever,” the new CD available from USPS, has sold more than 50,000 copies since its release Aug. 12, postal sales...
View ArticlePostal pen pals
What happens when two employees share the same name? A lot of misdirected emails, it turns out. David Walton, Postmaster in Charlotte, MI, started receiving another David Walton’s emails seven years...
View ArticleScanning scorecard
Western Area and Sacramento District set the pace in scanning performance during the week ending Aug. 21. Western (97.49 percent) once again led the areas. Capital Metro (97.08 percent) finished second...
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Line of fire
The record-breaking wildfires roiling Washington state prompted about a dozen Post Offices to adjust operations last week, although most sites are now back in business. The fire is the largest in state...
View ArticleWord to the wise
Do you have a favorite phrase or saying? If so, it could become the basis to a strong online password. Postal Service ACE computers and many online sites require longer, more complex passwords that...
View ArticleScholarly shipping
More than one-third of back-to-college shopping will take place online this year, the National Retail Federation recently reported. Nine in 10 shoppers plan to take advantage of free shipping. Other...
View ArticleGood to know
The Postal Service recently honored four employees for their work in ensuring Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests are addressed promptly. Under the 1966 law, the general public, the media and...
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Remembering Katrina
Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast states 10 years ago this week, prompting an historic effort from the Postal Service to keep the mail moving. About 17 postal facilities were destroyed...
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