USPS OIG: Delegations of Contracting Authority Outside of Supply Management

Audit Report – SM-AR-14-007 – 08/05/2014 Background The U.S. Postal Service’s Supply Management organization is responsible for approving contracts to acquire goods and services. However, the postmaster general and the vice president, Supply Management, can delegate contracting authority to personnel outside of Supply Management. In response to a U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General…

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Drew Barrymore gives boost to US Postal Service in Instagram snap

As a little girl, she helped E.T. to phone home. Now Drew Barrymore is backing a somewhat slower form of communication – letters sent through the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service. On Thursday the 39-year-old shared an Instagram snap of herself standing in front of one of the familiar blue post boxes as she slipped a…

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Postal official tells Shandaken, NY hamlets it may have to cut hours

The Shandaken town board voted unanimously to authorize town supervisor Rob Stanley to write a letter to Congressman Chris Gibson, demanding that the postal service refrain from reducing hours at the Pine Hill, Highmount, and Big Indian post offices. The vote came at the August 4 town board meeting, following a one-hour public presentation and…

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How We Saved Our Rural Post Office

First things first: everyone in a town is negatively affected by a post office closure, therefore everyone in the town is a potential ally. Individual political concerns (conservative, liberal, progressive, pro-gun/anti-gun, &c.) have nothing to do with fighting to keep a post office open. Some people who would otherwise be intractable political rivals can be…

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USPS: Social media security

Think twice before posting inflammatory messages or inappropriate photos online, particularly on social media sites, the Postal Service’s Corporate Information Security Office (CISO) advises. Postings could remain on sites for years and hurt your reputation. “It’s important to remember that once posted and shared on social media sites and the Internet, information is almost impossible…

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