(July 16, 2014) BUCKHANNON, WV – Residents in rural communities in Upshur County may face a problem when it comes to doing business with the United States Postal Service. Residents have given their feedback to the postal service, but they feel the decision has already been made. Lorentz is one of many small communities in Upshur…
Adding convenient, low-cost banking services to post offices looked to be dead. Here’s why the picture has changed Though the promising concept of postal banking has frustratingly stalled due to inertia from policymakers, this week things started to move. Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, which oversees the Postal Service, previously called postal…
All employees must complete the Postal Service’s anti-discrimination training course by Thursday, July 31. The Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act) course will help employees recognize unlawful harassment in federal workplaces. The course, which is available in the Learning Management System (LMS), takes about 30 minutes to complete. …
(July 16, 2014) Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will stop the U.S. Postal Service from … providing non-bank financial services? In a January report, the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General proposed that the USPS offer non-bank financial services to consumers who don’t have access to affordable, mainstream financial…
(July 15, 2014) A message to all employees of the United States Postal Service from Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe.
(July 16, 2014) Approximately two dozen people were in attendance at a meeting last week at the Wildwood Post Office to hear how the U.S. Postal Service’s “POST” plan would effect operating hours and services offered. The Postal Service’s POST plan is designed to make sure America’s communities continue to have access to products and…
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan said Tuesday that U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has agreed to personally review the decision to close the Duluth mail processing facility. Nolan, DFL-Crosby, said he spoke to Donahoe on Friday and that the postmaster agreed to review the Duluth case. The Postal Service announced recently that it would close the…
