Dozens of Remote Alaska post offices face reduced hours

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Dozens of Alaska Post Offices are potentially facing reduced hours of operation after Jan. 1, 2015. According to the U.S. Postal Service, some of those post offices would be limited to two hours of operation a day. The USPS said it began a plan to close the offices after it noticed a…

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USPS Virtual (online) Career Fair Wednesday, November 19, 2014 – 1PM to 4PM EST

OPPORTUNITIES Automotive Technician B2B Sales City Carrier Assistant Custodian Facilities Management Mail Handler Assistant Mail Processing Clerk (Holiday Season) PSE Tractor Trailer Operator PSE Laborer Custodial Rural Carrier Assistant Tractor Trailer Operator ***ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE*** LOCATIONS ***NATIONWIDE OPPORTUNITIES*** Atlanta, GA Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Connecticut – Statewide Dallas, TX Denver, CO Fort Worth, TX Greensboro,…

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USPS OIG Audit: Highway Contract Routes (HCR) Extra Trips in the Greater Indiana District

Start Date:  Monday, October 20, 2014 Estimated Report Date:  Friday, April 17, 2015 (November 16, 2014) The U.S. Postal Service uses highway contract routes (HCR) to transport mail between its post offices and other designated points where mail is received or dispatched, such as mailers’ facilities. Extra trips are in addition to those normally provided…

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USPS OIG White Paper: Guiding Principles for a New Universal Service Obligation

RARC-WP-15-001 – 11/17/2014 The U.S. Postal Service’s universal service obligation (USO), which establishes what mail services the Postal Service must provide, lacks a clear, comprehensive definition. The current USO is assumed to be a hodgepodge of various legal requirements and regulations that, in most cases, provide only broad guidance. For example, while public access to…

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