By Newsroom staff – March 26, 2015 Duluth, MN — Expect delays in your mail delivery, starting as soon as next week, as the United States Postal Service begins consolidating the Duluth mail processing facility. According to Representative Rick Nolan, mail sent in northeastern Minnesota could take three or four days for mail to arrive…
The deadline for employees to sign up for the free credit-monitoring service offered by the Postal Service is Wednesday, March 31. Employees are encouraged to register for the service, which USPS offered following a cyber intrusion into some postal information systems last year. After the incident, USPS mailed employees letters containing an activation code for…
March 26, 2015 The Postal Pulse survey will help improve USPS workplaces, PMG Megan Brennan says in her latest “Business Focus” video message. The Postal Pulse features shorter questions that will allow USPS to better leverage employees’ ideas. The Gallup organization is administering the 2015 survey, which began March 16 and will continue through Friday,…
…greater than operating profit for full FY 2014 Mar 25, 2015 The Postal Service’s financial results for the month of February 2015 were posted today on the Postal Regulatory Commission’s website. For the fiscal year so far (October 2014-February 2015), the Postal Service has a $1.401 billion operating profit (see ‘Controllable Operating Income (Loss)’ line…
By Emily Kopp – March 25, 2015 Consider this: Post offices sell money orders and conduct international transfers. Would it be such a big step to expand into the banking world via debit or prepaid cards? Postal Service Inspector General David Williams revived the debate during a discussion Wednesday at the Brookings Institution. As local…
Mar 25, 2015 – Press Release Huffman: “I am concerned that recent Postal Service decisions regarding delivery service standards will exacerbate the impacts to my rural constituents.” WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) today sent a letter to the new Postmaster General reiterating his strong opposition to the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) plan to…
By By Ron Leir – March 24, 2015 KEARNY – Say goodbye to Kearny’s secondary post office. The U.S. Postal Service has issued a “final determination” notice to permanently shut what is known as the West Hudson Station at 255 Kearny Ave., which has operated since April 1961. USPS spokesman George Flood said the decision…
The larger mailboxes being tested in states like Colorado and North Dakota may seem a little unusual, but rural boxes have been evolving from the beginning. When the Post Office Department started Rural Free Delivery in 1902, customers were forced to make their own mailboxes using materials they found around their homes and farms. Rural…
