Postal Inspection Service accepting applications

Would you like to help protect customers from crimes involving the US Mail? The Postal Inspection Service will accept applications for postal inspector positions from Monday, Jan. 9, at 12:01 a.m. EST through Friday, Jan. 13, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Inspectors are federal law enforcement agents with investigative jurisdiction in all criminal matters involving the…

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NALC President Rolando on Rural Postal Service, Carriers

January 4, 2017 Your readers were well-served by the piece on postal reform that ran Dec. 29. Given the importance of the U.S. Postal Service to residents and businesses in Carlsbad and throughout the large and diverse state of New Mexico, I’d like to take this opportunity to offer some additional information and context. The…

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USPS: Employee recognized for catching renegade bug

A Postal Service employee recently helped federal authorities capture a renegade female who got loose inside a USPS facility and climbed over the equipment. Did we mention the female is a scarabaeidae dynastinidae, also known as a rhino beetle? The insect ate her way out of a package inside the San Francisco International Service Center…

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USPS: FSA enrollment deadline is Jan. 11

USPS is reminding employees that the flexible spending account (FSA) enrollment period ends Jan. 11. The Postal Service recently mailed a postcard to employees highlighting the upcoming FSA deadline. FSAs allow employees to set aside as much as $2,600 before taxes to cover eligible medical, pharmacy, dental and vision expenses offered by a health maintenance…

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