October 25, 2021 Chief Postal Inspector Gary R. Barksdale has a message for Postal Service employees: Be careful out there. “To say the last year and a half has been challenging is an understatement,” Barksdale said, citing statistics that show violent crime has surged during the coronavirus pandemic. For example, FBI data show murders are…
October 22, 2021 U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) recently sponsored a bipartisan bill that would modify the role and duties of United States Postal Service (USPS) police officers. The Postal Police Reform Act of 2021, H.R. 5587, which Rep. Garbarino introduced on Oct. 15 with original cosponsor U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), would reverse a…
October 22, 2021 The Postal Service recently teamed with Ericsson, a leading information and communications technology provider, to collect geospatial radio spectrum data in San Francisco. Geospatial data is used to digitally map locations for electronic navigation applications. The Ericsson test specifically mapped radio spectrum, including spectrum used for location-based applications. Three postal vehicles in…
The Postal Service™ is putting the finishing touches on what we expect will be a very busy 2021 peak season. Our employees are hard at work installing new machinery, dusting off the holiday-themed postmarks, and preparing for the influx of holiday mailings across the country. Here are some important details to help you prepare for…
Effective Oct. 21, the Postal Service’s mailing requirements will include vape pens, e-cigarettes, e-liquid pods, and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) as generally nonmailable matter. The change is required by the Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act, a federal law that recently took effect. ENDS are defined as electronic devices that deliver…
October 20, 2021 In light of the coronavirus pandemic and the delta variant’s effect on customers, the Postal Service will announce the implementation date for the revised First-Class Package Service standards after the holiday shipping season. The new service standards, announced in June, are designed to improve use of surface transportation, while decreasing reliance on…
Project Title: Postal Service Knowledge Continuity Start Date: Monday, October 4, 2021 Estimated Report Release Date: April 2022 During fall 2020, the Postal Service initiated a series of phased organizational changes to improve its ability to implement strategies and drive success. As a result of these changes, a reduction-in-force occurred in affected areas for several…
Background The Sunrise Station is in the Nevada – Utah District of the WestPac Area. The unit has 69 city routes which are delivered by 83 full-time city carriers, four part-time flexible carriers, and 19 city carrier assistants. The Sunrise Station also has 10 full-time clerks and seven postal support employees. We chose the Sunrise…
