USPS: Mail Condition Visualization (MCV) to offer more insight, analysis

The Postal Service will soon begin using simplified categories and enhanced analysis capabilities to improve the mail inventory process. Mail Condition Visualization (MCV), an Informed Visibility module, will provide users with near-real-time conditions of mail and packages in processing facilities. Here’s a look at the categories that are part of MCV: • On Hand: This…

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USPS installing ‘Cadillac of Mailboxes’ across northeast Queens to stop mail theft

By Jenna Bagcal – January 8, 2019 Plans to replace regular blue mailboxes with high-security collection boxes are underway in the confines of the Bayside-based 111th Precinct. According to Donna Harris, a spokesperson for the United States Postal Service (USPS), the independent government agency is actively working on providing residents within the 111th Precinct with…

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USPS worker electrocuted at Shannon Street post office

By Dede Willis – Jan 08, 2019 A United States Postal Service employee was electrocuted Tuesday at the post office on Shannon Street in Monroe. The incident was initially reported around 9:40 a.m. First responders attempted to revive Paul W. Gammill, age 47, with CPR at the scene. The man was electrocuted while changing out…

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USPS: Passport services continue during shutdown

USPS passport facilities can continue to provide services to customers as normal during the federal government shutdown. The U.S. State Department is still processing passport applications, the agency announced last week. Processing times remain 4-6 weeks for routine service and 2-3 weeks for expedited service. The Postal Service is encouraging employees to provide passport acceptance…

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APWU President Dimondstein reconsiders eliminating NE Region Coordinator position

“In weighing all the positives and the negatives and upon further review, it is my final decision to fill the vacant position. The National Executive Board is meeting on January 15, 2019 when I will submit my recommendation, subject to their approval.” – Mark Dimondstein, President Related: Elimination of the APWU NE Region Coordinator Position…

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USPS tests fingerprinting service with FBI

USPS is working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to test fingerprinting services at two Washington, DC, Post Offices. The program allows the offices to provide fingerprinting services to customers applying for an identity history summary check (IdHSC), which lists certain information taken from fingerprint submissions kept by the FBI. An IdHSC can be required…

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US Postal Inspection Service accepting applications

The Postal Inspection Service is hiring. The agency will accept applications for postal inspector positions from Monday, Jan. 7, at 10 a.m. CST through Saturday, Jan. 12, at 10 a.m. CST. Only USPS career employees can apply to this announcement. Postal inspectors are federal agents who enforce laws that defend the nation’s mail system from…

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NRLCA: Republican Members of Senate USPS Oversight Committee Announced

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced the Republican members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on January 3. After approval by the Senate, Rob Portman (R-OH), Rand Paul (R-KY), James Lankford (R-OK), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Rick Scott (R-FL), Mike Enzi (R-WY), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) will sit on the GOP side…

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