The Postmaster General Heroesâ Program is showcased in the latest edition of Postal Bulletin. The cover story highlights Los Angeles Customer Services Manager Thelma Johnson, who came to the aid of a 92-year-old woman who fell and suffered a serious head wound this year. Johnson and Aasha Jones, her supervisor, took the customer to the…
Cybercriminals are turning to a new form of malware in large numbers. Ransomware, like the name suggests, is a new form of âcyber extortionâ wherein the data on an infected computer or network is encrypted and inaccessible to the user unless a ransom is paid to the hacker. Any and all data, files, folders, or…
Web News Article #: 130-2016 06/23/2016 – In a major ruling in favor of the APWU issued on June 15, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ordered the Postal Service to immediately provide the APWU uncensored copies of documents about the pilot program that established postal counters inside Staples stores â information the APWU first…
Web News Article #: 128-2016 06/22/2016 – The APWU is urging President Obama to veto an appropriations bill if it comes to his desk with a provision that would weaken truck safety regulations. As it is currently written, the appropriations bill for the Departments of Transportation (H.R. 2577) includes a section that would block implementation…
The Postal Service has reissued its policy for reporting hazardous chemical spills that could affect the environment. Under the policy, employees should immediately notify a manager or supervisor when spills reach storm water, sanitary sewer drains, waterways, soil, groundwater or surface water. The manager or supervisor must take the following steps: Immediately report the incident…
Background City delivery office operations cover all duties a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier performs in the office. These duties include casing mail (placing mail in delivery order), preparing parcels for delivery, and retrieving accountable items. City carriers are delivering more packages and fewer letters to more addresses each year. The Postal Service seeks to…
This alert responds to concerns brought to our attention regarding the Kansas City, MO, Stamp Fulfillment Servicesâ (SFS) handling and storage of the U.S. Postal Serviceâs off-sale inventory. Our objective was to evaluate internal controls over off-sale retail merchandise and accountable paper stored at the Kansas City SFS. Summary The Postal Service needs to improve…
This management alert presents our concerns with delivery issues found at the U.S. Postal Serviceâs James A. Farley Post Office. Specifically, we found incorrect delivery status information for packages. This issue came to our attention during our review of Delivery Operations at the James A. Farley Post Office in response to a request from Senator…
