Sen. Carper’s Statement on Nomination of the Hon. Jeffrey A. Rosen to be a USPS Governor

Thursday, April 21, 2016 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “Nomination of the Honorable Jeffrey A. Rosen to be a Governor, U.S. Postal Service.”  Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for moving…

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Former Letter Carrier who landed gyrocopter on Capitol lawn gets 4 months

By Jessica Gresko – April 21, 2016 WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man who landed a one-person gyrocopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington in 2015 as a stunt to protest the influence of money in politics was sentenced Thursday to spend four months in jail. In sentencing 62-year-old Douglas Hughes, Judge…

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APWU: Workers Memorial Day is April 28 – Stand Up for Safe Jobs!

Web News Article #: 085-2016 04/19/2016 – The labor movement will observe Workers Memorial Day on Thursday, April 28, to commemorate those who have been killed or injured on the job and to revitalize the fight for workplace safety. The event coincides with the anniversary of the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act…

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USPS: Safe Driver Award nominations due April 30

The National Safety Council will accept nominations for the 2016 Joseph M. Kaplan Safe Driver Award until Thursday, April 30. The award recognizes USPS drivers with outstanding safety records. Here’s the criteria: Nominees must meet the minimum requirement of driving for 15 years or 100,000 miles without a preventable accident. Nominees must be full-time drivers…

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USPS: Container Tracking System introduced

The Postal Service is using technology to track mail containers as they’re transported throughout the USPS network. The Container Tracking System displays transportation schedules and container scanning activity in near-real time, allowing managers to make adjustments to meet processing and delivery targets. The system is part of the Postal Service’s broader efforts to use data…

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USPS OIG Blog: ‘Tis the Season for Political Mail

April 18, 2016 Get ready for a political advertising avalanche. Politicians and the groups that support them are expected to spend a whopping $12.3 billion this year on campaign advertising in an array of media –television, radio, digital, print, and direct mail. The U.S. Postal Service wants to snag $1 billion of that revenue, nearly…

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Good Money After Bad? Mailers Try to Block FSS Expansion

Monday, April 18, 2016 Where the U.S. Postal Service sees an opportunity to expand the Flats Sequencing System to more ZIP codes, mailers see a backdoor rate increase. Postal officials recently told mailing-industry representatives that declining volumes and some equipment upgrades are creating excess capacity for the FSS. At a meeting of the Mailers Technical…

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USPS OIG: Do you receive your mail through Omaha, Nebraska?

Project Title: Omaha, NE, P&DC Customer Service Performance Start Date: Monday, March 28, 2016 Estimated Report Release Date: September 2016 In an effort to align its mail processing infrastructure with declining mail volume, the Postal Service has consolidated some mail processing facilities nationwide. Before initiating the consolidations, the Postal Service is required to evaluate service standard…

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