WH budget proposal: Restructure USPS healthcare prefunding, Eliminate Saturday mail delivery

[maxgallery id=”43311″]December 27, 2015 The Postal Service’s healthcare prefunding requirement would be restructured and Saturday mail delivery eliminated under President Obama’s fiscal 2015 budget plan. The proposal (see page 101) recommends deferring the healthcare fixed payments due in 2014 and half of the payments in 2015 and 2016. That would provide USPS with $9 billion…

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Custodian polishing off career with a flourish at Boulder post office

By Alex Burness – December 26, 2015 The floor of the historic, 110-year-old U.S. Post Office building in downtown Boulder is an elegant mix of white terrazzo tile and pink marble, but one would never have known that as of about a month ago. A century of wear dirtied the floor so thoroughly that it’s…

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USPS ASM Revision: Responsible Use of Social Media

Effective December 24, 2015, the Postal Serviceℱ is revising the Administrative Support Manual (ASM), section 363.2d. Administrative Support Manual (ASM) 3 Communications 36 Web-based Communications 363 Social Media 363.2 Responsible Use of Social Media The following rules and regulations apply to Postal Service employees who use social media in their official capacity to communicate with…

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Ex-postal worker to use ‘sporting purposes’ provision in hopes of reduced prison term

By Chad Abraham – December 23, 2015 The former Aspen postal worker who had a loaded handgun in a backpack at the local facility hopes that a firearm exception in federal sentencing guidelines will result in a reduced prison term. Mauro Pennini is to be sentenced Jan. 4 in federal court in Grand Junction after…

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1967 film introduces the Self Service Postal Unit

Published on Dec 15, 2015 This 1967 film introduces the Self Service Postal Unit, an automated post office intended to be installed in shopping center and mall parking lots. Versions intended for installation in pedestrian areas and post office lobbies are also demonstrated.

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FTC rejects Staples’ revised $5.5 billion bid to buy Office Depot

By Phil Wahba – December 21, 2015 Staples’  revised $5.5 billion bid to buy rival Office Depot was rejected by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the company said on Monday, thwarting again its attempt to create a larger entity better able to contend with the major changes reshaping the office supplies market. Seeking to mollify…

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Home stretch – USPS enters final week of peak season

[maxgallery id=”43207″]USPS delivered millions of packages and other mail Dec. 21, which was expected to be the year’s busiest delivery day. “We have a service to provide,” Charlotte, NC, Letter Carrier Richard Journette told the local NBC station. Journette, a 15-year employee, began his day at 6 a.m. He expected to travel 40-50 miles and…

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