By Sarah Phinney – May 4, 2015 FISHERVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Brown recluse spiders are causing the Fisherville Post Office to temporarily close its doors. United States Postal Service spokesperson David Walton says spiders were found during a recent inspection. “We didn’t want to take any chances so we thought the best course of action…
Background Federal, state, and local governments use mailing and shipping services to help carry out their missions and meet their diverse mailing needs. Government mailers consider price, service, and contract terms when deciding between the U.S. Postal Service and one of its competitors; and some government entities use presorting to qualify for price discounts. The…
The 1,500-square-foot office is separate from the retail lobby and has additional staff. Services include passport photos, document photocopying, expedited processing and Priority Mail Express delivery with tracking and insurance. The office is open every day except Thursdays and Sundays. No appointments are necessary. The Postal Service began accepting passport applications on the State Department’s…
May 2, 2015 Mike Rapp’s April 8 reminder of delayed service at mail-processing centers is a hint of things to come in the U.S. Postal Service, which has enjoyed widespread trust for its reliable service. The crux of this problem is the draconian Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, passed by Congress in 2006, that requires…
By Caitlin Schneider – April 29, 2015 Source: A Brief History of United States Postal Uniforms | Mental Floss
The U.S. Postal Service is pushing its ability to hire low-paid City Carrier Assistants to the limit – and apparently beyond the limit. The 2011 contract that created the non-career position capped the number of CCAs in each district at 15% of the total number of full-time career city carriers — plus another 8,000 nationwide…
Attached is a current list of all 29,946 postal facilities in the United States. These are postal-owned or leased buildings staffed with postal employees. This list includes the facility name, facility type, street address, nine-digit Zip code and finance number. I’ve noticed that postal job offers are sometimes lacking this information. The CBA makes a…
The Postal Service continues making investments for the future, including plans for new delivery vehicles, PMG Megan Brennan says in her latest video message. Fifteen companies are competing to build the vehicles, which are slated to debut in 2017. “These vehicles will be designed with increased cargo space and improved access to facilitate both the…
