January 2, 2026 MYTH: How the Postal Service applies postmarks is changing. FACT: The Postal Service has not changed and is not changing our postmarking practices, which have been consistent since we began moving away from hand-canceling every item at Post Offices decades ago. Postmarks are generally applied by machines at our originating processing facilities and … Read more
January 2, 2026 On Jan. 4, 1982, the Postal Service introduced E-COM, an attempt to harness the dawning power of digital communications for postal ends. It worked like this: Business mailers transmitted messages to one or more of the 25 Post Offices in the program. The messages would be sorted by ZIP Code, printed out on … Read more
Press Release – January 1, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill on Tuesday to require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to install security cameras at all USPS facilities to protect USPS employees, customers and property. I’ve asked USPS to expand the use of security cameras at postal facilities in the … Read more
January 1, 2026 The Postal Service has another busy year ahead in 2026. Here’s what’s coming down the pike: • New stamps. The organization has announced more than 20 stamp releases, beginning with Angel’s Trumpets on Friday, Jan. 9. High-profile releases will include Muhammad Ali on Thursday, Jan. 15; Bruce Lee on Wednesday, Feb. 18; and Lowriders on … Read more
December 30, 2025 Since 2021, the U.S. Postal Service has been implementing major infrastructure and operational changes to lower costs and improve efficiency under the Delivering for America (DFA) plan. Changes include consolidating processing from nearly 200 local processing centers to just 60 regional facilities, as well as reducing the number of dispatches between processing … Read more
December 31, 2025 The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) implemented new procedures for dating mail on Dec. 24, postmarking letters and packages with the date they are processed at a postal facility rather than when they are dropped off in a mailbox — a shift that could affect whether time-sensitive mail is considered on time. The … Read more
December 30, 2025 Because pennies are no longer produced by the U.S. Mint, the Postal Service is rounding to the nearest nickel on change due the customer for cash transactions when pennies are unavailable. Post Offices will display signage in retail lobbies to explain the new penny-rounding policy. Change due to the customer ending in … Read more
December 29, 2025 A leaked photo from an internal U.S. Postal Service (USPS) update has revealed that the agency will continue to utilize “non-domiciled” drivers. Well, any rumors of @USPS doing the right thing and banning illegal non-domiciled CDL drivers is out the window. Sent out an internal update that they WILL be allowed next … Read more