February 5, 2026 The Postal Service is reminding employees and contractors to use the USPS National Emergency Hotline number to receive up-to-date information about facility closings, changes in reporting times and other workplace information during severe and inclement weather. The toll-free number, found on the back of most USPS employee badges, is 888-EMERGNC (888-363-7462). After … Read more
February 4, 2026 As the Postal Service continues one of the most ambitious overhauls in its history, tangible progress is evident in facilities such as the Phoenix Regional Transfer Hub, The Eagle magazine reports in its winter issue. With its focus on the westbound destination-only hub, the cover story explores how cutting-edge technologies and streamlined … Read more
Background The U.S. Postal Service is redesigning its processing network with the goal of creating a best-in-class mail and package processing network as part of its 10-year strategic Delivering for America plan. The Postal Service plans to create a modernized network based around regional processing and distribution centers (RPDC), local processing centers, and sorting and … Read more
February 3, 2026 The Postal Service has made resources available to employees and customers to clarify a recent addition to Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) section 608.11.0, Postmarks and Postal Possession, and to improve public understanding of postmarks and their relationship to the date of mailing. The new wording, which was officially added to the DMM on … Read more
Census Bureau Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2026 Operational Test in Support of the 2030 Census AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce. The Department of Commerce will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget … Read more
February 2, 2026 The founders established the post office before they had even signed the Declaration of Independence, and for a very long time, it was the U.S. government’s largest and most important endeavor — indeed, it was the government for most citizens. This was no conventional mail network but the central nervous system of the new body politic, designed … Read more
January 23, 2026 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced the appointment of Susana Rodriguez de Tembleque, a technology executive and creative director, to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, or CSAC. Members are appointed by the postmaster general to provide expertise in business, history, science, technology, art, education, sports and other areas of public … Read more
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors will meet Thursday, Feb. 5, in an open session at Postal Service headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, in Washington, DC. The public is welcome to attend the meeting, which begins at 3 p.m. ET in the Benjamin Franklin Room. The board’s expected agenda is: Call to … Read more