USPS clarifies acceptable identification forms

The Postal Service recently updated the list of acceptable forms of identification that customers must show for picking up various types of mail and applying for other services. The Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) now features a new section, 608.10.0, Forms of Identification, that details acceptable forms of ID. The update clarifies previous guidance for identification…

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USPS: From the top – Letter carrier donates roofs to neighbors in need

April 3, 2015 Pocatello, ID, Letter Carrier Brett Hochhalter regularly passes homes in need of repair on his route. At least once a year, he does something about it. Hochhalter, who owns a contracting business on the side, donates at least one free roof a year to homeowners who need them. The company’s employees do…

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Drugs and fraud keep Boise-based postal inspectors on their toes

A few packages on a desk at the U.S. Postal Inspection Service office in South Boise were set aside because postal employees thought they were suspicious. A note on one mailed from Fruitland to an address in Clemmons, N.C., said, “Smells like coffee. Possible drugs?” A package from Colorado intercepted on its way to a…

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