September is National Preparedness Month – Is your postal facility secure?

September 8, 2021 During National Preparedness Month in September, the Postal Service is reminding employees and contractors to help keep USPS workplaces safe and secure. Employees should always secure entry points when not in use, wear their postal photo ID badge and watch for individuals not wearing badges. To further protect workspaces: Secure unattended USPS…

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This huge USPS shop in Eckington had a historic purpose. Next life, U-Haul?

By Michael Neibauer – June 14, 2016 For roughly five decades, the U.S. Postal Service facility at 2135 Fifth St. NE in Eckington was the only equipment shop for the entire postal system, manufacturing millions of mailbags and hundreds of thousands of postal locks every year. Last week, the Postal Service sold the 79,380-square-foot historic…

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San Antonio postal customers locked out of their mail

(July 7, 2014) SAN ANTONIO — Hundreds of postal customers are making their own mail runs on the city’s northwest side. The problem: there’s a backup in changing the locks on mailboxes within subdivisions. “The people who send me mail, they pay postage. They’re paying for something to be delivered to me, and it’s not…

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USPS OIG: Topeka, KS, Material Distribution Center – Information Technology General Controls

Audit Report – IT-AR-14-006 – 06/11/2014 BACKGROUND: In June 2013, the U.S. Postal Service completed consolidation of all print operations into the National Print Center in the administrative building at the Topeka, KS, Material Distribution Center. As a result of this cost-cutting measure, the National Print Center now processes about 192,000 payroll checks and 107,000…

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