The Postal Service will eliminate four Extra Services forms at all Retail Systems Software (RSS) sites, including contract postal units that use RSS, beginning Oct. 15. After two successful tests, these color-coded forms are no longer required: PS Form 3804 Return Receipt for Merchandise PS Form 3813 Insured Mail Receipt (domestic only, $500 and under)…
The Postal Service has eliminated four Extra Services forms at some Retail Systems Software (RSS) sites. In a test underway at RSS sites in Capital and Northern Virginia districts, these color-coded forms are no longer required: PS Form 3804 Return Receipt for Merchandise PS Form 3813 Insured Mail Receipt (domestic only, $500 and under) PS…
Background The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General uses tripwires to identify financial anomalies. Tripwires are analytic tools that look at specific behaviors and patterns that are strong indicators of improper activity. From August 1, 2016, to August 31, 2016, our tripwire showed the Norman, OK, Main Office reported fewer stamp sales than other…
From: Lamont Brooks Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 3:00 PM To: Clerk Division NBA Cc: Clerk Department; Regional Coordinators; Tony D. McKinnon, Sr; denabriscoe21@gmail.com Subject: URGENT REQUEST: RSS Tip for all Level 18 Postmasters to track 1260 End of Day We filed a national level grievance on the USPS unilaterally changing the End of Day…
Background The U.S. Postal Service is currently replacing its existing retail point of service software with Retail Systems Software (RSS). As of May 2015, the Postal Service has deployed RSS to about 3,400 of the 17,781 retail units. The Postal Service plans a complete nationwide deployment by May 2016. RSS provides point of sale business…
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…
Audit Report – MI-AR-15-002 – 03/13/2015 What the OIG Found Functionality issues delayed completion of the pilot. In addition, management stopped RSS deployment in December 2014 because of an unrelated temporary national freeze on information technology deployment. RSS was deployed at only 396 of the 700 planned pilot sites as of December 2014. The Postal…
Have you used the new Retail Systems Software (RSS)? The Postal Service is in the early stages of deploying RSS as a way to improve customer service and stay competitive. When fully deployed, RSS will eliminate the need to maintain multiple point-of-sale software applications that are not integrated, including: Point-of-Service ONE, Automated Postal Center/Self-Service Kiosks,…
