USPS: Gicker to lead Stamp Services

The Postal Service has named Bill Gicker Jr. director of Stamp Services, a department that produces more than 14 billion stamps and generates an estimated $4.5 billion in revenue each year. Gicker, who has served in the position on an acting basis since 2019, will lead all aspects of the USPS stamp program, including design,…

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USPS OIG Management Alert: Kansas City, MO, Stamp Fulfillment Services

This alert responds to concerns brought to our attention regarding the Kansas City, MO, Stamp Fulfillment Services’ (SFS) handling and storage of the U.S. Postal Service’s off-sale inventory. Our objective was to evaluate internal controls over off-sale retail merchandise and accountable paper stored at the Kansas City SFS. Summary The Postal Service needs to improve…

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USPS: Tunnel vision – Bloomberg Business visits underground postal facility

February 20, 2015 Postal Service employees who work at the Stamp Fulfillment Services (SFS) facility in Kansas City, MO, have a unique perspective on the world.  They work below it. The facility is located inside the SubTropolis, an underground industrial park that Bloomberg Business visited recently. The park, carved out of an excavated mine, is…

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