USPS OIG: Mobile Delivery Device Deployment and Functionality

Background Mobile Delivery Devices (MDD) are new handheld scanners that allow U.S. Postal Service letter carriers to track package delivery in real-time.  Package visibility is essential for the Postal Service to be competitive and also to support package growth. MDDs replace the Intelligent Mail Device (IMD) and clamshell cell phones that letter carriers currently use…

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USPS: Investing in people – PMG Brennan delivers first video message

February 5, 2015 Investing in employees will help the Postal Service meet the nation’s changing delivery needs, PMG Megan Brennan says. “We need to provide you with greater flexibility to resolve problems and improve the way we operate,” Brennan says in her first video message to employees since becoming PMG Feb. 1. The Postal Service’s…

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USPS: Holiday Sunday deliveries start this weekend

The Postal Service will deliver packages on Sundays during the holiday season, starting this weekend. USPS shifted this week to a 7-day delivery schedule in more than 100 cities and high-volume areas, including New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas and St. Louis. PMG Pat Donahoe announced the holiday schedule Nov. 6. The Postal…

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Postal Service will deliver Amazon packages on Sundays

The U.S. Postal Service will start Sunday home deliveries this week throughout Northern California, thanks to a special deal with Amazon. The online retailer, which has massive distribution centers in Patterson and Tracy, began testing Sunday deliveries in several big cities earlier this year. Apparently Amazon liked the result, because it’s expanding the service to…

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Amazon quietly rolls out Sunday delivery in Seattle and Portland; Coming soon to Bay Area, Boston and more cities

After starting in selected cities around the country, Amazon and the U.S. Postal Service are closer to rolling out Sunday parcel delivery on a nationwide scale. In recent weeks, Sunday delivery has launched in Seattle and Portland, and various other cities are potentially only weeks from going live — including the Boston area and a…

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Amazon Forges Ahead with 7-Day Delivery, Deal with USPS is not Exclusive

Amazon is taking full advantage of the U.S. Postal Service’s commitment to extend its package delivery schedule to Sundays. In November, Amazon announced the availability of Sunday delivery to Prime customers located in two cities – New York and LA, and it is now expanding the service to an additional 15 cities in the U.S.,…

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Amazon Should Make the Postal Service Its Own Personal Courier

Amazon is expanding its effort to remake the U.S. Postal Service as its very own courier. On Thursday, the online retailer said it will now offer Sunday deliveries through the post office in more than a dozen new cities, up from just two when this unique partnership started last year. If you’re an Amazon customer,…

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Amazon’s Everyday Delivery is Growing: Sunday Delivery Available in 15 Additional Cities through USPS

SEATTLE, May 08, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc announced today that customers in 15 additional cities are eligible for Sunday delivery. In addition to the Los Angeles and New York metro areas where Sunday delivery launched in November 2013, Amazon customers in the following locations are now receiving deliveries on Sunday: Austin, Texas Cincinnati,…

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