I am trying to enter workhour information manually on the MDAT form. The program keeps telling me that the hours that I have entered are incorrect. The hours are for Tour 2. I need to get this information loaded in. Can someone give me a clue as to why my data is deemed incorrect? Thanks….
April 18, 2016 (RARC-WP-16-009) Since passage of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) in 2006, the OIG finds the Postal Service is doing better controlling its costs than sometimes is reported in the news. The Postal Service has redesigned its network of processing plants, retail locations, delivery routes, and transportation systems, as well as…
Thursday, January 7, 2016 U.S. Postal Service employees were unusually busy during late December, which apparently confirms projections that the agency’s package business experienced dramatic growth during the holidays. In the pay period from Dec. 13 to Dec. 26, overtime increased 15% over the same period last year, while total workhours were up more than…
Background The Passive Adaptive Scanning System (PASS) is a [redacted] scanning system used in delivery units to scan packages and identify associated delivery routes. PASS enables clerks without route knowledge training to sort packages and provides both visual and audible indicators for routing information. PASS was also designed to provide greater package visibility through scanning…
Background City delivery office operations cover every duty a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier performs in the office. These duties include casing mail (placing mail in delivery order), preparing parcels for delivery, and retrieving accountable items, such as keys and postage due. City letter carriers are delivering more packages and fewer letters to more addresses…
The following was sent to www.21cpw.com for informational purposes. It is from an APWU MVS member (verified) who wishes to remain anonymous: There is a big difference between the 2 offices that are doing the Amazon Fresh in our district. First off, Orange, Ca., is only averaging 250 orders a day, while Irvine Ca., is averaging…
Audit Report – 11/19/2014 Background The San Francisco Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) is a mail processing plant in the U.S. Postal Service’s Pacific Area. This facility processes inbound/outbound mail for the city of San Francisco and associate offices in the surrounding area. In fiscal year (FY) 2013, it processed about 1.41 billion mailpieces, a…
Audit Report – NO-AR-14-004 – 05/05/2014 BACKGROUND: The U.S. Postal Service uses the Surface Visibility (SV) system to collect data to help plan, manage, and optimize the surface transportation network. Employees scan barcodes on trailers and containers to track mail volume throughout the surface transportation network. This gives managers information to manage resources, track mail…
