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11.30.2009

Postal Service future gets input from First Coast

As delivery bundles shrink, experts seek possibilities to keep the agency afloat

"...after spending a career with the Postal Service, spent much of the summer looking at what the future business models for the Postal Service might look like. Slentz worked 30 years for the service, moving up through several regional postmaster positions before retiring seven years ago as manager of strategic operations for the entire U.S. Postal Service. ..."  
Source: jacksonville.com




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11.25.2009

USPS/NAPS Announce New Interim Supervisor Selection Program


"... NAPS and the Postal Service have collaborated in the establishment of an interim program to identify and select initial level supervisors in Customer Services and Processing & Distribution..."  
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Source: naps.org




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11.23.2009

Postal Service employees will receive pay raise in December


"...Postal Mail Handlers unions will receive a 1.2 percent pay raise. Members of the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association and the National Association of Letter Carriers will see 1.5 percent and 1.9 percent ..."  
Source: www.govexec.com




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Economy, Internet mean lighter load for post office


"... Last week the U.S. Postal Service announced that it lost $3.8 billion in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. It delivered 26 billion fewer pieces of mail, a drop of 13 percent...."  
Source: /www.app.com



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11.20.2009

Four Memphis post office branches still on possible closure list


"...Sixteen Tennessee post offices remain on the list, including one in Knoxville, three in Nashville, four in Chattanooga, three in Clarksville and one in Jackson...."  
Source: www.commercialappeal.com




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U.S. Postal Service reinstates Santa Claus letter program

"... The U.S. Postal Service announced Friday it would reverse a decision to cancel its annual Letters to Santa program because of security concerns...."  
Source: www.canada.com




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11.19.2009

USPS: The Grinch who stole Santa's letters


"... Postal Service is dropping a popular national program begun in 1954 in the small Alaska town of North Pole, where volunteers open and respond to thousands of letters addressed to Santa each year. Replies come with North Pole postmarks...."  
Source: www.delcotimes.com




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11.17.2009

the Suncoast Scoop: a blog designed for all Suncoast District Postal Employees


"... The "Scoop" is a way to spread the word about the special people, events and life as Suncoast District postal employees. We will accentuate the positive and strive to recognize the good things people are doing during these difficult economic times. Got a photo, story, event for the Scoop? email it to: The Suncoast Scoop!..."  
Source: suncoastscoop.blogspot.com




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North Pole Postmark 2009


"... Get the North Pole Santa Postmark for your Santa Claus letters. Check this out to get your free North Pole Postmark. Also you can print a letter from Santa to use with the postmark ...and it's all free..."  
Source: northpolepostmark.blogspot.com




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11.08.2009

Guess This Tool Revealed: The Graphotype


"... Patented in 1917 as a "Machine for Making Printing Plates",the Graphotype was a mainstay of the mass mailing industry until the 1960's. This machine and its partner, the Addressograph, were developed and manufactured by the Addressograph company of Chicago, IL (and later the Address-Multigraph company of Cleveland, OH)...."  
Source: www.popsci.com




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11.05.2009

Ouch! Health Care Premiums Take Huge Jump

Take a look at the huge increases in the Postal Premium Rates for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for the Fee-for-Service Plans (FFS) in 2010. For example, one of the largest increases in the fee-for-service plans comes from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan, second only to an increase in the Mail Handlers Benefit Plan. The increase in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Standard Family Plan is an explosive $22.11 Biweekly. This will or nearly will virtually negate the November 2010 contractual pay increase of bargaining unit employees.   
Source: www.opm.gov




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11.01.2009

Smith Electric Vehicles to partner with AM General on USPS EV

"... AM General is building the chassis for the prototype and Smith is providing the electric powertrain. In the urban and suburban environments where the LLV..."  
Source: green.autoblog.com




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Man detained for killing his wife

"... on the day of the attack Mrs Davidson, who worked in Penrith's Crown Square Post Office, had asked her husband to leave after finding out he had failed to apply for state benefits...."  
Source: news.bbc.co.uk


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