"...On this island in northern Manatee County where there is no home mail delivery, the local post office has served as the social hub of the sparsely populated community for more than 50 years. More than a place to get mail, the post office is where islanders go daily to catch up on gossip, share news and shoot the breeze with neighbors...." Source: www.heraldtribune.com
"...in an attempt to smoke out the culprit who mailed a series of hoax letters containing white powder this month to two west suburban police departments and a children's museum. The powder—sent to the Westmont and Willowbrook Police Departments and the DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville—proved to be harmless, but..." Source: www.chicagotribune.com
"...The Open Season also can be used by employees and retirees to enroll in supplemental dental and/or vision insurance coverage. In 2008 - in only its second year of availability - the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) had more than 1 million enrollments. Each Open Season, OPM publishes the popular Guide to Federal Benefits. This year, it identifies 42 FEHB carriers for their best-practices on health-care cost and quality transparency. OPM also will unveil a new Federal Benefits website (www.opm.gov/insure), which will let enrollees look at their overall health-related coverages and give them a better understanding of the coordination of benefits between, for instance, the FEHB Program and the supplemental dental/vision coverage...." Source: www.opm.gov
"...a free shipping kit that includes Express Mail and Priority Mail boxes and envelopes, labels and special offers from our partners Stamps.com and Endicia. With the free kit, customers can easily start shipping with USPS right away...." Source: liteblue.usps.gov
"...The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person who struck and injured a mail carrier as she made deliveries on Haws Avenue on Friday morning. The 50-year-old mail carrier ..." Source: www.timesherald.com
"... the new post office is open for business at La Plaza Latina, 3801 Wake Forest Road, Suite 118. Hours of operation are from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. each weekday except Tuesday. The new office is designed to reach customers who can't travel to the East Durham Post Office, postal officials said..." Source: www.newsobserver.com
"... With GreenDimes, you can stop up to 90% of your junk mail - guaranteed. We work with you and the largest group of marketers and catalogs — over 4,500 and growing — to make sure you get only the mail you want. Give it a Try.. Get $1 This is so important, we're paying our first 5 million members $1 just to try the service, with no strings attached, and results guaranteed...." Source: www.greendimes.com
"... MaponicsOnlineStore.com, the only place USPS.com refers to for ZIP Code maps, announced that now thru September 30th only, businesses will receive 15% off all ZIP Code maps purchased online. This sale includes the popular U.S. ZIP Code Map CD, which offers instant access to the most accurate ZIP Code maps for each of the 50 states (plus D.C and Puerto Rico). For one low price, up to ten employees can use this information without expensive licensing fees. ..." Source: www.maponicsonlinestore.com
"... If paying 42 cents apiece to send out a direct mailer sounds pricey, then consider switching to electronic postage. By purchasing postage online via providers such as Click-N-Ship, Endicia, Pitney Bowes and Stamps.com, Express Mail customers can get a 3% price reduction..." Source: online.wsj.com
"... On an average day, 300 to 400 customers use the post office in Baker University Center, so post office clerk Charlie Tholin is usually busy...." Source: www.thepost.ohiou.edu
Melissa Data teams up with Maponics to create a unique, free mashup that lets businesses visualize carrier route boundaries before purchasing a mailing list
"...The new video platform will be integrated into the existing USPS network. Video surveillance is critical for USPS to prevent and investigate burglaries and other security incidents that occur inside and around USPS facilities. An IP-based system offers features unavailable in traditional closed circuit television (CCTV) systems, such as the ability to view live video from remote locations through an Internet connection. ..." Source: www.gcn.com
"...lost his job as a package car driver after he suffered a shoulder injury and sought workers’ compensation. Jones had a history of work-related injuries and workers’ comp claims. After his October 2003 injury, Jones claimed his immediate supervisor asked him if he “knew what work comp fraud was” and said he was harassed by other UPS supervisors. ..." Source: www.kansascity.com
"... The poster includes the national toll-free OIG Hotline telephone number, 888-USPS-OIG, for employees and contractors to anonymously — or confidentially — report situations that could compromise the integrity of the Postal Service and the mail. Additional copies of the poster can be obtained at no charge from the Topeka Material Distribution Center (MDC) in Topeka, KS. Refer to General Poster 239...." Source: liteblue.usps.gov
Postmaster General Cautions of Perfect Economic Storm
"... Citing fluctuating oil prices, inflation in paper prices and the strife in the financial markets, Potter described challenging economic conditions as the most difficult time since the 1960s. The additional move of hardcopy messages to the Internet and questions about mail’s environmental impact have led to a volume decline of 9 billion pieces this year...." Source: www.usps.com
"...The agency with the most delinquent employees is the US Postal Service. With more than 747000 employees, the postal service is the largest employer in the federal government, but with a 4.16 percent delinquency rate, it is a full 1 percent above the average compliance rate this year. ..." Source: www.wtop.com
"... safe was stolen recently from the Makaweli Post Office and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $10,000..." Source: www.honoluluadvertiser.com
"...Terry Hinds, a fall ride participant says, "I collect stamps, so I look at ceremonies for new stamps and this not only is a good benefit, but also a chance to get a first day issue of a new stamp, so it works out good." ..." Source: www.wjfw.com
"...constant complaints from nearby residents, the Downers Grove post office has reached an agreement with the village that will reduce the early morning disturbances coming from the facility...." Source: www.chicagotribune.com
"...Workers are now dealing with a very high volume of mail at the Loyola Avenue center, Comeaux said. On Sunday night, 3.5 million pieces of mail came through the center. Since Katrina, 2.8 million pieces is considered a very high volume night ..." Source: www.nola.com
"...Vegliante said paying employees to retire early isn’t an option. The agency anticipates a $2 billion deficit for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. “There’s absolutely not going to be an incentive,” he said. “Economically it doesn’t make any sense at this point. It would cost us too much money, and right now we’re not in the position.” ..." Source: federaltimes.com
"...The Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Authority, also known as buyout authority, allows agencies that are downsizing or restructuring to offer employees lump-sum payments up to $25,000 as an incentive to voluntarily separate. When authorized by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), an agency may offer VSIP to employees who are in surplus positions or have skills that are no longer needed in the workforce who volunteer to separate by resignation, optional retirement, or by voluntary early retirement, if approved. By allowing employees to volunteer to leave the Government, agencies can minimize or avoid involuntary separations through the use of costly and disruptive reductions in force (RIFs). Agencies such as the Department of Defense that have been granted agency-specific VSIP authority are not required to seek OPM approval for their use of this option. ..." Source: www.opm.gov
"...An employee at the U.S. Postal Service's Kentwood branch is suspected of embezzling $15,000 by failing to record sales of stamps and pocketing customers' cash from the transactions, court records show. ..." Source: www.mlive.com
Postal Service says grievance process wasn’t utilized
"... the postal service has grievance procedures established with the unions. That’s why it’s there and everybody gets their fair say and due process. And then there is a record and upper management and the unions can go back and see what’s involved and how’s it being handled.”Without using the process how will it affect change..." Source: www.stjoenews.net
"...legitimate looking (but nevertheless equally criminal and spurious) letter via the U.S. Mail. Starting with a sort of official letter, purportedly from Comcast Financial Services & Consultants, a division of Comcast LLC in Englewood, CO. I've won some money - $57,000 in fact...." Source: scenicroot.blogspot.com
"... brandishing a firearm, entered the Gould Post Office and took $200 from an employee. If convicted of the postal robbery charge..." Source: www.todaysthv.com
"..."The public is overwhelmingly against postal deregulation and supports a strong universal public postal system," said Denis Lemelin, CUPW National President. "Hopefully, the review panel will remember these results when making their recommendations." ..." Source: www.newswire.ca
"... Postal Service employees in the area are being advised to check for changes to their scheduled work reporting status on a daily basis by contacting the USPS National Emergency Notification Hotline to determine if any special instructions have been issued. The toll-free USPS National Emergency Notification Hotline for U.S. Postal Service employees is: 1-888-363-7462...." Source: www.kfdm.com
"...has procedures in place to help customers reestablish connection with their mail as soon as weather conditions allow. The USPS is working closely with the Social Security Administration and other agencies to continue disbursing checks that have not been received. ..." Source: www.sulphurdailynews.com
Post Offices May Extend Holiday Closures in Preparation for Gustav
"...The Postal Service is already scheduled to suspend its operations Monday for the Labor Day holiday, but an official statement issued to the media suggests the agency may keep offices that could be affected by Gustav closed. ..." Source: www.myfoxhouston.com
"...At first glance, a light-strewn image of Yosemite Valley on a new commemorative stamp is a dead ringer for Albert Bierstadt's "Looking Down Yosemite Valley" at the Birmingham Museum of Art. But don't be fooled. The stamp pictures "Valley of the Yosemite," a Bierstadt painting from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Issued Aug. 14, it is the eighth entry in the United States Postal Service's "American Treasures" series. ..." Source: al.com
"...he put together a book called "U.S. Post Office History, Hanover PA 17331" outlining the Hanover Post Office's 213-year history. McManus, a native of Hanover, ..." Source: www.eveningsun.com
Article Title: No. 2 Oakland County project: U.S. Postal Service Processing Center
"... consolidated four mail processing centers that were located in Troy in one new 806,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art mail processing facility in Pontiac..." Source: www.mlive.com
"... The BRCPO in Center Camp, has been and is again this year, the only camp with the privilege to run the USPS mail in and out of Black Rock City for the Burning man festival. The BRCPO in Center Camp will be the only Post Office with the USPS Cancellation Permit and Burning Man Cancellation stamp. Only at the BRCPO in Center Camp may mail be deposited to be delivered off-playa with the official Burning Man 2008 cancellation stamp. This mail will be taken out daily to the USPO in Gerlach by the BRCPO Center Camp transport...." Source: bm.tribe.net
"... We also can expect that if a sufficient number of employees do not accept the early-out offer, the Postal Service will still face a significant deficit, and will still be forced to find ways to reduce the workforce. In light of these factors, it would be foolish for employees to retire early without achieving all of their personal objectives. The union will continue to discuss the details of the early-out offer and will report the results of those discussions. Among the subjects to be addressed are whether all APWU-represented employees will be included and whether eligible employees will receive an incentive bonus for retiring...." Employees Would Be Best Served by Postponing Early-Out Decision Source: www.apwu.org
After a narrow escape from the onslaught of office equipment, Ed, the letter carrier, must unite the people of this office for one final stand. Come back on Monday September 1, 2008 for Mark of the Eagle: Episode 3!
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