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Photo: Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin’s ledger showing income and expenses for the General Post Office as well as local Post Offices from 1776 to 1778. On Dec. 15, 1836, a quick-moving fire destroyed a large government-owned building in Washington, DC. The ruinous conflagration is often referred to as the Patent Office Fire, and for good reason: … Read more
WASHINGTON — Next week is the last week to get holiday gifts and greetings in the mail by the recommended deadlines. Customer traffic at all Post Office locations has been steadily increasing since Dec. 1, with the week of Dec. 15 expected to be the busiest of the year. USPS holiday service schedule Post Office … Read more
To help mark its 250th anniversary this year, the Postal Service is saluting one of its oldest partners: the U.S. military. In a news release last week, USPS highlighted its work with the armed forces to deliver military mail and lift morale. “Ever since George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were appointed to lead the Army and the … Read more
The Postal Service is reminding employees of federal ethics rules about group gifts and office gatherings. Here is some general guidance: • Group gift contributions. A group gift to a fellow employee — including a supervisor or higher-paid employee — is allowed for a special, infrequent occasion such as marriage, birth of a child, family … Read more
NASA and the United States Postal Service have stopped using electric vans made by now-bankrupt EV startup Canoo, despite the former CEO’s claim that he would provide support for the vehicles. NASA purchased three of Canoo’s EVs in 2023 with the intention of using the vans to shuttle astronauts to the launchpad for its Artemis … Read more
Postal Service employees who want to change their health coverage or enroll in a new plan must act now. Open season, the annual period when USPS employees can make benefits changes, ends Monday, Dec. 8. The deadline to enroll in the USPS Health Benefits Plan for eligible precareer employees, flexible spending accounts and the annual … Read more
As part of the Delivering for America plan, the Postal Service has been implementing an initiative to relocate letter carriers from the delivery unit in the back of post offices to larger facilities called Sorting & Delivery Centers (S&DCs). When it was being rolled out three years ago — the first S&DC launched in Athens, … Read more
For many USPS employees, this Open Season has been less about choosing a health plan and more about wrestling with technology. The intended path once you’re ready to make a change to or enroll in a plan is to start on LiteBlue, move into the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) enrollment system, and complete your … Read more
Amazon has told Newsweek it is not exploring the possibility of ending its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) as it weighs a dramatic transformation in its Prime delivery operation. A spokesman for the company made the remarks following a Washington Post article about how Amazon will go about exploring and expanding its own coast-to-coast delivery network. Steve … Read more
The NRLCA has been notified by the Postal Service of adjustments related to enactment of H.R. 1, known as the OBBB, that will appear as “multi-pay period adjustments” in paychecks received 12/5/2025. The USPS has stated the adjustments will only result in increases in payments of varying amounts to rural craft employees. The Union has … Read more