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9/29/24 Updates – Weather Impacting the US Postal Service – Hurricane Helene

Tennessee 9-29-24 The facilities below have resumed operations:   Afton, 432 Afton Rd., 37616. Bulls Gap, 410 Highway 11 E., 37711. Bybee, 1580 Highway 160, 37713. Chuckey, 8140 E Andrew Johnson Hwy., 37641. Cosby, 4402 Hooper Hwy., 37222. Del Rio, 3105 Highway 25 70 E., 37727. Greeneville, 220 W Summer St., 37743. Hartford, 3603 Hartford … Read more

Rural Timekeeping: Transition to 3-Digit Hours Codes

In PP19/2024, all single-digit rural DACA (Days Assigned Carrier Absent) codes will be transitioned to the three-digit city hours code equivalent. Beginning with PP 19/2024 timekeeping (covering 8/24/2024 through 9/6/2024), all DACA days reported on rural timecards must be entered using three-digit hours codes as seen in Figure 1 below. Existing business rules for single-digit DACA codes … Read more

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Use Email to Access LiteBlue? You’ll Need to Make a Change

Postal Service™ employees who use the email multifactor security option to access LiteBlue® will have to choose a different method soon. The verify-by-email option is being retired on Thursday, August 29, 2024. To ensure continued secure access to LiteBlue (liteblue.usps.gov), USPS® recommends affected employees choose either Google Authenticator or Okta Verify as a replacement. One-time codes sent … Read more

Postal Service Honors Crawfordsville Rural Carrier Douglas Horlacher for over 25 Years of Dedicated Service

CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN – As part of the United States Postal Service “For the Long Haul” initiative, we are proud to celebrate Douglas Horlacher, a dedicated rural carrier who has faithfully served the Crawfordsville community for over 25 years. Doug’s unwavering commitment and exceptional service have made him a beloved figure in the neighborhoods he serves. “For … Read more

Take a look at the Postal Service’s new fleet

In a new video, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy discusses the Postal Service’s upgraded delivery fleet, which begins rolling out this year. The video also features comments from Jocelyn Freitas, senior fleet operations specialist; Michael Bacon, the Atlanta Vehicle Maintenance Facility manager; Atlanta Postmaster Falonda Woods; and letter carriers Yoaly Munguia and Adrienne Wiley. The new … Read more

The state of USPS management

  Postal management at the local level has always been hit-and-miss. Over my long career, I have had a few excellent managers and a lot of terrible ones. The good ones almost break your heart when they end up leaving your office, as most ultimately do. A bad manager can severely alter the work environment. … Read more

USPS OIG – After-Action Review of Unauthorized Access to USPS Employee Self-Service Portal (LiteBlue)

Background The U.S. Postal Service is the second largest employer in the United States with over 640,000 employees and $2.15 billion in bi-weekly salaries. To provide employees with convenient access to their payroll, benefits, and personnel data, the Postal Service uses the LiteBlue portal. This web-based portal contains several human resources (HR) applications, including PostalEASE, … Read more

Mailbox Improvement Week is here

The Postal Service is encouraging customers to spruce up their mailboxes during Mailbox Improvement Week, which begins Sunday, May 19. Mailboxes should be fully operational, able to protect mail from the weather, safe to use, conveniently located and neat in appearance. They should also be large enough to support the customer’s daily mail and package … Read more

Mailbox Improvement Week will be May 19–25, 2024

Each year, the Postal Service™ designates the third full week of May as “Mailbox Improvement Week” to encourage customers on city motorized, rural, or contract delivery service routes (formerly highway contract box delivery routes) to examine and, where necessary, improve the appearance of their mailboxes. Neat, attractive mailboxes make a significant contribution to the appearance of the … Read more