Check out these USPS-themed products for your holiday needs
USPS-licensed toys, apparel, home décor and collectibles are available from the online Postal Store and other retailers this holiday season. Here’s an overview:
Fun for little ones. There’s still time to send letters to the North Pole. The Dear Santa: Letter-Writing and Holiday Fun Kit for Kids ($24.95) is new this season and...
Regional Transportation Optimization ends evening collections at nearly 12,000 post offices
Over the past two years, the Postal Service has been quietly eliminating the evening collection of mail at thousands of post offices. Rather than going out the same day to a processing center, mail, packages, and Priority items sit overnight in the back of the office, waiting to be...
Senator Collins Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Improve Federal Workers’ Access to Injury Compensation
Click HERE to watch and HERE to download video of Senator Collins introducing the bill on the Senate floor
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the bipartisan Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. This legislation would allow Physician Assistants (PAs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) to...
USPS electric vehicle fleet behind schedule with $3B in taxpayer funds spent — and only 612 trucks built
WASHINGTON — The US Postal Service’s promised all-electric fleet is still woefully behind schedule, with more than $3 billion in taxpayer funding out the door and just 612 of the expected 35,000 battery-powered delivery trucks built, according to a letter sent to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and obtained by The Post.
Former President...
The Public Postal Service and Rural America
Introduction
Unlike for-profit carriers, USPS has a universal service obligation requiring the agency to provide affordable deliveries to every U.S. address. Since it does not rely on taxpayer support, USPS covers the cost of this obligation with revenue from more profitable parts of the system. Rural communities benefit enormously from this...
Lower flags for Pearl Harbor Day
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, an annual commemoration of the 1941 attack, will be observed Sunday, Dec. 7.
Postal Service facilities are required to fly the U.S. flag at half-staff this day.
To fly the flag at half-staff, hoist the flag to the peak for an instant and then lower it...
Know the difference between an HMO and a PPO?
The Postal Service wants employees to understand the four types of health plans available during this year’s open season.
The plan types are:
• Health maintenance organizations, or HMOs, that provide care from in-network physicians and hospitals located in particular geographic or service areas;
• Preferred provider organizations, or PPOs, that offer...
