"...The USPS said online claims processing service will be available to customers who purchase domestic insurance through any retail channel (i.e., USPS.com, Automated Postal Center kiosks, local Post Office facilities, or authorized PC Postage providers. In addition, Express Mail customers may file online claims, even if no additional insurance was purchased...."
"...“We recommend mailing your return as early in the day as possible to avoid that last-minute dash to the post office,” Kim Yates, spokeswoman for the USPS..."
"...Earlier this year the United States Postal Service's postmaster general caused a stir when he told Congress the USPS may temporarily drop one day of mail delivery. But the likelihood of going from six-day delivery to five days is slim..."
"...Go to www.usps.com to find the location and hours of a post office near you, or call toll-free 1-800-ASK-USPS (275-8777). The post office near Tampa International Airport, at 5201 W Spruce St., is open until 11:58 p.m...."
The CourierPostOnline has a Public data source that will identify salary, facility location, Title/Position and year hired ...all you have to do is supply the name.
Make a click and jump over to the FederalSoup community and join in on the USPS Voluntary Early Retirement conversation. There is a lot of good information that might answer some of your questions or calm some of your fears on accepting the early out offer. Be careful to take what is said as fact unless it is backed up with a cited reference from a valid source. In other words, some of the participants may unknowingly pass on information that is not factual or gossip while others cite solid references to support their comments.
"...obtained power of attorney and wrote two checks in August, one for $105,000 and one for $1,500. She then sent the money to a daughter through the U.S. Postal Service..."
"...vote early and often for their favorite among the five new stamps honoring the nation's funniest dysfunctional family...."
"...Postal Service employees will collect mail outside the Hampton Roads General Mail Facility in Norfolk until midnight, but post offices in the region will close at 5 p.m.,..."
"...According to the criminal complaint, it’s alleged that on Feb. 2, Reineke mailed letters containing bomb threats to kill or injure postal customers and workers of the post offices in Mankato, North Mankato, Lake Crystal, Maddia, New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Le Center and St. James...."
"...the Postal Service says it can no longer afford to make the deliveries. That’s cold comfort to the residents, of course, who pay extra to get necessities such as food and medicine delivered along with the mail...."
"...The $250 payments will be issued as early as June..."
"...According to a spokesperson for the USPS, the Remote Encoding Center (REC) on Lee Street will close in October. The center employs 82 career employees and 252 temporary employees. "It was always considered a temporary facility," Freda Sauter, Corporate Spokesperson in Charleston said. ..."
"...attacking a 50-year-old male postal worker as he delivered mail on Wednesday morning.
Rosemarie Santos..."
"...Two prizes acknowledging excellence in those who publish works involving American postal history have been awarded to a university professor and a college student. ..."
"...The stamps will be available for preview April 9 at www.usps.com. That's also when the Postal Service is slated to announce a sale date for the stamps, The Associated Press reports. ..."
"...there will be no cost-of-living adjustment added to base wages in March 2009 (which is based on changes in the Consumer Price Index from July 2008 through January 2009). ..."
"...Kim Yates with the Greater Indiana District of the Postal Service says several administrative positions are being eliminated in Indiana, affecting 70 employees...."
"...The APWU-NALC complaint, filed Jan. 17, 2008, asserts that since 2006 the OIG has been surreptitiously seeking and obtaining the medical records of postal workers directly from doctors and hospitals that have provided medical services to postal employees. The suit alleges that the OIG has instructed medical providers that they must submit records to the OIG and that they should refrain from notifying affected employees that the records have been requested...."
"...Those employees identified as tentatively meeting eligibility requirements for this VERA will receive annuity estimates and a separate notification package via U. S. Mail at their address of record beginning April 6, 2009...."
