"...“The general public can rest assured that the integrity and delivery of their mail remains the highest priority for the Postal Service,” said Gleisner. “Of the thousands of employees who work for the Postal Service, sadly it takes only one or two to tarnish our integrity.”..."
"...President Obama has unveiled a budget for the U.S. Postal Service that would keep six-day mail service and not require increases in worker contributions to health-care coverage, pleasing postal unions that have fought cutbacks at the agency...."
"...The woman accused of killing three colleagues at the University of Alabama in Huntsville was a suspect in a 1993 attempted mail bombing, according to a report by The Boston Globe...."
"...fiscal 2009, USPS said it reduced work hours for the first quarter by more than 28 million, or the equivalent of 15,800 full-time employees. Work-hour reductions are being achieved through continued efficiency improvements and matching workloads to lower mail volumes, and in many categories, the USPS said it has gone beyond savings attributable only to lower volumes. As an example it cited how first quarter volumes declined 8.9 percent, while mail processing hours were driven down by more than 14 percent...."
"...private companies would not want responsibility for the other services that the Postal Service provides, such as delivering a postcard to a remote area.
The USPS provides universal service, the president said, and private companies would not. ..."
"...Federal law requires uniform postal rates. No matter where you are mailing to or from, “uniform rates” means that the cost should the same. The workshare-discount charade pretends that the cost that would be incurred by the Postal Service is forgiven if the work is performed prior to depositing it in the mail stream.
But the union’s secretaries affixed a barcode to my letters, and they entered the USPS mail processing system without any responsibility by the Postal Service to perform any sorting other than the walk sequence of the letter carrier. The cost of the work that the APWU secretaries performed is not 10.5 cents, the discount afforded large mailers; it is zero...."
"...Regarding tensions at the U.S. Postal Service ......"
"...a release issued by the US Postal Service, mail carriers will be attempting to make deliveries where (streets) are safe and passable. If carriers do not have access, they may return later in the day to..."
"...Missouri man is answering questions from police after apparently mailing a bag of drugs to the Franklin County Assessor's office along with his tax forms...."
"...A St. Paul woman is getting jail time for trying to smuggle cocaine into the Stillwater prison using the mail...."
"...arrested for mailing 215 grams of methamphetamine to a P.O. box of a government informant...."
"...Inspectors from the U.S. Postal Service are offering a sizeable reward for clues about who robbed a mail truck driver..."
"...A U.S. Postal Service employee was arrested Thursday after federal investigators said she forged hospital excuse slips to justify paid sick days she received...."
"...An Urbana man who's in jail on a cannabis trafficking charge is in more hot water with authorities after a second shipment of cannabis addressed to his home arrived in town this week...."
"...FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. -- A postal employee was robbed of three postal bags shortly after 7 p.m. Friday in Fayetteville and now a $25,000 reward is being offered for information about the crime...."
"...Instead of stamps and postmen, the Galapagos isle relies on a barrel and the kindness of travelers to move its mail..."
"...The seminar is scheduled for 9 a.m. Jan. 29 at the Denver General Mail Facility, 7555 E. 53rd Place, Classroom A, Denver...."
"...According to MyBallard.com, UPS delivered the packages at 2:25 p.m. and the theft occurred at 2:43 p.m. The timing could mean the thief was trailing the delivery truck...."
"...Nearly half of all junk mail isn't even opened. Richard Conlin, Seattle City Council President: "From the city's perspective, it becomes garbage and we have to pay for disposing of it. And even if it's recycled, recycling still isn't as good as not having it in the waste stream at all."
The public's dislike for junk mail has hovered between 80% and 90% since the early 1990s..."
No final decisions have been made
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today filed an update with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) indicating that 162 offices remain under review for possible consolidation under the station and branch consolidation initiative. That is six fewer from the last update in December. No final decisions have been made regarding specific office consolidations.
Today’s filing with the PRC updates a review process begun last summer that initially examined about 3,300 stations and branches in urban and suburban areas, focusing on facilities in relatively close proximity to one another where consolidations might be feasible without compromising customer access.
“Consumer behavior is changing. It is important for the Postal Service to adjust to the shift,” says Dean Granholm, vice president of Delivery and Post Office Operations. “We will continue to provide easy access, but changes to our retail network are essential to our ability to continue to provide the safe secure and fairly priced postal services that Americans have counted on for 234 years.”
With more than 36,000 Post Offices, stations, branches, contract and community post offices, the Postal Service has the largest retail network in the United States. Always on the lookout for convenience, though, many Postal Service customers are choosing to access postal services and purchase stamps via alternative access – locations other than a Post Office.
More than 56,000 locations such as supermarkets, drug stores, and other retailers sell postage and selected postal services. Nearly 18,000 ATMs dispense sheets of stamps. It is the online alternative at usps.com, where you can get shipping information, purchase and print postage 24/7, that customers find most convenient. In 2009, nearly 30 percent of postal retail transactions were conducted in locations other than a Post Office.
The Postal Service receives no tax subsidy to operate the nation’s mail service. Revenues from the sale of postage, products and services fund its operations. Last year, the Postal Service reported a loss of $3.8 billion. A number of new initiatives have also been undertaken to build revenue, including Flat Rate Priority Mail pricing and the introduction of greeting cards for sale at about 900 select Post Offices.
As part of the consolidation process, the Postal Service has filed periodic updates with the Postal Regulatory Commission identifying the retail stations and branches that remain under consideration. Today’s filing does not represent a final decision on consolidation. No facility-specific final decisions have been made as a result of this initiative.
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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars. With 36,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, the Postal Service relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses. Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $68 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 26th in the 2008 Fortune 500.
