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New prices to take effect Jan. 26
The Postal Service price changes that were announced last fall will take effect Jan. 26. The changes include adjustments to Mailing Services and Shipping Services products.
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New benefit offered for online filers
The Postal Service now offers a free benefit that makes it easier for employees who use H&R Block to file their taxes.
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USPS ready to help DHS combat counterfeit and pirated goods
The United States Postal Service and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are proud to work with DHS and others across law enforcement to remove counterfeit and pirated goods from the mailstream.
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U.S. Postal Service Contractor Arrested For Theft
According to an affidavit filed by a postal inspector of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Rocha, 50, of Fresno, Calif., was employed as a driver by an independent trucking company that supplies transportation services to the U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”). Rocha transported U.S. mail, as well as money and other USPS property, from post offices in Sonoma County to a USPS processing and distribution center in San Francisco.
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US Postal Service patents anti-fake tech for stamps
Counterfeiting of postage stamps remains a problem worldwide, and the US Postal Service has been working on ways to protect them with authentication technologies.
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NALC and USPS have settled a national-level grievance regarding non-compliance with the contractual caps on the employment of City Carrier Assistants (CCAs).
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Colchester murder suspect rejects plea offer; issue of representation delays move to trial
NEW LONDON – A 39-year-old Colchester man accused of stabbing a local mail carrier and Norwich artist to death in 2018 rejected a plea deal on Thursday that would have sent him to prison for up to 18 years, though it’s still unclear when the case will go to trial.
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The federal workplace is safer than ever. But is it safe enough?
A majority of the injury and illness cases in the federal government happen to U.S. Postal Service employees, whose jobs often require more demanding and sometimes dangerous physical exertion. USPS also has the most on-the-job fatalities in the federal government, followed by the Department of Defense.
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NAPS – Custodial Team Cleaning Needs To Be Swept Out of the USPS
Another new year and another process that simply doesn’t work to the expectations we were told it would: custodial team cleaning (CTC). This new process has a 169-page manual of instructions and a starting cost of nearly $9,000, depending on your office level. This idea is doomed.
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USPS OIG: Review of Information Technology Network Performance
The Postal Service IT network is not fully optimized to meet future requirements. While the network handles current operational requirements, performance and system availability should be improved for the future.
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PRC Releases FY 2019 Annual Report to the President and Congress
Washington, DC – The Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) today released its Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report to the President and Congress. The report provides a summary of the main activities undertaken by the Commission throughout the year.
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Wife Mourns Veteran Postal Worker Killed While Cycling
Wilson was killed while cycling on Dehesa Road east of Willow Glen Monday morning. CHP investigators said he was struck from behind.
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Warminster Man Settles Postal Service Fraud Charges
WARMINSTER, PA — A man from Warminster will pay $12,000 to resolve charges that he made fake insurance claims to the U.S. Postal Service.
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This year’s Love stamp arrives Jan. 23
The stamp, part of the Love series, features horizontal lines of red and pink hearts on a white background. Toward the center, red hearts in varying sizes replace pink hearts in a formation that creates one large red heart, the focal point of the design
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QR codes to be added to USPS collection box labels
The Postal Service is adding QR codes to all blue standard and Priority Mail Express collection box labels to provide customers with information on nearby Post Offices.
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Racine father works tirelessly to find his daughter who went missing in Chicago in 2018
RACINE — A Racine father is working to keep the story of his daughter’s disappearance in the headlines, not giving up hope she will one day be reunited with her family.
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Tacoma postal worker pleads guilty to three federal felonies related to 7-year benefit fraud scheme
Seattle –A 39-year-old Tacoma resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and embezzlement of mail by a postal employee.
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NPMHU AND USPS ANNOUNCE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON TERMS OF 2019 NATIONAL AGREEMENT
National President Paul Hogrogian and National Secretary-Treasurer Michael Hora today announced that representatives of the NPMHU and the U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative agreement over the terms of their 2019 National Agreement.
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Top NLRB Lawyer Pushes for Expansion of Damages Unions Could Pay
The National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer wants to raise the damages unions could have to pay workers for not fairly representing them as required by federal labor law.
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Amazon package contract changes US postal service
Bruns went to the post office to complain. What she learned was that the U.S. Postal Service’s contract to provide Amazon “last mile” delivery of packages seven days per week is upending long-established patterns and schedules at the post office.
