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Informed Visibility Vulnerability Assessment
Our objective was to evaluate the Informed Visibility (IV) system’s externally-facing and supporting servers and databases to determine whether they comply with U.S. Postal Service security control requirements and industry best practices
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Union Plus Offers Help to Those Impacted by Hurricane Michael
If you are a union member who participates in certain Union Plus programs and have been affected by Hurricane Michael, you may be eligible for financial assistance through the Union Plus Disaster Relief Grant program.1
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Former NALC Vice President Hutchins has died
Hutchins started his letter carrier career in 1957, joining Richmond, VA Branch 496. He served several terms as branch president and vice president. He also was Virginia State Association president and newsletter editor before becoming a regional administrative assistant.
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USPS Realized Just 5 Percent of Projected Savings From Slowing Mail Delivery
The U.S. Postal Service realized just 5 percent of the savings it projected over a two-year period from a controversial decision to slow mail delivery to enable facility closures, according to a new audit.
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Trial Delayed for Man Charged in East Chicago Post Office Bombing
HAMMOND, Ind. — A new trial date has been set for the Munster man charged in last year's pipe bombing at the East Chicago post office.
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Beverly man pleads guilty to sending threatening letters, suspicious powder to officials
BOSOTON, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - A Beverly man plead guilty Wednesday in connection with sending threatening letters, some of which contained suspicious white powder, to law enforcement officials, and other individuals.
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UPS Statement on the decision of the US to withdraw from the Universal Postal Union treaties
UPU Director General Bishar A. Hussein regrets the decision and will seek to meet representatives of the Government of the United States of America to further discuss the matter.
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Statement of PRC Chairman Robert G. Taub on Whitehouse UPU statement
“The anticompetitive nature of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) has concerned the United States Government since the Reagan Administration. The increasingly competitive and commercial nature of the market has exacerbated these long-standing distortions. Yet, little has changed at the UPU.
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Postal Service — the preferred shipper for drug dealers
A report by the Postal Service Office of Inspector General demonstrates just how valuable the mail is as a marketing tool for drug pushers: “For example, a cocaine trafficker claimed to have used the Postal Service to successfully distribute nearly 4,000 shipments, stating that they had a 100 percent delivery success rate
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Officials, post office workers petition to reinstate postal banking
The group was at the office as they attempted to drop off a petition to reinstate banking services. Up until the mid-1960s, if someone wanted to drop off a letter there, they could also go inside and drop off money to deposit too
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‘Untangled’ contract data helped USPS OIG catch millions in fraud
If the Postal Service was a private company, it would rank 37th on the Forbes 500 list. The massive agency collects more than $70 billion in annual revenue and has more than 600,000 employees.
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50 years later, Des Moines Post Office opens time capsule
At 4 p.m. on Oct. 15, 1968, employees at the Des Moines Post Office tucked 32 items into a copper tube and entombed it in marble and cement. A stamp cost 5 cents at the time.
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Postal Inspectors offer $40,000 reward for leads in USPS employee robbery
CROMWELL, Conn. (WTNH) - U.S. Postal Inspectors are offering a reward up to $40,000 for the arrest and conviction of the suspect who robbed a U.S. Postal Service worker at gunpoint in Cromwell back in September.
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US Announces Intent to Withdraw From Universal Postal Union
The United States says it intends to withdraw from the 192-country Universal Postal Union (UPU), an agency that governs international postal rates, the White House announced on Oct. 17.
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The Postal Service continues its Hatch Act education campaign
The Hatch Act is a law that prohibits postal and other federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty, while wearing a uniform, while on federal property, or while inside a federal vehicle.
