Mailin’ it podcast – Sustainability Goals Update
This episode focuses on the various environmental sustainability initiatives USPS is taking to reduce its carbon footprint and promote a greener future.
Month: April 2024
FedEx Pilots Statement Regarding United States Postal Service Contract
With each new announcement, FedEx management continues to threaten every FedEx employee’s job security and quality of life. Regretfully, this news is not surprising given that recent actions taken by FedEx executive leadership have diminished the company’s competitive advantage.
USPS announces new location for Montpelier post office displaced by summer flooding
The U.S. Postal Service on Monday confirmed that it plans to reopen a full service facility in downtown Montpelier in the next few months.
Latest postal facility review articles – 11/28/2023
The U.S. Postal Service plans to review Processing and Distribution Centers as part of its 10-year Delivering for America plan. These are the latest articles found in the news
US Postal Service honors slain Rockford mailman with procession
Residents watch a procession of U.S. Postal Service vehicles Tuesday, April 2, 2024, on Winnetka Avenue, in Rockford, as it travels mail carrier Jay Larson’s route. Larson was killed Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in a mass stabbing in the neighborhood.
VIRGINIA LAWMAKERS ON USPS INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON RICHMOND REGIONAL PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER
The USPS OIG audited the RPDC because the center is the first consolidated processing center in the country that was opened to centralize outgoing mail and package processing as part of USPS’s 10-year Delivering for America plan.
USPS OIG – Effectiveness of the New Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Richmond, VA
The Richmond Processing and Distribution Center became the first RP&DC, in July 2023, consolidating operations from nearby facilities. According to the Postal Service, the effectiveness of these new facilities is critical to the success of its strategic initiatives.
USPS mail thefts and robberies – 04/02/24
Postal worker robberies and other mail thefts are becoming a daily event. These are the ones I found today.
U.S. Postal Service Statement on Award to United Parcel Service, Inc. for Contract to Support Air Cargo Transportation
The United States Postal Service (USPS) awarded the United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) an air cargo services contract under which UPS will provide air transportation services to USPS.
Diving deep with manatees – A video explores the threats facing the gentle marine mammal
The aim of the stamp is to highlight the need to protect manatees, which were reclassified from endangered to threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act in 2017.