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House Bill Seeks Increased Oversight of Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives aims to strengthen oversight of the federal government’s retirement savings plan by establishing an independent inspector general for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Putnam County Takes Flight: National Air Mail Week, 1938

In 1938, the U.S. Post Office sponsored National Air Mail Week, held from May 15 to 21, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the inauguration of Air Mail service, first launched by the Post Office on May 15, 1918

Postal police officer says force is unable to patrol despite crimes against mail carriers increasing

They're robbing letter carriers, they're sticking a gun in a letter carrier's face and they're demanding arrow keys," said Frank Albergo, a postal police officer who's the president of the National Postal Police Union.

Mail thefts, robberies, fraud and other postal crimes – 05/27/25

Postal crimes are almost a daily event.  These are the ones we found today

This N.C. man received an envelope full of gravel — and 20 other random packages. Here’s how ‘brushing’ works

Commenters pointed him to what cyber‑fraud experts call a brushing scam.

From 1925-1974, the postal system spearheaded innovations in delivery — and its own identity

The sky was the limit in 1925: An act of Congress authorized the postmaster general to contract for airmail service, and in 1926, the first commercial airmail took flight.

These postal employees helped a co-worker who had a heart attack get emergency care

A team of employees at the Clovis, CA, Post Office helped save the life of Michael Montes Jr., a rural carrier who had a heart attack inside a locker room there.

America Could Get 68 New Zip Codes

Dozens of communities across the United States could get new zip codes under a bill introduced by Representative Lauren Boebert, a Colorado Republican

Amazon driver accused of assaulting Postal Service manager in Jemez Springs

According to a criminal complaint, the manager said she started recording Roilan Leguen-De La Cruz after he damaged packages while dropping them off.

Mail thefts, robberies, fraud and other postal crimes – 05/26/25

Postal crimes are almost a daily event.  These are the ones we found today

Weekly Overview – Top Postal News this week

These are the posts you cared about this week

USPS OIG – Semiannual Reports to Congress

The Office of Inspector General is tasked with ensuring efficiency, accountability, and integrity in the U.S. Postal Service. We also have the distinct mission of helping to maintain confidence in the mail and postal system, as well as to improve the Postal Service's bottom line
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