Historic Downtown Topeka, Kansas Post Office Will Close

TOPEKA – (AP) The U.S. Postal Service says it will not change a decision to close the main post office building in downtown Topeka. The postal service notified Mayor Larry Wolgast this week that it will relocate services at the building to another location, which hasn’t been determined.   The move was announced in February […]

Postal Service Officially Reveals Harvey Milk Stamp Image

May 22 Dedication Ceremony at the White House; May 28 San Francisco Ceremony WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service officially revealed the Harvey Milk Forever Stamp today. The stamp’s official   first-day-of-issue ceremony will take place May 22 at the White House. The public is invited to attend the May 28 Harvey Milk Forever Stamp […]

Video: Postal Service Worker Seen Throwing Package In Drive-By Delivery

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Highland Park man says a surveillance camera caught a U.S. Postal Service worker driving by his home and tossing a package over his fence without ever stopping. Home security video footage captured the incident at a residence along Avenue 51 and Hub Street at 3:23 p.m. on Sunday, according to […]

USPS Implements ‘Identity Proofing’ and collection of ‘text message’ numbers at usps.com

PostalReporter.com reported several months ago of USPS’s plan to implement ‘identity proofing’ for personal (non-business) customers who select this option at usps.com. “Individual (non-business) customers who wish to validate their identities in this manner, and who select this option, would be required to answer questions submitted by a consumer credit reporting company.” USPS also announced […]

Video: USPS repairs Bronx residents mailbox lock problem after TV news get involved

Residents say they all complained but the locks remained broken. “What did they tell you?” Pineda asked. “They’re working on it,” Mitchell said. 7 On Your Side had some questions for the local Post Master. A supervisor said she was aware of the problem. But, just a few hours after 7 On Your Side’s visit […]

USPS Awards $83 million Contract To Ernst & Young for Financial Auditing Services

USPS awarded a contract to Ernst & Young to continue existing services as the external auditor for its financial statements, cost and revenue analysis statements. The contract is for a two-year base with five priced one-year options at an estimated value, if all options are exercised, of $83,000,000. Audit testing for reports are required to […]

Arbitrator blocks USPS from excessing Non Full-Time Clerks into Full-Time Letter Carrier jobs

NALC Delivers Halt To Excessing of Certain Clerks Omar Gonzalez, APWU Western Regional Coordinator The Letter Carriers’ Union prevailed in arbitration securing an award by Arbitrator Nolan prohibiting the Postal Service from reassigning any clerk craft employee who does not meet the definition of full-time employee under the NALC contract into a full-time carrier craft […]

Video: Cluster Mailboxes damaged in Bozeman, MT after attempt to steal mail

Bozeman, MT – The mailboxes on Durston Road at Sage Bloom Court were damaged on the morning of Tuesday, February 11, 2014.  The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the United States Postal Service, believe that the mailboxes were damaged in an attempt to gain access to and steal mail.