Eddie Anderson wears many hats. Those of husband, father, brother and uncle happen to be his favorites but perhaps best known to the Lawton community is that of the diligent, humming mailman. It wasn’t too long ago when Anderson was the one who needed to be reached out to. Along his delivery route last May […]
3/1/16 HAMMOND — Resident Al Lebioda said he is glad to hear charges were filed in connection with an incident in which he found more than two dozen pieces of discarded mail in a garbage can in the alley next to his home Dec. 20. Former mail carrier Tonnette L. Beals, 36, of Hammond, faces […]
High-tech help New computer program helps carriers, customer July 21, 2015 Shane Stricklan is watching a computer screen that shows tiny trucks moving along a map. This isn’t a video game: It’s a program to help strengthen the Postal Service. The trucks indicate the current locations of letter carriers in Layton, UT, where Stricklan is […]
July 5, 205 USPS mail carriers are getting a “panic button” The unofficial U.S. postal creed says neither rain, nor sleet, nor heat, nor gloom of night will keep carriers from their rounds. Thieves and vicious dogs, however, may be another matter. So the Post Office is delivering a solution. The unofficial U.S. postal creed […]
USPS OIG:Geo-Fence Technology in Delivery Operations Geo-Fence Technology in Delivery Operations takes effect on September 30th. Here are excerpts from the USPS OIG report: [More…] The U.S. Postal Service is developing and pilot testing the Delivery Management System to improve carrier efficiency during street delivery. This system combines Global Positioning System data and other data […]
Solution Conforms to Requirements for Tracking Highway Contract Routes WATERLOO, Ontario, Sept. 15, 2010 — Descartes Systems Group , a federated global network logistics solutions provider, announced that it has enhanced its Descartes Route Planner On-demand solution to enable carriers to comply with the United States Postal Service (USPS) requirement to track and report to the […]