2/12/16 Need a passport? If you’re going to a post office to submit an application, get there early in the day – or you may have to return another time or find a different location. An increase in demand for passports, coupled with United States Postal Service staffing shortages, have led some post offices, including […]
May 4, 2015 The Glendale, CA, Post Office recently opened a “mega passports office” to better serve applicants. The 1,500-square-foot office is separate from the retail lobby and has additional staff. Services include passport photos, document photocopying, expedited processing and Priority Mail Express delivery with tracking and insurance. The office is open every day except […]
New cuts to the post office could pose serious problems for Americans trying to get issued passports. Ed Schultz and Mark Dimondstein discuss. APWU: Congress Fails to Act – Again USPS moving ahead with plans to consolidate up to 82 mail processing facilities in 2015
A U.S. supervisory postal inspector facing new charges SAN JOSE, California — A once-renowned U.S. postal inspector has been indicted on charges he rifled through damaged mail and stole valuable items over a two-year span, and also for a separate count of marijuana trafficking, according to federal authorities. While the mail-theft allegations against Quan Pham […]
A senior San Jose postal inspector has been arrested on charges of stealing mail, including rare coins, cash, prescription pills, gun parts and other items from parcels that were torn open in transit, authorities said. In a complaint filed in federal court in San Jose, investigators said Quan Pham Howard, 52, instructed employees at the […]
A Catonsville letter carrier who worked for the postal service for more than two decades stole more than 20,000 pieces of mail, according to federal authorities. Jeffrey L. Shipley is accused of pilfering checks and money orders. He is accused of filching passports and prescription medication. He is accused of pilfering credit cards and Mother’s […]
With revenues declining within the postal service one would think that customer service would be one of our most prized asset. Why then would a customer service retail supervisor send passport customers 2 to 5 blocks away to make copies of their ID? Why would this supervisor instruct the employees to tell a wheelchair-bound passport […]
In the event of a federal government shutdown, the Postal Service will continue normal operations. However, “Passport Day in the USA” events scheduled tomorrow at more than 1,600 Post Offices nationwide will be cancelled, if there is a government shutdown. The Postal Service will NOT be authorized to accept passport applications. As a self-funded independent […]