In fiscal 2015’s second quarter (Jan. 1-March 31), the Postal Service’s operating revenue increased $223 million, or 1.3 percent, when compared to the same period one year earlier. The net loss was $1.5 billion compared to $1.9 billion a year ago. The operating revenue increase was driven by 14.4 percent growth in shipping and package […]
The public is overwhelmingly satisfied with mail delivery, ranking it higher than any other government service, according to a new Gallup poll. Of 20 services included in the survey, mail delivery ranked first with 90 percent of the public satisfied. Satisfaction with national parks ranked second (73 percent), followed by the federal response to natural […]
Gate Tells You When The Postman Rings Once The new product, available now on Kickstarter, is a smart mailbox sensor that tells you when someone is digging in your postal mailbox or dropping off letters. What is GATE? GATE is an IoT (Internet of Things) smart mailbox for the 21st century home. Smart mailboxes distributed […]
May 8, 2015 NAPUS and the LEAGUE recently express our concern upon learning of the elimination of scheme qualification to clerk bid jobs after March 23, 2015. At our request a teleconference was held on April 21, 2015, with operations managers at Postal Service to discuss our concerns. The Postal Service advised that the business decision […]
May 7, 2015 Tonight KFDM News is investigating complaints about the postal service. One business owner is telling us he’s had problems sending and receiving mail for two years. In March, we reported on the plight of several businesses on Laurel Street in Beaumont. Business owners there told us they’d had issues with the mail […]
Friday, May 8, 2015 WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following reaction to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service reported a net loss of $1.5 billion in the second quarter of fiscal year 2015: “Today’s financial report shows that despite a […]
From Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers “Today’s results show the impressive Postal Service financial turnaround continuing in full force. The quarter’s $313 million operating profit puts black ink for the first half of the year above $1.4 billion – surpassing all of last year’s operating profit. “Equally encouraging is what […]
May 8,2015 Postal Service employees in Baltimore say they were proud to keep the mail moving despite recent unrest in the city. “I came to work to deliver to my customers because it’s my duty to provide them service,” said Letter Carrier Britt Danik, who works at Druid Station, located in one of the neighborhoods […]
Package Volume increased 14.4 percent over same quarter last year Mail volume decreases continued in second quarter Ongoing capital investments remain a priority May 8, 2015 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service ended the second quarter of fiscal 2015 (Jan. 1, 2015 – March 31, 2015) with an operating revenue increase of $223 million, or […]
Anchorage, Alaska – Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin R. Feldis announced today that Amancio Zamora Agcaoili, Jr. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason to federal prison after pleading guilty to ten counts of wire fraud, theft of government funds, Federal Employees’ Compensation Act fraud, and social security fraud. Agcaoili, 57, was sentenced […]