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US Postal Solutions’ newest program gains web attention

Oct 16

Posted by uspostal in News Releases

Recently, US Postal Solutions designed, printed and implemented a new custom 2″ x 2″ square sticker that included both instructions and a QR code to aid residents in reaching the US Postal Solutions 24/7/365 customer service department by mobile device. The sticker will be used on all outgoing mailboxes currently serviced by US Postal Solutions. As the use of QR codes is gaining attention worldwide, so too has the company’s new sticker/program.

The sticker website/blog StickerFly, highlighted the new service addition as their October 5, 2011 story. To read the article, click here. US Postal Solutions prides itself on adapting to the needs of clients and their residents.

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Post Offices Pegged for Closure

Jul 25

Posted by uspostal in News Releases

By JENNIFER LEVITZ

Some 3,653 post offices, mostly in small communities, are targeted for possible closure this year under a plan expected to be released by the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday.

The post offices, on a list that that will be made public Tuesday by Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, were chosen because they get the “least amount of foot traffic and retail sales” and because there may be local businesses that could provide some postal services to the community, said agency spokeswoman Sue Brennan.

See a list of post offices the U.S. Postal Service said it was closing starting at the end of 2010.

“Most of them are in smaller communities, but not all of them,” she said, adding that the post offices, about 11% of the total, are spread across the nation.

Moves to close post offices are often unpopular, since many people see them as connecting rural areas and small towns to the rest of the nation. Doctors on the South Dakota plains deliver medicine through post offices, while towns in rural Kentucky and Iowa and elsewhere rely on their post offices as local gathering spots. The postal agency already has closed 100 post offices since January, prompting uproar in many of the affected communities.

Continued, link to article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903999904576467921947248738.html?mod=e2tw

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Suspicious package in COS mailroom destroyed; police investigate

Jun 17

Posted by uspostal in News Releases

The Tulare County consolidated bomb squad responded to a suspicious package found in College of the Sequoias’ mailroom Wednesday.

The bomb squad rendered the package safe with a water cannon and, together with COS police, are investigating where it was sent from and what was inside, said Kevin McCusker, COS spokesman.

No injuries were reported.

X-rays of the package couldn’t rule out a possible explosive because they showed screws and pieces of metal, McCusker said.

The Blue Oak building, which houses the mailroom and campus police, was evacuated as a precaution until 2 p.m.

No students were on campus since COS no longer runs summer school.

Continued, link to article: http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20110609/NEWS01/106090319/Suspicious-package-COS-mailroom-destroyed-police-investigate?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage

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Electronic notifications alert students of packages

Feb 26

Posted by uspostal in News Releases

Charity Hulon

The outdated system of notifying by paper has been replaced with an e-mail system that saves time.

E-mail updates replace yellow slips to improve mailroom communication

A new mailroom system in the University of South Carolina Post Office has caused a stir on campus. On Feb. 11, the old system of placing yellow package notification slips in students’ mailboxes was replaced with an e-mail update.

Barry Meyers, the director of the USC Postal Services, is excited about the new method of package distribution. He said that, in January, 10,050 packages were delivered to resident students via the mail center. With the old system of paper notification slips, much of mailroom employees’ time and energy was spent printing, labeling and delivering the yellow slips.

The e-mail system allows the mailroom to process the packages through an internal tracking system and digitally assign them a shelf location based on the student’s name and the shipping carrier type. The e-mail is then sent, and students can receive their packages by scanning their CarolinaCards at the package pick-up desk.

Meyers noted that it is important for students to check their “junk” e-mail if they are expecting a package notification, and add the address noreply@sgbx.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to a “safe sender” list.

Link to article: http://www.dailygamecock.com/news/item/662-electronic-notifications-alert-students-of-packages

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Former Student Made $250k Selling Drugs Via Campus Mail

Feb 18

Posted by uspostal in News Releases

Former North Carolina State University student Robert Harrell Bass Jr. was charged with drug trafficking upon revealing to an Oklahoma state trooper that he had made more than $250,000 selling marijuana on campus in the past year, reports the News & Observer. The officer also discovered 26 pounds of weed in the young man’s rented minivan.

On Jan. 8, Bass was stopped by the trooper while transporting $70,000 worth of pot purchased in California to Raleigh, North Carolina. Bass told the trooper that he had wired money to the marijuana growers before flying west with a friend who rented the van for him. When the official told Bass that he was facing a drug trafficking charge and set his bail at approximately $25,000, Bass replied that he had the money, in cash, back at his house in Raleigh. Bass then told the officer that he had made a quarter of a million dollars off of drug sales to NCSU students.

Link to article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/28/robert-harrell-bass-jr_n_813865.html

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US Postal Solutions’ newest program gains web attention

Post Offices Pegged for Closure

Suspicious package in COS mailroom destroyed; police investigate

Electronic notifications alert students of packages

E-mail updates replace yellow slips to improve mailroom communication

Former Student Made $250k Selling Drugs Via Campus Mail

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