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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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US Postal Service sees net loss of $5.7B for the last nine months

Aug 26

Posted by uspostal in News Releases

THIRD QUARTER FINANCIALS
REVENUE FROM SHIPPING SERVICES INCREASES
The Postal Service ended its third quarter of fiscal year 2011 with a net loss of $3.1 billion, compared to a net loss of $3.5 billion for the same period in FY 2010. Total mail volume declined to 39.8 billion pieces for the quarter, compared to 40.9 billion pieces in the third quarter of FY 2010.

Net losses for the nine months ending June 30 amount to $5.7 billion in 2011 compared to $5.4 billion in 2010.

Even with significant cost reductions and revenue growth initiatives, current financial projections indicate the Postal Service will have a cash shortfall and will have reached its statutory borrowing limit by the end of the fiscal year. Absent substantial legislative change, USPS will be forced to default on payments to the federal government.

Despite an overall dire financial situation, the Postal Service reports increased revenue for the quarter in certain areas. Standard Mail revenue increased 1.7 percent in the third quarter, and Package Services revenue increased 3.2 percent. Revenue from Shipping Services, including Express Mail and Priority Mail, increased 7.3 percent for the quarter.

Information appeared in the August 26th issue of PCC Insider, an industry specific, US Postal Service electronic newsletter.

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College students creative with laundry needs

Aug 23

Posted by uspostal in News Releases

In 1923, one postmaster estimated that 2 percent of parcels delivered by his carriers consisted of laundry. College students, especially, found it economical to mail dirty clothes home and have them mailed back clean. The typical “laundry bag” was a canvas-covered cardboard box 4½ by 12 by 20 inches, weighing six to seven pounds.

A city carrier poses with parcels of laundry in front of his mail truck, circa 1923.

(USPS – Facebook Posting 8/23/2011)

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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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US Postal Solutions’ newest program gains web attention

US Postal Service sees net loss of $5.7B for the last nine months

College students creative with laundry needs

Post Offices Pegged for Closure

Suspicious package in COS mailroom destroyed; police investigate

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