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To a tea

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To a tea
Submit a Lead tip generates $91K shipping deal
21 hours ago
The sharper image
Dressing for USPS success
21 hours ago
Job fair
Retail, delivery opportunities remain available
21 hours ago

To Sharpy, with love

To Sharpy, with love

Special delivery for stamp donkey
This American Mammoth Jackstock donkey is one of 10 animals featured on the Heritage Breeds stamps.
2 days ago

Ranch dressing

Ranch dressing

Western Wear stamps arrive July 23
The stamps come in booklets of 20 and depict four iconic garments and accessories: cowboy hat, boots, shirt and belt buckle.
2 days ago

Mail dancers

Mail dancers

News Quiz: How much do you remember?
Test your knowledge of the Tap Dance stamp ceremony, menacing geese and other newsworthy topics.
2 days ago

The big picture

The big picture

Art project supports democracy, USPS
In mid-2020, as he was recovering from a near-fatal case of COVID-19, Mark Mothersbaugh found himself bristling at some of the anti-Postal Service rhetoric being bandied about at the time.
3 days ago
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New guidance

New guidance

USPS updates security policies
The Postal Service has updated Handbook AS-805, Information Security, which details the organization’s security policies for technology assets and information resources.
3 days ago

Medicare, FEHB and you

Medicare, FEHB and you

Webinar to be held July 26
Postal Service employees can participate in an upcoming webinar to learn about the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program and Medicare.
3 days ago

Scanning snapshot

News Briefs

Scanning snapshot

Data, Bulletin, stamps also highlighted
Check out this week’s scanning snapshot and read about new delivery data, Postal Bulletin’s latest issue and an upcoming stamp dedication ceremony.
3 days ago

New governors

New governors

Board adds three members
The USPS Board of Governors recently added three members.
4 days ago

Serving the nation

Serving the nation

PMG offers pandemic update
In his latest video message, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy praises employees for work during the coronavirus pandemic.
5 days ago
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Same-day local delivery

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Same-day local delivery

USPS Connect pilot begins in Texas
The service offers local-to-local, same-day or next-day package delivery for small business customers.
5 days ago

Preparing for change

Preparing for change

HR to host online job fair, other sessions
The fair will allow Postal Service employees to explore career opportunities in the Human Resources department.
5 days ago

Travel planning

Travel planning

USPS Hold Mail available for vacationers
The service allows the organization to hold customers’ mail at a postal facility for up to 30 days.
5 days ago

Riddle me this

Riddle me this

New stamps contain hidden message
The Postal Service’s new Mystery Message stamps — designed to put customers’ sleuthing skills to the test — were dedicated July 14 at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC.
1 week ago

Four score

Four score

Carriers’ tips bring in more than $1M
Four letter carriers from an Iowa Post Office have submitted leads that have resulted in combined deals worth more than $1 million for the Postal Service.
1 week ago

In the know

In the know

Link mobile has latest USPS news
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1 week ago
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Heroes’ Corner

  • Ravine rescue

    Postmaster frees accident victim trapped in car

    July 23

    Ravine rescue

    Postmaster frees accident victim trapped in car
    July 23 at midnight

    Harley Hensley, the Postmaster of Murphy, NC, was recently making a Priority Mail Express delivery when he spotted a woman walking aimlessly on curvy, rural stretch of highway.

    As Hensley stopped to check on the woman, he saw a wrecked car at the bottom of a ravine and heard a man — her husband — yelling to see if she was all right.

    The Postal Service employee rushed down into the ravine and found the man pinned inside the vehicle.

    With no cellphone service in the area, Hensley asked a concerned passerby to drive until they could get a signal and call 911.

    Frightened by the smell of leaking gasoline, the man was desperate to escape the vehicle, so Hensley forced a door open and eased him onto a grassy area until emergency responders arrived and took the couple to a hospital.

    “I couldn’t be more proud of Harley’s actions,” said Clara Deaver, the local acting Post Office operations manager. “He always knows the right thing to do and works well under pressure.”

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On the Move

  • New gigs

    Executive, manager news

    July 20

    New gigs

    Executive, manager news
    July 20 at 9:10 a.m.

    Here’s a look at some recent changes in the Postal Service leadership ranks:

    • Kenny Aje was named operations and industrial engineering executive manager at USPS headquarters in Washington, DC. He previously served as lean value stream program manager.

    • Cherell D. Garrett, the St. Louis Accounting Service Center executive manager, was named acting accounting services senior director.

    • Felicia Jackson, a business process specialist principal at headquarters, was named Atlantic Area’s acting customer relations director.

    • Mack A. Harmon Jr., the Harrisburg, PA, senior distribution operations manager, was named the Delaware Processing and Distribution Center’s acting plant manager.

    • South Carolina District Manager June M. Martindale was named Alabama-Mississippi District manager. Houston Postmaster Corey D. Richards was named South Carolina District’s acting manager, while Baton Rouge, LA, Postmaster Julia Wilbert was named the Houston Post Office’s acting officer in charge.

The List

  • Giddyup getup

    4 facts about Western wear

    July 20

    Giddyup getup

    4 facts about Western wear
    July 20 at 9:15 a.m.

    USPS will release its Western Wear stamps on July 23.  Here are a few facts about the four items of clothing featured on the stamps:

    1. Cowboy boots were designed to be functional. When Americans headed West after the Civil War, men’s boots were often military footwear ill-suited to the new environment. The cowboy boot was designed to be strong, sturdy and cheap, and to make getting around on horseback easier. Among the adaptations were the Cuban heel — to keep feet steady in stirrups — and a scalloped leather upper, the easier to pull the boots on and off.

    2. Cowboy hats are based on sombreros. Like so much of Western wear, the cowboy hat was based on the apparel of vaqueros, or Mexican cattle herders. Hatmaker John Stetson took inspiration from the sombrero, creating a felt hat with a smaller brim that still kept out the sun. His 1865 “Boss of the Plains” caught on like a prairie fire.

    3. Western-style shirts have Spanish roots, too. The yoking was inspired by the pleated guayabaras worn by vaqueros, the fitted shape was a holdover from Civil War uniforms and the fabric was denim because of its sturdiness. It was a paragon of practicality: Its longer length kept the shirt from coming untucked, and flaps kept pocket contents inside should the wearer hit a bumpy patch on the trail.

    4. Levi Strauss helped popularize belt buckles. Buckled belts were a military tradition, and the only cowboys who wore them were veterans of the Civil War. Everyone else wore suspenders. Strauss broke suspenders’ hold over cowboys when the company started selling jeans with belt loops. The Texas-big buckles came after, designed for rodeo balls and other “fancy” occasions. The designs got bigger and bolder in Hollywood, and today, they still capture imaginations, and are prized as awards in cowboy competitions.

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Mailbag

  • Camille Bodden, Blue Mountain Lake, NY:

    I was overjoyed reading “Down to a science,” the article about my beloved granddaughter Medinah Eatman, who uses the mail to help parents and educators keep kids engaged in math, science and other subjects. Thank you for brightening a proud grandmother’s day.

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