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The Potty Parity Act (HR 4869)
This bill provides "restroom gender parity in federal buildings." It provides "that the number of toilets in women's restrooms will equal or exceed the number of toilets (including urinals) in men's restrooms...."
Posted: March 19, 2010 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
One Million Times Three
Three Geneva, NY, mail carriers were recently inducted into the National Safety Council Million Mile Club.
Posted: March 17, 2010 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Art and the Postal Service
The Postal Service is honoring the artistic innovations and achievements of a group of artists who moved the United States to the forefront of the international art scene with the release of the Abstract Expressionists commemorative postage stamps.
Posted: March 15, 2010 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Celebrating 150 Years
Overpeck, Ohio, started off as Overpeck Station in 1860. From the very beginnings of this community situated between Cincinnati and Dayton, there's been a Post Office and a Postmaster — John Overpeck was the first. Mail was delivered by Railway Post Office to the Post Office and coal was sold out of the back of the building.
Posted: March 12, 2010 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Postal Service Working to Prevent Fraud, Scams
The Postal Service and the Postal Inspection Service are joining with federal, state and local government agencies and consumer protection organizations to announce the 12th annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), March 7-13.
Posted: March 10, 2010 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
USPS Marching Toward a Greener Future
The Postal Service search for environmentally friendly delivery vehicles expanded recently when it awarded contracts to five companies to evaluate the feasibility of converting Long Life Vehicles (LLVs) to battery-powered electric vehicles.
Posted: March 5, 2010 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Postal Service Heroes: The Right Place at the Right Time
Every year — beyond delivering the mail — postal employees help the customers they serve by assisting them in emergency situations; often saving their lives. In 2009, the Postal Service recognized 202 employees as heroes for assisting others in need.
Posted: March 3, 2010 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Postal Service Sending Military Mail to Haiti
American troops deployed overseas like to receive mail from back home wherever they may be. The U.S. Postal Service is now delivering letters and packages bound for members of the U.S. Armed Forces deployed to Haiti as part of Operation Unified Response.
Posted: February 24, 2010 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
City and Rural Carriers Battle the Elements to Deliver the Mail
It has been one heck of a winter with record amounts of snow in the Mid-Atlantic States and now the white stuff is assaulting the Deep South. Road crews continue to plow, salt and otherwise go without much rest as snow and ice storms arrive — and then arrive again.
Posted: February 17, 2010 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Computers and Pigskins - The Right Combination for USPS Employee
You might not expect an information systems specialist to moonlight as a semi-professional football player, but that's exactly what Jeff Warren — a Charleston, WV, based postal employee — does.
Posted: February 10, 2010 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
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