In 2010, the Postal Service sought to end Saturday mail delivery, which it estimated would save approximately $3 billion per year. However, as the economy has improved and postal reform legislation has stalled in Congress, the USPS has backed away from its insistence on five-day delivery. Instead, the Postal Service is concentrating on optimizing its…
Beginning on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 10:30 a.m., CBS will air a weekly program featuring the Postal Service Inspection Service. The 30-minute drama series will feature actress Jessica Lundy, a postal inspector, whose team specializes in consumer fraud and other postal crimes. Each week, “real life” Chief Postal Inspector Guy Cottrell will deliver a…
If you’ve ever wondered how the Postal Service can decipher illegible handwriting, the answer is at the USPS Remote Encoding Center in Salt Lake City, UT. Each of the 1,500 postal employees at the Center examines 7,000 images every day to determine where the indecipherable mail should be delivered. The majority of letters received by…
A new Surface Visibility (SV) device will allow USPS plant workers to scan mail and packages more efficiently. The lightweight mobile device will replace current equipment. Testing has been completed at plants in Dulles, VA and Nashua, NH. Postal employees at those facilities said that the SV device made their job easier. The device will…
Brick-and-mortar retailers including Macy’s, Nordstrom and Wal-Mart are providing customers with same-day delivery to combat the growing online competition. Such retailers often have entire inventories near customers’ homes. Macy’s uses contract drivers from Deliv, an Uber-like company. It delivers to customers in eight cities and Macy’s will soon increase these speedy deliveries. However, not all…