Lisa Whitehead published the following post on the USPS corporate blog: The Postal Service is partnering with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) to promote National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) March 5-11, 2017. NCPW is a federal program that provides Read more
FedEx announced that its FedEx Express subsidiary has entered into an extension to the express air transportation contract with the United States Postal Service originally executed on April 23, 2013. The contract modification extends the agreement through September 29, 2024. Read more
The USPS published the following post on its Lite Blue blog on Tuesday: The PRC is reviewing the system used to regulate Postal Service rates and classes. When PMG Megan J. Brennan testified this month about postal reform legislation, she Read more
You may have read about the new USPS “Precious Cargo” boxes in the November 3rd issue of EcommerceBytes 411. In January, the USPS showcased the shipping boxes at the Consumer Electronics show. The US Postal Service published the following post on its Read more
Excluding the effects of a $1.7 billion change in its workers’ compensation liability due to fluctuations in interest rates, the U.S. Postal Service posted a net loss of approximately $200 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017 (October Read more
The holidays are over, but the numbers that show how much work the Postal Service accomplished are still emerging. USPS surpassed its projections of delivering 750 million packages during peak season, according to new data. And on Dec. 19, one Read more
Pitney Bowes Inc., a global technology company that provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, noted that the recent rate increases by UPS and FedEx and the upcoming January 22 rate increase by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will Read more
Shippo, the leading API platform for shipping, announced they are unveiling USPS ePostage for general access. Shippo is the first and only way for any business to access USPS’s new ePostage offering. Not since 1999 has there been a new entrant in Read more
The US Postal Service posted the following message on its Link blog: USPS has expanded its Surface Visibility (SV) program to an additional 114 sites, bringing the total number to 437 across the nation. The program is part of the Postal Service’s Read more
The Office of Inspector General for the US Postal Service published a list of the top-ten postal stories for 2016 on its blog – here’s an excerpt including the top 5 stories it idenfied with a link to the full Read more
