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International Call Center, Delivery Performance Recognized WASHINGTON, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service was recently recognized by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the Express Mail Service (EMS) Cooperative Network, which operates within the framework of the UPU, with awards for excellence in international call center service and delivery performance--2011 EMS Customer Care Award, large group category and 2011 EMS Performance Award, silver...

Modifying Retail Window Hours Could Keep Offices Open WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service announced a new strategy today that could keep the nation's smallest Post Offices open for business, while providing a framework to achieve significant cost savings as part of the plan to return the organization to financial stability. The plan would keep the existing Post Office in place, but with modified retail window hours to match customer use....

National Association of Letter Carriers President Details Union's Concerns about Legislation in Letter to U.S. Senators WASHINGTON, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fredric V. Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), has formally called on the U.S. Senate to reject S. 1789 -- the 21st Century Postal Service Act -- because as currently drafted, it provides only short-term fixes. He said that while the measure "might provide resources...

CHICAGO, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SourceLink, a top 5 largest privately held CRM/Direct Marketing Agency and top 3 GPO Supplier, announced today that Rich Cicha, Director of Client Postal Solutions, was officially appointed as a PostCom Board Member on February 8, 2012. This important board position provides Cicha with complete visibility into changing postal regulations and pending changes that impact SourceLink's clients. (Logo:...

Proposal to Change Service Standards Filed with PRC WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service today announced it will move forward with its proposal to change service standards. This action is being taken in response to on-going financial challenges caused by the dramatic and continual decline in First-Class Mail volume and the resulting revenue loss. "The U.S. Postal Service must reduce its operating costs by $20 billion by 2015 in order to...

Closing 3700 Rural Post Offices Would Save Less Than 3/10s of One Percent of USPS Operating Budget. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In Testimony submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, earlier this week, National League of Postmasters Mark Strong said that the Postal Service's small rural post office closing initiative will harm "the level of services presently provided to small and rural communities, will hurt their economies and social structure, and does...

Mailers Should Expect Significant Delivery Delays, Especially to Northern Japan WASHINGTON, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite the tragic events as a result of the March 11th earthquake and tsunami, the postal administration of Japan continues to accept all types of international mail. Mailers are advised, however, to expect delays in the delivery of all types of mail sent to Japan and in the transmission of information on Express Mail International items and Priority Mail...

New Forever Stamp Images Coming This Fall WASHINGTON, July 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Forever Stamp image will be available as part of a pricing package that would add less than 13 cents a month to the average American household's budget. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100706/DC30866) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100706/DC30866) The U.S. Postal Service Governors recommended increasing the price of a First-Class stamp 2 cents to 46 cents and authorized...

Rolando Says Only Congress Can Authorize Cutback NALC Launches '5-Day is the Wrong Way' Web Site to Keep Public Informed WASHINGTON, March 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The national president of the 295,000-member National Association of Letter Carriers union (NALC) today criticized the U.S. Postal Service for arrogantly lobbying the general public with a misleading Internet web site to win approval of elimination of Saturday mail delivery despite the fact that Congress has shown little...

Customer Loyalty to Be Rewarded Again in 2010 WASHINGTON, March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service did something for the first time last year, and it was so successful, they're planning to do it again: launch a summer sale. The 2010 Summer Sale is scheduled to run July 1 through Sept. 30 and will provide a 30 percent rebate to eligible mailers on Standard Mail letters and flats volume above a predetermined threshold. The threshold will be five percent over each...