You may not have heard the term advance electronic data (AED), but that’s likely to change with the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act in place. AED, which includes information about a package’s content, is an important component in ensuring the security of packages coming into the United States through the international mail system.
Processing packages from abroad, especially into the U.S. Postal Service’s JFK International Service Center in New York City, can be a challenge.
Safety first. This mantra of parents everywhere is also a cornerstone of U.S. Postal Service internal policies and federal regulations on facility maintenance to provide a safe and healthy workplace for its employees.
Our latest audit reviewed whether management adhered to building safety, maintenance, and security standards at mail processing facilities. We found concerns, ranging from minor oversight infractions to more serious issues.
Blame it on the rain. Or the heat, or the snow. Weather, it seems, has an impact on the U.S. Postal Service’s productivity. Geographic regions with extreme climate – other things being equal – have lower productivity than moderate climate regions.
Climate isn’t the only regional factor....
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We know that having a variety of mail in the mailbox boosts ad mail’s effectiveness. And our recent research on the mail mix showed that.
But we don’t necessarily know why. That was one of the many questions raised and discussed by a panel of experts and about 50 attendees at our recent...
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The Inspector General (IG) community just added a new bell and whistle to its Oversight.gov website – a whistleblower resource page. The page was launched last week, in conjunction with National Whistleblower Appreciation Day.
Oversight.gov was unveiled over two years ago by the Council...
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To send mail from one location to another, the Postal Service generally has to collect, process, transport, and deliver the mail. These functions are interdependent and the Postal Service has timelines for moving mail from one function to the next. These timelines help the Postal Service process...
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In fiscal year (FY) 2018, 146.4 billion pieces of mail were transported at a cost of $8.5 billion. Surface transportation represented $5.4 billion (or about 64 percent) of the total transportation cost. The Postal Service’s surface transportation includes:
- Postal Vehicle Service (PVS):...
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While package volume has increased over the past few years for the Postal Service, overall mail volume has been declining. To address these declines, the Postal Service launched several strategic initiatives to improve its processing network including:
- A revision of First-Class...
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