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PostalMag Wednesday, September 25, 2019

USPS Seeking Information About Drone Deliveries

The movie Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg, featured a futuristic mail truck designed to deploy delivery drones. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is investigating the feasibility of utilizing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones as delivery vehicles for mail as an integrated part of its vehicle delivery fleet, as well as to […]

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PostalMag Saturday, September 21, 2019

Black Rock City Burning Man Post Office

Burning Man is a week long festival that takes place annually (ending on Labor Day) on the dry lake of the Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada. During the festival week the place becomes a full-fledged temporary metropolis with essential infrastructure including a functioning post office. Pictured here is the post office for the Burning […]

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PostalMag Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Salsbury Cove, Maine Post Office

The Salsbury Cove, Maine Post Office serves ZIP Code 04672. Photo by Mark Bonica, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. Salsbury Cove Post Office 855 Norway Dr Salsbury Cove, ME 04672

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PostalMag Sunday, September 15, 2019

New TSP Options Available September 15th, 2019

You’ll soon have more options for how and when you can access your money. That means more reasons to stay with the TSP and continue to benefit from low fees through retirement. The following information is courtesy of TSP.gov. When will these changes happen? All of the new withdrawal options will go into effect on […]

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PostalMag Friday, September 13, 2019

Big Pine Key, Florida Post Office

The Big Pine Key, Florida Post Office serves ZIP Code 33043. Photo by Thomas M. Rosner, some rights reserved. Photo shared under the Creative Commons License. Big Pine Key Post Office 29959 Overseas Hwy Big Pine Key, FL 33043

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PostalMag Monday, September 2, 2019

Postal Retirement Q&A September/October 2019 by Roseanne Jefferson

Roseanne is a retired USPS employee with an extensive background in USPS retirement, disability retirement, OWCP, EEO, Labor Relations and HR. She conducts individual and group counseling and is able to comprehensively discuss the pros and cons of employees who are on OWCP, disability retirement and regular retirement. Roseanne will be happy to answer your […]

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PostalMag Saturday, August 31, 2019

USPS Hiring Retirees for 2019 Holiday Rush

The U.S. Postal Service is seeking retired USPS employees in transportation, clerk and carrier functional areas to help out in the 2019 holiday season. The “Annuitant CCAs” will hold temporary appointments during the period 11/30/2019 – 12/27/2019, not to exceed 28 days. Below is an example job posting for an Annuitant Holiday City Carrier position […]

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