The U.S. Postal Service has begun taking orders for free at-home coronavirus test kits. The website COVIDtests.gov was originally slated to begin taking orders on Wednesday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki says the site is in the "beta testing" stage and "will be launched formally tomorrow morning [Wednesday]." Read the full...
The U.S. Postal Service has provided financial services to just six individuals since it launched a pilot program in September, bringing into question whether the mailing agency will expand the effort that many progressive lawmakers and advocates have pushed for years. USPS launched its limited foray into banking last fall at...
Postal services around the world faced two major challenges in the final quarter of 2021: holiday deliveries and the spread of the Omicron variant. Several posts also reorganized their businesses with acquisitions or leadership changes. And some are experimenting with new ways to deliver to customers. These issues and more...
The U.S Postal Service pulled out all the stops to avoid a repeat of the 2020 holiday shipping disaster, and it worked. The Postal Service and several other private shippers reported that holiday season deliveries went smoothly for the most part. ShipMatrix, which analyzes shipping package data, reported that 96.9% of the...
The Postal Service is telling its employees to think twice before posting about work online. USPS is reminding employees and contractors to avoid speaking on behalf of the agency through social media unless authorized to do so. USPS said its policy doesn’t prevent employees from having a social media presence,...
Devin Dunn was on paternity leave when a package was swiped from his porch in Salt Lake City’s Liberty Wells neighborhood earlier this month. In fact, he was sitting in the front room, tending to his new baby. The carrier had set it down without knocking on Dunn’s front door. After...