Shipping agencies recommend getting a head start on mailing packages for what’s expected to be as busy or busier than last year’s holiday season. The U.S. Postal Service shipped about 1 billion packages nationwide last holiday season, and it expects to ship a similar amount over the next few weeks, according...
President Joe Biden is naming two new nominees to serve on the Postal Service Board of Governors, replacing former President Donald Trump’s picks to help lead the agency. Biden on Friday submitted to the Senate his latest nominees to serve on the board: former head of the General Services Administration Dan...
If you want to learn how mail works, what better guide than Elmo? Letter writing is probably an abstract concept for a generation of schoolchildren more likely to have held a mobile device before ever touching a pencil. That’s why the furry red creature with a sweetly squeaky voice is tagging...
The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Wednesday reported a net loss of $4.9 billion for the year ending Sept. 30, narrowing its losses over the prior year. USPS's operating revenue was $77 billion for the 2021 budget year, an increase of $3.9 billion, or 5.3%. It reported a 2020 net...
The Baltimore postal district had the second-most reports of missing mail in the nation between October 2019 and June, according to a U.S. Postal Service inspector general’s audit, which blamed mismanagement, inaccurate reporting of delayed mail and too few carriers for the persistent delivery problems. Complaints about delays in Baltimore-area customers...