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Scouting Gets First-Class Stamp of Approval

Posted: July 26th, 2010 | Author: mark.r.saunders@usps.gov | Filed under: USPS | Tags: , | No Comments » WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today awarded scouting its ‘stamp of approval’ to celebrate 100 years of the U.S. scouting movement.

Postal Service Surpasses Green Facilities Goals

Posted: July 22nd, 2010 | Author: darlene.casey@usps.gov | Filed under: USPS | Tags: , | No Comments » WASHINGTON — One year after officially opening its first green roof in midtown Manhattan, the Postal Service announced it continues to exceed its energy savings targets, placing the agency more than two thirds of the way to achieving its goal to reduce energy use by 30 percent by 2015.

The Postal Service and the National Technical Information Service Announce Agreement

Posted: July 21st, 2010 | Author: roy.a.betts@usps.gov | Filed under: USPS | Tags: , | No Comments » WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service and the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) have agreed to jointly provide fulfillment, information management services and customer maintenance to federal agencies to enable them to serve the needs of their departments.

Print Catalogs Deliver Digital Orders

Posted: July 19th, 2010 | Author: dlewin@usps.gov | Filed under: USPS | Tags: , | No Comments » WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is reaching out to e-tailers with a campaign showcasing the power of catalogs with the potential to double online transactions and achieve revenue lift of over 100 percent by creating print extensions of their Internet shopping websites.

Sunday Funnies Comic Strips Debut on Stamps

Posted: July 16th, 2010 | Author: mark.r.saunders@usps.gov | Filed under: USPS | Tags: , | No Comments » COLUMBUS, OH — The U.S. Postal Service celebrated five newspaper comic strips by dedicating the Sunday Funnies stamps today. The 44-cent First-Class stamps honor comic strips: Archie, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes. The strips, as well as their characters, may have changed over the years, yet each remains an enduring classic.

Hitting a Home Run on Stamps for Pioneering Baseball League

Posted: July 15th, 2010 | Author: roy.a.betts@usps.gov | Filed under: USPS | Tags: , | No Comments » KANSAS CITY, MO — The baseball league that helped spark integration of American professional sports is being honored today on a 44-cent U.S. postage stamp being issued at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

Postal Service, Commerce Department Expand Strategic Partnership

Posted: July 15th, 2010 | Author: dlewin@usps.gov | Filed under: USPS | Tags: , | No Comments » WASHINGTON — Responding to the call for a doubling of exports over the next five years through the National Export Initiative, officials with the U.S. Postal Service and U.S. Department of Commerce are leveraging their strategic partnership to launch a business plan aimed at empowering American businesses interested in exporting as a pathway to growth. A partnership agreement signed at Postal Service headquarters today by Postmaster General John Potter and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke establishes an outreach strategy between representatives of the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration and U.S. Commercial Service, and the Postal Service’s Global Business team.

Postal Service, Commerce Department Expand Strategic Partnership

Posted: July 13th, 2010 | Author: dlewin@usps.gov | Filed under: USPS | Tags: , | No Comments » WASHINGTON — Responding to the call for a doubling of exports over the next five years through the National Export Initiative, officials with the U.S. Postal Service and U.S. Department of Commerce are leveraging their strategic partnership to launch a business plan aimed at empowering American businesses interested in exporting as a pathway to growth. A partnership agreement signed at Postal Service headquarters today by Postmaster General John Potter and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke establishes an outreach strategy between representatives of the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration and U.S. Commercial Service, and the Postal Service’s Global Business team.

Postal Service Rated Among Best in Diversity

Posted: July 8th, 2010 | Author: mark.r.saunders@usps.gov | Filed under: USPS | Tags: , | No Comments » The Postal Service has been named one of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity in the July issue of Black Enterprise magazine.

Postal Service, Commerce to Sign Partnership Agreement

Posted: July 8th, 2010 | Author: dlewin@usps.gov | Filed under: USPS | Tags: , | No Comments » Event announcing the launch of a business partnership agreement between the U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Department of Commerce. The business partnership will support the National Export Initiative and provide access to support for small and medium-sized enterprises interested in exporting to new foreign markets.