U.S. Postal Service

U.S. Postal Service

Postal Service food drive set for May 11

The National Association of Letter Carriers' annual food drive is set for Saturday, May 11. While delivering mail, "letter carriers will pick up canned goods and other non-perishable food left by customers in marked bags," a press release from the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General said.

Last year, the event raised more than 70 million lbs. of food, the Postal Service said.

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UPDATED 16:22 PM EST, February 19, 2013

After 20 years, postal barcodes are changing

Virtually the same for 20 years, the U.S. Postal Service has changed the barcodes it uses to help deliver mail.

The POSTNet, used for the last 20 years, was replaced Jan. 28 by the Basic-Service Intelligent Mail, or IMb, barcodes. The postal service hopes that businesses who use the basic service will eventually switch to full-service IMb's.

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UPDATED 13:08 PM EST, January 16, 2013

Less than 30 percent of mail uses stamps, postal service says

Are stamps falling out of favor?

Just as physical mail has been in decline with the rise of electronic communication, so too are stamps starting to disappear.

A report from the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General said that "permit imprint" mail makes up for 71 percent of all mail volume and 50 percent of revenue. That means that less than 30 percent of all mail is using traditional stamps or meters.

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UPDATED 15:38 PM EDT, July 25, 2012

Fla. police dog sniffs out drugs in Postal Service packages

A police dog for a Florida sheriff's office has helped police find 79 Postal Service packages containing drugs and drug money since November, the Tampa Tribune reports.

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