Post Office

U.S. News & World Report What's Closed on Veterans Day on Monday?Patch.comFederal and state offices will be closed. Emergency services: Law enforcement and firefighters will still be on duty and provide 24-hour service. Postal: Post offices will be closed and there will be no delivery. Access to post office boxes …

The SA Post Office has spent about R2m to keep its head of technology infrastructure away from its office for close to 17 months More: continued here

Mail gifts, cards now for timely holiday arrivalDVIDSU.S. Postal Service clerk Jimmy Rivera, of Fayetteville, N.C., wraps a package filled with Christmas presents at the Kandahar Airfield Post Office on Nov. 10. U.S. troops and civilians in southern Afghanistan who want to send Christmas packages via … More: continued here

Post Office pays staffer R2m to stay awayBDliveTHE South African Post Office (Sapo) has spent about R2m to keep its head of technology infrastructure away from its office for close to 17 months, while also paying consultants R200,000 a month for work that could be done by internal staff. On …

In brief: White powder that closed post office was harmlessPoughkeepsie JournalState police responded to the U.S. Post Office at 71 E. Main Street about 6:30 a.m. Saturday after learning that white powder had fallen out of a package, according to Lt. Dominick Chiumento of the state police. The FBI Joint …

Postal service cracks down on mailbox theftsFort Worth Star TelegramIn 2009, The Watchdog kept hearing from readers that the blue mail collection boxes outside area post offices were an easy target for thieves. Mail bandits fished mail out of the boxes and used checks and money orders found inside for …

A suspicious white powder that prompted the closing of the U.S. Post Office in Wappingers Falls on Saturday has been found to be harmless. State police responded to the U.S. Post Office at 71 E. Main Street about 6:30 a.m. More: continued here

Ironton Post Office employees arraignedIronton TribuneTwo postal employees were arraigned in separated cases Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court. Forest Halterman Jr., 40, of 2528 S. 12th St., Ironton, who was employed as a temporary letter carrier, was arraigned on a fourth-degree count of … More: continued here

Members of Dalit Liberation Movement of India (DLM), led by its national convenor, Dalit Pandian staged a demonstration in front of the Head Post Office here on Saturday placing a demand to the Un… More: continued here

The Postal Service has been proactive in its efforts to cut cost by eliminating positions at the headquarters and other administrative areas; by consolidating mail process facilties all over the country; and by freezing all executive salaries, according to Jessee. More: continued here