Denmark to launch digital stampsFutureGov MagazineWith the new Mobile Postal Service, users can send in a text message to a pre-set number to receive a stamp code that can be written on the envelope in place of a physical stamp. Expiring within 7 days of purchase, the stamp codes will …
Read More »Couple faces deadline for shelter – Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
Couple faces deadline for shelterClarksville Leaf ChronicleLike many homeless people in Clarksville, Oliver and Boren have memorized the system of bus routes, shelter rules, food stamps and other temporary help progams. They said balancing all these things and looking for work is challenging. …and more » More: continued here
Read More »2011 Census – can be completed online – AboutMyArea
2011 Census – can be completed onlineAboutMyAreaDistinctive purple and white envelopes, containing the census questionnaires, will be delivered to 26 million households – one of the biggest single mailouts ever handled by Royal Mail. The questionnaire from the ONS asks for information about your …and more » More: continued here
Read More »State cuts would hurt those most vulnerable – Elmira Star-Gazette
State cuts would hurt those most vulnerableElmira Star-GazetteFor example, "Joe" has a disability, lives on Supplemental Security Income, and receives assistance through food stamps and the Home Energy Assistance Program. He has Medicaid for his insurance, was eligible through spousal impoverishment, and receives …and more » More: continued here
Read More »Students see how the human body works at Post Office, trash plant and garage – Eagle Tribune
Students see how the human body works at Post Office, trash plant and garageEagle TribuneOne group visited the US Post Office in Washington Square to see how the distribution of mail is like the body's nervous system. Another toured the Covanta waste-to-energy plant in Ward Hill to see how their …
Read More »Statistical methods ‘can help us avoid counterfeit goods on Internet’ – Sify
Statistical methods 'can help us avoid counterfeit goods on Internet'SifyIn the study the accuracy of the descriptions of artwork by Henry Moore offered on eBay were examined over a period of eighteen months. Two expert evaluators classified the artworks independently, with a third evaluator collecting the data and sending …and …
Read More »Post office to move to new temporary location – Richmond and Twickenham Times
Post office to move to new temporary locationRichmond and Twickenham TimesIt will be relocated to a portable building in the Old Royal Mail Delivery Office car park, 109 London Road, Twickenham – more than half a mile from it's current location in King Street. The facility will remain in its …
Read More »Post Office to pay out grants – City Press
Post Office to pay out grantsCity PressThe Supreme Court of Appeal will save government almost R2?billion per year by ruling that the Post Office, and not a private company, will pay out social grants in future. The court on Friday upheld an appeal by the South African Social Security … …
Read More »Sports shop workers stole £17500 worth of stock to sell on eBay – This is Lincolnshire
Sports shop workers stole £17500 worth of stock to sell on eBayThis is LincolnshirePicture: Anna Draper SPORTS shop workers took stock to sell on internet auction site eBay as part of "a culture of stealing", a court heard. Former InterSport employees Philip Harrison, 23, and James Wilkie, 22, appeared at …
Read More »Salem Township looks to speed up eviction of its post office, leaving … – AnnArbor.com
Salem Township looks to speed up eviction of its post office, leaving …AnnArbor.comSalem Township filed court papers last week seeking to expedite the eviction of its contract post office from the Rider House at the township's municipal complex. While eviction proceedings are under way and a trial is scheduled for …
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