Updated documents are now available under the RRECS Resources tab on our website concerning Route Resequencing: What to Look for in a Route Adjustment or Realignment ...

Rural Carrier Derek Nelson was delivering mail recently in Winthrop, ME, during stormy weather when he came upon an unresponsive man in a puddle, exposed to wind and rain. Nelson attempted to call for help but did not have a cellphone signal. However, local Postmaster Scott Allarie, who lives in ...

Postal management at the local level has always been hit-and-miss. Over my long career, I have had a few excellent managers and a lot of terrible ones. The good ones almost break your heart when they end up leaving your office, as most ultimately do. A bad manager can severely ...

Please see the documentation linked below for information on the latest MDD release to familiarize yourself with the latest scanner changes. Pilot: 06/17/2024 National: 07/01/2024 •TMK for EAS •Event 60 Update •Quick Login •CPMS Audit for Updated Coordinates •Smart Locker Package Intercept •eArrow Lock Enhancement: Collection Box ID •Revert Front ...

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Rural Carrier Matt Tripp was delivering mail in Morganfield, KY, recently when he came upon a cat with her head stuck in a tin can. Tripp was unable to safely remove the can, so he called animal control and stayed with the cat until officers arrived. She was taken to ...

Rural Carriers In accordance with provisions of Article 9, Section 2.J.3, of Handbook EL-902, Agreement Between the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, effective June 29, 2024 (pay period 15-24), the equipment maintenance allowance (EMA) will increase to 98.5 cents per mile. The EMA is 98.5 cents ...

The NRLCA has been notified that the Postal Service is retiring the option to use the verify-by-email multifactor security method to access LiteBlue in August 2024. Employees currently using email as a Multifactor Authentication (MFA) on LiteBlue are encouraged to replace this verification method. The Postal Service recommends replacing the ...

The NRLCA and USPS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreeing that for leave year 2025, regular work force career employees covered by the USPS-NRLCA Agreement may carry over 520 hours of accumulated annual leave from leave year 2024 to leave year 2025. In all other respects, the ELM ...

OSHA has been working a proposed standard for indoor and outdoor heat illness since 2021. This month the proposed standard has been sent to the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for review. While the language of the proposed standard has not be released, the rule is ...

Rural Carrier Debra Mericle was delivering mail in Paulding, OH, in January when she heard a cry for help. She found an older customer on the ground, in pain, near the foot of the steps to the woman’s home. The customer said she’d slipped on ice while trying to feed ...

Denny Walgamuth delivered his last round of mail to local folks last week, as the longtime rural mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service officially retired after 40 years on the job. Walgamuth, who graduated from Bellevue High School (PS1) in 1979, started as a part-timer for the postal service ...

Background The U.S. Postal Service is the second largest employer in the United States with over 640,000 employees and $2.15 billion in bi-weekly salaries. To provide employees with convenient access to their payroll, benefits, and personnel data, the Postal Service uses the LiteBlue portal. This web-based portal contains several human ...

On June 12, 2024, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the May Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which established the Private Transportation Index at 280.714, an increase from the February 2024 Index of 269.969. Therefore, based on the May 2024 CPI-W release, the Equipment ...

Special Enrollment Period: If you were an annuitant entitled to Medicare Part A (typically at age 65) as of Jan. 1, 2024, and did not enroll in Medicare Part B, you and your covered eligible family members may be able to participate in a one-time PSHB Special Enrollment Period (SEP) ...

The first Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDVs) were delivered to the United States Postal Service by Oshkosh Defense on May 31, 2024. These vehicles are the result of more than a decade of planning and testing, and have been deployed to the Athens, GA, S&DC (Sorting and Delivery Center) to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced the Modifying Allocations to Improve Local Service (MAIL) Act, legislation to improve mail operations in Minnesota by requiring the United States Postal Service (USPS) to redistribute the $3 billion in funding originally appropriated for their acquisition of a new fleet of electric ...