System Maintenance of HCES to Affect Rural Carrier Bidding February 18-21
System Updates: There will be system maintenance of HCES from Saturday, February 18, at 6:00 AM (CT), through Tuesday, February 21, at 6:00 AM (CT). This system outage will affect Rural JBM. During this time frame, rural carriers will be unable to submit job bids for posted vacancies. Rural carriers ...
Step 4 – USPS testing new initiatives
Step 4 Grievance Settlement - Washington, DC, Length of time spent testing a new initiative ...
Rural carrier saves distressed driver from dangerous direction
Julie Gould, a rural carrier in Charlotte, VT, was recently delivering mail when she noticed a car parked alongside a road. She grew concerned when she saw that the driver was slumped over the steering wheel, so she immediately stopped to check on the woman. Gould found the driver to ...
Rural carrier changes pace to save farm from fire
Rural Carrier Darla O’Brien was recently delivering mail in Hennessey, OK, when she spotted a grass fire that threatened a barn and a tractor. Seeing no one else around, O’Brien immediately called 911 and safely stamped out part of the blaze to prevent it from destroying the structure and equipment ...
New video presentation by President Stutts explaining the mini mail survey is now available
https://youtu.be/umkcny2N1Y0 ...
Where’s the longest rural postal route in Louisiana?
NATCHITOCHES PARISH (KTAL/KMSS) – One postal worker in Louisiana really has her work cut out for her. Her route covers a whopping 153 miles through rural areas in Natchitoches Parish, the longest route in the state ...
South Carolina Man Convicted of Murdering Rural Carrier is Sentenced to Life in Prison
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA —- Trevor Raekwon Seward, 25, of Andrews, SC, was convicted following a multi-day jury trial of all five counts charged: murder of a federal employee in the course of her duties; use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence; robbery; possession of a firearm by ...
SWAC, RRECS and the Mini Mail Survey
The Southwest Area Conference (SWAC) was held in Dallas TX from January 13th - January 16th, 2023. Rural carriers from the Southwest Area assemble at a SWAC every year in January. Below are highlights of information I've received by rural carriers that were present. Remember, Ruralinfo.net is not affiliated in ...
UPDATE: Retro Pay Adjustment to be in February 17 Check
Per NRLCA UPDATE: Retro Pay Adjustment to be in February 17 Check UPDATE: Please be advised that the retro pay due to rural carriers will be reflected in the February 17th paycheck. *** As you know, the Postal Service (USPS) and National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association (NRLCA) ratified and signed ...
RRECS Mini Mail Survey to Be Held February 25-March 10
The first RRECS Mini Mail Survey will take place beginning February 25 and will run through March 10, 2023. The Mini Mail Survey is only documenting four (4) items and comprises approximately six (6) percent of your route’s evaluation. The other 94 percent is based on the data accumulated all ...
Rural carrier provides critical aid to customer
Mary Guinan, a rural carrier in Victor, NY, was recently delivering mail when she noticed that a customer was acting unusually. Guinan made sure to check on the woman the following day and found her collapsed and unresponsive. The Postal Service employee immediately called 911 and stayed with the customer ...
Fraud Alert Update: Net to Bank and Allotment Disabled Online in PostalEASE
As an additional precaution, the Net to Bank and Allotment functionalities have been disabled online in the PostalEASE application accessed externally through LiteBlue via a personal computer as of Dec. 29, 2022, until further notice ...
New 2023 Printable Postal Holiday and Payday Calendar
Here are my yearly versions of the Postal holiday and payday calendar in PDG and PNG formats. Perfect to hang on your case for quick reference. PNG Image version - Download here PDF Version - Download here ...
USPS Issues Employee Communications Update Regarding PostalEASE Website Fraud
Please see the latest information received regarding the PostalEase website fraud. FRAUD ALERT ** Postal Service Releases Mandatory Stand-Up Talk Regarding Fake LiteBlue Websites (pdf) Securing Your Personal Data Employee Mailer (pdf) – Letter to be sent to all postal employees making them aware of the potential risk. Keeping Your Private Information Secure Employee ...
UPDATE – POSTALEASE SECURITY BREACH
Additional information via NAPS To all NAPS members, NAPS has been briefed that VP Heather Dyer and the Inspection Service have confirmed Postal Service employees are often unknowingly providing their usernames and passwords to criminal websites, while attempting to access PostalEase. Employees are using Google and attempting to access PostalEase; ...
Urgent Message Concerning Fraudulent PostalEase Access
December 20, 2022- The USPS has confirmed that some Postal Service employees are unknowingly providing their usernames and passwords to criminal websites, while attempting to access PostalEase. It is reported that employees are using Google and attempting to access PostalEase; however, Google in-turn has been redirecting users to criminally run ...