The Greater Portland Postal Customer Council is pleased to present the following upcoming events:

Christmas/Holiday Breakfast 2024

Details to come later

 

Event Date 12-12-2024 8:30 am
Event End Date 12-12-2024 10:00 am
Registration Start Date 11-14-2024
Cut Off Date 12-11-2024
Capacity Unlimited
Registered 0
Individual Price Free

USPS National and Oregon News

05/07/2024 10:00
The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating one of America’s favorite pastimes with its Carnival Nights stamps. The first-day-of-issue ceremony is free and open to the public. News of these Forever stamps is being shared with the hashtag #CarnivalNightsStamps.
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05/07/2024 09:47
Each year, the Postal Service designates the third week of May as Mailbox Improvement Week to encourage customers with box-on-post-delivery to examine and, where necessary, improve the appearance of their mailboxes. This year’s improvement week is May 19 - 25.
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04/30/2024 11:49
May is right around the corner and mail carriers, handlers, and clerks are still very much in demand at the Postal Service throughout Oregon.
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04/30/2024 06:28
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors will meet May 9, 2024, in open session at Postal Service headquarters, 475 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC. The public is welcome to observe the meeting beginning at 3 p.m. EST in the Boardroom. The board is expected to discuss the following items:
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04/26/2024 07:50
BURLINGAME, CA — The Postal Service today issued a new $1 Floral Geometry stamp, the latest offering in the organization’s Floral Geometry collection. The $1 stamp joins similar $2 and $5 stamps issued in 2022 and a $10 stamp issued in 2023.
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04/16/2024 09:41
The Bend Post Office location is hosting job fairs the last two Thursdays in April.
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04/12/2024 08:00
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced the appointment of marketing executive Trish Jackson to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC). Members are appointed to the committee by the postmaster general to provide expertise in business, history, science, technology, art, education, sports and other areas of public interest. Working together, they make recommendations for future stamp subjects.
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04/09/2024 11:30
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the U. S. Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission of mailing services price changes to take effect July 14, 2024. The new rates include a 5-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 68 cents to 73 cents.
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03/29/2024 12:19
The Postal Service is continually hiring new employees throughout Oregon.
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03/25/2024 08:54
Many companies throughout the nation are reducing their workforce. In Portland, it was recently announced hundreds of hardworking and loyal employees will lose their jobs in mid-April.
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PostalPro News

05/07/2024 05:00
This document outlines the technical requirements needed to successfully claim the Informed Delivery discount through PostalOne! eDoc.
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05/06/2024 05:00
A Mail Service Provider (MSP) offers a variety of solutions to prepare and present Full-Service presort mailings. For more information regarding Certified MSPs, please follow this link: https://postalpro.usps.com/full-service-cert/fact-sheet
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05/06/2024 05:00
The AZI table lists each five-digit ZIP Code™ and is an indicator of the type of processing that typically takes place on letter mail destined for each ZIP Code. Each number in the file is a ZIP Code appended with a numeric zone indicator. The five numeric indicators are as follows: Two Pass Zones: Automated two-step sector/segment at mail processing facilities876 Carrier Route Sort Zones: Automated incoming secondary carrier route sorting at plantsCarrier Route Barcode Sorter (CSBCS) Zones: Automated walk sequence sorting on CSBCS machines at delivery unitsDelivery Barcode Sorter (DBCS) Zones: Automated walk sequence sorting on DBCS machines at...
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