ABM Security Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated, has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar national contract with the Unites States Postal Service. The contract covers security guard services for more than 60 postal service facilities located in 20 states across the country and includes more that 300 security personnel.
Read MoreThe U.S. Postal Service has been named one of the 50 Best Companies for Minorities for the fifth year in a row by leading business magazine FORTUNE. The Postal Service ranked sixth on the list this year. The rankings appear in the current issue.
“This is a great honor and I’m extremely proud of every employee of the Postal Service. Dedication to the values represented by diversity has helped us build an organisation that is stronger because of it,” commented Postmaster General John E. Potter.
Read MoreMore than 140 mailers and mailing organizations responded to a U.S. Postal Service proposed rule that the agency said seeks to clarify the differences between a personalized Standard Mail piece and a personal First-Class Mail piece. The comment period closed Friday. As of press time Friday afternoon, the USPS said it had received 141 comments and that it was still collecting them. Most of the comments came from nonprofit mailers. The rule proposal was published April 19. It calls for an exclusive-purpose test in which personal information would be permitted at Standard rates only when advertising or solicitation is the exclusive purpose of the piece and personal information is included solely to increase the effectiveness of the ad or solicitation.
Read MoreThe Postal Service has filed two experimental mail classification cases with the Postal Rate Commission proposing Negotiated Service Agreements (NSA) with BankOne and Discover Financial Services.
“Bringing these two negotiated service agreements forward shows that we are committed to providing more pricing innovation to the marketplace,” said the Postal Service’s Chief Marketing Officer Anita J. Bizzotto.
Read MoreThe United States Postal Service has announced it will lease a fuel cell vehicle from the General Motors Corp. to deliver mail in the Washington area.
Federal officials said the two-year agreement for the use of a GM minivan represents the first commercial application of a GM fuel cell vehicle within the United States.
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