NORTHERN VIRGINIA — We know you’re busy. That’s why the U. S. Postal Service is delivering in new ways, making it easier for you to access our products and services.

You can take care of personal or small business mailing needs from your home computer using the new USPS.com. Right away you’ll notice a simple navigation that assists you with shipping packages, printing labels with postage and scheduling free package pickup. You can buy stamps, order free Priority Flat Rate Boxes, find a ZIP Code, track and confirm a package, manage your mail — change address or place a hold — and take care of shipping needs for your small business. In short, you can skip a trip to the Post Office.

For your household or small business needs, USPS.com is a great on-line, in time, place to be. The new USPS.com – delivering in new ways. www.usps.com

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Please Note: For broadcast quality video and audio, photo stills and other media resources, visit the USPS Newsroom at www.usps.com/news.

A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $67 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.