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Sign up to become a marrow donor. You could save a
life.
Each year, more than 30,000 children and adults in
this country are diagnosed with leukemia, aplastic
anemia, various forms of cancer and other blood-
related diseases. For more than 22,000 of them, their
only hope for life is a marrow transplant.
In 1997, the Marrow Foundation asked the Postal
Service to help expand the National Marrow Donor
Registry. The Postal Service is America's most ethnically diverse employer and has a tradition of helping
the communities we serve.
The
Postal Service and 3M Corporation, are cosponsors of the "Delivering the
Gift of Life" campaign. The campaign's mission is to make marrow transplants
available to patients of all racial and socio-economic backgrounds.
Almost 12,000 Postal Service employees have joined
the Donor Registry so far. Most importantly, 25 have
made a gift of their life-saving bone marrow.
Currently,
there aren't enough marrow donor volunteers listed in the registry. Patients
of African- American or diverse ancestry are especially in need of donors. Of
the 4.8 million potential donors listed on the National Registry, less than
a fourth are African- American or of diverse descent.
The marrow donor campaign includes these districts
this year: Albuquerque, Alabama, Baltimore, Caribbean, Central New Jersey, Chicago, Cleveland,
Dallas, Detroit, Gateway, Greensboro, Honolulu,
Houston, Long Beach, Louisiana, New York, Northern New Jersey, Northern Virginia, Philadelphia,
Richmond, Rio Grande, San Diego, San Francisco,
San Jose, Santa Ana, South Georgia, South Florida,
Triboro, Van Nuys, Capital Metro, and New York Metro Area offices.
CSRS legislation moves ahead with
strong support in House, Senate
Legislation to correct the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) fund overpayment matter has been voted out
of the appropriate committees in both the House and
Senate with strong bipartisan support. The votes bring
the Postal Service a step closer to stabilizing rates for
customers.
In a statement USPS noted, "Full Congressional consideration and passage of this bill is important to any
business that uses the mail.
"It will keep the Postal Service from overpaying into
CSRS, thereby allowing postage rates to remain unchanged until 2006."
Without it, USPS said, the price of postage would be
needlessly inflated and put USPS's financial future at
risk. Postal Service ratepayers would ultimately be
forced to overpay into CSRS by $78 billion.
Stable postage rates also would be a big boost to the
bottom line of businesses that depend on the mail.
And, more than 100 mailing industry representatives
have voiced their support for this legislation.
Brentwood fumigation meets "no
growth" standard: Renovations
expected to begin
The lengthy and thorough process used in December to
exterminate anthrax spores at Washington, DC's, Curseen
and Morris (formerly Brentwood) P&DC has met all standards established for the fumigation process.
USPS Engineering VP Tom Day announced the results at the March Board of Governors meeting.
The Postal Service's goal was to see no growth of
anthrax spores. Day said that the results of thousands of environmental samples taken at the facility
since it was treated with chlorine dioxide gas have
met that standard.
This was confirmed by Dr. Vincent Nathan of DC's
Department of Health and co-chair of the independent Environmental Clearance Committee (ECC) established to review the test results following the
decontamination.
"I'm very pleased by the results," said Day. "USPS
worked extremely hard to identify the best technology
and processes to decontaminate the Curseen and
Morris P&DC. These efforts were worth it. The safety
of our employees and the people we serve demands
no less."
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Day said that USPS expects to soon have an official
okay from the ECC that will confirm the success of
the fumigation and allow USPS to move to the next
step - renovation of the facility.
As contract workers begin the renovation process,
environmental samples will continue to be gathered,
Day said. Those samples will be evaluated by the
ECC once the building is renovated and before a final
clearance is given to reoccupy the building, Day said.
Partners for progress: USPS, Hallmark
join forces to offer customers added
convenience
The Postal Service and Hallmark Gold Crown Stores are
joining forces to serve their mutual customers better.
Hallmark stores sell cards and gifts. USPS sells
stamps and mailing services. Customers can now do
their shopping and shipping at the same location.
"USPS and Hallmark Gold Crown are highly respected brands that customers know and trust," said
Chief Marketing Officer Anita Bizzotto. "This partnership is about expanding access, increasing customer
convenience and generating new revenue," - important Transformation Plan strategies.
Selected Hallmark Gold Crown stores will offer postage stamps, special services and package services.
Customers can send cards, letters and packages by
First-Class MailŪ and Priority MailŪ services up to 20
pounds.
Special services offered include Certified Mail,
Insured Mail, Return Receipt, Delivery ConfirmationTM and Signature ConfirmationTM service. USPS
employees will collect mail from the stores each day.
The partnership began Feb. 1 with 79 Hallmark Gold
Crown stores offering USPS products and services.
On March 1, 174 additional stores joined the fold.
More stores will be offering services as the year goes
on.
USPS wins crisis management award
The Postal Service has won PRWeek's coveted Crisis
Management Campaign of the Year 2003 award for successfully managing communication during the anthrax crisis. PMG Jack Potter accepted the award at a ceremony in
New York. "The challenge," PRWeek said, "was to restore
confidence and trust" in USPS. "The campaign," PRWeek said, "was a resounding success."
File your taxes. April 15 is fast
approaching.
The IRS appreciates our timely delivery of tax forms to
the American public. It also reminds Postal Service employees to comply with filing tax returns and paying any balances owed.
While the federal employee compliance rate is higher
than that of the general public, there's always room
for improvement.
What's more, section 661.66 of the ELM says "an
employee must pay each just financial obligation in a
proper and timely manner, especially one imposed by
law, such as federal, state or local taxes." Need help?
Go to www.irs.gov.
New semipostal this fall
The Postal Service will issue the Stop Family Violence stamp this fall. Priced at 45 cents, it will be the third semipostal stamp issued by the Postal Service.
The first two - the Breast Cancer Research stamp
and the Heroes of 2001 stamp - have raised millions for the two causes.
Funds from the Stop Family Violence semipostal,
minus the price of postage and administrative costs,
will be transferred to the Department of Health and
Human Services. The stamp design will be unveiled
later this year.
NEW MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTION
MI AS-860-2003-2, Data Stewardship: Data Sharing
Roles and Responsibilities, establishes the Postal Service's policy for defining the roles and responsibilities for
protecting the integrity of corporate data - whether
captured and maintained manually or by information
systems - and ensuring that such data can be shared
across the enterprise. This instruction applies to all business and technology organizations that create or use Postal Service corporate data.
Data is critical to the success of the Postal Service and
must be shared across organization boundaries as much
as possible. To support this requirement, each business
area that has source data must provide a responsible organization or individual to develop standards and usage rules
that will ensure data integrity and, at the same time, permit
data to be shared as widely as possible.
This MI replaces MI AS 830-93-4, Data Stewardship, and MI AS 830-93-8, Coordinating Access to Data from
National Information Systems.
MI AS-860-2003-2 is available on the Postal Service
PolicyNet Web site at http://blue.usps.gov/cpim; click on MIs.
- Enterprise Architecture and Standards
Information Technology, 3-20-03
The mailings below will be deposited in the near future.
Offices should honor the requested delivery dates.
Mailers wishing to participate in these alerts, for mailings of
1 million pieces or more, should contact Business Service
Network Integration at 703-292-4041 at least 1 month preceding the requested delivery dates. The Postal Service
also offers electronic Mail Alerts via ADVANCE. For more
information, see the ADVANCE Notification & Tracking
System Technical Guide on the Internet at http://www.ribbs.usps.gov/files/advance/ADVTECH.PDF or
contact the National Customer Support Center at
800-458-3181.
Title of Mailing |
Class and
Type of
Mail |
Requested
Delivery
Dates |
Number
of Pieces
(Millions) |
Distribution |
Presort Level |
Comments |
JCP Acquisition Media |
Standard/Catalog |
3/21/03-3/24/03 |
2.5 |
Nationwide |
Car-Rt |
Quebecorworld |
JCP Activation Media |
Standard/Catalog |
3/21/03-3/24/03 |
2.9 |
Nationwide |
Car-Rt |
Perry Judd |
JCP WO Acquisition Media |
Standard/Catalog |
3/21/03-3/24/03 |
1.0 |
Nationwide |
Car-Rt |
RRDonnelley |
Seventh Avenue |
Standard |
3/24/03-3/27/03 |
1.0 |
Nationwide |
Barcoded, Basic,
3/5 Digit, Car-Rt |
Quad Graphics,
Lomira, WI |
The Sportsman's Guide, April Main |
Standard/Catalog |
3/24/03-3/28/03 |
1.3 |
Nationwide |
3/5 Digit, Car-Rt |
Quad Graphics,
Lomira, WI |
Decision Magazine |
Standard/Flat |
3/24/03-3/29/03 |
1.1 |
Nationwide |
Barcoded, Basic,
3/5 Digit, Car-Rt |
Minneapolis, MN |
Hallmark Easter Postcard |
Standard/Letter |
3/24/03-4/4/03 |
6.0 |
Nationwide |
Barcoded, Basic,
3/5 Digit, Car-Rt |
Vertis, Chalfont,
PA |
JCP Sweet Sale |
Standard/Letter |
3/25/03-3/27/03 |
17.7 |
Nationwide |
Car-Rt |
Harte-Hanks |
Men's Health |
Standard/Flat |
3/28/03-3/30/03 |
1.0 |
Nationwide |
3/5 Digit, Car-Rt |
Rodale/American
Logistics Group |
JCP Late Spring Sale |
Standard/Catalog |
3/29/03-4/03/03 |
9.0 |
Nationwide |
Car-Rt |
Quebecorworld |
JCP Spring and Summer Sale |
Standard/Catalog |
3/29/03-4/03/03 |
7.0 |
Nationwide |
Car-Rt |
RRDonnelley |
Pottery Barn Kids |
Standard/Flat |
3/31/03-4/1/03 |
6.0 |
Nationwide |
3/5 Digit, Car-Rt |
Quad Graphics,
Hartford, WI |
JCP Anniversary Sale |
Standard/Flat |
4/1/03-4/3/03 |
24.0 |
Nationwide |
Car-Rt |
Harte-Hanks |
Hormone Connection |
Standard/Letter |
4/2/03-4/4/03 |
1.0 |
Nationwide |
3/5 Digit, Car-Rt |
Rodale/American
Logistics Group |
JCP Anniversary Catalog Sale |
Standard/Postcard |
4/3/03-4/5/03 |
7.0 |
Nationwide |
Car-Rt |
Harte-Hanks |
- Business Service Network Integration,
Service and Market Development, 3-20-03 |
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