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Informed Delivery: How Does It Work?

You hear a lot about Informed Delivery these days, but do you understand how the mail notification feature works — and why it’s important?

• Informed Delivery bridges the digital and physical. The free feature allows users to digitally preview their incoming mail and manage their packages — wherever, whenever — from computers, tablets and mobile devices.

• One word: Convenience. Informed Delivery users receive email notifications containing images of the outside of incoming letter-size mailpieces that will soon arrive in their physical mailboxes. These images are also accessible on the Informed Delivery online dashboard and mobile app.

• Informed Delivery allows users to track packages, too. If USPS Tracking is available for an incoming package, a consumer can view the delivery status in their Informed Delivery emails. Additionally, they can manage notifications and schedule redelivery from the Informed Delivery dashboard.

• Businesses can add interactive content to Informed Delivery emails. When a consumer clicks on this content, he or she will be taken to the company’s website to receive offers, coupons or to learn more about the firm’s products and services.

• Informed Delivery has more than 11 million users. The feature is available to residential consumers and PO Box residential customers. USPS employees can sign up at informeddelivery.usps.com. Sign-up is voluntary and must be completed off the clock.     

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Saving Your Sick Leave in Haverhill

Haverhill Branch Manager, Customer Services John Pinto (second from right) and Manager, Post Office Operations Gilberto Vega (far left) stand #Postal Proud with Letter Carriers and Sales and Services Associates who used the least amount of sick leave hours in Quarter 2 within the West Palm Beach area. The Haverhill Team achieved a 2.82% and a year-to-date total of 3.67%.

 

All employees agreed that understanding the importance of having sick leave in time of need is what it’s all about!

 

Photo: West Palm Beach Customer Relations Coordinator Gayle Jones

Updating Your Contact Information

It's hurricane season, and USPS wants to have the current mailing address for all employees. If there is a hurricane or a tropical storm, your manager or supervisor will want to check on your well-being.

If you need to update your information, five methods are available:

• LiteBlue. Use any computer to go to liteblue.usps.gov and enter your employee identification number and password. Select the “Change of Address” option in the rotating carousel in the center of the page. Select “edit” to make changes.

• Blue. Use a postal computer to go to blue.usps.gov, select “Log On” near the upper right-hand corner of the page and enter your ACE identification and password. Select the “My Life” tab. Under the “My Profile” heading, select “Address/Phone” and make changes.

• Employee Kiosks. If your facility has an employee self-service kiosk, go to the main page and select the “Present Job Info/Change of Address” tab to make edits.

• Telephone. Call the Human Resources Shared Service Center (HRSSC) at 877-477-3273 and select option 5. Before you can make edits, you’ll need to validate your identity with your employee identification number and USPS personal identification number.

• Mail. Send PS Form 1216, Employee’s Current Mailing Address, to: HRSSC, Benefits/Compensation, PO Box 970400, Greensboro, NC 27497-0400. 

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WPB Passport Fair is Sat, August 25

Does your vacation destination require a passport? 

Start your journey with a trip to the Passport Fair at the West Palm Beach Main Office at 3200 Summit Blvd on Saturday, August 25, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. No appointments. 

Employee participation will be an off-the-clock activity.

U.S. citizens must present a valid Passport Book when entering or re-entering the United States by air. U.S. citizens entering the United States from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda at land borders and sea ports of entry must present a Passport Book, Passport Card or other travel documents approved by the U.S. government.

How to Prepare for the Passport Application Process:

•  A completed application (form is available at usps.com/passport but do not sign it until the passport clerk instructs you to do so).  

•  Remember that everyone, including newborn infants, is required to obtain a passport in his or her own name. For children under age 16, the consent of both parents/ guardians is required. 
•  Proof of identity (a valid permanent state driver’s license, a government ID or military ID, previous passport, Certificate of Citizenship or Naturalization Certificate)
•  Proof of U.S. citizenship (previous passport, original or certified birth certificate issued from the state with a raised, embossed, impressed, or multi-colored seal and registrar’s signature and date of certificate filing)
•  Two official passport photos (available at the Passport Fair for $15)
•  Social Security Number

The U.S. Department of State fees vary according to age and type. The fee(s) must be made by money order, check, bank draft, or cashier’s check made payable to the U.S. Department of State; debit and credit card payment is not available. The Passport Book fee for under age 16 is $80; for age 16 and older is $110. The Passport Card fee for under age 16 is $15, and for age 16 and older is $30. In addition, all acceptance agencies, including the Postal Service, charge a processing fee of $35 per application. A debit or credit card may be used in addition to cash, money order, or check made payable to the Postal Service. 

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