National Consumer Protection Week

On Tuesday, March 5, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service Miami Division set up a display in the Miami General Mail Facility (GMF) Finance Unit lobby and shared information on frauds targeting veterans. From left, Postal Inspector Bryan Masmela, Miami Division Inspector In Charge Antonio “Tony” Gomez, Postal Inspector Ivan Ramirez, Postal Inspector Vivian Guerrero, Postal Inspection Service Operations Technician Yahaira Negron, Postal Inspector Yessenia Vargas, Postal Police Captain Nancy Petrofsky, and Postal Police Officer Diego Rendon. Photo: Robert LaTorre

 

At the Miami GMF Finance Unit, Postal Inspector Yessenia Vargas (left) and Postal Inspection Service Operations Technician Yahaira Negron (right) addressed customers' concerns and offered consumer information and fraud prevention tips.  Photo: Ivan Ramirez

 

The Miami Division also participated in a National Consumer Protection Week activity at the Fort Lauderdale Main Office on Thursday, March 7. From left, Postal Police Officer Craig Clarit, Postal Inspector Otto Fernandez, Postal Inspector Yessenia Vargas, Acting Inspection Service Operations Technician Valerie Spellman, Postal Inspector Bryan Masmela, Postal Inspector Ivan Ramirez, and Inspector In Charge of the Miami Division Antonio “Tony” Gomez. Photo: Kelly Worthman

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FSA Carry Over Deadlines

Both health care and limited care Flexible Spending Accounts allow you to carry over as much as $500 into 2019. If you have more than $500 in your account, the unused funds that aren’t carried over will be forfeited after April 30.

To be eligible to carry over funds, you must meet certain requirements, such as being re-enrolled in your account for 2019. 

If you have a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, it does not allow carryover funds. However, you can continue to spend your 2018 funds until Friday, March 15. Make sure you submit all eligible expenses incurred through this deadline; funds remaining in your account after April 30 will be forfeited.


The FSA Feds site has more information. Additionally, FSA Feds benefits counselors are available weekdays from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. EDT at 877-372-3337 (TTY: 866-353-8058).

USPS Announces Three New Stamps

The Postal Service has announced three more stamp releases for 2019:

 

• Sesame Street, which will honor the influential and beloved children’s television series. Each of the 16 stamps will each feature a different Muppet from the show: Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Rosita, The Count, Oscar the Grouch, Abby Cadabby, Herry Monster, Julia, Guy Smiley, Snuffleupagus, Elmo, Telly, Grover and Zoe. Images of nine of the characters appear on the right side of the pane.

• Tyrannosaurus Rex, a pane of 16 stamps that will feature four designs: a face-to-face encounter with a T. rex approaching through a forest clearing; the same young adult T. rex with a young Triceratops (both dinosaurs are shown in fossil form); a newly hatched T. rex covered with downy feathers; and a bare-skinned juvenile T. rex chasing a primitive mammal.

• Spooky Silhouettes, an autumn release that will feature four digital illustrations in which traditional Halloween motifs are rendered as black silhouettes in backlit windows.

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Klegin is SMDO at Royal Palm P&DC

Manager, Post Office Operations, Area 7, Louis Klegin (above) has been promoted to Senior Manager, Distribution Operations at the Royal Palm Processing and Distribution Center in Opa-locka. He had been detailed to this position since November 2018.

In his new position, Klegin is responsible for 916 employees who process 376 million pieces of mail annually.

Klegin joined the U.S. Postal Service as a Letter Carrier in Sheboygan, WI, in 1995, after serving 11 years in the U.S. Navy. In 1997, he transferred to Spokane, WA, and joined the managerial ranks, first as a delivery supervisor and then as a station manager.

In 2007, Klegin was promoted to EAS-21 Station Manager in Killeen, TX.  Two years later, he was appointed as the EAS-22 Postmaster in Round Rock, TX. In 2014, he was selected as EAS-24 Postmaster in Port Saint Lucie FL. In 2016, Klegin was selected as an Engagement Ambassador for USPS Headquarters and facilitated the Employee Engagement Program to EAS employees throughout the Southern Area. In 2017, Klegin was promoted to EAS-25 Manager, Post Office Operations, Area 7, South Florida District. 

Throughout his career, Klegin accepted detail assignments to Manager, Post Office Operations covering Central/North Texas and then in Columbus, GA. He also was acting Plant Manager, El Paso, TX, P&DC. 

Klegin has completed the U.S. Postal Service’s Management Leadership Program (MLP) and Advanced Leadership Program (ALP). He also is a Corporate Succession Planning (CSP) candidate.

“Please join me in officially welcoming Lou to his new position and in wishing him continued success in his postal career,” said Acting Senior Plant Manager Juan Gonzalez.

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