Postal Bulletin 22112 (10-2-03)
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THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN OPEN SEASON & POSTALEASE, PAGE 24 PUBLISHED SINCE MARCH 4, 1880 PB 22112, October 2, 2003 R 2 POSTAL BULLETIN 22112 (10-2-03) CONTENTS The Postal Bulletin is also available on the World Wide Other Information Web at http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/pb.htm for Overseas Military Mail. 43 customers and at http://blue.usps.gov for employees. PS Form 6886, Thrift Savings Plan — Request for Retroactive Contributions . 49 Message From the Postmaster General and Deputy Thrift Savings Plan Open Season and PostalEASE Postmaster General: Hispanic Program . 3 Poster. 51 Columbus Day Posters. 53 USPSNEWS@WORK . 4 Veterans Day Posters. 55 Postal Bulletin Distribution. 57 Customer Relations Mail Alert. 6 Domestic Mail Licensing DMM Revision: FSM 1000 Redesignated as UFSM Memo From VP: 50 State Quarters Greetings from 1000. 7 America National Rollout. 59 DMM Revision: Parcel Return Services Experiment. 8 Notice — Postmasters, Supervisors, and Retail Associates: Revised Publication: DMM 100, A Customer’s Guide 50 State Quarters Greeting from America to Mailing . 17 Program. 60 New Publication: DMM 100-S, Guia para el consumidor Update: USPS Official Licensed Product Manufacturers de los servicios postales (A Customer’s Guide to and Distributors. 64 Mailing) . 18 Promotions. 66 Employees Philately New Poster: Poster 159 Shows Postal Service’s 2003 Commemorative Stamp Yearbook . 68 Zero-Tolerance Policy for Sexual Harassment. 19 The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps, 30th Edition. 68 Safety Talk: Protect Your Back — It’s Your Purple Heart Definitive Stamp Variety — How to Order Foundation. 20 the First Day of Issue Postmark. 70 Flexible Spending Accounts: You Deserve a Break Stamp Stock Items Withdrawn From Regular Sale and on Taxes. 22 From Sale at Philatelic Centers. 70 Thrift Savings Plan Open Season and PostalEASE . 24 Pictorial Cancellations Announcement. 72 Hurricane Helpers — Postal Employees’ Relief Fund Offers Employees a Chance to Help. 27 Post Offices FY2004 A/P Action Planner — Available From the The Postal Bulletin — Help Us Save Paper and Material Distribution Center. 78 Money . 28 Retail Finance What’s in Store. 79 Handbook F-1 Revision: Financial Reporting for Contract Postal Units. 29 Supply Management Retraction of DMM, POM, and Publication 122 Revisions: Manpower, Inc., National Contract. 86 Indemnity Claims for Domestic Mail. 30 Xerox Phaser 3400 Toner Cartridges. 86 2004 Year Type for Hand Stamps and Canceling Machines. 87 Pull-Out Section Postal Bulletin Index Semiannual Index. PB 22107 (7-24-03) Fraud Alert Withholding of Mail Orders. 31 Domestic Orders. 31 The Postal Bulletin is pub- Invalid Express Mail Corporate Account Numbers. 32 lished biweekly; information Missing, Lost, or Stolen U.S. Money Order Forms. 34 is effective for one year un- Missing, Lost, or Stolen Canadian Money Order less it changes a permanent Forms. 39 Counterfeit Canadian Money Order Forms. 42 directive or unless otherwise Toll-Free Number Available to Verify Canadian Money specified. Orders. 42 Recycled Paper Ordering Information: Following is the list of postal stock numbers (PSNs) to use when ordering copies of the Postal Bulletin from the MDC: PB 22112: 7690-05-000-5981 PB 22104: 7690-05-000-5973 PB 22097: 7690-05-000-5966 PB 22090: 7690-05-000-4855 PB 22111: 7690-05-000-5980 PB 22103: 7690-05-000-5972 PB 22096: 7690-05-000-5965 PB 22089: 7690-05-000-4854 PB 22110: 7690-05-000-5979 PB 22102: 7690-05-000-5971 PB 22095: 7690-05-000-5964 PB 22088: 7690-05-000-4853 PB 22109: 7690-05-000-5978 PB 22101: 7690-05-000-5970 PB 22094: 7690-05-000-4859 PB 22087: 7690-05-000-4852 PB 22108: 7690-05-000-5977 PB 22107: 7690-05-000-5976 PB 22100: 7690-05-000-5969 PB 22093: 7690-05-000-4858 PB 22086: 7690-05-000-4851 PB 22106: 7690-05-000-5975 PB 22099: 7690-05-000-5968 PB 22092: 7690-05-000-4857 PB 22085: 7690-05-000-4850 PB 22105: 7690-05-000-5974 PB 22098: 7690-05-000-5967 PB 22091: 7690-05-000-4856 PB 22084: 7690-05-000-4849 POSTAL BULLETIN 22112 (10-2-03) 3 4 POSTAL BULLETIN 22112 (10-2-03) USPSNEWS@WORK POSTAL HEROES: NALC recognizes five letter carriers Germantown, TN, Letter Carrier Rodger Parker saw a Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 is Network Operations Manage- truck veer off the road into a large lake and begin to sink. ment’s (NOM) fourth consecutive year of reducing ex- Water was rushing into the cab, trapping an elderly couple. penses below same period last year (SPLY). NOM will be The Navy veteran sprung into action and jumped into the approximately $300 million under plan for FY 2003. lake, along with two other people. All modes of transportation — air, highway, rail, and First, he freed the woman and took her to shore. “I water — are significantly below both plan and SPLY. climbed in the truck and told her to stay calm,” Parker told “The foundation of NOM’s success is improved trans- WREG-TV in Tennessee. “I undid her seat belt and I portation efficiencies,” said Network Operations Manage- climbed back out, put her on my shoulder and swam to ment V.P. Paul Vogel. The largest transportation dollar shore, 30 to 40 yards,” said Parker. contributor was air transportation with more than $100 mil- Then the 37-year-old Parker went back and rescued the lion under plan. Vogel said this was primarily due to better woman’s husband, who was trapped in the driver’s seat utilization of the FedEx network and a much more efficient with water up to his neck. The National Association of Let- Christmas network. ter Carriers (NALC) recently named Parker as the orga- Other cost-saving highlights: rail consolidations ac- nization’s National Hero of the Year. counted for another $40 million under plan. Mail transport The NALC also recognized four other letter carriers for equipment and the mail transport equipment service cen- their heroic efforts. Postmaster General Jack Potter praised ters — both fall within NOM’s responsibilities — were $100 the five honorees for their “selfless service” and thanked million under plan and SPLY, thanks to improved utilization, them for making Postal Servicet employees everywhere consolidation, and restraint. proud of the service that we provide to the nation. Network Operations Management’s cost reductions The other honorees are as follows: have come at the same time that the Postal Service has H Columbia, SC, Letter Carrier Elizabeth Myers was raised the bar on service — External First-Class measure r named Eastern Region Hero for attempting to save for First-Class Mail service hit a record-high 95 percent for the life of an elderly man and his daughter from a the second straight quarter in a row. “Efficiency and good burning house. service go hand in hand,” said Vogel. “We’re delivering for our customers, and we’re doing it more efficiently and at a H Alexandria, LA, Letter Carrier Lawrence Swain was lower cost.” named Central Region Hero for saving the life of a driver in a fiery accident. The plan also includes further reductions of 25 million employee workhours. Since 1999, the Postal Service has H Sherman Oaks, CA, Letter Carrier Richard Reimer reduced total workhours by a cumulative 512 million, the was named Western Region Hero for capturing a equivalent of $13 billion in savings. Strasser also said that purse-snatcher who assaulted a woman. He also tes- the financial plan would enable the Postal Service to fully tified in court, which led to the conviction of the as- recover all prior years’ losses with projected net incomes sailant and an accomplice. this fiscal year and in FY 2004, capturing $6 billion since H San Jose, CA, Letter Carrier Marilyn Bonacorso re- the start of FY 2003. ceived the Special Carrier Alert Rescue Award for saving the life of an elderly man on her route after he DELIVER ME HOME: USPS announces failed to pick up his mail for several days. new program to help find missing SERVICE UP, COSTS DOWN: NOM children delivers with improved efficiencies A new joint effort is underway to locate America’s miss- ing children. It’s called the Deliver Me Home Network — Transportation is leading the way — not only in helping USPSr, the Postal Inspection Service, and the National the Postal Service achieve record-breaking service, but Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) are also in cutting costs. combining resources and coordinating efforts to find Ameri- ca’s missing children quickly and return them safely home. POSTAL BULLETIN 22112 (10-2-03) 5 Need more information? Go to www.usps.com/ USPSNEWS@WORK postalinspectors. Here’s how it works: once a NCMEC “Team Adam” rep- POTTER TO FORUM: Let’s work resentative receives a law enforcement request about a together to make Postal Service better missing child, fliers containing critical identifying informa- tion are printed and disseminated by USPS in the local Postmaster General (PMG) Jack Potter, addressing the area. The fliers are displayed at local Post Officest, and recent National Postal Forum in Kansas City, MO, stressed letter carriers deliver them to mailboxes in a targeted ZIP that USPS and mailers need to work together to move the Code. Postal Service forward in the 21st century. The national program got its start in Northport, AL, when Potter said USPS’s efforts at improving service and cut- letter carriers delivered more than 16,000 fliers to help ting costs paid off during Fiscal Year 2003, which just search for an 11-year-old girl, who had been missing since ended. “Overnight First-Class Mail service, as measured by Aug.