The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) proposed revising its mailing standards to say that a machine-applied postmark date 'does not inherently or necessarily align' with the date a mailpiece was first accepted by the Postal Service.
October 23, 2025
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temporal
USPS regulatory proposal clarifies that a machine-applied postmark may not definitively indicate the acceptance date of a mailed item.
As part of its reorganization around regional processing and distribution centers, the U.S. Postal Service has reduced pickup frequency in areas located more than 50 miles from those centers, which can result in first-class mail not being processed until the day after it was collected.
October 23, 2025
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temporal
Operational changes to USPS pickup and processing schedules can create a lag between when mail is dropped off and when it is processed and postmarked.
The U.S. Postal Service recommends that customers who want a postmark date that aligns with the date they mailed an item should visit a Postal Service retail location and request a manual postmark at the counter, which the Postal Service provides free of charge.
October 23, 2025
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temporal
Manual counter postmarks are an offered service to ensure the postmark date matches the customer's mailing date.
The U.S. Postal Service has forensic capabilities that can determine the geographic origin of mailed items.
October 10, 2025
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forensic
Describes a capability of the U.S. Postal Service used in investigations of mailed items.
Census operations have explored using U.S. Postal Service mail carriers to conduct or assist with in-person census interviews at field test sites.
October 06, 2025
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procedural
An operational approach considered for conducting interviews during census tests.
A 2025 Gallup poll found that 66% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning voters approved of the U.S. Postal Service and 52% approved of NASA.
September 16, 2025
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temporal
Partisan approval levels showing which agencies retained majority support among Democrats in 2025.
A court complaint filed by Google alleges that, from July 2023 through October 2024, the Lighthouse network created or used 32,094 distinct phishing websites that mimicked the U.S. Postal Service.
October 31, 2024
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statistic
Alleged scale of phishing sites impersonating a major U.S. government-related service over a defined period.
Google estimated that phishing sites mimicking the U.S. Postal Service could compromise between 12.7 million and 115 million U.S. credit cards for the period from July 2023 through October 2024.
October 31, 2024
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statistic
Range estimate attributed to Google about potential credit-card compromises tied to phishing sites over a specific timeframe.