The United States Postal Services is an independent government agency charged with providing public mail services. Founded in 1775 under the direction of none other than Benjamin Franklin during the Second Continental Congress, positions in the US Postal Service have historically been a distinguished honor. The Post Mater General was actually included as a member of the Presidential cabinet and numbered in the presidential line of succession.
The Post Master is no longer included in the presidential line of succession, but the dignity and prestige inherent in a career within the US Postal Service remains. By employing over 650,000 workers and 260,000 vehicles, the US Postal service is second only to the Wal-Mart Corporation as the largest civilian employer in the United States, as well as the operator of the largest civilian vehicle fleet in the world.
One defining feature of the USPS is their commitment to providing all American citizens with the same, uniform quality mailing services, at the same standard pricing, regardless of geography or weather conditions. Many other parcel and delivery services reserve the right to adjust pricing and services available based on a variety of factors.
The postal uniform worn by employees of the United States Postal Service has become an American icon and is as recognized around the world as are police and military uniforms. The classic gray and steel blue combinations with the symbol of our nation's bird, the bald eagle, embroidered over the breast pocket have appeared in movies, TV shows, and as Halloween costumes.
Postal uniforms have become such a well known and recognized constant in American culture that designing a new postal uniform was among the challenges issued to competing designers on the first season of the hit reality competition show Project Runway. Each competing designer was given a budget of $100 USD and one day to design a new postal uniform. United States Postal Service worker Becky Negich served as a guest judge to help select the winning design.
In a statement issued by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006 the Court noted: "Each day, according to the Government's submissions here, the United States Postal Service delivers some 660 million pieces of mail to as many as 142 million delivery points." The USPS reportedly operates nearly 33,000 post offices and locations in the US, however in August of 2009 the Postal Regulatory Commission announced that they were considering closing about 1,000 of those locations to save money as the postal system is suffering, largely due to competition from email and other modes of digital communication.
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United States Uniform Company (http://www.usuniforms.com/) a Kansas City, Missouri based firm, is the largest catalog internet supplier in the postal uniform business. Art Gib is a freelance writer.Distributed by Content Crooner
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