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The Post Office Department was the former name of the United States Postal Service when it was a Cabinet department. It was headed by the United States Postmaster General.
The Postal Service Act signed by President George Washington on February 20, 1792 established the Department.
During the Civil War, postal services in the Confederacy were provided by the Confederate Post-office Department, headed by Postmaster General John Henninger Reagan.
The Postal Reorganization Act signed by President Richard Nixon on August 12, 1970, replaced the cabinet-level Post Office Department with the government-owned corporation, the United States Postal Service. The Act took effect on July 1, 1971.
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Wilton Post Office to hold 'Passport Day' Feb. 24
Wilton Bulletin - Feb 12 8:28 AM Recent changes in federal law require that any person traveling to destinations outside the United States, including Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean, will need a passport.Save
State-owned Taiwan firms drop China from names
CNN.com - Feb 11 11:19 PM TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) -- Taiwan's post office and petroleum companies formally dropped China from their names on Monday, despite a rebuke from the United States, which sees the move as potentially upsetting the island's status quo with China.Save
Chelsea post office seeks 'anti-squish' solution Facility's just too small, postmaster says
The Ann Arbor News - Feb 08 7:48 AM For the third time in about 15 years, the United States Postal Service is looking for a new home for Chelsea's post office. The Postal Service is looking for a minimum of 5,500 square feet in a building on a lot of about 36,900 square feet, which can also accommodate about 60 parking spaces.Save
Chamber stamps valentines at post office
Community Press & Recorder - Feb 07 10:40 AM The Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce, its members and Valentine Ladies will host a table at the Loveland branch of the United States Post Office again this year to stamp Valentine cards with its special cachet and sell the Chamber's unique Valentine cards.Save
Taiwan's Central Bank and State Firms Drop `China' From Names
Bloomberg.com - 9 minutes ago Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Taiwan has changed the names of its central bank and three state-run companies as part of a policy to boost Taiwan's profile, a move that's sure to provoke China and annoy the United States.Save
Post Offices open today to process passports
Observer-Dispatch - Feb 10 11:06 PM Attention spring breakers! Because of new federal rules, anyone traveling by airplane between the United States and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean or Bermuda must present a valid passport.Save
After fire at post office, Gabriels residents petition for fear new one may be in Paul Smiths
Adirondack Daily Enterprise - Feb 06 1:36 PM GABRIELS The Brighton Town Board is circulating petitions to the United States Postal Service requesting that the Gabriels post office be either rebuilt or relocated in Gabriels after a fire Jan. 30. The action is in response to fears that the Postal Service might shift the Gabriels customers to Paul Smiths.Save
Post offices to hold area passport fairs
Manassas Journal Messenger - Feb 09 9:01 AM United States post offices in the Prince William area as well as the rest of Northern Virginia want to make it a bit easier for residents to get passports.Save
PAKISTAN: Editor of The Post dies
AsiaMedia - Feb 12 11:46 AM Islamabad --- Editor of The Post Adnan Shahid, 37, died of a heart attack in London. He left behind a widow -- Humaira Awais Shahid, who is a member of the Punjab Assambly -- a son and two daughters.Save
Putin accuses U.S. of making world unsafe
Contra Costa Times - Feb 11 3:25 AM Russian President Vladimir Putin, in some of his harshest criticism of the United States since he took office seven years ago, said Saturday that Washington's unilateral, militaristic approach had made the world a more dangerous place than at any time during the Cold War.Save
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