Mail services being restored where possible and safe to do so, displaced customers need to file change of address.

POTTER TO AMERICA:

Mail services being restored where possible and safe to do so, displaced customers need to file change of address, displaced employees are asked to call in

Mail service continues to be restored in the Gulf Coast area hit by Hurricane Katrina where conditions allow and it is safe to do so, USPS urges displaced customers to file a change of address so the Postal Service can forward their checks, medicine and other important mail. And displaced employees are being asked to let us know their whereabouts so we can get paychecks and important job-related information to them.

That was the message PMG Jack Potter gave America yesterday in a CNN interview with news anchor Kyra Phillips.

The Postmaster General and each District Manager also sent a Newsbreak yesterday to each district asking employees if they know the whereabouts of any displaced employees temporarily sheltering in their districts to urge those employees to contact the Postal Service by calling 1-877-477-3273.

USPS also continues its efforts to get displaced residents to file a change-of-address so we can forward their mail to them wherever they are. The Postal Service is urging residents through the media to go online if they have Internet access to usps.com to change their address, call 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777) or go to their nearest Post Office and fill out a change-of-address form.

The Postal Service has been able to deliver thousands of Social Security checks at special pickup locations to people in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area as of yesterday.