{"id":780,"date":"2013-05-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postscanmail.com\/usps-goes-above-and-beyond-secure-federal-mail.html\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T05:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T12:24:17","slug":"usps-goes-above-and-beyond-secure-federal-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.postscanmail.com\/blog\/usps-goes-above-and-beyond-secure-federal-mail.html","title":{"rendered":"USPS Goes Above and Beyond To Secure Federal Mail","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
The Washington Post published an article<\/a> last month on the U.S. Postal Service’s screening process to check for pathogens in mail sent to Congress and federal agencies. Emily Chow and Cristina Rivero included a step-by-step process on how each piece of mail is screened for biological agents.<\/p>\n The process starts out with a machine, the size of an office copier, taking periodic air samples to track for biological agents. Next, USPS takes the mail to a New Jersey irradiation facility operated by Sterigenics, a company known for its medical sterilization equipment. The mail is then heated to temperatures often exceeding 150 degrees. Finally, large containers holding first-class mail is scanned by a high-energy electron beam or X-rays, killing potentially harmful biological agents such as anthrax.<\/p>\n But how is everyone else’s mail secured?<\/strong><\/p>\n The USPS has posted details<\/a> on how to keep incoming and outgoing mail safe and secure. This also includes x-ray scanning of mail at larger facilities, restricting drivers (rest areas) to an area that is separate from the production\/mail center facilities and using video cameras inside and outside the facility\/docks.<\/p>\n Of course, general postal mail isn’t under the same surveillance as federal mail, but the USPS has stepped up their security ever since the anthrax scare more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n Rest assured, since PostScan Mail takes extra special care of your mail, it adds to the security already provided by the United States Postal Service.<\/p>\n Do you think your mail needs even more security? Add a comment and tell us how you think America’s mail should be handled.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"