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Mobile Mail-Screening Station
A Mobile Mail-Screening Station is a highly specialized, self-propelled facility designed to screen mail for the presence of explosive devices and to deter people from sending chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons through the mail, specifically to certain special events. Mobile Mail-Screening Stations are operated by the United States Postal Inspection Service. Description The Mobile Mail-Screening Station was designed by the United States Postal Services' Technical Services Division. Each unit is a tractor and trailer combination containing eight compartmentalized areas that house specialized mail screening equipment. This includes: the GID-3 ambient air monitoring system for the detection of industrial toxins and chemical warfare agents, the HI-SCAN 7555i X-ray Inspection System to scan packages and letters for the presence of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), Smiths Detection HazMatID for the identification of "unknown powders, liquids, pastes and gels" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USPS MMSS 2007
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U.S., including its insular areas and associated states. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the U.S. Constitution. The USPS, as of 2021, has 516,636 career employees and 136,531 non-career employees. The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress, when Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general; he also served a similar position for the colonies of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Post Office Department was created in 1792 with the passage of the Postal Service Act. It was elevated to a cabinet-level department in 1872, and was transformed by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 into the U.S. Postal Service as an independent agency. Since the early 1980s, many di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
