The RTO ends afternoon collections at three-fourths of the nation’s post offices, adding another day to delivery times for their outgoing mail and packages.
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
Washington Post: President Donald Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially throwing the 250-year-old mail provider and trillions of dollars of ecommerce transactions into turmoil. Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as this week to fire the members of the Postal … Read More
DeJoy announces plans to step down as USPS postmaster general
Federal News Network: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is planning to step down from his role, and is calling on the Postal Service Board of Governors to start looking for his successor. DeJoy, in a letter dated Monday, told the USPS Board of Governors to begin searching for a new postmaster general. DeJoy took office in June 2020. “While there remains much … Read More
GAO: Reviews of Proposed Facility Consolidation Costs Could More Robustly Analyze Risks
The U.S. Postal Service is consolidating some of its mail processing facilities. Before doing so, USPS must give public notice of the proposed changes and provide information on how the changes will affect costs, employees, and mail service. But we found that USPS’s process for estimating the costs of these changes doesn’t align with best practices we considered. For example, … Read More
PRC finds Delivering for America has significant problems, urges USPS to reconsider its plan
Yesterday the Postal Regulatory Commission issued its Advisory Opinion on the Postal Service’s Delivering for America plan. The Commission found that the DFA has significant problems, especially in rural areas, and it urges the Postal Service to reconsider the DFA. Below are the PRC Press Release, its list of recommendations, a FAQ page issued by the Commission, and a list … Read More