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RIF date for POStPlan Postmasters extended until February (1/6/2015)
POStPlan postponed: 3,200 postmasters get a reprieve (5/22/2014)
POStPlan implementation: 9,000 post offices downgraded, 4,000 to go, RIF's coming (3/23/2014)
POStPlan implementation 60 percent done: Hours reduced at over 8,000 post offices
A Complaint gives the PRC another crack at POStPlan
POStPlan Implementation: 5,600 offices under review, hours to be reduced at 500 on November 17
POST Plan meetings: Over 1500 scheduled already, more coming
Consternation and confusion: Putting POStPlan in Place
POStPlan implementation: The surveys go out, the trouble begins
Trouble ahead: The PRC gives POStPlan a green light
The Road to POStPlan: Breaking down the postmaster retirement numbers
Another POStPlan office hit with suspension, gets the fifth option
"A half-vast plan": A postmaster comments on POStPlan
Revised POStPlan list with APOs
A day with Mr. Day: Cross-examining POStPlan at the PRC
Coming soon to a post office near you: The POStPlan implementation schedule
Reducing hours at post offices: A history of transparency problems
Thousands of postmasters head for the exit, others play musical chairs
Opportunity knocks: The Postal Service invites postmasters to replace themselves
OopsPlan: The Postal Service forgets to count PMRs
The PRC wants your opinion on POStPlan, but does the Postal Service want the PRC's?
POStPlan: Estimating post office revenues
POStPlan: How to save $500 million without really trying
POStPlan: New lists, maps, financials, and more
How the West was won: The PMG’s trip to Montana
What are people for? (by Mark Jamison)
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse: The Postal Service's new plan for the post office
Avalanche averted: Postal Service backs off plan to close thousands of post offices
Lists, Tables, Maps
POStPlan (Fusion table with map)
POStPlan with all USPS facilities (Fusion table with map)
POStPlan offices under suspension
POStPlan office removed from RAOI
POStPlan offices removed from RAOI (Fusion table)
Revenue Estimates (spreadsheet)
Revenue Estimates (Fusion table)
Financial Analysis (spreadsheet; multiple sheets)
USPS Summary (spreadsheet; abridged with financial data only)
USPS materials
Original list of affected offices (pdf)
Excel version of original list (download)
Summary Spreadsheet (download)
USPS Summary (Google Doc, abridged with financial data only)
Average Annual Retail Revenue for FY 2011 (spreadsheet)
PPT Presentation (May 9, 2012)
Press release (May 9, 2012)
Background / Overview (May 2012)
Postal Regulatory Commission
Request for an Advisory Opinion
Testimony of Jeffrey Day for USPS
Transcript of cross-examination of Mr. Day
Library References
Average Post Office Walk-In Revenue
NAPUS and the League of Postmasters
POStPlan Q&As, FAQ, and other fact sheets (combines several fact sheets)
Media & Misc.
"Post Office Hour Reductions, Called a 'Win-Win,' Feel More Like a Lose-Lose," Time Magazine (May 2012)
"The Postal Service drops plans to close thousands of Post Offices," USA Today (May 2012)
" Postal Service Holds Back on Closings," NY Times (May 9, 2012)
