Washington Post: Top U.S. Postal Service officials are considering plans to allow slower mail delivery in the coming months for long-distance and rural service to cut costs at the financially troubled agency — but not until after the election. The changes would give customers within 50 miles of the Postal Service’s largest processing facilities faster delivery service, which accounts for … Read More
USPS to open RPDC in Phoenix in a new leased property
The Phoenix Business Journal is reporting that the Postal Service will open a new Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Phoenix later this year. The Phoenix RPDC is located in a 450,260-square-feet building in the the Fairway Commerce Center at 12250 W. Corporative Drive in Avondale, a suburb west of Phoenix. The Postal Service has signed a 10-year lease, April … Read More
USPS OIG finds problems in S&DC rollout
The Postal Service has put a hold on consolidating processing facilities, but it has not paused the creation of Sorting & Delivery Centers and the relocation of letter carriers. A few days ago, the Postal Service held open houses for nine new S&DCs that will take 600 carrier routes from 26 “spoke” post offices. In September, 15 more S&DCs are … Read More
Postal regulator directs USPS to request an advisory opinion on DFA or to show cause why it won’t
Tensions between the Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission are intensifying. On Friday, the Commission issued an order directing the Postal Service to file a request for an advisory opinion on Delivering for America or to show cause as to why an advisory opinion is not warranted. (The order can be found on the PRC website here.) It’s been … Read More
The mail slows down, again
As you have probably noticed from personal experience and reading the news, the Postal Service is having a difficult time delivering on time. Mail and packages are delayed for days, even weeks, sometimes never arriving at all. For its part, postal management often seems unresponsive to complaints, and they have even refused to participate in town meetings with elected officials … Read More
