USPS boasts a 91.4% on-time score for First Class Mail, but that's less than the pre-pandemic, pre-DeJoy average (92%) and less than the 95% target USPS said it would achieve under the new service standards — and this is with 40% of FC mail taking one or two more days.
As the busiest mailing and shipping season begins, the U.S. Postal Service reported new service delivery performance metrics showing strong service performance.
The PRC has rejected a proposal by UPS to change how the USPS determines peak-season costs. UPS wanted more costs allocated to packages, which would lead to a price increase on shipping services. Amazon, the Parcel Shippers Assoc. and USPS were opposed. https://www.prc.gov/docs/120/120278/Order%20No.%206048.pdf
#OTD #OTDPostal Nov. 29, 1832, Novelist and feminist Louisa May Alcott is born. She's honored on a stamp in 1940, as is Little Women (in 1993), in which the March girls create a "Post Office" — "a capital little institution" that "flourished wonderfully."
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Is it DeEnd for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy? Sure looks like it via @SunTimes
Is it DeEnd for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy? Sure looks like it
President Biden seeks to replace two DeJoy loyalists on the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, making it like...
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The perfect gift for postal people this holiday season: The Postlandia 2022 Calendar of Post Offices and Places, celebrating a dozen photogenic and historic post offices from around the U.S., by post office photographer extraordinaire Evan Kalish.
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Questions asked by U.S. Sen. Mark Warner about USPS mail delays in Charlottesville VA — and the staffing and management issues behind them — remain unanswered. via @dailyprogress
Questions about local USPS management and staffing remain unanswered
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#OTD #OTDPostal Nov. 28, 1970, The first group of Postmasters, 51 men and 32 women, is appointed based on merit alone after the Postal Reorganization Act ends political considerations in appointments.
Register for a free on-line event. Ralph Nader in convo with the author of a new book on the corporate threat to the USPS. @chris_w_shaw @CityLightsBooks @RalphNader
Christopher W. Shaw in Conversation with Ralph Nader
Celebrating the release of First Class, which investigates the essential role that the postal system plays in American democracy.
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