Reforming the Postal Service so It Delivers What People Need

Preparing for privatization, rural service reduced under USPS revised delivery standards

The changes, described by management as necessary for “efficiency,” will extend delivery times for millions of residents, particularly in rural areas, as USPS seeks to eliminate trucking routes and consolidate processing operations to slash labor and transportation costs.

Congress must act to help new postmaster general pull USPS back from brink

The United States Postal Service is on the brink of a self-induced collapse. The failed policies of the Delivering for America Plan have driven away customers through a combination of sky-high rate increases and degraded service. David Steiner, who will…

NNA fights back against two postage increases a year, and has some other comments for the PRC

The Postal Service should only be permitted to raise postage rates annually, the National Newspaper Association told the Postal Regulatory Commission.

Reforming the postal service so it delivers what people need

Prepare for longer mail delays

It appears the United States Postal Service is planning to deliver another blow to rural America. Hopefully it is not a knock out punch but it is getting harder to adapt to the service reductions. It appears the service is primed to get worse and service to our rural communities will be slowed even more. It appears the postal service has or will be implementing in the near future a change that...

New U.S. Postal Service Standards Leads to Snail Mail Delivery Delays

The headline for a news article in a 1942 issue of the Lowell Sun about slow mail delivery referred to the carrier service as ‘snail mail’. Recent changes in United States Postal Service standards have many postal customers, including Minden…