White House Issues Executive Order to Review Postal Finances, Pricing, Policies and Workforce Costs April 12, 2018- President Trump issued an Executive Order to form a task force charged with evaluating the finances of the U.S. Postal Service including pricing, policies and workforce costs. The White House reports that the Task Force will be comprised […]
4/12/2018 Today, President Trump issued an executive order (viewable here) to form a task force charged with evaluating the finances of the U.S. Postal Service including pricing, policies and workforce costs. The task force has been instructed to regularly consult with the postmaster general and chair of the Postal Regulatory Commission, and will be comprised […]
4/12/2018 Statement on Executive Order Establishing the Task Force on the United States Postal System The Postal Service serves a vital role for American commerce and the American people, as we have for over 240 years. Congress structured the Postal Service to pay for our universal retail, processing and delivery network entirely through the sale […]
4/12/2018 WASHINGTON (AP) – After weeks of railing against online shopping giant Amazon, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday creating a task force to study the United States Postal System. In the surprise move, Trump said that USPS is on “an unsustainable financial path” and “must be restructured to prevent a taxpayer-funded bailout.” […]
President Trump’s nominees for the USPS Board of Governors could shape future of the contract; Gillian Turner reports from Washington.
President Trump has argued in recent days that the U.S. Postal Service has lost a fortune delivering Amazon packages at a discount. However, some of the agency’s problems might lie with the president. The top planning and oversight board at the Postal Service has been unable to meet and consider matters such as the agency’s […]
Investigators say a postal worker suspected of stealing gift cards has been caught in the act opening mail — hours after an exclusive NBC 5 Responds report. That same employee is also suspected of stealing $500 in gift cards that a Lincolnshire grandmother mailed to her granddaughters last August. Postal authorities made the discovery after […]
While it is clear that the intended target was Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos (who is also owner of The Washington Post), what is less clear is the reason for the sudden interest in the pricing of packages. It’s probably because of recent media attention resulting from a policy campaign by the United Parcel Service (UPS). […]
President Donald J Trump has turned his daily rant toward USPS: Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE! — Donald […]
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A Sacramento resident is crying foul after a woman delivering packages for Amazon allegedly did her business in the street in front of the woman’s home. And the act was caught on video. Around 3 p.m. Thursday, the woman, who works for a third-party delivery company, drove up to Nemy Bautista’s home […]