May 27, 2015 (U.S. Senate) – As the U.S. Postal Service continues to face a budgetary shortfall, Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) want better postal data so policymakers can make informed decisions on how to improve service in rural America. Tester and Heitkamp wrote Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Chairman Robert Taub to […]
Carper: Postal Service will be forced to continue painful cuts if Congress doesn’t act WASHINGTON – Today, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds that the Postal Service’s recent changes to its service standards have resulted in slower mail delivery across the country. Sen. Tom Carper, a co-requestor of the report and chairman of […]
U.S. Postal Service: Information on Recent Changes to Delivery Standards, Operations, and Performance What GAO Found The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) revised its delivery standards, which has generally increased delivery time for some First-Class Mail and Periodicals from 1 day to 2 days, notably by reducing mail with a 1-day standard.USPS also revised its delivery […]