Postal Service Files 5-Day Delivery Plan With Postal Regulatory Commission

WASHINGTON, March 30 — The Postal Service today took its case for five-day delivery to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). The Postal Service is required by law to seek an advisory opinion from the PRC any time a nationwide change in service is proposed. Today’s filing begins the PRC review. A report accompanying the request […]

Postal Service Outlines Five-Day Delivery Proposal

 Announces Launch of Website WASHINGTON – The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors today approved management’s request to move forward with its five-day delivery proposal and to file a request for an advisory opinion with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) on March 30. Postal Service Vice President Sam Pulcrano, who has been leading an internal […]

Congresswoman Emerson: Five-Day Postal Delivery Hurts Rural Areas

Press Release from U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (Eighth Congressional District, Missouri) March 3, 2010 WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (MO-08) responded to an announcement that the U.S. Postal Service will seek to drop one day of home delivery in an effort to offset budget shortfalls. Emerson, who represents the mostly-rural Eighth Congressional District […]