12/15/2020 The USPS is “gridlocked all over the place” as a historic number of packages flood the system for the holiday season, USPS officials say. In addition to an “unprecedented surge” in shipping demands this season, the organization has been dealing with cost-cutting measures put in place by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, and even limited […]
12/10/2020 The Sepinskys’ business is entirely online; they do everything out of their home and ship to customers all over the world. They rely heavily on the postal service. They’ve switched to UPS, which is much more costly. They’ll have to eat that expense. “We want to make sure people are going to have their […]
From the USPS Office of the Inspector General: 5/17/16 Project: Timeliness of Mail Processing at the Queens New York Processing and Distribution Center Have You Been Affected by International Mail Processed at the Queens P&DC? The U.S. Postal Service considers mail delayed when it is not processed in time to meet its established delivery day. The […]
The North Houston P&DC did not update its official operating plan after the consolidation ended in May 2015. The most recent operating plan was approved in May 2012. This management alert presents the results of our self-initiated review of the Timeliness of Mail Processing at the North Houston, TX, Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC). Our […]
3/10/16 – Congressman Mike Simpson (R-ID 2nd District) met with local officials in Pocatello on March 10th. Simpson and local officials discussed the rise in number of inmates and jail overcrowding in the county and what a Ted Cruz presidency would mean for local federal facilities. The local officials biggest complaint was slow mail service […]
2/12/16 POCATELLO, Idaho – Pocatello Mayor, Brian Blad and Chubbuck Mayor, Kevin England held a meeting Friday morning at City Hall to discuss solutions for mail processing delays. City leaders joined the group and lay all problems on the table, and hopefully, come up with solutions. Mayor Blad says it’s been frustrating to a lot […]
November 18, 2015 – The payroll stubs were stamped Oct. 26, shipped as U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail. But the envelope, sent from a sister store in Seattle, didn’t reach Jackson until Nov. 11, said Amy Cooper, manager of Jackson Hole Pendleton. Luckily, employees are paid by direct deposit. Still, “how can it take that […]
HOUSTON (KTRK) — It’s a story we’ve been working on for months, and affects almost everyone in the Houston area. After being contacted by many of you about Post Office delays and lost shipments, we started digging. Mitchell Robinson earns a living with his online store. He tells us “We send things out through the […]
The legislative movement against delayed mail achieved an important milestone over the past week. For the first time, an outright majority of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives is now calling for an end to delayed mail and the return of overnight mail standards. This accomplishment is building on the overwhelming and bipartisan 85-11 Senate vote in April […]
The U.S. Postal Service didn’t conduct required impact studies on how service would be affected by closing Tucson’s Cherrybell processing center and others across the country. It’s the Postal Service’s own inspector general who said closing 82 facilities around the U.S. could cause service delays and ultimately hurt the USPS brand. Processing of incoming mail […]