For the week of March 6, overall USPS service performance for delivery of First-Class Mail reached 83.7 percent USPS focused on continued, sustained improvement across all mail categories WASHINGTON, DC — The United States Postal Service announced today strong improvements in mail delivery service performance across all categories and regions as its third-party- operated air […]
12/21/2020 HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Postal customers across the Midstate say they’ve been measuring their package delivery times in weeks and months rather than days. Mike Wolfe of York Haven said a holiday card sent by a friend a few blocks away was sent in early December, “And we just received it last wednesday.” No […]
INDIANAPOLIS — If you are sending or waiting to receive a package for the holidays, you might be waiting a while longer. In fact, it is possible millions of packages won’t arrive before Christmas. 13News has confirmed increased demand and chronic staffing shortages have created a massive backup that has hobbled the U.S. Postal Service’s […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Many viewers have reached out to CBS4, reporting a significant delay in their mail service. For small businesses like Esmeralda Valague’s online consignment shop, Sweet Emerald on eBay, those delays have caused her to stop online sales temporarily. “We have a bunch of packages starting with the week of Thanksgiving that haven’t left […]
11/30/2020 ROGERS PARK — The coronavirus pandemic has strained an already shoddy mail delivery service in Far North Side neighborhoods, but help is on the way, according to local officials. Eight new mail carriers are being sent to the Rogers Park area to help ease weeks-long delays in postal delivery and other issues with mail […]
Oct 28, 2020 Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released national, area, and district-level data showing continued poor on-time delivery rates of First Class mail nationwide. “With the election less than a week away, […]
Delivery delays during an election can’t be unlawful, because the Constitution doesn’t guarantee states any particular level of service when it comes to mail-in ballots, the U.S. Postal Service told a federal judge. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and President Donald Trump are seeking dismissal of a lawsuit brought by New York and other states that […]
Across the country, postal workers mark packages still sitting in the post office as ‘delivered’ U.S. Postal Service employees and supervisors have routinely falsified data on package deliveries, likely so they are not penalized for tardiness, according to postal workers and internal data obtained by The Washington Post. And the practice appears to have intensified […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Today the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) released a letter that is being sent to local and state election officials and state party officials around the country. This letter highlights key aspects of Election Mail delivery processes — and ways to help educate the public on what to expect when using the mail […]
USPS has adjusted service commitments for some products due to the coronavirus pandemic. Effective April 17, Priority Mail’s two-day and three-day service commitments will be extended to three days and four days, respectively. Customers will continue to receive improved product tracking and as much as $50 in free insurance. With the extra day extension, customers […]