Postmaster General : State of the Business Owning the market:PMG reports on package growth Online shopping continues to grow, and so does the Postal Service’s opportunity to dominate the package industry, PMG Pat Donahoe says. In his latest message to employees, Donahoe reports that while single-piece First-Class Mail volumes
Momentum Mounts June 11, 2014 – The Stop Staples movement is continuing to gain momentum, with several important organizations showing support for the cause. The National Education Association (NEA), which represents 3 million educators, has written to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe [PDF] asking him to immediately reverse the decision to offer postal services through Staples. […]
PMG Donahoe is pushing to change the healthcare of current and retired employees in order to save USPS money. But yet USPS has money to fund the Highway Trust Fund. What did I miss? From the Washington Post: A plan from House Republicans to buoy the nearly-empty highway trust fund with savings from eliminating Saturday […]
By Jamie Partridge Despite telling local KATU news that it’s “just an idea.. we’re not really pushing for it…it’s just a discussion… they’re just talking about in Congress” , the Portland District of the US Postal Service is indeed soliciting property owners and managers to “convert” from at-the-door to at-the-corner “cluster box” mail delivery. And […]
In the video Postmaster General says,”Targeted incentives and VER will be offered. Information now being finalized.” State of the Postal Service Postmaster General Pat Donahoe will have an update on network consolidation plans. And, he will recap plans for Post Offices in rural areas. “As the PMG explained, with the May 15 moratorium now past, […]
Postal Service Faces Financial Shortfall Unless Congress Addresses Mandates WASHINGTON — The postmaster general told a Senate subcommittee today that despite significant cost cutting and revenue generation, the Postal Service finds itself in dire financial straits. Statutorily mandated payments due to the government at the end of September will not be paid, he said, unless […]
Increasing the value of mail – Postmaster General at National Postal Forum As it continues to redesign internal activities to meet its four business strategies, the Postal Service also will focus on perfecting its core function of delivering — to make sure the value that businesses get from using the mail is strengthened and improved, […]
Postmaster General, Governors, Testify before House Committee WASHINGTON — The tentative labor agreement the U.S. Postal Service has reached with the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is a “responsible” pact that is the “best possible outcome we could have achieved” under current law, Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe testified today before the House Committee on […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has produced a thorough and comprehensive review of the Postal Service proposal to move to a five day per week delivery schedule. We are pleased to see they agree that the Postal Service is likely to achieve significant cost savings if this change were to be effected and that much […]
The following is a press release from USPS on reaction of Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe regarding PRC’s Advisory opinion on 5-day delivery We have received the Commission’s advisory opinion on our proposal to move to a five-day delivery schedule. We have been awaiting the document and look forward to studying the views expressed by […]