The United States Postal Service announced on Wednesday the start of its next phase of organizational changes over the next two months. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said in a statement that this second phase of changes will consolidate 67 service districts into 50 districts. The changes also include plans to realign...
Mark Currie of Virginia had three checks snagged in postal delays in three months. In New Jersey, Lois Fitton says she was forced to pay interest on a credit card balance because the bill never arrived. Jim Rice says two insurance companies canceled policies for his property management business in...
After Rep. Jim Jordan’s line of questioning insinuated that outrage over Postal Service delays last year were calculated to hurt then-President Donald Trump, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly countered that Jordan was “gaslighting.” The heated exchanges came during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Wednesday where Postmaster General Louis DeJoy...
Defense contractor Oshkosh Truck Corp. won a 10-year contract to build next-generation delivery vehicles (NGDVs) for the U.S. Postal Service, beating out electric delivery van maker Workhorse Group Inc. Day traders had driven Workhorse shares to record levels in recent months, anticipating that at least a piece of the multibillion-dollar contract...
The start of another Congress marks the start of a new round of discussions about postal reform legislation. As much as circumstances may change, due to the COVID-19 pandemic or changing economic trends or otherwise, the U.S. Postal Service continues to operate within the same basic legislative framework that it...
TROUBLES CONTINUE at the U.S. Postal Service, whose performance in terms of on-time delivery suffered a sudden and precipitous decline in the last two months of 2020. In the last week of December, only 71 percent of local first-class mail arrived within two days of being sent, which is USPS’s...