The U.S. Postal Service is planning to hire 100,000 employees in 2021, looking to fill vacancies that have contributed to logjams in the mailing agency’s network and widespread delivery delays. Since nearly the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, postal management has cited high rates of employee unavailability as a leading cause...
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy purchased up to $305,000 in bonds from an investment firm whose managing partner also chairs the U.S. Postal Service’s governing board, the independent body responsible for evaluating DeJoy’s performance. Between October and April, DeJoy purchased 11 bonds from Brookfield Asset Management each worth between $1,000 and $15,000,...
The U.S. Postal Service is proposing to make businesses and individuals pay more to ship packages during the holiday season, coinciding with USPS delivery changes that will slow down some first-class mail. Under the proposal, customers can expect to pay from 25 cents more for packages up to 10 pounds, up...
Mr. Chairman, as you know, the newest Governors did not have the opportunity to participate in the Board’s decision in May to change our service standards. I appreciate your decision to have a full and robust discussion of this issue at yesterday’s closed Board meeting. All Board members were given...
Mail delivery is like weird weather — everyone has their own theory about it. Now the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General has taken a step to make the public aware of what’s really going on with mail delivery, where it’s flagging and where it’s right on time. For...