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...
A former labor leader and Obama administration official was elected Tuesday to serve as chair of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, marking the first step in a potential shakeup under President Joe Biden. Ron Bloom replaced a former Republican National Committee chair, Robert “Mike” Duncan, who remains on the...
One example of our vital mission and outstanding performance during the pandemic was delivering election mail to the American people, the largest and most successful election by mail in the history of our nation. Last November, under the leadership of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the Postal Service Executive Leadership...
It's been a rocky few months for the U.S. Postal Service. Numerous lawsuits were filed over the post office's handling of mail-in ballots during November's elections. Then came the holiday season, and customers became frustrated by backlogs that meant their Christmas cards and packages weren't delivered until January. Read the full article...
It’s January so that means millions of households are bracing themselves for the annual slew of postal price hikes. Surprisingly, after a decade of increases, changes will be fairly mild for ordinary stamp buyers. For the second year in a row, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has opted to leave...