05/13/2021
Bloomberg News
The right kind of arrangement would help the USPS as well as millions of unbanked Americans.
05/03/2021
Gov Exec
U.S. Postal Service officials in recent days defended the agency’s plan to slow down delivery for some mail to members of the public, suggesting the reform would achieve significant savings and allow its customers to follow a more predictable schedule.
The question-and-response session came as part of the Postal Regulatory Commission’s review of the mail delivery window changes, issued under Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to eliminate USPS losses. Postal officials defended the models they used in making assumptions related to their plans, though they repeatedly stated they did not evaluate the impact on particular groups or reach out to customers at all.
03/30/2021
Forbes
Elva Ramirez
Online alcohol sales, during the pandemic, have surged. The U.S. Postal Service’s fortunes, during the same time, cratered. What if alcohol delivery could save the U.S Postal Service?
03/28/2021
NBC News
By Mary Pflum
When U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy laid out plans Tuesday for the future of the post office, he pointed to higher postage rates and slower first class mail as a means of stemming postal service losses he says could reach $160 billion.
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02/26/2021
CNN
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced three nominees to fill most of the vacancies on the US Postal Service Board of Governors, fulfilling a promise that the administration would make the board and the agency a priority in the early days of his presidency.
02/24/2021
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, during a congressional hearing Wednesday, sharply criticized the U.S. Postal Service for a lack of diversity in its top ranks.
02/07/2021
AP News
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service’s stretch of challenges didn’t end with the November general election and tens of millions of mail-in votes. The pandemic-depleted workforce fell further into a hole during the holiday rush, leading to long hours and a mountain of delayed mail.
02/06/2021
Washington Post
The nation’s mail service is slower and more erratic than it’s been in generations, via the confluence of an abrupt reorganization and pandemic-era anomalies that has fueled demands for reform and fundamentally different ideas on how to achieve it.
On one side is Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who, with the backing of the U.S. Postal Service’s governing board, is expected as soon as next week to outline a new vision for the agency, one that includes more service cuts, higher and region-specific pricing, and lower delivery expectations.
11/17/2020
Here & Now, WBUR
U.S. Postal Service workers are holding a “National Day of Action” on Tuesday in cities throughout the country and calling for more support from Congress.
The service experienced one of its greatest challenges this year: shepherding millions of presidential mail-in ballots while under political, financial and operational challenges amplified by the pandemic. Lori Cash, a sales and distribution clerk at the local post office in Lancaster, New York, says 2020 marks the most hectic year for USPS in her 22 years working there.
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