Another fight in Congress looms over Saturday mail delivery

The Hill - Opinion

(July 6, 2014) Congressional efforts to revamp the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service have run into a longtime roadblock – Saturday mail delivery. Top Republicans like House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and the Postal Service’s own executives say rolling back six-day letter delivery is crucial to the agency’s fiscal health – saving an average of…

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PAEA – The most insane law by Congress, ever?

Hundreds of Roanoke postal workers’ jobs will be eliminated. (July 5, 2014) Most Americans have never heard of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006. The mind-numbing title alone sounds like it could put a hardcore insomniac to sleep. The truth is, it’s one of the most insane laws Congress ever enacted. It’s past…

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Shrinking budget partially explains rundown Farmington, AZ post office

FARMINGTON — The U.S. Postal Services’ shrinking budget is no excuse for the Farmington post office’s disheveled appearance, a spokesman said, but it is part of the reason. “How we got here is unfortunate. There’s the reality of the post office’s finances,” spokesman Brian McCoy said of the weeds and trash that blight the 20th Street…

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USPS to procure services for Consolidation Deconsolidation Facilities (CDF), more…

Solicitation Number: 5B-14-A-0002 Agency: United States Postal Service Office: Transportation Purchasing Location: Transportation Purchasing (HQ) The purpose of this solicitation is to procure services for the following type of material handling services: Consolidation Deconsolidation Facilities (CDF) for Standard Mail Terminal Handling Services Optimization Program (TOP) for First Class Mail Networks Programs Surface Transfer Centers (STC)….

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