Published on Jul 17, 2014 At a July 16 conference hosted by The Pew Charitable Trusts, Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) shares her support for the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General report proposing that the USPS offer financial services targeted to consumers without access to mainstream, affordable financial products. Senator Warren says that, “It’s not unusual…
Published on Jul 17, 2014 At a July 16 conference hosted by The Pew Charitable Trusts, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA) shares his concerns about the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General report proposing that the USPS offer financial services targeted to consumers without access to mainstream, affordable financial products. Congressman Issa says that, “If our goal…
(July 17, 2014) BRUSH VALLEY — Customers of the Brush Valley Post Office and others voiced their concerns at a Wednesday meeting with the U.S. Postal Service. Jeff Klamut, U.S. Postal Service operations manager, held the 5 p.m. meeting at the Brush Valley Fire Hall to inform the community and answer questions about coming changes…
In the fall of 2012 the United States Postal Service began a two-year nationwide process of notifying communities of potential changes to their post office hours and this process has now made its way to Huletts Landing. About 13,000 post offices nationwide have seen their hours reduced by this program, some dropping to six hours,…
In the near future, new homes may not get their own mailboxes. Instead, the U.S. Postal Service is moving toward “cluster mailboxes,” similar to those seen in apartment complexes, for residential mail service. On Tuesday, the Coweta County Board of Commissioners approved changes to the county’s zoning ordinance to regulate the cluster mailboxes. The changes…
July 16, 2014—The full House of Representatives voted Wednesday to preserve six-day mail delivery appropriations language by passing H.R. 5016, the Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill. The base bill was introduced last month without the six-day provision, which has been part of appropriations bills for decades. But following extensive…
The days of a full-time postal center in Woody Creek appear to be numbered. The Woody Creek post office is among the 13,000 post offices across the U.S. going through a review process known as the Post Plan. The plan is designed to “right size” smaller post offices throughout the country. All post offices at…
Operating hours will be cut in half starting in October. Rosanky residents are upset because the town’s post office plans to cut its hours starting in the beginning of October. On Thursday, more than 20 residents packed into the small building thinking they were at a meeting organized by the United States Postal Service to…
