The Postal Service wants to test the feasibility of delivering groceries in more cities, building on the success of a two-month effort that recently concluded in the San Francisco area. USPS is seeking permission from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to conduct a two-year market test of groceries and other prepackaged goods. If the PRC…
It also points to advertising mail as the key to growth, making a subtle case for the continuation of exigency. In a succinct portrait of the U.S. Postal Service’s decline since 2007, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) cites the Retiree Health Benefits Fund (RHBF) as the chief culprit and cast bulk mailers as the heroes…
Audit Report – NO-MA-14-008 – 09/30/2014 “We are alerting you to this condition because it may be systemic throughout the network and could result in overstated manual package processing volumes.” Introduction This management alert presents the results of our review of manual package counting and conversion factors at the Omaha, NE Processing and Distribution Center…
Web News Article #: 178 10/02/2014 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein spoke at a rally sponsored by the Alliance for Retired Americans on Oct. 2, as the  group delivered petitions with more than 700,000 signatures demanding that the Social Security Administration reopen field offices. The agency recently closed offices nationwide. APWU retiree and Alliance for…
Web News Article #: 179 10/02/2014 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein will speak with Bill Fetcher on his radio program Arise! on WPFW FM in Washington, DC,  on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, at 9 a.m. EDT. To listen live on the web, click here. via APWU President to Appear on Radio Oct. 3 | APWU.
The rise of email, the recession, and a massive mandate from Congress to pre-fund 75 years of retirement benefits in ten years — a burden not legally required of any other business or government agency — has led to difficult times for the United States Postal Service. The agency, which operates without taxpayer funding, has…
Posted Date: October 1, 2014 Solicitation Number: 204-25-14 Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation INTRODUCTION The United States Postal Service is seeking to procure an independent supply of outsourced trailers for the transportation of mail to cover peak season needs for mail transportation during the holiday mailing season. The peak season Trailer Services (TS) locations, quantities, and…
The U.S. Postal Service is pushing back against a city proposal to limit development at its downtown Berkeley post office property, which has been up for sale since 2012. Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council is slated to approve that proposal, to establish more restrictive development standards in Berkeleyâs civic center on nine parcels, including…
