September 19, 2023 No holiday surcharges for mailing and shipping with USPS this holiday season WASHINGTON, DC — The United States Postal Service (USPS) and its dedicated employees across the nation are ready to deliver another successful holiday season of outstanding service. “Our 2022 peak season was a tremendous success,” said Postmaster General and CEO…
September 13, 2023 The Postal Service has created a new organization to enable effective planning, coordination and management of facility and vehicle infrastructure projects. The new Facilities and Fleet Management organization will be led by Ronnie Jarriel, who will serve as senior vice president, reporting directly to the postmaster general. In this new, expanded role,…
September 11, 2023 WASHINGTON, DC — The United States Postal Service Board of Governors today announced its unanimous approval of an adjusted Fiscal Year 2024 budget for the Postal Regulatory Commission. The approved budget of $21.124 million, when combined with the PRC’s other resources, results in a spending plan for FY 2024 totaling $27.202 million….
Background This report presents the results of our performance of the procedures agreed upon by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The report responds to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget’s requirements to assist the OPM in assessing the reasonableness of employee withholdings and U.S….
Background U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) requested an audit of postal stations in the Kansas City area. Residents in the service area were experiencing significant delays and routinely waiting more than five days to receive mail. We reviewed ten postal stations and the Kansas City, Missouri, Processing and Distribution Center to determine issues impacting the…
The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (PSRA) was signed into law in April 2022. Since then, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in conjunction with the Postal Service, has been working to implement the new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program, as required under the new law. PSHB is a new, separate program within…
August 16, 2023 Notice of Availability of Draft Plan for Flat-Shaped Mail Section 206 of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (PSRA), Public Law 117–108, 206, 136 stat. 1127 (2022), required the Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission), in consultation with the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service, to conduct a Flats Operations Study…
Background Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are powered industrial vehicles modified to enable driverless operation. Beginning in June 2019, the Postal Service spent [redacted] to purchase and deploy 350 AGVs between October 2019 and April 2022. These AGVs move wheeled or palletized mail transport equipment for processing and dispatch operations within a facility. The Postal Service…
