November 24, 2025 The Binghamton, NY, Sorting and Delivery Center was the top performer in the first phase of the Postal Service’s Customer Experience Vision Activation 90-day pilot program at four S&DCs across the nation. The Binghamton facility was followed by the S&DCs in Kalamazoo, MI; Oxnard, CA; and Fort Lauderdale, FL. Managers and supervisors … Read more
This pilot measured service requests, customer satisfaction and employee availability. The goals are based on tenets of the Delivering of America plan and focus on caring about the customers while empowering employees who are providing service.
Background The U.S. Postal Service’s Delivering for America plan included offering new competitive products and services for customers. As part of this effort, the Postal Service launched a new package shipping service called USPS Ground Advantage and discontinued its Retail Ground, Parcel Select Ground, and First-Class Package services. Ground Advantage was intended to streamline package … Read more
June 14, 2023 PostOfficeReview.org, a new platform dedicated solely to the review of the United States Postal Service (USPS) locations nationwide, announced its official launch today. The website, founded by Jim Mastrangelo and Bob Vidra, allows users to share their experiences at more than 31,000 USPS locations nationwide. The inspiration for the site came from … Read more
September 21, 2021 (RISC-WP-21-010) The Postal Service’s Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system attempts to quickly resolve a customer inquiry without transferring the caller to a customer care agent. Between fiscal year (FY) 2018 and the first eight months of FY 2021, the IVR system’s containment rate – the rate of calls not transferred to agents … Read more
Background This report presents the results of our audit to assess management’s corrective action to address mail delivery issues for customers serviced by the Cimarron Hills Station . The Cimarron Hills Station is in Colorado Springs, CO, in the Colorado/Wyoming District, Western Area. This audit was initiated at the request of Congressman Doug Lamborn, 5th … Read more
Objective Our objective was to assess Function 4 operational efficiency in the Suncoast District. U.S. Postal Service financial systems track customer service operations as Function 4 operations. Function 4 includes customer service activities of employees at post offices, stations, and branches involved in distribution of mail, retail window, and miscellaneous administrative operations. Hurricane Irma hit … Read more
December 13, 2017 (RARC-WP-18-003) The Postal Service could make the delivery survey more representative of the general population and validate the survey’s scale to ensure its accuracy. Survey results showed dissatisfaction is highest among small and medium business customers, centralized delivery recipients, and 25-34 year olds. Customers most frequently commented on misdelivery, delivery time, delivery … Read more
