Background The U.S. Postal Service is redesigning its processing network with the goal of creating a best-in-class mail and package processing network as part of its 10-year strategic Delivering for America plan. The Postal Service plans to create a modernized network based around Regional Processing and Distribution Centers (RP&DC), local processing centers, and sorting and…
In part due to the scale and scope of the U.S. Mail market as well as differences in regulatory frameworks — such as universal service obligations and price caps — the 2023 price of a standard domestic letter in the U.S. was nearly half the average price in our 31 sampled countries. Stamp prices in…
Background As part of the Delivering for America 10-year plan, the U.S. Postal Service is making significant investments in Regional Processing and Distribution Centers (RP&DCs) to modernize its network. The goal of this initiative is to standardize and modernize mail and package processing and improve service reliability and cost efficiency across the nation. The Postal…
March 22, 2024 The Postal Service has a new organization to support USPS network transformation initiatives. Under the Delivering for America plan, the Postal Service is building a network that consists of regional processing and distribution centers, local processing centers, sorting and delivery centers, and integrated logistics infrastructure. The new organization, called Infrastructure and Operations…
Background The U.S. Postal Service provides customers across the nation mail service six days a week as required by law. In December 2022, Winter Storm Elliott arrived in Western New York, and within minutes, winds went from 10 to 70 miles per hour and brought about 36 inches of snow over four days. During a…
Check out these links to see how well USPS management is implementing DeJoy’s RPDC plan in Atlanta, is this a plan to sabotage him personally? Or just typical management arrogance and incompetence? Or is it a plan to fail that is achieving it’s goals? I can’t call it: Axios Atlanta: Missing and delayed USPS deliveries…
OPM News Release – March 13, 2024 Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released a list of conditionally approved carrier applicants today to participate in OPM’s new Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program for U.S. Postal Employees and their families. The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 requires that OPM establish this new…
Press Release – March 8, 2024 By a vote of 40-0, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability approved the Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) to require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to collect, track, and publicly report information related to deaths and injuries resulting from traffic…
