USPS scraps plan to alter soft packaging rules

Posted on June 10, 2022June 11, 2022 by 21cpw

June 10, 2022 The Postal Service has dropped a plan to tighten mailing standards for parcels in soft packaging. In a proposal published in the Federal Register on March 24, USPS had sought to establish parcel selvage standards and to clarify how parcels in soft packaging should be measured. Parcels improperly packaged in soft materials…

Obama Administration Makes Long-Desired Change to Postal Service Pensions

Posted on December 24, 2016December 24, 2016 by 21cpw

Eric Katz – December 23, 2016 The U.S. Postal Service could finally have its payments into the federal employee pension account calculated using assumptions from its workforce specifically, rather than the federal workforce as a whole, which has long been a sticking point at the mailing agency. USPS leadership has for years argued its payments…