This management alert presents the results of our self-initiated review of the Timeliness of Mail Processing at the North Houston, TX, Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC). Our objective was to determine if the North Houston P&DC was processing mail on time. The U.S. Postal Service considers mail delayed when it is not processed in time…
February 21, 2016 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) â United States Postal Service workers protested in East Liberty Sunday morning. The group demonstrated outside the Staples store on Penn Avenue, where the U.S. Postal Service has set up non-union operations. Those in the Union fear that the U.S. Postal Service will ultimately close post offices, putting people out…
February 20, 2016 The U.S. Postal Serviceâs aborted attempt to save money by consolidating its processing facilities backfired: It actually increased costs in 2015, USPS officials recently acknowledged. Higher transportation expenses from Phase II of the USPSâs âNetwork Rationalizationâ effort more than wiped out the programâs savings on labor and parts, the Postal Service told…
Via NYC Stop Staples Activist and Retired Letter Carrier John Dennie: Under its contract with USPS, Staples Approved Postal Providers are required to handle Certified Mail. A quick and dirty survey reveals they appear to be in breach of their contract. There are 42 Staples Approved Postal Providers within the 5 boros of NYC. Dennie…
February 4, 2016 To most patrons of the post office, the questions being examined in this docket â âwhat, in commentersâ view, constitutes a relocation or rearrangement of postal services and is thus exempt from Commission review pursuant to section 404(d); and when or if the Commission should have jurisdiction to review the closing or…
Background The U.S. Postal Service uses Area Mail Processing (AMP) guidelines to consolidate mail processing functions and increase productivity through more efficient use of equipment, facilities, staffing, and transportation. These consolidations are intended to reduce costs and maintain quality service. The Postal Service finished consolidating the Panama City, FL, Processing and Distribution Facility (P&DF) into…
By John Beaudoin – January 8, 2016 I feel like John Candy should be dressed in his Wally World security shirt greeting people at 210 SW Market St. these days. That way, we would know, firsthand, that, indeed, the downtown Leeâs Summit post office is closing soon. Of course, the sign posted doesnât necessarily say…
By Justin Wingerter – November 28, 2015 The U.S. Postal Service has changed its collection times at hundreds of points across Kansas since August, an adjustment critics say is causing a slow degradation of postal quality in the state. Brian Sperry, a regional spokesman for the Postal Service, said 340 collection points west of Topeka…
