By Eric Katz – March 18, 2016 They don’t call it snail mail for nothing, it would appear. The U.S. Postal Service could be missing out on critical revenue during the election season as it continues to deliver mail more slowly, according to a new report. The postal inspector general published a management advisory this…
The Postal Service has released its on-time performance reports for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year (July 1 – Sept. 30, 2015). Compared to the third quarter, on-time performance for most types of mail has improved, but performance remains significantly down from the same period last year (SPLY) — before the changes in service…
October 20, 2015 On Tuesday, local government officials took a tour of the United States Post Office processing center that closed down in April. The mayors of Pocatello and Chubbuck along with representatives from Senator Crapo’s office, postal officials from Pocatello and Salt Lake City and the executive director of Old Town Pocatello toured the…
By Henry J. Cordes – August 24, 2015 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska recently sent a letter to the U.S. postmaster sharing Nebraskans’ grievances over slow mail delivery, including overdue charges because of late credit card payments and delayed arrival of prescription drugs. Then, just days later, Fortenberry found himself with a major snail mail…
May 29, 2015 The Times-Union’s report on the slowing of mail in Florida accurately depicted the impact of the closing of mail-processing facilities and other changes. But there’s even more to the story. The U.S. Postal Service also wants to end Saturday mail delivery and door-to-door delivery — meaning small businesses wouldn’t receive checks and…
By Henry J. Cordes – May 17, 2015 For decades, the U.S. Postal Service has pledged that you could send a letter anywhere in the country and see it arrive at its destination within three days. But lately, only 63 percent of such non-local mail arrives on time. For letters sent from or to some…
By Lisa Rein – April 27, 2015 The U.S. mail is slowing down. In January, the Postal Service eliminated overnight delivery for local first-class letters that used to arrive the next day. Anywhere from 20 percent to half of the rest of the first-class mail sent every day now takes an extra day of delivery…
April 24, 2015 I pay a lot of bills by telephone. I needed to pay our mortgage recently. The mortgage company wanted to charge $10 to pay by phone so I decided I could do better. (I had four days to get the payment there via the U.S. Postal Service or suffer a $16 late…
