The United States Postal Service (USPS) awarded the United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) an air cargo services contract under which UPS will provide air transportation services to USPS. The letter contract, which was issued on April 1, 2024, calls for a five-and-a-half -year minimum base term. Implementation of the new contract is scheduled to begin […]
4/1/24 – The United States Postal Service (USPS) awarded the United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) an air cargo services contract under which UPS will provide air transportation services to USPS. The letter contract, which was issued on April 1, 2024, calls for a five-and-a-half -year minimum base term. Implementation of the new contract is scheduled […]
Washington, DC –3/29/24 – Late in the afternoon yesterday, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued its FY 2023 Annual Compliance Determination (ACD) assessing the Postal Service’s compliance with regulations regarding rates and service performance. Each year the Commission must issue its ACD 90 days after the filing of the Postal Service’s Annual Compliance Report (ACR) (39 U.S.C. Section 3653). […]
GAO: 3/28/24 – Fun Facts: The United States Postal Service delivers mail to and from countries around the world. In 2017, we reported that USPS lost money delivering international mail to U.S. customers. USPS has been able to cover its costs by increasing certain international mailing rates. But USPS has handled significantly less international mail since […]
BISMARCK – 3/26/24 – The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General (IG) released its interim audit of facilities in Bismarck, Mandan, and Minot, which found delayed mail and other operational deficiencies at each facility. After the release of the interim audit, the North Dakota delegation issued the following statement: “The USPS’s audit makes it clear that […]
PHILADELPHIA – 3/18/24 – The Delaware-PA2 District of the United States Postal Service will have personnel at 585 Post Offices outside the city of Philadelphia hosting job fairs on March 19, 2024, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Anyone who lives in a ZIP Code beginning with 180 thru 199 outside of Philadelphia can visit […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. —3/12/24 – Postmaster General Louis DeJoy released the following statement regarding a recent 30-day sentence for a criminal involved in the armed robbery of a Postal Service letter carrier in San Francisco: “It is simply unacceptable that a criminal was sentenced to a mere 30-days for threatening a letter carrier at gunpoint and […]
Arrests for Robbery of Letter Carriers Up 73% Year Over Year High-Security Blue Collection Boxes, Enhanced Security Mechanisms Now in All 50 States WASHINGTON, D.C. – 3/12/24 – Today, the U.S Postal Service (USPS) and U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) announced an update on Project Safe Delivery, a joint initiative to protect postal employees and […]
New, sweeping sustainability targets aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, grow the circular economy and increase environmental awareness across the organization By 2030, the Postal Service seeks to reduce emissions from fuel and electricity by 40 percent and reduce emissions from services purchased by 20 percent Today’s announcement comes as USPS readies to deploy first […]
WASHINGTON, DC — 2/5/24 – The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics for the fourth week of the second quarter for fiscal year 2024. The average time for the Postal Service to deliver a mailpiece or package across the nation was 2.8 days. FY24 second quarter service performance scores covering January 1 […]