{"id":35467,"date":"2024-05-21T17:29:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T22:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=35467"},"modified":"2024-05-21T17:29:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T22:29:12","slug":"usps-provides-update-on-historic-modernization-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2024\/05\/21\/usps-provides-update-on-historic-modernization-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Provides Update on Historic Modernization Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><i>Postmaster General details network transformation steps for 2024 and beyond in a letter to Members of Congress. The letter can be found\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4172328-1&amp;h=3919231322&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fabout.usps.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fglobal%2Fpdf%2F0520-pmg-dejoy-to-chairman-peters.pdf&amp;a=here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Initiatives are part of Postal Service&#8217;s 10-year Delivering for\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">America Plan<\/span>\u00a0to invest\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">$40 billion<\/span>\u00a0in nation&#8217;s postal network<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Network transformation will enable world-class service performance at affordable prices<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"temp_ReleaseStart\"><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">May 21, 2024<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; To further clarify the implementation plans of the Postal Service Mail Processing Facility Reviews, and continued activity on Regional Processing and Distribution Centers, Sorting and Delivery Centers, and Local Processing Centers, Postmaster General Louis\u00a0DeJoy transmitted a letter yesterday addressed to Senator\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Gary Peters<\/span>, Chairman, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The letter outlines the paused implementation status of the Mail Processing Facility Reviews, as well as the ongoing 2024 activities that will continue to advance and are part of the nearly\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">$15.3 billion<\/span>\u00a0in committed self-funded investments. The letter can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4172328-1&amp;h=3919231322&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fabout.usps.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fglobal%2Fpdf%2F0520-pmg-dejoy-to-chairman-peters.pdf&amp;a=here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntal\">&#8220;Our Delivering for\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">America Plan<\/span>\u00a0initiatives are breathing new life into the U.S. Postal Service. Despite evident progress, it&#8217;s clear that these efforts should have commenced more than a decade ago,&#8221; stated Postmaster General and CEO\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Louis DeJoy<\/span>. &#8220;The need for swift and comprehensive transformation in the Postal Service is undeniable. We remain fully committed to this transformation with the goal of continuously improving service performance for the American people \u2013 all while being financially self-sustainable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntal\"><b>Please Note:<\/b>\u00a0The United States Postal Service is an independent federal establishment, mandated to be self-financing and to serve every American community through the affordable, reliable and secure delivery of mail and packages to 167 million addresses six and often seven days a week. Overseen by a bipartisan Board of Governors, the Postal Service is implementing\u00a0a 10-year transformation plan,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4172328-1&amp;h=200817408&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fabout.usps.com%2Fwhat%2Fstrategic-plans%2Fdelivering-for-america&amp;a=Delivering+for+America\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i>Delivering for America<\/i><\/a><i>,<\/i>\u00a0to modernize the postal network, restore long-term financial sustainability, dramatically improve service across all mail and shipping categories, and maintain the organization as one of America&#8217;s most valued and trusted brands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prntal\">The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-30360\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/USPS495-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postmaster General details network transformation steps for 2024 and beyond in a letter to Members of Congress. The letter can be found\u00a0here. Initiatives are part of Postal Service&#8217;s 10-year Delivering for\u00a0America Plan\u00a0to invest\u00a0$40 billion\u00a0in nation&#8217;s postal network Network transformation will enable world-class service performance at affordable prices WASHINGTON,\u00a0May 21, 2024\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; To further clarify the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35468,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35467\/revisions\/35468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}