{"id":4551,"date":"2012-06-04T21:42:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T02:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=4551"},"modified":"2012-06-04T21:42:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T02:42:50","slug":"prc-to-review-second-proposal-by-usps-to-cut-post-office-costs-and-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2012\/06\/04\/prc-to-review-second-proposal-by-usps-to-cut-post-office-costs-and-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"PRC to Review Second Proposal by USPS to Cut Post Office Costs and Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/PRC-News.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4552\" title=\"PRC News\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/PRC-News-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC &#8211; On May 31, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prc.gov\/Docs\/82\/82835\/Order_No_1361.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Order No. 1361<\/a> (PDF) establishing Docket N2012-2 to provide a public hearing and issue an advisory opinion on the U.S. Postal Service\u2019s Post Office Structure Plan (POStPlan). The primary focus of the proposal is to reduce costs by changing operating hours at approximately 17,700 of the 32,000 postal retail locations nationwide. The Service\u2019s previous plan, the Retail Access Optimization Initiative, to close 3,700 post offices has been put on hold.<\/p>\n<p>Vice Chairman Nanci E. Langley will serve as \u201cPresiding Officer\u201d for this docket. \u201cThis proceeding will provide all interested persons with a full opportunity to provide input,\u201d said Vice Chairman Langley. \u201cAt the same time, the Postal Service has said it would like to be able to begin to implement its plan in September, and the Commission will conduct a timely review with this in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Commission proceeding provides a transparent, on-the-record process to ensure that any nationwide changes in postal services are consistent with the Postal Service\u2019s obligation to provide prompt, reliable, and efficient postal services to customers in all areas and to all communities. The public is encouraged to share their written views with the Commission. Comments may also be shared via the Commission\u2019s online customer service form at www.prc.gov.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public should have a clear understanding of the changes the Postal Service is currently proposing to reduce the overall level of rural post office service,\u201d said Chairman Ruth Y. Goldway. \u201cI encourage postal customers to become familiar with the new proposal and to let the Commission know of their interests and needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedural Schedule for Docket No. N2012-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notices of intervention &#8211; June 18, 2012<br \/>\nClose of discovery on Postal Service direct case\u00a0 &#8211; June 28, 2012<br \/>\nNotice of intent to conduct oral cross-examination &#8211; July 2, 2012<br \/>\nHearing on the Postal Service\u2019s direct case (if requested)<br \/>\n(9:30 AM in the Commission\u2019s hearing room) &#8211; July 11, 2012<br \/>\nNotice of intent to file rebuttal testimony &#8211; July 11, 2012<br \/>\nRebuttal Testimony (if requested) &#8211; July 18, 2012<br \/>\nFiling of Briefs (if no rebuttal testimony) &#8211; July 20, 2012<br \/>\nFiling of Reply Briefs (if no rebuttal testimony) &#8211; July 27, 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &#8211; On May 31, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued Order No. 1361 (PDF) establishing Docket N2012-2 to provide a public hearing and issue an advisory opinion on the U.S. Postal Service\u2019s Post Office Structure Plan (POStPlan). The primary focus of the proposal is to reduce costs by changing operating hours at approximately 17,700 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551","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=4551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4554,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551\/revisions\/4554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}