Postal Consolidations on Indefinite Hold
The Postal Service has put its earlier announced plans to consolidate more processing facilities on indefinite hold, as it approaches …More
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Enter your email to subscribe free!Postal IG Slams Firewall Administration
The Postal Service inspector general has called on USPS to shore up firewall configurations for its mail processing computer systems …More
USPS Gets Mixed Review on Responsiveness
The Postal Service received a mixed review of its responsiveness to questions from Congress in a recent IG report on …More
Postal Reform Plan to Get Senate Hearing
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has scheduled a hearing for tomorrow on the U.S. Postal Service, the …More
Vacant Properties Also Called Problem for USPS
The USPS has difficulties in disposing of excess properties, keeping them in a shuttered status that incurs costs that could …More
Expanding Passport Services Could Boost Postal Revenue
The Postal Service could increase its revenue from passport services, based on a pilot project that has been a success, …More
Another Attempt Made at Postal Reform
The main congressional advocate of postal reform in recent years, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., has introduced a new bill (S-2051) …More
Keep Those Tips Coming, Postal IG Says
The Postal Service IG is encouraging postal employees, mailers and the general public to continue using its hotline, saying that …More
DHS, USPS Need Greater Controls on Cards, Reports Say
New reports from the IGs of the Postal Service and DHS cite common issues with oversight of charge cards. The …More
IG Cites Potential New Postal Revenue Sources
The Postal Service could bring in new revenue and make better use of excess space by developing services directed at …More
House Bill Would Leave USPS in Tough Position, CBO Says
A provision added to a House spending bill could force USPS to not only cancel plans—already suspended temporarily—to close more …More
USPS Lacks Cybersecurity Culture, IG Says
The Postal Service lacks a culture of cybersecurity, says an IG review conducted in the wake of disclosures of personnel …More
Postal Proposals Could Impact Reform Prospects
Several steps taken in Congress recently regarding mail delivery standards could complicate chances for long-awaited broader reforms, advocates of the …More
Alternative Delivery Methods Could Hurt USPS
The kind of alternative delivery methods that have disrupted the taxi industry could also hit package delivery, one of the …More
Concerns of Rural Service Could Complicate Postal Reform
Senate advocates of reviving an attempt to reform the Postal Service continue to hold briefings to build a coalition in …More
IG Sees Postal Financial Services as Feasible
An IG report could boost a push to extend the Postal Service’s role in providing financial services, saying that while …More
USPS Piloting Mail Notifications on Smartphones
The Postal Service has said it is developing a daily digital mail notification for customers to let them know what’s …More
Postal IG Urges Close Look at Data for Planning
While mail volume has been declining for years, a main cause of USPS financial problems, the number may be reaching …More
Report Illustrates Difficult Choices for USPS
Attempting to reduce costs by reducing door-to-door delivery the USPS risks reducing income from advertising mail, the postal IG has …More
Groundwork Being Laid for Postal Reform
The leading advocate of postal reform in Congress, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., has started laying the groundwork for another attempt …More
Postal IG to Examine Fleet Card Use
The Postal Service IG has announced an audit of potentially questionable purchases using fleet credit cards, a potentially significant issue …More
USPS May Be Vulnerable on Patents, IG Says
The Postal Service could be vulnerable to being sued for patent infringement because it does not have formal written procedures …More
Postal Reform Issue Stirs
Among the provisions of the House committee report on its version are recommendations for changes to the Postal Service that …More
Growth, Aging Vehicle Fleet Present Challenges for USPS
Meanwhile, the Postal Service IG has said that efforts to reduce that agency’s carbon footprint are being hampered by a …More
USPS Could Benefit from Not Following Pack, Report Says
Unlike some private shippers, the USPS does not add fuel surcharges to its fees and could benefit from not having …More
Postal Customers Flexible on Service, Up to a Point
Postal customers are flexible regarding the levels of service they will accept, although only within limits, the Postal IG has …More
Postal Service’s Brand Found to Have Substantial Value
The U.S. Postal Service is more than an agency, it is also a brand that has value in the marketplace …More
Budget Seeks to Aid Postal Finances
The administration’s budget proposal would provide some immediate relief and the prospect for more from several obligations that the U.S. …More
USPS Should Get into the Banking Business, Union Says
The Postal Service could put its infrastructure to better use and better serve the public by getting into the banking …More
More Personnel Flexibility Would Help USPS, Report Says
The Postal Service would benefit from implementing more flexible personnel practices, the postal IG has said, adding that such a …More
