USPS Files Final Rule On Changes To Regulations For Post Office Closings And Staffing

From the National League of Postmasters: Postal Service files for final rule with regard to 39 CFR Part 241 On Wednesday, October 26 the Postal Service filed a final rule with the Federal Register amending regulations with regard to Post Office closings. This final rule adopts changes to the staffing of Post Offices and to […]

Senator Tester blasts PMG for ‘lack of transparency’ over Proposed Post Office Closings

Senator also introduces bipartisan bill to prevent rural closures Wednesday, October 12, 2011 (U.S. SENATE) – Blasting a “lack of transparency” within the U.S. Postal Service, Senator Jon Tester is demanding straight answers from the organization as he introduces new bipartisan legislation to prevent the closures of post offices in rural communities across Montana. Tester […]

Senators Pursue Unanswered Questions from PMG on Rural Post Office Closures

States represented by bipartisan group make up nearly 20 percent of post offices slated for potential closure WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators representing rural America is aiming to get U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe on record in response to questions he has so far failed to answer about potential closures of […]

Idle Sioux City postal workers to earn $1.7 million

Hundreds more mail processing plants like this one (Sioux City, Iowa) would be closed if service standards are relaxed. First-Class Mail is becoming like Standard Mail. People will be forced to pay for Priority Mail or Express Mail if they want one or two day delivery. This proposed reduction in service standards amounts to a […]

Baucus Introduces Bill to Aid Cash-Strapped Postal Service, Keep Remote Rural Offices Open

Senator again Says Punishing Rural Communities Not the Solution to Financial Troubles (Washington, D.C.) – Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus introduced a bill today to address the most serious financial burden threatening to push the Postal Service into default.  At the same time, the bill also prevents the Postal Service from closing the most […]

Postmasters President Tells PRC Closing Rural Post Offices Will Not Help USPS

National League of Postmasters President Mark Strong Tells Commission that Closing Thousands of Rural Post Offices Will harm Economy of Rural America and Not Help Postal Service. Closing 3700 Rural Post Offices Would Save Less Than 3/10s Of One Percent Of USPS Operating Budget. ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA – In Testimony submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission, […]

USPS Saying Rural America Will Be Served Better After Post Office Closings Is Truly Nonsense

The National League Of Postmasters filed the following testimony with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) addressing the USPS Retail Access Optimization Initiative. Highlights of the testimony: …. the minimal imagined savings to the Postal Service are a critical factor in evaluating a proposal that essentially produces a drastic reduction in availability and service. I know […]

NAPUS: Postal Subcommittee to Vote on HR 2309

PR: Issa/Ross Postal Reform Bill Will Include  Amendment  To Boot Out Retirement-Eligible Postal Workers From the National Association of Postmasters of the US: Postal Subcommittee to Vote on HR 2309 On Wednesday, the House Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, the Postal Service and Labor Policy will take up Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) postal legislation, HR […]

House Members Urge PRC To Reject Post Office Closures

75 House Members Call for New USPS Business Model, Not Post Office Closures in Bi-Partisan Letter to PRC Chairwoman Ruth Goldway Congressmen Gerry Connolly (D-VA) Don Young (R-AK), joined by 73 other bipartisan members of Congress, have written Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) Chairwoman Ruth Goldway to urge the PRC to reject thousands of Post Office […]