Appearing at a hearing before the Postal Regulatory Commission, an independent agency with oversight over the Postal Service, James Boldt, the national manager of customer service operations in the USPS Office of Delivery and Post Office Operations, answered a battery of questions from representatives of postal employees’ associations and the mailing community about the proposal […]
USPS preliminary net loss for July 2011 –$1.327 Billion, year to date nearly $2 Billion more than planned. The US Postal Service filed its preliminary financial results for ten months of Fiscal Year 2011 with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). USPS reported a net operating loss of $1.327 billion ending on July 31, 2011. After […]
According to PostCom : ♪♫”Oh I heard it — Heard It — Yes, I heard it through the grapevine. . . .” ♫♪ The word has it that the USPS will be submitting its network realignment as a major service change to the PRC in mid September. My understanding is that the PRC will have […]
Washington, DC (August 19, 2011) – The Postal Regulatory Commission yesterday published proposed rules designed to simplify the procedures for people wishing to appeal a post office closing or consolidation, and allow for a speedier decision. Although the law gives the Commission up to 120 days to issue its decision in appeal cases, the proposed rules […]
From The National Association Of Postmasters of the US: On August 11, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued a ruling on the joint NAPUS/League complaint that certain provisions in the USPS’ March 31 proposed post office closing regulations violated current law. (While most of the provisions of the proposed regulations were implemented on July 14, none of […]
The Postal Regulatory Commission has set the procedural schedule on USPS request for discontinuance of approximately 3,650 post offices, stations and branches. On July 27, 2011, the United States Postal Service (Postal Service) filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) for an advisory opinion under 39 U.S.C. 3661 regarding use of a centrally […]
The Commission is now considering a request from the Postal Service to prepare an Advisory Opinion on its plan to systematically review 3,653 postal offices for possible closure or consolidation. This is an important filing that may result in significant changes for the mailing public. My fellow Commissioners and I will analyze the materials the […]
From National Association of Postmasters This afternoon, the U.S. Postal Service formally requested the Postal Regulatory Commission to issue an advisory opinion on whether its Retail Access Optimization Initiative conforms with current law. The USPS request is referenced as PRC Docket Number N2011-1. You may view the actual USPS filing and supporting documents here. In […]
This list of 727 postal facilities is in addition to the nearly 3,700 post offices previously listed. USPS filed the following list of Non Retail Access Optimization (RAO) Post Offices, Station and Branches with the Postal Regulatory Commission currently under review for closure. LIST OF RETAIL FACILITIES UNDERGOING DISCONTINUANCE REVIEW OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE […]
USPS preliminary net loss for June 2011 –$900 million The US Postal Service announced certain preliminary financial results for the nine months of Fiscal Year 2011 on FORM 8-K filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). USPS reported a net operating loss of $5.6 billion ending on June 30, 2011. After eight months into FY […]