USPS Eyes Expansion of a Potentially Major Insourcing Initiative
PostCom Bulletin / Gov Exec The Postal Service has begun insourcing some of its trucking operations, opening the possibility of bringing back in house thousands of jobs that are currently contracted out. The pilot program started in Oklahoma City with 125 insourced jobs late last year and has since expanded to the larger Richmond, Virginia, […]
USPS Claim Process Clarified
(FAST User Group 3 Call Notes) During the call today, the claim process for Industry to follow if there is an accident involving Industry equipment/personnel and the USPS was clarified. Claims should be filed online within 60 days at www.usps.com/domestic-claims. The reference is DMM 609 Filing Indemnity Claims for Loss or Damage.
PMG Announces Vice President, Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Industry Alert: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has announced the appointment of Stephen (Steve) M. Dearing, as Vice President and Chief Data & Analytics Officer (CDAO), effective immediately. In this role, Steve is responsible for reporting service performance, managing enterprise data sources, leading transformational analytics, and executing advanced modeling across the Postal Service. Steve has been […]
USPS Announces Marketing Mail Growth Incentives
Industry Alert : The Postal Service has filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission two year-long growth incentives which will encourage mail owners to increase qualifying First-Class Mail and Marketing Mail volumes in Calendar Year 2024 (CY 2024). Each Mail Growth Incentive will offer postage credits equivalent to 30% of the amount by which qualifying CY […]
FAST Appointments at DDUs
Effective, September 11, postal customers can make FAST appointments at Destination Delivery Units (DDUs). This does not include S&DCs. Customers will have two options when making appointments at DDUs:
Postal Service Reduces Air Cargo by 90% Over 2 Years as Part of Cost-Cutting Effort
AP News: Postal Service Reduces Air Cargo by 90% Over 2 Years as Part of Cost-Cutting Effort The Postal Service has reduced its volume of shipments by aircraft by 90% over two years, putting the service on course to save $1 billion in annual transportation costs, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said August 8. Shifting packages […]
USPS Shares a Big List of RPDCs and LPCs
Save the Postal Service: The Postal Service has provided stakeholders with another list of the planned changes to the processing network. It’s the largest and most complete list so far. Combining the new list with a couple of previous lists yields a composite list that probably represents about 80 percent of the total consolidation plan. […]
USPS Network Plan Includes Insourcing of Linehaul Work
PostCom Bulletin: A Postal Service plan to insource all line hauling of mail and parcels between hubs and local delivery units, which had been handled by contractors, will be completely phased in by 2025, according to a source with knowledge of meetings with USPS officials. As part of the 10-year Delivering for America network overhaul […]
USPS Releases Q3 Results
Industry Alert: The Postal Service released its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 (April 1, 2023 – June 30, 2023) with net loss for the quarter of $1.7 billion. Total operating revenue was $18.6 billion for the quarter, a decrease of $168 million, or 0.9 percent, compared to the same quarter […]
USPS Releases Implementation Update on Facility Consolidations and New S&DCs
PostCom Bulletin /Save The Post Office: The Postal Service has shared some update notifications on plant consolidations and new Sorting & Delivery Centers with the unions and management associations. About 18 S&DCs will launch in February 2024, and a dozen processing centers could soon see most of their operations consolidated to Regional Processing & Delivery […]