Tag: USPS

With a week remaining before Christmas Day, the U. S. Postal Service reports exceptional service performance during the peak holiday rush and expects continued success throughout the season. Through the substantial progress the Postal Service has made under its 10-year Delivering for America plan — a $40 billion investment aimed at modernizing and reinvigorating the organization — USPS has met... Read More

The U. S. Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission of mailing services price changes to take effect July 14, 2024. The new rates include a 5-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 68 cents to 73 cents. The proposed adjustments, approved by the governors of the Postal Service, would raise mailing services... Read More

The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics for the ninth week of the fiscal year 2023 first quarter. For the sixth consecutive week, the average time to deliver a mailpiece or package across the postal network was 2.5 days. FY23 first quarter service performance scores covering Oct. 1 through Dec. 2 included: First-Class Mail: 91.9 percent of First-Class... Read More

The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of price changes to take effect Jan. 22, 2023. The new rates include a three-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 60 cents to 63 cents. The proposed increases will raise First-Class Mail prices approximately 4.2 percent to offset the rise in... Read More

The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics through the first week of the fiscal third quarter. For the week ending April 8 and the second consecutive week, First-Class Mail on-time delivery performance was 93.9 percent. Through the first week of the third quarter, the average time for delivery of a mailpiece across the postal network was 2.4... Read More

The U.S. Postal Service reported service delivery performance scores through the end of fiscal fourth-quarter showing the strongest quarterly performance of the year for all First-Class, Marketing and Periodical mail categories. Quarter-to-date service performance data for July 1 through Sept. 30 included: First-Class Mail: Delivered 88.0 percent of First-Class Mail on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 0.6... Read More

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reported updated fiscal fourth-quarter service delivery performance showing improvements versus the third quarter ended June 30 for all First-Class, Marketing and Periodical mail categories. Quarter-to-date service performance data for July 1 through Sept. 24 included: First-Class Mail: Delivered 88.1 percent of First-Class Mail on time against the USPS service standard, an improvement of 0.6 percentage points... Read More

The U.S. Postal Service reported updated fiscal fourth-quarter service delivery performance that showed continued improvements versus the third quarter ended June 30 across all First-Class, Marketing, and Periodical mail categories. Quarter-to-date service performance data for July 1 through Aug.20 include: First-Class Mail: Delivered 88.8 percent of First-Class Mail on time against the USPS service performance standard, an improvement of 1.3 percentage... Read More

The U.S. Postal Service provided updated third-quarter service performance data through the week of June 25th which shows consistent and improved delivery performance across all First-Class, Marketing and Periodical mail categories since the second quarter, the agency said. Performance numbers below include the weeks of April 1 through June 25: First-Class Mail: 87.5 percent of First-Class Mail delivered on time... Read More

The United States Postal Service (USPS) filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) requesting price changes to take effect Aug. 29, 2021, in accordance with approvals provided by the PRC last year. The complete Postal Service price filings with prices for all products can be found on the PRC site. The proposed price changes would raise overall Market Dominant... Read More

The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced the next phase of its organizational changes, including district consolidations, centralization of marketing functions, and realignment of Logistics and Processing Operations, claiming these changes will drive efficiencies and better decision-making. Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy provided details of the next phase of organizational changes he first announced in August 2020: District Consolidation... Read More