WASHINGTON, Feb. 20,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Postal Service today
provided a pointed response to the Postal Regulatory Commission's
(PRC) recently published Advisory Opinion on the organization's
proposed service standard changes: PRC Docket No. N2024-1,
captioned "Operational and Service Standards to Meet Statutory
Requirements for Reliable, Efficient High-Quality Service and
Financial Sustainability Through an Integrated Mail and Package
Network."
An excerpt of the response cover letter from Postmaster General
Louis DeJoy to PRC Chairman,
Michael Kubayanda follows:
"I must say that I was confounded by the Commission's dismissal
of cost savings of nearly $4 billion
a year as 'meager,' while characterizing service standard changes
that are carefully designed and modest in impact within the current
service standard day ranges as a "severe degradation" in service
that must be avoided at all costs.
That said, we have fully analyzed and evaluated your Advisory
Opinion, and likewise carefully considered the Commission's
recommendations. In that regard, while there are many elements of
the Advisory Opinion with which we could not agree, we found some
areas of common ground that we can and will adopt in our ongoing
effort to ensure that the American people and businesses will have
a well-functioning and financially sustainable Postal Service that
will provide high-quality service to our customers for decades to
come, and still within the day ranges of our current service
standards."
Read the full response.
Read comprehensive list of detailed responses USPS provided
to the PRC recommendations.
Please Note: The United States Postal Service is an
independent federal establishment, mandated to be self-financing
and to serve every American community through the affordable,
reliable and secure delivery of mail and packages to 169 million
addresses six and often seven days a week. Overseen by a bipartisan
Board of Governors, the Postal Service is implementing a 10-year
transformation plan, Delivering for America, to
modernize the postal network, restore long-term financial
sustainability, dramatically improve service across all mail and
shipping categories, and maintain the organization as one of
America's most valued and trusted brands.
The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for
operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and
services to fund its operations.
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Contact: David Walton
david.walton@usps.gov
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