Internal USPS Documents Show Proof of ‘Steep Declines and Increasing Delays,' NY Rep Says

"...The documents released Saturday are said to be part of a "PMG Briefing," a presentation prepared directly for the Postmaster General just last week. According to the internal report, significant dips in on-time delivery have been recorded by the Postal Service since the start of July but had been steady for several months prior. Maloney says DeJoy did not admit to "sweeping delays and reductions in service caused by his actions and detailed in these new documents." She says the documents contradict representatives on the other side of the aisle that claimed there were "no delays" in mail delivery and "no data" to prove the delays were real..."    

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‘Snail mail’ is about to get even slower

‘Snail mail’ is about to get even slower (Opinion)

"...On Jan. 4, the U.S. Postal Service postmaster general virtually eliminated the overnight delivery standard for first class mail...."    

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More postal related delivery issues that need to be resolved...

USPS hate mail

"...“My understanding is the Post Office has been declining to deliver these packages and sending them back to shippers, and it seems to be getting more and more acute,” Stanford said. “I’ve heard gut-wrenching stories of people waiting on critical packages lost in limbo. How can we improve this? Right now it’s just unacceptable. It’s not servicing the residents of our community.”..."    

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Postal Service volume so heavy they are even processing mail on Sunday

Postal Service works on Sunday to clear holiday backlog

"...For the first time ever, post offices in Dallas, Forth Worth, and Arlington were open and processing mail on a Sunday...."    

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New Mail-Sorting Process Causing Unnecessary Delays in Alaska

New Mail-Sorting Process Causing Unnecessary Delays in Ketchikan

"... The result is that my office has received numerous complaints from local governments and businesses concerned about timely delivery of bills and receipt of payments for taxes, utilities, goods, and services.” “I would urge you to review the decision to fly Ketchikan-bound mail hundreds of miles from Ketchikan to Juneau and back to Ketchikan..."    

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Staffing problems at Skagway post office in Alaska being addressed

Juneau postal clerks brought in to help with Skagway mail

"...sent a couple clerks from Juneau to help ease staffing problems at the Skagway post office...."    

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Alabama mail processing plant consolidation allegedly causing mail delays

Mail carriers apologize for late delivery

"...“Our trucks have been late from Birmingham,” Cheatham said. “The Postal Service has consolidated Huntsville and Tuscaloosa in Birmingham, and they haven’t been able to work all the load.” As of 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Cheatham said the Alexander City Post Office had yet to receive its Birmingham mail shipment. ..."    

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More Mail Delays

Mail fail: Local newspaper steamed up over USPS delays

"... ongoing cutbacks at the U.S. Postal Service have been delaying the arrival of the paper in subscribers' mailboxes by as much as several days...."    

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Article: Postal Service cuts are creating a slowed-down mail system

Postal bill draws protests in U.S. cities

"...Issa’s bill comes on top of sweeping postal actions in the last year that have closed 30 percent of mail processing plants; reduced hours by 25 percent to 75 percent in half of all post offices; put 10 percent of post offices up for sale; subcontracted trucking and mail handling; cut thousands of mail routes; and eliminated 60,000 postal jobs. The cuts are creating a slowed-down mail system...."    

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Senior level managers detailed to ND instead of workers

Postal Service eyes operations in ND Oil Patch

"...complaining about long lines at post offices, delayed mail and returned mail. They say Williston, Watford City, Ray and Tioga have been among the most affected communities...."    

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63 years late, Postal Service delivers calendar

Calendar delivered 63 years later

"... The 1950 Pennsylvania Railroad calendar never made it to James W. Flanagan, general manager of the Scranton Times. He would never need it: he died in December 1949. But on Friday, 63 years after his death, the U.S. Postal Service made a delivery...."    

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Alaska resident angered over mail delays

Postal delays

"...I have lived here since 1959, and I have never seen a mess like the Postal Service is now. In the past, I have sent mail to Missouri, and it made it in three days. To have something mailed from the Lower 48, you have to pay two to three times more in postage because we are supposedly overseas...."    

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