USPS Office of Inspector General Archives - News/Media Alliance https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/tag/usps-office-of-inspector-general/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:32:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 Congressional Letter Asks for Pause on Postal Increases https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/congressional-letter-asks-for-pause-on-postal-increases/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:09:53 +0000 https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/?p=14578 Congressmen Emanuel Cleaver and Sam Graves, along with 17 other cosigners, sent a letter to the Postal Board of Governors on January 19 asking the USPS to pause future rate increases.

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]]> Congressmen Emanuel Cleaver and Sam Graves, along with 17 other cosigners, sent a letter to the Postal Board of Governors on January 19 asking the USPS to pause future rate increases. The letter expresses concern on the negative impact the rate increases are having on mail customers. In addition, the letter raises concerns about the service problems many members of Congress have raised with the USPS in the last year. Last September, Congressmen Gerry Connolly and Jake LaTurner sent a letter and the Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service, of which The Alliance is a member, sent a letter last June. The Alliance continues to raise concerns with the Postal Service, Postal Regulatory Commission, USPS Office of Inspector General and others on these alarming rate increases.

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]]> USPS Files July Rate Increases & Postal Regulatory Commission Releases Flats Processing Study https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/usps-files-july-rate-increases-postal-regulatory-commission-releases-flats-processing-study/ Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:50:01 +0000 https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/?p=13690 The Postal Service filed notice on April 10 of increased rates with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), which take effect July 9.

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]]> The Postal Service filed notice on April 10 of increased rates with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), which take effect July 9. The average rate increases are:

Periodicals Outside County: 8.080 percent
Periodicals Within County: 8.811 percent
Marketing Mail HD-Saturation Flats/Parcels: 3.071 percent

Rate comparison charts are attached. The PRC will review the changes before they are scheduled to take effect. The Alliance will provide comments.

The PRC released the Flats Operations Study Report April 6, as required by Section 206 of the Postal Service Reform Act. The study identifies causes of inefficiencies in the collection, sorting, transportation, and delivery of flats. The PSRA also requires the Postal Service, within 6 months, either to develop and implement a plan to remedy each inefficiency identified or to provide an explanation as to why remedying the inefficiency is impracticable. The Alliance provided comments in January. The USPS Office of Inspector General plans to issue their study in June.

 

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]]> USPS Inspector General to Receive Excellence Award https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/usps-inspector-general-to-receive-excellence-award/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:28:35 +0000 https://www.newsmediaalliance.org/?p=13446  Women in Logistics and Delivery Services (WILDS) announced it will present the second annual Megan J. Brennan Award for Excellence to Tammy Whitcomb Hull, Inspector General, United States Postal Service, at a meeting to be held on February 2, 2023. The Alliance belongs to WILDS and works with closely with the USPS Office of Inspector […]

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Women in Logistics and Delivery Services (WILDS) announced it will present the second annual Megan J. Brennan Award for Excellence to Tammy Whitcomb Hull, Inspector General, United States Postal Service, at a meeting to be held on February 2, 2023. The Alliance belongs to WILDS and works with closely with the USPS Office of Inspector General on postal issues. WILDS is a nonprofit organization created to promote women’s leadership in the postal, delivery and logistics industries and to address the challenges women and minorities regularly face in these industries.

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