But a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum opens Saturday as a reminder that earlier generations of voters used the postal service to cast absentee ballots decades before the COVID-19 pandemic upended the 2020 election.
Frank Albergo, head of the Postal Police Officers Association, which represents the uniformed officers of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), says the problem began in 2020 when the United States Postal Service restricted their police jurisdiction to only postal property.
The American Postal Workers Union is deeply concerned regarding the August 22nd announcement from postal management, with the support of the Postal Board of Governors, that they are once again planning to slow down much of the country’s mail.
Today the Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission of its intention to host a pre-filing conference in reference to certain aspects of the Delivering for America plan.
The USPS has announced operational improvements and corresponding refinements within existing service standards that will enhance service reliability, cost efficiency, and overall productivity.
It may have been routine, but it certainly wasn't boring, at least in Kaplan's telling. The unofficial creed of postal carriers declares: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."
The U.S. Postal Service wants to save $3 billion annually on changes that reflect its greater reliance on streamlined regional networks — while retaining local mail delivery times of one to three days and allowing customers to track some delivery schedules with greater precision.
The Postal Service is planning to roll out several changes next year to drive down its operating costs and ensure more reliable service to most of its customers.