Congress did not establish the agency as a profit-making operation but rather as a core public service whose origins date back to the Postal Clause of the US Constitution.
Although management reduced workhours in mail processing facilities by more than 17 million hours during FYs 2022 through 2024, there may be opportunities to further reduce workhours by stabilizing or improving productivity.
Letter Carrier Doriel Carson was delivering mail in Chicago following a recent holiday weekend when she noticed that a customer’s mailbox was overflowing.
Although the details of House Republicans’ narrowly approved budget framework are still up in the air, some initial proposals show the possibility of changes to federal benefits, mainly in retirement and health care.
Thousands of people across the Valley haven’t been getting their mail on time, and what inspectors found may explain why so many customers are so frustrated with the United States Postal Service.