From the Postal Regulatory Commission:
In December, the United States Postal Service requested a non-binding advisory opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission on its proposal to consolidate its mail processing network and alter the delivery standards for First Class Mail and Periodicals. This request was designated as PRC Docket No. N2012-1.
In support of its proposal and request for advisory opinion, the Postal Service submitted testimony from 13 witnesses and several thousand pages of supporting documentation. Initial discovery concluded on Friday.
Under the law, an advisory opinion of this type is governed by the Administrative Procedure Act, and requires an on the record hearing, as specified in 39 U.S.C. 3661(c). Public Hearings have been scheduled.
A copy of the one page procedural schedule for this docket is published on page 8 of this document:
Mail Processing Network Rationalization Service Changes, 2012
Sure, blame it on anything but your own leadership. Donahoe is sterotypical. Has he substituted his cronies on the BOG (board of governors) and the MTAC (mailers technical advisory committee), i.e., corporate customers for an austerity approach to leadership, cut, cut, cut. Instead he missed the opportunity to change the laws in favor of a service oriented enterprise with new revenue streams. He must take responsibility! Dive on the sword and RESIGN OR BE THROWN OUT!
Unfornately, the people that could get rid of the PMG are his fellow BOG members, of which most are G.W.Bush appointees. So, there ya go….
Get rid of the PMG.
Well its official, he is on the way to destroy millions of lives. But it’s ok; he and his buddies will get rich. Just give me my dam pink slip once and for all. 99 weeks baby, yes 99 weeks of unemployment and then off to SS office for my disability. See Uncle Sam wants us to depend on them. Well fu** it I am going to embrace this with open arms. Bring it on.
It’s obvious that the PMG, has too much power, if he can just shut down the Postal Service at will, and no one can slow him down to include Congress who makes the laws. The question remains open, will the PMG violate the law, and if he does, what will happen, If he is allowed to consoildater like he’s planning, and violate the law, then Congress needs to step up.
Alter delivery standards is a joke as they have already been altered as primary product is bulk business advertising mail which has no purpose in communications for the American mailing public. PRC should take action to reduce street delivery to 5 days a week which exceeds demand for services provided by USPS. Supply exceeding demand creates negative dollar cost as revenue is declinging and cost is increasing. First class mail volume will continue to decrease with time as electronic mail is the primary means of personal and business communication in the 21st century. Congress, PRC and other political pressure groups should employ economic principles to maintain a cost effective USPS to provide employment for Americans, Reduce wasted cost in eliminating street delivery to 5 or less days a week which would eliminate massive wasted cost in vehicle and fuel cost as well as reducing massive wasted cost in delivery operation workhour cost.
So late July before all this BS even gets fully reviewed? And when is a DECISION made? On the 12th of Never?
This madness can end only when our dysfuctional Congress takes action on it’s dysfunctional creation. The USPS is a dinosaur but needs a Congressional permission slip to change into something that actually works for both citizens and employees.
Vote Yes on S1789, as it was presented in a bipartisan way…. and let SOME changes begin. Then after we see the results, add new legislation as required.
So late July before all this BS even gets fully reviewed? And when is a DECISION made? On the 12th of Never?
This madness can end only when our dysfuctional Congress takes action on it’s dysfunction creation’s fate. The USPS is a dinosaur but needs a Congressional permission slip to change into something that actually works for both citizens and employees.
Vote Yes on S1789, as it was presented in a bipartisan way…. and let SOME changes begin. Then after we see the results, add new legislation as required.
Mail volume is not declining and there have not been billions of dollars of loses. This is just a plot orchestrated by the PMG to destroy the USPS.
He is the most powerful man if the world.
OK,
now hear this:
You read it hear first:
Mind games, that’s all it is with our PMG.
His plan will not pan out, and he hopes so himself!
One small man, has congress by the short hairs. He is a brave man, alone with no team of binding pen pushers that think they own the world. The USPS will be saved and that’s that! Congress is a complicated human error.