Sen. Carper Reacts to PMG’s Announcement on Further Cost-Cutting Measures

WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service and co-author of the 21st Century Postal Service Act, released the following statement reacting to the Postmaster General’s announcement that the Postal Service would begin closing select mail processing centers in an effort to save approximately $1.2 billion […]

USPS Statement on Consolidation List

The Postal Service has announced that most Area Mail Processing and other facility consolidation studies begun more than five months ago have been completed. All employees of the affected facilities have been notified. There has been a 25 percent decline in First-Class Mail volume since 2006, and the Postal Service receives no tax dollars for […]