USPS Files Five-Day Delivery Plan
The U.S. Postal Service today took its case for five-day delivery to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) this week, initiating a review process required by law. In addition to a review by the PRC, it’s also necessary for Congress to refrain from enacting legislation that would require the Postal Service to deliver mail six days a week after the end of fiscal year 2010.
The five-day delivery proposal is part of comprehensive plan announced March 2nd—“Delivering the Future”—that is intended to be a roadmap to bring certainty to the viability of the Postal Service well into the future. A report accompanying the request notes, “The Postal Service does not take this change lightly and would not propose it if six-day mail service could be supported by current volumes.”
Postmaster General John E. Potter said it was important to stress that the proposal dealt only with Saturday street delivery and that Post Offices will be open on Saturdays, access to P.O. boxes would continue, Express Mail would be delivered seven days a week and incoming mail would still be processed.
The Postal Service report can be found at www.usps.com/communications/five-daydelivery and the request for the advisory opinion can be accessed at http://prc.gov.
