Sorry for the postal-speak in this, but I wanted to pass it on quickly.
This comes from a memo from a local Postal Customer Council:
The US Postal Service today asked the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to expedite consideration of the Postal Service's plan to make its operations more efficient, reduce costs and ensure the long-term affordability of mail.
The request filed with the PRC asks it to issue a non-binding advisory opinion on planned Postal Service network and service standard changes by mid-April 2012. The current moratorium on the closing of any Post Office expires on May 15, 2012. The USPS voluntarily agreed to the moratorium in response to congressional requests in the hope it would help to create comprehensive postal legislation.
The Postal Service had laid out a plan to return to profitability while meeting the changing needs of its customers. The plan includes reducing the number of mail processing facilities from 460 today to less than 200 by 2013, and revising mail delivery service standards. This would provide more predictable and reliable service, and is part of a broader effort to stabilize Postal Service finances, and continue to provide affordable, universal service for generations to come.
The PRC issued a schedule last week that guarantees it will not issue its non-binding advisory opinion until July 10, 2012, at the earliest. The Postal Service would like to move forward with its planned network and service standard changes with the benefit of the advisory opinion, which it would need to have well before May 15.
The Postal Service believes that more than four months, from Dec. 5, 2011 to mid-April 2012, is adequate time for the PRC to evaluate and comment on these proposed operational changes.
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