USPS Projects Continuing Mail Delays, Setting Targets Well Below Historical Standards

[yaesu]

The U.S. Postal Service is signaling that widespread mail delays prevalent in 2020 and early 2021 are the new normal, setting expectations for the remainder of the year far below historical norms.

USPS expects to deliver less than 88% of regular First-Class Mail on time for pieces slated for a two-day turnaround and less than 69% on time for those in the three-to-five day window. That would mark a decrease from 2020—already a down year—when the agency delivered 91% and 79% of mail on time, respectively. The reduced targets approved last month by the postal board of governors highlighted a significant departure from previous USPS goals, as it expected to deliver more than 95% of mail on time in all recent years.

The Postal Service will have to improve performance to meet even those lower targets, as it delivered just 86% of two-day and 58% of three-to-five day mail on time in the second quarter of fiscal 2021. Postal management announced on Thursday it had improved its overall First-Class Mail on-time delivery to 88% for the month of May. That still remains below its performance in recent years, including pandemic-affected 2020. USPS hopes to avoid delays on 93% and 85% of mail, respectively, for the remainder of fiscal 2021.

“The Postal Service will have to achieve substantial improvement in service performance across all products over the second half of the year in order to meet its end-of-fiscal-year targets,” management said in a recent filing to Congress.

https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/06/usps-projects-continuing-mail-delays-setting-targets-well-below-historical-standards/174490/

[PortTack]

1. With 3 new regulatory board members appointed by Biden, they have the majority.

I’ve seen articles that said don’t look for his immediate removal..possibly by the end of this year.

[llashram]

2. get rid of the dejoy cancer

and the postal service will recover. Hell, in spite of the damage dejoy did at the behest of trump, I can only speak for myself and my neighborhood, THE MAIL WAS DELIVERED, everyday. The average postal worker has never gotten the respect they deserve especially now working in a trump damaged Service. They have my respect

[flor-de-jasmim]

3. My tax returns have been in the Chicago USPS facility since May 20th. Anyone w/ similar experience?

I've tried calling, but no one answers.

[SoCalNative]

4. Why does anyone mail tax returns anymore?

[Hoyt]

5. Or mail payments, most documents, etc. I seldom use the USPS nowadays, although I do support

the Postal Service. Used to ride with my granddad in the 1950s on his rural route.

[flor-de-jasmim]

7. I live in Denmark and it seemed easier at the time.

Actually, now that I think of it, I was not allowed to use free electronic filing because of certain forms I have to file for living overseas. I should recheck that!

[global1]

6. Is Bernie Sanders Still Vocal About Saving USPS....

He was very outspoken about saving USPS a few years back.