INDUSTRY ALERTS       

Mailing Industry Stakeholders:  

Postmaster General Pat Donahoe issued a letter and video today to assure mailers that the Postal Service is not going out of business or be privatized. The Postal Service plays a vital role in America’s economy and society. This past year USPS delivered 167.6 billion pieces of mail and sustains a $1 trillion mailing industry that employs 8 million people. This communication will bring you the up-to-date steps the Postal Service is taking on the legislative, network optimization and wages and benefits fronts to ensure the financial health of USPS now and in years to come.  The PMG continues to urge Congress to allow the move from six-day delivery schedule to five days per week.  On the retail front, the USPS is studying whether to close up to 3,700 retail facilities, and we continue to consolidate delivery routes. USPS is also developing a proposal to adjust service standards and Critical Entry Times for First-Class and Periodicals to allow the streamlining of the mail processing network. This is a very important message that needs to be shared with your members and co-workers.  Please feel free to distribute and post on your website.
Please click to view the video and letter.
Also, the video can be downloaded for your convenience.

  Susan M. LaChance
Vice President
Consumer and Industry Affairs

New and updated network optimization information for mailers is now available on the Postal Service's "Information for Mailers" web page.    A second set of FAQs specifically for mailers, and a new document containing more information related to each of the facility study sites announced September 15, 2011, were recently posted on the Postal Service's "Information for Mailers" web page. In addition, navigation to this page from the about.usps.com home page was simplified -- now, just click on the "Mailer information" link under the heading "Our Organization" (next to the photo of a postal facility) and you're there! This new and updated information is also available on the "Business Mail Acceptance" (BMA) page of RIBBS.

The new set of FAQs contains 49 *new* questions-and-answers based upon ongoing meetings and discussions with mailers; these FAQs supplement the initial set of FAQs posted in September.  The new "Consolidated Information on Facility Study Sites" document contains additional information on all 252 sites selected for Area Mail Processing studies.  Mailers can use this list to find each selected study site's name, city, state, ZIP Code, and drop site key; the gaining site's (or sites') name(s), city, state, ZIP Code and drop site key; the road mileage figure reflecting the distance between study and gaining sites, and, in some cases, additional comments on individual sites.    

We hope you will find these new materials helpful and informative.  As always, please contact us if you have questions, comments or concerns, and let us know if there is specific information you would like to see posted on the "Information for Mailers" page. 

PLEASE CONTACT A BOARD MEMBER BELOW FOR DETAILS.

PCC COORDINATOR Susan Recchia USPS San Diego District 11251 Rancho Carmel Dr San Diego, CA 92199 (858) 674-0336 - Voice (858) 674-2704 - Fax Email: Susan Recchia

PCC COORDINATOR Jacqui Crist USPS San Diego District 11251 Rancho Carmel Dr San Diego, CA 92199 (858) 674-0418 - Voice (858) 674-2704 - Fax Email: Jacqueline Crist