Washington (CNN) Longer first-class mail delivery times and cuts to post office hours across the country are among the changes embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced Tuesday as part of a 10-year plan for the agency.
The sweeping 58-page plan, titled "Delivering for America," promises to make the Postal Service more competitive and more modern -- including a new energy-friendly fleet of delivery vehicles.
It includes investments in "advanced package processing equipment," upgrades to post offices and uniforms, new technology such as mobile devices for letter carriers, and new employee training.
It also calls for dialing down delivery time expectations, which it notes the system has been unable to meet "over the past eight years."
It proposed changing the standard for first class letters and flats to a five-day standard from a three-day standard. The Postal Service said that under the plan, it expects to deliver about 70% of first class mail within three days.
Mysticyde on March 23rd, 2021 at 17:47 UTC »
a 10 year plan to make USPS worse? What? Who makes a plan to make their business worse over a long period of time?
Knuckles316 on March 23rd, 2021 at 17:08 UTC »
He claims to want to make the USPS more competitive but will then make it take longer to deliver mail and packages and will be harder to get into the office with shortened hours - why is this clown still in that role again?
tinymonesters on March 23rd, 2021 at 16:03 UTC »
This is what happens when your postmaster general owns millions of dollars of stock in private logistics companies.