Representative David McKinley (R-WV) proposes to assist rural America by introducing a bipartisan resolution that would end the “go-slow” approach to mail delivery and return USPS to a time when customers received their newspapers, medication and credit card bills on time. According to Rep. McKinley, that was the norm before July 1, 2012, when the…
For the first time, the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has placed a value on the “brand” of the USPS. In an article published January 29, 2015, on FierceGovernment.com, the USPS OIG valued the Postal Service’s brand at $3.6 billion. Although the USPS OIG believes the USPS should “regularly evaluate its brand value,” the…
A January 26, 2015 article posted on the KOAM TV 7 website, reported that, during a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee meeting Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) reinforced the importance of post offices to rural Missourians, as well as, the pressing need for USPS reforms. According to Senator McCaskill, it’s time to get the “really…