During the 2015 annual AUSPL Conference in Reno, NV, Dennis Pottenger and I gave a presentation entitled “Unraveling the Mysteries of the USPS Lease Agreement.” As members of AUSPL’s Board of Directors with many years of experience dealing with postal leases, we shared with attendees our experiences and insights. We hope the presentation was informative…
AUSPL Conference 2015 provided opportunities for attendees to ask questions of speakers and workshop presenters. One of the questions posed by an AUSPL member to Representative Amodei was why the US Census Bureau sends out surveys using UPS rather than the US Postal Service. Harry Glenn of Van Scoyoc and Associates contacted a congressional staff…
Samuel Dattel, 88, passed away on Sunday, September 13, 2015, after a long illness. In 1981, Mr. Dattel, along with Lawrence Schlager, Jerry Frankel, Ray DeLeo, and Merritt Meyer, founded AUSPL. The founders recruited 25 postal lessors to join the new postal association. From this small group of postal landlords, AUSPL has grown to represent…
In an August 26, 2015 Washington Post article, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (D-VT) addressed problems with the US Postal Service. He called the recent cost-cutting measure of closing mail processing plants a “disaster that is negatively impacting Americans all over this country.” Senator Sanders called the US Postal Service’s required pre-funding of future health-care…
The Postal Service has announced a net loss of $586 million for the third quarter of 2015, typically the slowest time of year for the agency. The USPS reported a net loss of $2 billion for the same time last year. Online shopping has helped boost package delivery for the Postal Service. Shipping and package…
Beginning in October of 2014, the Postal Service has been successfully delivering groceries for Amazon customers in certain cities including San Francisco and New York. And, similar delivery services could expand. Postmaster General Megan Brennan told Bloomberg Business that the USPS is seeking more customers who are interested in customized delivery of their products. Amazon…
The USPS is pilot testing new small package sorting equipment as part of an effort to grow its package delivery service. Earlier this year, USPS installed the Small Parcel Sorting System (SPSS) machines in select facilities in Florida, Arizona, California, Texas and New York. The machines have been hugely productive. The SPSS machines can sort…
New post office services and features are available at 8,400 competitive post offices. A competitive post office means the USPS provides some of the same services offered by its competitors at comparable prices. Here are some new services for PO Boxes that are available at many of these 8,400 post offices: Baker’s Dozen: 13 months…
In 2010, the Postal Service sought to end Saturday mail delivery, which it estimated would save approximately $3 billion per year. However, as the economy has improved and postal reform legislation has stalled in Congress, the USPS has backed away from its insistence on five-day delivery. Instead, the Postal Service is concentrating on optimizing its…
Beginning on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 10:30 a.m., CBS will air a weekly program featuring the Postal Service Inspection Service. The 30-minute drama series will feature actress Jessica Lundy, a postal inspector, whose team specializes in consumer fraud and other postal crimes. Each week, “real life” Chief Postal Inspector Guy Cottrell will deliver a…