User:Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service/Delivering for America draft

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Delivering for America[edit]

In March 2021, the Postal Service launched a 10-year reform plan called Delivering for America, intended to improve the agency's financial stability, service reliability, and operational efficiency.[1][2] The plan includes $40 billion in investments meant to improve USPS technology and facilities.[3]

As part of Delivering for America, the Postal Service introduced the USPS Connect offering in June 2022 and USPS Ground Advantage in July 2023.[4][5] Together, these offerings have expanded expedited parcel shipping options for the agency's customers.[5][6] Between Delivering for America's inception and September 2023, USPS installed 348 new package sorting machines within its facilities.[3] As of September 2023, the Postal Service is able to process approximately 70 million packages per day,[3] up from 53 million in 2021,[7] and 60 million in 2022.[8]

USPS announced in July 2022 that it would be building 60 new regional processing and distribution centers in order to replace smaller, redundant facilities.[9][10] The first of these new facilities is a million-square foot building in Atlanta that, as of March 2023, is under construction.[11]

In May 2023, the Postal Service announced that its Delivering for America initiatives had cut the agency's projected losses through 2031 from $160 billion to $70 billion.[8] Losses are projected to go down due to postage rate increases,[8] improved operational efficiency from the consolidation of its delivery network,[12][13] and the passage Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, which lifted financial burdens placed on the Postal Service by the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act.[11][14]

Under the Delivering for America plan, USPS has focused on reducing employee turnover.[15] The Postal Service has also sought to reduce its reliance on seasonal employees by stabilizing the size of its career workforce. Between October 2020 and September 2023, the Postal Service converted 150,000 of its pre-career workers into full-time employees.[3][16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Coleman, Kali (January 18, 2023). "USPS Is Making Even More Changes to Your Mail, as of Sunday". Yahoo. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  2. ^ Wilkerson, Rachel (March 24, 2021). "United States Postal Service to implement changes". WPMI. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Baker, Elizabeth (September 20, 2023). "USPS to hire 10,000 seasonal employees to prepare for the holidays". Parcel & Postal Technology International. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Jones, Erica (April 12, 2022). "U.S. Postal Service rolls out USPS Connect in Georgia". Dawson County News. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Baker, Elizabeth (July 19, 2023). "USPS launches Ground Advantage shipping offering". Parcel And Postal Technology International. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  6. ^ Baker, Elizabeth (April 14, 2022). "USPS issues progress report on 10-year plan". Parcel & Postal Technology International. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  7. ^ Frantz, Gary (November 1, 2022). "Shippers back in the driver's seat as parcel market growth softens". DC Velocity. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  8. ^ a b c Shepardson, David (April 27, 2023). "U.S. Postal Service shrinks forecast losses as it raises prices". Reuters. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  9. ^ Katz, Eric (July 5, 2022). "This Is Where USPS Is Building Out Its First Mega-Centers This Year". Government Executive. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  10. ^ Katz, Eric (August 1, 2023). "USPS faces bipartisan pushback as it ramps up consolidation efforts". Government Executive. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  11. ^ a b Cortelessa, Eric (March 16, 2023). "Louis DeJoy's Surprising Second Act". Time Magazine. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  12. ^ Heckman, Jory (April 27, 2023). "USPS vows no layoffs in its ongoing network consolidation effort". Federal News Network. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  13. ^ Bogage, Jacob (November 25, 2022). "Biden's zero-emission government fleet starts with USPS". Washington Post. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  14. ^ Maloney, Carolyn B. (2022-02-10). "H.R.3076 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Postal Service Reform Act of 2022". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  15. ^ Heckman, Jory (September 13, 2023). "USPS trying to keep 'job-hopping' new hires to stay for longer term". Federal News Network. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  16. ^ Heckman, Jory (September 19, 2023). "USPS ends peak holiday surcharge as it cuts year-end demand for temporary hires". Federal News Network. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
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