FedEx, UPS and Amazon are picking up the pace of their infrastructure expansion, and they are going after the last-mile traffic they have traditionally outsourced to
USPS. In June, FedEx said it would in-source its two million daily parcels it tenders to
USPS by 2020; FedEx has already diverted 20 percent of the traffic that it formally outsourced.
In a series of tweets on Tuesday evening, Matt Garrison, R2 managing principal, said the firm has been prodding the
USPS to make needed repairs for about five months.
Pursuant to section 7502(b), the IRC allows for regulations regarding postmarks made by commercial or private delivery services (referred to in the regulations as "postmarks not made by the
USPS").
For years, we have seen grim predictions from
USPS warning of its pending financial demise.
The PRC in December 2013 granted a request by
USPS for an average postage increase of 4.3 percent until it collected $3.2 billion to make up for losses suffered in 2008-09 during the Great Recession.
The second
USPS contract, estimated at approximately USD3.5m, will see AT&T provide Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Service (MTIPS) to
USPS headquarters in Washington DC and two major
USPS data centres, one in California and the other in Minnesota.
While that delay is welcome news for local employees and the town of Shrewsbury, it is also emblematic of the glacial pace at which reform of the
USPS proceeds.
Also, the
USPS appreciates its high levels of national on-time performance (e.g., 96 percent for first-class mail) and a 94 percent customer satisfaction score.
Postal Service (
USPS) regulations that affect its members.