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Mike Plunkett, President at PostCom, and Mark Fallon, President of the Berkshire Company, discuss the state of affairs at the US Postal Service.

  • Vacancies on USPS Board of Governors and impact on day-to-day USPS operations
  • Employee headcount
  • Letter pricing and price increases
  • PRC's role in postal pricing
  • Letter volume decline
  • Ambiguity in the USA's Universal Service Obligation
  • Driving efficiencies in letter delivery
  • USPS losses and legislative reform
  • Optimized Collection, Delivery Unit consolidation and changes to mail collection times
  • Leveraging the USPS post office network
  • Handling non-postal business at the post office
  • Upgrading and improving the USPS logistics network in 2024
  • Are postal employees prioritising Amazon parcels?
  • USPS parcel lockers
  • Optimising post office locations