GAO flags slower USPS deliveries after cost-cutting pushes
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A GAO report finds USPS cost-cutting measures have slowed mail delivery beyond its lowered targets: shifting some transportation from air to ground added one to two days for some first-class mail, and about 24,000 post offices could lose afternoon collections when far from processing centers, disproportionately affecting rural communities and raising ballot-day concerns ahead of the midterms, even as USPS promises improvements and the GAO calls for a clearer plan in the 2027 strategy.
- USPS made mail slower to cut costs. Midterm ballots will test the system. Axios
- USPS network revamp challenges on-time delivery from rural areas yahoo.com
- USPS fails to meet lowered service standards, GAO finds Federal News Network
- Mail is Taking Longer to Deliver—We Looked at Why U.S. Government Accountability Office (.gov)
- Inspector General Report On Mail Service Expected To Be Released By End Of September KCCR-AM
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