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January 1, Postmaster General Defends DFA Plan, Seeks to Save USPS from ‘Death Spiral’
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy remains committed to the Delivering for America (DFA) plan. This 10-year initiative, now in its third year, seeks to transform the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from an “organization in financial and operational crisis to one that is self-sustaining and high-performing.” DeJoy recently defended the plan in a passionate op-ed.
DeJoy believes the USPS plays an “important role in the communications that bind the nation together.” He highlights the vast scale of the organization, with 640,000 employees operating 32,000 retail and operational centers across the nation. They use 45,000 trucks, 256,000 delivery vehicles, and 200 aircraft to accept and deliver 425 million pieces of mail and packages to more than 330 million people every day.
However, DeJoy warns that the USPS is in a “death spiral” without significant changes. The agency is self-funding and does not receive tax dollars, leaving it responsible for managing its own costs.
The DFA plan aims to make the USPS a more progressive network. DeJoy believes it is working, stating, “We have used our regulatory authority to make the pricing adjustments necessary to correct for more than a decade of defective pricing.” The plan has converted nearly 180,000 non-career workers to full-time employment, stabilizing the workforce. With the plan, 98 percent of Americans receive their mail and packages within three days.
A key part of the DFA plan is restructuring the USPS’ operations. This involves opening new mail processing and distribution centers and consolidating facilities where possible. While these changes are in progress, they have not yet fully materialized. DeJoy remains optimistic, saying, “We will soon be back to a performance level that can make the nation proud.”
DeJoy highlights the plan’s successes so far: transportation costs have been reduced by nearly $1 billion, revenue and market share have increased, and an estimated $2.5 billion has been saved annually by cutting work hours. Additionally, the USPS has reduced its projected 10-year losses by almost $100 billion.
DeJoy emphasizes the importance of continuing on this path: “‘Delivering for America’ is the only comprehensive strategy in existence that can save the Postal Service and empower this indispensable organization not just to survive but thrive.”
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John Sparks
July 11, 2024 at 7:09 pm
try going back to rail transport for long distance in lieu of trucks – much more efficient.
Lawrence Harrison
July 11, 2024 at 7:18 pm
Need to not produce so many new stamps per year ****One would be plenty
W e n Labrum
July 11, 2024 at 7:51 pm
I wonder how many pensions we are paying for, mismanagement. How do we small business stay in business with thr CONSTANT increase in postage stamps,?
Po
July 11, 2024 at 7:54 pm
Give it to an honest company to run
George Metropoulos
July 11, 2024 at 8:11 pm
As a former postal worker I have to disagree with Mr. DeJoy about the mail being delivered within 3 days. Our local distribution center was closed quite a few years ago. Our mail that used to be delivered within 2 or 3 days now takes up to 10 days when mailed locally to a local address is now sent to a distribution center more than 90 miles away to be sorted, cased and then delivered. I don’t see where the savings is and with some people still mailing payments out, we have to send them out a week earlier in order to get to their destination on time.
Steve Purcell
July 11, 2024 at 8:58 pm
I believe that the US Government hung on and ran the postal service into such a financial mess, could have handled the situation far better, following WW II the government held prices to low on mailing for to long, while providing government benefit to it employees, with out good planning to deal with future obligation. The separation was handle slopping and no tax funds were used to give the new postal process a chance to make it even to a break even operation. And with the massive US federal workforce still in operation we may have to pay to have our own IRS audits. Generally most business operation can be run for far less than government entity’s because all the favor ,and sweet heart deal, campaigning politician have a lot of promises to make good on. thus their overspending. While the Pony Express as expensive people still paid to use it, I have no idea on a first class mail should cost but the cost is the cost when it is not a part of the bureaucracy . I felt the US Postal Service was doomed long ago. But sure hope with good business practices it can be great again. The online shopping and shipping will have to pay they way to, small cost for all the family business they have whipped out. But the postal service can not have sweet heart deals with hugs shippers .We need a safe ,Secure, postal service still Email and text will never replace a chance to read and old letter from your mom or dad years later. People need to watch their neighborhood and make sure the punk, thugs ,and organized crime do not destroy the Mail service crediblity
Ron Evans
July 11, 2024 at 9:31 pm
I have thought for several years, & especially with the prolific use of digital communications, that we should strongly consider for residential mail delivery 3 days/week. Some zones would receive mail MWF while others would get delivery TTS. It seems to me such a plan would significantly cut the required workforce, and I can’t believe anyone would be disadvantaged by only getting 3 mail deliveries each week.
James Morgan
July 11, 2024 at 10:03 pm
One obvious cost cutting action that the post office needs to do is to end TV advertising, saving the enormous cost of both ad production and the cost of running them. The ads are a TOTAL waste of money, in my opinion.
Frank RUPEKA
July 12, 2024 at 9:20 am
Small Rural town. 16693 PA. Use to have in town mail box?? All mail that was delivered by hand along with mail out of town coming in ? Was put together at Post office at same time. Same person that delivers it now did local- coming in mail together. Very EFFECENT ??? Like George stated !! But just like High Way Departments ! Start 40 different jobs, all with in a mile or so stop flow every ten feet! confusion ! Instead of putting work force together finish each job! move efficient to next. No back tracking . MAKING COMPLETE SENCE ??? Apparently common people and even former workers, ARE CLULESS !! Back to our LOCAL MAIL ! Now trucked to Johnstown close to a HUNDRED MILE round trip!! back to where it STARTED???? Then as in PAST- PUT with incoming and delivered !!!??? A question I do not understand?? NO TAX MONEY?? Employees Federal ? Government employees ? IF government employees Washington DC ? If TAX MONEY has no PART in it ?? Then Where is all the money going ? no up keep ROADS- Or ??? If just money for building upkeep, stamps, new equipment ! Our local fire company gets thousand $$ Donated. new trucks used a few times, then new ones ? not even broke in ! Maybe POSTAL service should COMBINE and be a new COMPANY ? POSTAL ON FIRE ????????????/
Jean
July 12, 2024 at 9:40 pm
I sent a papers Priority mail from Leeds Utah to Pocatello ID on a Monday. It went to Las Vegas our new sorting stop. Then it went to SLC Utah. Then it went to Boise Idaho and finally to Pocatello on Friday. That is 4 days Priority mail at a cost. Was supposed to be there on Thursday ended up on Friday. It went West then North then West side of Idaho then East. This not very efficient on gas, time or distance. No idea how long it would have taken regular mail but you would think 2 days priority mail should be the norm when going from Utah to Idaho two states that touch not across the country. It possible could have been 1 1/2 weeks if it had to go across the USA.
Anthony Richitt McPheeters
July 20, 2024 at 9:29 pm
Almost everything I get in my mailbox goes straight in the trash. Like I need more of this?