Referring to two people briefed on his strategic plan for the U.S. Postal Service, the newspaper reported that DeJoy set out to get rid of a type of two-day delivery of first-class mail, which includes envelope-sized mail sent locally. According to the Post, therefore, all first-class mail will be sent within the three to five-day series currently set for non-local mail.
The newspaper reports that there is also pressure to increase postal rates.
DeJoy declined to comment on the plan because it had not been finalized, he told CNN in a statement. He said the leadership of the postal service had been reviewing the proposed amendments to the strategic plan for eight months, an effort made “under the guidance of our Board of Governors with their full participation and dedication.”
He said he had sought feedback from lawmakers as well as industry, union and management leaders on the successful resolution of problems that prevent the postal service from meeting the expectations of the American people for reliability.
The agency expects ‘more details can be shared about the plan in the coming weeks’, DeJoy said, claiming that such ‘work is not only necessary but also long overdue’.
DeJoy told those closest to him that he wanted to remain in his role under President Joe Biden, two sources told CNN, despite his difficult tenure at the helm of the Postal Service and his background as a supporter and donor of the former president Donald Trump.
The two people who were known told the Post that the new policy is not expected to affect local service, but that postmen such as banks and retailers are concerned that it will exacerbate the existing bottlenecks of non-local mail. The plan would also prevent first-class mail being transported by plane, according to the newspaper.
Postal industry officials told the Post Office that delivery delays plus rising prices could put pressure on commercial email senders to use the already struggling Postal Service less frequently, and in turn put pressure on the Postal Service to reduce services or raise rates.
A former manager of the postal service told the Post that saving the elimination of air transport is unclear because it depends on how much more mail the truck system can handle at no extra cost.
The 50% saving may not even make up for the loss of revenue from reduced mail that is accelerated by service cuts, the person told Post.
“The savings they are going to make from this are not much compared to what they are going to do to customers,” the former executive told the newspaper, “and it assumes they are implementing everything right, which they never do. . do. ‘
CNN’s Kristen Holmes contributed to this report.