A bill that would phase out door-to-door mail delivery over the next decade passed its first hurdle on the way to becoming a law. [More]
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Bill Would End Door-Slot Mail Delivery For 15 Million Addresses, Save USPS $2 Billion Annually
By 5.22.14
Garmin Won't Sell PO Box Holders Electronic Downloads
By 12.2.11
Brian is stationed in Saudi Arabia, and doesn’t have a street address where mail and packages can be delivered. That’s okay, though: the purchase he wanted to make from Garmin is a digital download. No need to worry about where to deliver it. Right? Well, not really. [More]
US Postal Service Redefines "Contiguous" United States
By 10.2.09
Steve was mailing some packages from his home in Virgina to various points in the country, and noticed something strange on his receipt. The packages destined for Pennsylvania and Washington state are leaving the contiguous United States. What?
Surely We Can Survive On Five Postal Deliveries A Week?
By 7.30.09
The Postmaster General announced this week that he expects the Postal Service annual deficit to reach a whopping $7 billion, and he continued to push for five-days-a-week delivery — which would save $3 billion a year. But Congress ain’t too happy about that solution and continues to look for other ways to save cash.
