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The pandemic has accelerated a shift toward cremation, creating challenges for the Postal Service and altering the way families are saying goodbye to their relatives.
Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email Biden's Postal Board Nominees Unlikely to Spell Quick End to Postmaster General's Tenure The president's picks are probably not going to vote to remove DeJoy and are knowledgeable on postal issues, observers say. Senior Correspondent President Biden’s nominations to fill out the U.S. Postal Service’s governing board will give his priorities greater weight in the mailing agency’s future, but appear unlikely to bring about a swift end to Louis DeJoy’s t...
USPS faces muddled route on road to restoring service Jacob Bogage and Kevin Schaul Washington Post Washington — The nation's mail service is slower and more erratic than it's been in generations, via the confluence of an abrupt reorganization and pandemic-era anomalies that has fueled demands for reform and fundamentally different ideas on how to achieve it. On one side is Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who, with the backing of the U.S. Postal Service's governing board, is expected as soon as next week to outline a new vision for the agency, one that includes more service cuts, higher and...
USPS Struggling to Keep Up With Christmas Crunch Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic ✖ Your Christmas presents may be arriving a little late this year. A record year in parcel intake combined with a hobbled workforce as a result of a global pandemic has created the perfect storm for the United States Postal Service. The outfit has experienced 14-percent growth in parcel delivery over the same timeframe last year, all while the service is missing a major chunk of its workforce. According to a new report from the Washington Post, nearly 19,000 postal workers have either called in sick or are quarant...