U.S. Regulators Refuse to Speed Up Review of USPS Network Cutbacks

The (Postal Regulatory) Commission said in a decision issued yesterday that its current schedule was “slightly more than one month longer” than a schedule that had been suggested by USPS, and that no new information had been provided by USPS to persuade Commissioners that the change in schedule was warranted.

It concluded: “The significant reduction in schedule duration, as proposed by the Postal Service, would deny participants adequate opportunity to understand the Postal Service’s proposals, and deny the Postal Service an adequate opportunity to understand participants’ evidence and prepare rebuttal.”

The delay...makes the Postal Service more reliant on Congressional action