Hurry It Up, Key Senator Tells Postal Regulatory Commission

Chastising the Postal Regulatory Commission for taking 12 months to issue an opinion on ending Saturday delivery, Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE) is asking the panel to work faster on other proposals to streamline the U.S. Postal Service. A drawn-out process for considering such changes would “run the risk that the Postal Service could be forced to act on its proposal before the Commission has had a chance to share its thoughts and findings,” Carper wrote.

That could result in USPS making “serious mistakes in implementing a service change that might have been avoided had postal managers had the benefit of