On-time mail service still hasn't recovered from postmaster general's changes
Senate Democrats' report says
On-time mail service has still not recovered from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's controversial changes to the US Postal Service as the November election approaches, according to a new report from Senate Democrats.
Shortly after starting at the agency in June, DeJoy -- a Trump donor and ally -- came under fire for implementing sweeping changes across the US Postal Service, including mandating stricter schedules for trucks transporting mail, which meant leaving mail behind at processing centers to stay on time. DeJoy's moves caused widespread delays in mail service across the country just before a general election expected to be conducted in large part through the mail.
The report details the results of an investigation launched by Sen. Gary Peters, a Michigan Democrat who is the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The report alleges that DeJoy did not consider or conduct research on the effects that his changes would have on the postal service.
According to data analyzed by Peters' office, every one of the postal service's 67 districts across the country saw a decline in the on-time delivery of first-class mail, which is supposed to be delivered the fastest. In early August, the report finds, on-time delivery of first-class mail fell by 9.1 percentage points compared to the week before the USPS began implementing DeJoy's changes.
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