The Postal Service’s mounting financial crisis has led its top official to visit Congress and ask for help in saving the post office. The AP reports Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is among
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Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has launched a website counting down the days until the U.S. Postal Service could default. “Saving
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The Labor Department warned Friday that a fund compensating federal employees for work-related injuries could run out of money in the last quarter of fiscal 2012 if the U.S. Postal Service fails
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The U.S. Postal Service could save as much as $1.5 billion per year if it relaxed service standards for both First Class and Priority Mail by one day, according to a new
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The Postal Regulatory Commission, charged with oversight over the Postal Service, announced it is proposing new rules for appealing potential post office closings. The Postal Service announced in July it is reviewing
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The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service sounded the alarm bell again Thursday with a stark warning from its No. 2 leader: it could be broke in a year. Deputy Postmaster General Ron
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The U.S. Postal Service’s financial woes, including an $8 billion loss and the threat of default in September, have led to calls for Congress to help. The Postal Service made an additional
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The U.S. Postal Service announced Friday it continued to lose money in fiscal 2011 and could be forced to default on payments to the federal government absent congressional action. USPS had a
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The U.S. Postal Service is studying more than 3,600 offices for possible closing, the agency announced Tuesday. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Village Post Offices could be a potential replacement for locations
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