Legislative State Chair Bill Krejci and Auxiliary Past State President Mary Krejci meet with Congressman Lee Terry to discuss updated Postal Issues and present League PAC check. |
">
">
">
">
Click here to start your own website |
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE POSTAL SERVICE by ROBERT H. COHEN DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF RATES, ANALYSIS AND PLANNING POSTAL RATE COMMISSION FEBRUARY 20, 2003 Closing Small Post Offices Providing reasonable access to postal counters is part of the universal service obligation of all posts in industrial countries. In 1901, the U.S. had 77,000 post offices and the number has been in decline ever since. Today the Postal Service has about 28,000 post offices, 6,000 stations and branches17, 3,000 contract stations and branches, and 1,500 community (franchised) post offices. All told the USPS currently has about 38,000 facilities with counters. The Postal Service had been closing some small post offices each year until it imposed a moratorium on closings in 1998. It has recently lifted this moratorium. Many small offices have few transactions and many average less than ten transactions daily. 17 Branches and stations are subunits of large post offices and have counters. The authors cannot identify which offices would be eliminated under the hypothesis of this paper, and thus cannot quantify the potential savings exactly. We can, however, put an upper bound on the savings. The 10,127 smallest offices18 cost the post office $567 million annually in FY 99. Including personnel and facility costs. This is seven-tenth of one percent of total postal costs. The General Accounting Office recommended the closing of 7,000 small offices in a report written in 1982.19 This was about 70 percent of the small offices at the time. Closing this number would produce annual savings of $397 million or 0.6% of total costs. |
LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION Excerpt below is from testimony regarding Small Post Office Closings |
To use the Chat feature: type in your name and click CHANGE. Then type your message and submit each line as you "Chat" |
You are a vital part to the team of the United States Postal Service. The Nebraska Branch of the National League of Postmasters would like to show our appreciation for your dedicated work. A PMR Appreciation Supper and mini-training will be held in each MPOO area during the month of October. You are invited to attend this event in your honor. Your Manager of Post Office Operation will participate in this special recognition. You will also receive training in several of our daily operations to help you in your job as well as have the opportunity to participate in a Q & A session with the MPOO. You may choose which location works best for you. Please fill out and submit the RSVP form below on or before Monday, September 25 with your selection. |
DATE | MPOO | COMMUNITY | LOCATION | TIME |
Mon., Oct. 2 | Ed Goforth | Kearney | Kearney/Buffalo County Law Enforcement Center— 2nd floor 2025 Ave A | 6:30 pm |
Wed., Oct. 4 | Steve Vail | Fremont | Keene Memorial Library 1030 N Broad Street | 6:30 pm |
Wed., Oct. 11 | Kerry Kowalski | Crete | Crete Community Center 1410 Main | 6:30 pm |
Wed., Oct. 18 | Dawn Bayer | O'Neill | Holt County Annex (Extension Office) 128 N 6th | 6:30 pm |
Mon., Oct. 23 | Jim Nelson | Ogallala | Valentino's 55 River Road | 6:30 pm |
RSVP (by Sept 25th) for PMR Appreciation Supper I plan on attending a PMR Appreciation supper at (please choose the best location for you) Email: Full Name: Your Post Office Loaction : Address1: Address2: City/State/ZIP: Phone Number: Best time to Contact for changes: Optional Additional Information: Once form is completed click on submit button (just once) and your RSVP will be emailed to Vicki Ozenbaugh |
PMR NEWS |
">
">
">
">
