USPS Updates How It Tracks Mail Delivery Speeds
Published Date: 3/10/2025
Notice
Summary
The Postal Service wants to update how it measures delivery speed and service for its main mail products. These changes affect anyone who sends or receives mail and aim to make tracking mail performance clearer and more accurate. The public can share their thoughts soon, and these updates could shape how mail service is checked and improved.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Clearer Tracking for Mail Service
If you send or receive mail, the Postal Service has proposed revisions to how it measures delivery speed and service for Market Dominant mail products. The Postal Regulatory Commission will consider those revisions as part of Docket No. RM2024-9. The goal of the changes is to make tracking mail performance clearer and more accurate for users.
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