Postal officals expected to back five-day mail week

The Washington Post reports that Postmaster John Potter plans to formally present his plan for a five-day mail week to his board of directors and postal regulators. According to Potter, letter carriers would stop delivering mail to American homes and businesses and would not pick up mail from blue collection boxes on Saturdays. However, Post Offices would remain open and mail would be delivered to Post Office boxes on Saturdays. Express mail services would also continue seven days a week. The delivery cuts are estimated to save the Postal Service $3.1 billion in the first year and up to $5.1 billion by 2020.

Potter is scheduled to present the plans to the Postal Board of Governors today and to the Postal Regulatory Commission on March 30. Both panels are expected to approve the plans; Potter would then be faced with convincing Congress. Before the Postal Service can make any changes, lawmakers must change a law mandating six-day mail delivery.

Read the rest of the Washington Post article here.

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