Postal Service Announces New Delivery Schedule

Postal Service Announces New Delivery Schedule:
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced plans today to transition to a new delivery schedule during the week of Aug. 5, 2013 that includes package delivery Monday through Saturday, and mail delivery Monday through Friday. The Postal Service expects to generate cost savings of approximately $2 billion annually, once the plan is fully implemented.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/us/postal-service-plans-to-end-saturday-delivery.html?hp&_r=0

The Postal Service is expected to announce on Wednesday morning that it will stop delivering letters and other mail on Saturdays, but continue to handle packages, a move the financially struggling agency said would save about $2 billion annually as it looks for ways to cut cost.
The agency has long sought Congressional approval to end mail delivery on Saturdays. But Congress, which continues to work on legislation to reform the agency, has resisted. It is unclear how the agency will be able to end the six-day delivery of mail without Congressional approval. 
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AF&PA calls ‘short-sighted solution’ US Postal Service eliminating six-day mail delivery.

http://www.dmnews.com/one-less-day-to-mail-one-less-day-to-market/article/279396/

One Less Day to Mail; One Less Day to Market

http://www.adweek.com/news/press/end-saturday-delivery-puts-magazines-newpapers-bind-147083

Weekly newsmagazines, already challenged to stay relevant when news is available around the clock, now have to figure out how to make sure they get in readers’ hands on a timely basis when the Postal Service makes good on its plan to eliminate Saturday delivery.