“Postmaster General,” I Hear Nothing . . .

“Postmaster General covers his ears during oversight hearing,” CNN Politics

I never had a boss who did such as embarrassing as this. KInd of like the “I hear no evil monkey,” heh?Louis is very deserving of the criticism he is getting. It is pretty obvious; Louis has bit off more than he can swallow. His actions at the USPS will cause more problems than any of his other actions can resolve. He is hiding and the people behind him can see it.

There was no sand for which Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to cramp his bald head into. Instead, he cupped his ears so as not to hear the criticism from Congressman Rich McCormick of Georgia. Biden could not remove Louis DeJoy. Only the board of Commissioners can do such. This was done so as to eliminate the politics involved in any removal. “Postmaster General covers his ears during oversight hearing,” CNN Politics

What was supposed to be a quick turnaround for the USPS has grown to be years in the making. Louis is a Trump appointee so he will be safe for 4 more years. His plan of action has yet to pay off in greater efficiency and lower costs with the same delivery standard. Indeed, the main thrust is to slow delivery to areas further out from the regional and branch facilities. They will maintain delivery closer into the facilities.

IG, regulator bash USPS plans to slow some mail delivery, Save the Post Office, Steve Hutkins

Government Executive: One of the U.S. Postal Service’s key reform initiatives is worsening service and raising costs, a recent inspector general report found, contrasting the agency’s claims about the impact of its changes.

The IG said a pilot program to test USPS’ Regional Transportation Optimization plan, which requires mail to sit overnight at post offices instead of being collected each evening for transportation to a processing center, caused mail to be delivered more slowly without any associated cost savings. As Postmaster General Louis DeJoy now looks to roll out the initiative on a nationwide basis, postal regulators are expressing concerns of the potential fallout.

Only some facilities are set to be impacted by the reforms, namely those more than 50 miles from the Postal Service’s new Regional Processing and Distribution Centers. USPS plans to stand up about 60 of those mega-centers, most of which will be located in urban areas. That has led to criticism that postal management’s mail slowdown will disproportionately impact rural communities.

DeJoy has said the change is a key part of his 10-year plan to fix USPS’ finances and operations, noting it would save between $3.6 billion and $3.7 billion annually. The initiative to allow mail to sit overnight at post offices will itself account for $651 million in savings, per USPS estimates.

In the pilot phase of the initiative, which affected 15 regions across the country, transportation costs actually increased by $7 million, the IG found. The auditors called on USPS to better track its cost savings, noting the agency had not implemented any analysis at the time of its review, and postal management agreed to do so.

“USPS is failing to meet the financial returns promised in DeJoy’s 10-year plan,” Government Executive

The U.S. Postal Service is not living up to its projected cost savings from its plan to overhaul the agency, according to a new audit, which found the 10-year initiative is no longer offering insight for measuring the success of the reforms. 

USPS is bringing in more revenue than it anticipated when it first laid out its Delivering for America plan in 2021, though its costs have also accelerated in a way it did not project. That has led to overall losses of $950 million in fiscal 2022 and $6.5 billion in fiscal 2023, despite postal management predicting it would have broken even by now. More on this later . . .

Why President Biden can’t fire the postmaster general of U.S Postal, The Palm Beach Post