Overview
- Postmaster General David Steiner said the Postal Service cannot cost‑cut its way to prosperity and is negotiating expanded last‑mile delivery with UPS and retailers, including same‑day and next‑day options.
- USPS reported $80.5 billion in operating revenue, up $916 million year over year, and a net loss of about $9 billion, a slight improvement from last year’s $9.5 billion deficit.
- Board chair Amber McReynolds urged Congress to ease retiree funding rules, allow diversified investment of retirement assets, update pricing authority, reform workers’ compensation, and raise borrowing limits set in 1991.
- Steiner plans to largely maintain the $40 billion, 10‑year modernization launched under Louis DeJoy, citing improved delivery performance, AI-driven efficiency efforts, and a streamlined seasonal workforce of roughly 14,000 hires for the holidays.
- USPS underscores structural pressures despite 2022’s roughly $50 billion relief, noting more than $100 billion in cumulative losses since 2007 alongside earlier cost moves such as a 10,000‑employee voluntary retirement and a first‑class stamp price of 78 cents.