USPS Scored For Proposed ‘Non-Count’ Of Transit Days For Mail
The U.S. Postal Service is drawing fire for its plan to change the way it counts the days following entry of newspapers and other publications into the system on Saturdays.
One harsh comment was submitted by the News/Media Alliance. “The proposed non-count of Sundays/holidays for mail entered on the proceeding Saturday (or the day before a holiday) would delay a substantial proportion of Periodicals mail,” NMA states in comments submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission. “ In particular, some 19.1% of Origin-Entered Periodicals currently have a Saturday Start-the-Clock before a Sunday or a holiday.”
Indeed, NMA adds: “Most of these Periodicals can expect actual delivery to be delayed by at least one to two more days.”
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