U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) have asked the Postal Regulatory Commission to consider ways to preserve the quality of rural mail delivery service. They warn against the marginalization of the right of rural communities to receive adquate service in the face of years of cutbacks and system consolidations by the USPS in an effort to reduce costs. In their letter to the PRC, the senators wrote: “We firmly believe that the continued closure and consolidation of mail processing plants across the country hinders letter carriers’ ability to ensure timely delivery and diminishes the Postal Service’s competitiveness and relevancy in a twenty-first century business environment." Add B2B direct mail service to that concern. Read More