United States Postal Service issued the following announcement on Feb. 3
The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics showing the average time to deliver a mailpiece across the postal network was 2.7 days between the period Jan. 1 and Jan 28. The Postal Service continues to implement mitigation plans due to recent winter storms on the East Coast to move mail and packages effectively across the nation.
Additional second quarter service performance scores covering Jan.1 through Jan. 28 included:
- First-Class Mail: 86.9 percent of First-Class Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, a decrease of 2.2 percentage points from the fiscal first quarter.
- Marketing Mail: 91.0 percent of Marketing Mail delivered on time against the USPS service standard, a decrease of 1.2 percentage points from the fiscal first quarter.
- Periodicals: 79.8 percent of Periodicals delivered on time against the USPS service standard, a decrease of 1 percentage point from the fiscal first quarter.
The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
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