A Complaint gives the PRC another crack at POStPlan
"... The Complaint finds several faults with how POStPlan is being implemented, but its main point is that the Postal Service is presenting communities with a false choice. The survey says customers must choose between having the window hours reduced or having the post office undergo a discontinuance study, but it is clear that the study can lead to only one outcome — a Final Determination to close the office. By making the outcome a fait accompli, the Postal Service turns a discontinuance study into an empty gesture and abrogates its responsibilities under Title 39. Communities are left with no real choice at all...." 
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Holler for help: There's no stopping emergency suspensions
"... the same cannot be said for several other post offices that have been suspended over the past few weeks for reasons other than Sandy. Since September, when the Postal Service began its implementation of POStPlan, numerous post offices on the list have been closed by emergency suspension, and there’s little chance they’ll ever reopen. Rather than maintaining these offices at reduced hours as promised, the Postal Service has decided simply to close them. ..."
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Consternation and confusion: Putting POStPlan in place
"...The Postal Service began implementing POStPlan a couple of weeks ago, and in a post last week we reported on problems that had already begun to emerge: surveys sent only to box holders, meetings scheduled during the workday, using the post office lobby as the meeting place. A few more news reports have come out, and several people wrote in about problems they've observed. Here are more some stories about how POStPlan is being put into action. ..."
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"A half-vast plan": A postmaster comments on POStPlan
"... The cumulative effect of the changes the Postal Service has offered, stepping back to see the forest broadly, is nothing less than a complete redefinition of universal service so as to make that term meaningless. By any measure POStPlan is a fraud being perpetrated not only on rural America but on all America. It is another step in an effort to break the bonds people have with their post offices. This plan and the plans offered by the management of the Postal Service in general are designed to undue the process of binding the Nation together...."
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The PRC wants your opinion on POStPlan, but does the Postal Service want the PRC's?
"... You can send your comments to the Postal Regulatory Commission, 901 New York Avenue NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC, 20268-0001. Mention the docket number, N2012-2. You can also submit comments online using the customer service form, here. If you want to suggest questions that might be put to the Postal Service about the plan, you could probably also contact the Public Representative assigned to the case, Emmett Rand Costich, at costicher@prc.gov...."
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POStPlan: New lists, maps, financials, and more
"... Why 4,600 post offices needed to be upgraded — and their postmasters given at least a 2% raise — is not clear. ..."
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