P.M. BRIEFING : Mail May Arrive a Day Later
WASHINGTON — Some mail that now gets delivered the next day will take a day longer starting this weekend.
Postmaster General Anthony Frank announced he will go ahead with selective cutbacks in overnight delivery service, originally announced last January, despite opposition from the independent Postal Rate Commission.
The commission, in an opinion issued Thursday, said it opposes the reductions nationally, although cutbacks in delivery goals might be justified locally in some areas.
The commission criticized the postal service for failing to estimate how it might save or customers might lose with the change. It also said the market research on which the service based its decision accurately measured what customers want.
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