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THE American postal service (USPS) is no stranger to change, but these days it seems that the agency is still changing things. There are several reasons for this, of course. On the one hand, the USPS is in the middle of an operational redesign of 10 years Deliver for America (DFA) Plan, which started in 2021 and included a number of changes designed to help the agency out of its financial hole. Then there are other necessary updates outside the DFA. Recently, the point stopping in mail flight was a priority for the USPS - and, of course, it is also necessary to give customers new distribution options to keep them faithful. With all this in mind, read the rest for an overview of some of the new USPS changes.

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If you have noticed that the mailboxes in the blue collection of your community look a little different, you are not alone. A woman of Billings, Montana, recently contacted her local Kulr information station to ask questions about a change in part of the Post office deposit boxes in his city.

Resident Barb Tiell Said that the new mailboxes require people to leave their car to put their mail inside, when they have already been able to pass and put things with the elders. The Kulr team also found that the gap is much smaller than before, limiting the drop box with letters and envelopes only.

These new collection boxes have also been identified in other cities. The customers of the Anderson Township Post Office in Ohio told the local WKRC of CBS-Affiliate on the change Post office collection boxes In May, noting that they are not as easy and practical to use as the ancients.

"It was pain," resident Charles Williams said to the media. "He beat the goal of the mailbox being a driving service."

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Despite customer frustrations, the USPS is well aware that its new deposit boxes can be more difficult to use. But it is because they were designed to make criminals more difficult to steal from the mail from the inside.

In a May 12 Press release , the USPS has announced that it would repress the flight of mail by deploying widely prevention measures of crime, including the installation of 12,000 blue "high -security" blue "boxes of" national ". AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Kim Frum A specialist in strategic postal service communications, told Kulr that the new post office boxes spotted in Billings were part of the agency's efforts to protect its collection boxes.

"These boxes are deployed across the country during the next exercise," FRUM told the media. "The post office will continue to assess additional existing blue collection boxes with these improved boxes."

The agency also clearly indicated that he did not intend to withdraw when it comes to changing mailboxes in the United States.

"Recognizing these current security threats, we have been - and will continue - to implement a committed and robust national initiative to harden Blue collection boxes," a spokesperson for postal service in WKRC told WKRC.

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The deployment of new high security collection boxes is not the only USPS change causing controversy at the moment. As part of its largest DFA initiative, the postal service also plans to modernize its delivery and treatment network by consolidating installations across the country.

In an April 27 Press release , the agency has announced that it already had six new new "larger and centralized" opening of centers and delivery (S & DC) and current conceptions for 11 regional and regional distribution centers "specially designed for purpose (RPDC).

The postal service does not stop either, because it revealed that it expects to open around 60 RPDC in the United States in the coming years, and that it currently assesses more than 100 new S & DC locations 'national scale. But the USPS now lives Bipartisan decline During his planned consolidation changes, the director of government recently reported.

In a Letter of July 26 Addressed to Postmaster General Louis Dejoy , Member of the Republican Congress Bill Huizenga Expressed his concerns about how agency's plans to open an S & DC near Kalamazoo, Michigan, would affect the delivery of mail in the community.

"The operators would be required to move to this single center to recover the mail before continuing on their route," wrote Huizenga. "Consequently, the workforce would be extended, having to travel much further to reach the communities they serve. Residents of these areas, including the many older households, count on a delivery of fast mail for Materials sensitive to time such as medical invoices and documents finances. "

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Not all changes are controversial, of course. On the lighter side, customers will soon be able to get their hands on new USPS stamps.

In a August 3 Press release , the agency announced that it would deploy a series next month to "celebrate the pleasure of the piñatas". This collection based on Piñata should fall on September 8 as a "booklet of 20 colored and festive stamps forever", according to the announcement.

"Piñatas! The stamps have four vibrant illustrations of the favorite of the traditional Mexican party," said the USPS, noting that they were designed by the artist Victor Meléndez . "Two are of a donkey with a bright or orange pink background, and two have a set of stars of seven points on a purple or green background."