Keep Us Posted is a nonprofit advocacy group of consumers, nonprofits, newspapers, greeting card publishers, magazines, catalogs and small businesses—all united in the belief that a reliable, affordable U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is essential to our way of life and should be protected. 

 

The USPS is a national asset, serving as both an engine for economic growth and a vital communications channel. As the backbone of the postal industry, the USPS leverages public and private partnerships to create the world’s most efficient mail and package delivery system. The postal industry contributes approximately $1.9 trillion to the U.S. economy and generates nearly 8 million private sector jobs. Whether it’s delivering a special handwritten card, financial statements, or medication, the USPS is the only institution capable of going the last mile to reach, serve, and tangibly link every American—and it needs our help.

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The Problem:  

Under the USPS’s 2021 Delivering for America plan, consumers and businesses have faced punitive and unprecedented rate hikes every six months since 2021. Meanwhile, mail service has deteriorated, and productivity at the USPS has suffered the worst declines ever recorded. With each price hike, demand for mail—the biggest revenue-generator for the USPS—declines, and the USPS slips further into financial ruin. Despite help and reforms from Congress in 2022, the USPS has racked up losses over $16 billion and counting in just two years.

 

The Solution:  

Keep Us Posted supports the USPS SERVES US Act (H.R. 3004). The Act will empower the Postal Regulatory Commission to course-correct past USPS decisions that are hurting its ability to serve the American people and driving it into financial ruin. The USPS Serves US Act is an alternative to a taxpayer bailout. It limits rate increases to once per year, holds the USPS accountable for improving efficiency, and ties rate authority to service and productivity.