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Postal Service to Cut Saturday Mail to Trim Costs

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 6, 2013 at 7:51 AM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue
to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion, the financially
struggling agency says.
In an announcement scheduled for later Wednesday, the service is expected to say the Saturday mail
cutback would begin in August.
The move accentuates one of the agency's strong points package delivery has increased by 14
percent since 2010, officials say, while the delivery of letters and other mail has declined with the
increasing use of email and other Internet use.
Under the new plan, mail would still be delivered to post office boxes on Saturdays. Post offices now
open on Saturdays would remain open on Saturdays.
Over the past several years, the Postal Service has advocated shifting to a five-day delivery schedule
for mail and packages and it repeatedly but unsuccessfully appealed to Congress to approve the
move. Though an independent agency, the service gets no tax dollars for its day-to-day operations but
is subject to congressional control.
It was not immediately clear how the service could eliminate Saturday mail without congressional
approval.
But the agency clearly thinks it has a majority of the American public on its side regarding the change.
Material prepared for the Wednesday press conference by Patrick R. Donahoe, postmaster general and
CEO, says Postal Service market research and other research has indicated that nearly 7 in 10
Americans support the switch to five-day delivery as a way for the Postal Service to reduce costs.

QUESTION :
1. The percent increase in users post since 2010?
a. 12 percent
b. 13 percent
c. 14 percent
d. 15 percent

e. 16 percent
2. When The U.S. Portal will stop sending email?
a. thursday
b. friday
c. saturday
d. monday
e. sunday
3. How is the response of the transformation of American society five-day delivery?
a. they refused
b. most support
c. demonstration
d. agree to the terms
e. delivery office to close
4. Who is the news source?
a. The U.S Portal
b.Patrick R. Donahoe
c. Resident
d. Associated Press
e. The Postal Service
5. How much savings specified in this aim?
a. 1 billion dollar
b. 1,5 billion dollar
c. 2 billion dollar
d. 2,5 billion dollar
e. 3 billion dollar
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