The US Postal Service must now prove its numbers are accurate, not just report them

The Postal Regulatory Commission is demanding better data from the US Postal Service. The Postal Service must now show how it plans to improve the quality and completeness of its annual reports.

For years, the Postal Service has submitted annual compliance reports, but the quality of the data has been a recurring issue. This order means the Commission is no longer accepting the status quo. It shifts the burden onto the Postal Service to demonstrate concrete improvements, rather than just submitting the same data.