United States Postal Service®

Quarterly Performance for Special Services
Mailpieces Delivered Between 07/01/2016 and 09/30/2016

Quarter IV
FY2016

Overview

In FY16 Quarter 4, service performance was measured for the following Special Services: Delivery Services (which is a composite of USPS Tracking™, Signature Confirmation™, Certified Mail™, Electronic Return Receipt, Registered Mail™, and Collect on Delivery), Post Office™, Address Correction Service, Insurance Claims, Money Order Inquiry, and Address List Services. Customers' service expectations vary based on the Special Service; therefore no single service performance methodology is used for all products.

For Delivery Services, the elapsed time from barcode scan at delivery to the time the delivery information is available to customers is compared against the service standard.

Post Office™ Box Service is measured by comparing the availability of mail delivered to a P.O. Box™ section to the posted "uptime", the time of day when customers can expect to collect the mail from their P.O. Box™.

For automated Address Correction, the elapsed time from when data are transmitted to ACS to when data are forwarded to participants is compared against the service standard.

For Insurance Claims, the time in days from the date when all information is available for claims processing resolution to the date USPSŪ transmits a resolution to the customer is compared against the service standard.

For Money Order Inquiries, the time in days from the date when the customer purchases the inquiry service to the date a customer response is sent is compared against the service standard.

For Address List Services, the time in days from the date when customers request an address list service to the transmission of the corrected address information to the customer is compared against the service standard.

Service performance for Delivery Services and Post Office™ Box Service is reported quarterly by postal district. Automated Address Correction, Insurance Claims, Money Order Inquiries, and Address List Services each use a national, or centralized, system; thus, service performance is reported at a national level.

Performance Highlights

For the Special Services measured only at the national level, service performance in FY16 Quarter 4 was 99.0 percent on time for Money Order Inquiries, 97.3 percent on time for Insurance Claims, and Address Correction was 100.0 percent on time.

For Delivery Information Services, 97.2 percent of the information was delivered on time in FY16 Quarter 4, an increase of 0.1 percentage points when compared to the same period last year. Northern Virginia had the highest score at 98.3 percent on time. There were five districts at or above 98.0 percent on time in FY16 Quarter 4 and 43 districts at or above 97.0 percent on time. National Post Office Box Service is lower when compared to the same period last year, at 91.1 percent on time. Arkansas ranked highest among all districts with a score of 97.3 percent on time.

The national FY16 annual scores for all Special Services, with the exception of Post Office Box Service, exceeded the target of 90.0.

 

District Delivery Information Special Services Combined Score Post Office™ Box Service
Percent On Time Percent On Time
Capital Metro Area 97.4 88.6
Atlanta 97.4 82.5
Baltimore 97.8 89.7
Capital 96.2 81.9
Greater South Carolina 97.7 89.2
Greensboro 97.7 94.2
Mid-Carolinas 97.4 91.8
Northern Virginia 98.3 88.2
Richmond 96.6 86.2
Eastern Area 97.2 90.7
Appalachian 97.7 95.7
Central Pennsylvania 97.0 89.7
Kentuckiana 97.5 92.8
Northern Ohio 97.9 88.3
Ohio Valley 96.7 90.5
Philadelphia Metro 96.5 85.4
South Jersey 97.4 88.0
Tennessee 96.4 92.1
Western New York 97.9 92.0
Western Pennsylvania 97.8 87.1
Great Lakes Area 97.3 93.2
Central Illinois 96.2 92.3
Chicago 96.6 91.6
Detroit 97.5 89.0
Gateway 97.4 90.9
Greater Indiana 97.9 96.5
Greater Michigan 98.2 95.3
Lakeland 97.1 93.6
Northeast Area 97.1 87.9
Albany 96.4 87.2
Caribbean 96.8 67.8
Connecticut Valley 97.1 91.1
Greater Boston 97.4 89.7
Long Island 97.6 89.9
New York 96.4 62.6
Northern New England 97.1 90.3
Northern New Jersey 97.3 91.9
Triboro 97.0 85.6
Westchester 97.6 84.8
Pacific Area 96.8 84.9
Bay-Valley 97.8 85.7
Honolulu 92.5 94.9
Los Angeles 95.9 63.8
Sacramento 95.8 85.7
San Diego 97.6 89.3
San Francisco 96.5 83.3
Santa Ana 97.2 92.2
Sierra Coastal 97.6 84.0
Southern Area 96.9 92.7
Alabama 97.0 93.8
Arkansas 96.8 97.3
Dallas 96.7 91.7
Fort Worth 97.0 96.4
Gulf Atlantic 97.1 88.4
Houston 96.7 97.0
Louisiana 95.9 90.1
Mississippi 97.7 93.9
Oklahoma 97.6 92.6
Rio Grande 96.6 95.9
South Florida 96.4 84.9
Suncoast 97.6 83.5
Western Area 97.6 93.1
Alaska 95.7 80.2
Arizona 97.7 88.0
Central Plains 97.9 93.9
Colorado/Wyoming 97.6 90.0
Dakotas 98.2 96.1
Hawkeye 97.9 95.4
Mid-America 97.8 96.9
Nevada-Sierra 96.6 83.2
Northland 98.2 95.7
Portland 97.6 90.5
Salt Lake City 95.9 91.0
Seattle 98.1 93.4
Nation FY2016 Q4 97.2 91.1

Nation FY2015 Q4 (SPLY) 97.1 91.4

Nation FY2009 Annual 97.2 93.0
Nation FY2010 Annual 96.9 94.3
Nation FY2011 Annual 97.5 93.1
Nation FY2012 Annual 97.5 92.6
Nation FY2013 Annual 96.3 90.9
Nation FY2014 Annual 97.0 90.2
Nation FY2015 Annual 96.9 89.7
Nation FY2016 Annual 97.1 89.7
Nation FY2016 Q1 97.1 86.6
Nation FY2016 Q2 96.7 89.3
Nation FY2016 Q3 96.7 91.9

FY2016 Annual Target 90.0 90.0