National on-time performance scores for the delivery of First-Class Mail hit all-time first-quarter highs in two of the three categories the Postal Service tracks. National overnight service was 96 percent on-time — a first for three quarters in a row. Two-day service was 93 percent on-time. Three-day performance was 88 percent, a two-point improvement over the same period last year.
Philadelphia attorney Alan Kessler was elected chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors, and Austin, TX, businesswoman Carolyn Lewis Gallagher was elected vice chairman during the recent Board meeting.