the centers changed the standard of delivery and gone from one, two, three, days to modified one so au so if you re in the same met oe metropolitan area. that s modified one. if we re outside the area, you might get it. you may not. modified one, two, three. i think the postal service would like to go to two, three. two day even in the same metropolitan area. it would be one but two would be the expectation and three. in terms of what s appropriate for us, i m not comfortable with the postal service saying this is how many mail processing centers we should have. some people say the more appropriate thing for us to do maybe with the involvement of the regulatory commission is to consider whether or not modified one, two, three days of service is appropriate. one, two, three is better or two, three is just fine. i would welcome any comments that you all have in it regard. ms. kennedy. i picked on mr. miller all afternoon. maybe i should come to you. my first thought is if we
to the new communications and transportation capabilities that we ve developed. given the shifting culture and those expectations for speed and ontime delivery, i m reluctant. you have to look at the economics of all of this and the trade offs and costs, but i hate to see the postal service give up one, two, three. thank you. mr. miller. mr. chairman two things. one, as i recollect, the rational for this change in service standards was developed after i left. i don t know the details of it. i hesitate to answer because without having time to analyze the data. second, there is a trade off obviously. you can t do all things for all people. you have to make some choices here. service standards should be an input into the question of plant and logistical rationalization it seems to me. i just don t have i don t have my hands on the information necessary i understand. everything else equal. i think there s something nice about having as you characterize, a one, two, th
getting senior leadership bonuses and the same interest we put in attaching ourselves to high-profile projects is what the same amount of attention that needs to go to veterans. so i encourage you guys if nothing else, please make sure that we move to a system that has more data integrity. require the people who come here and sit on these panels to sign off on the information they turn into congress. this way when they come back, they can t say that report was done by somebody else. that s the only way. hold them accountable and do it in public and while the cameras are on. thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. committee come to order. and that includes the former senator from connecticut, who is sitting in the audience behind senator markey. chris, nice to see you. i think all of us were forward thinking until you and eddie showed up. it will be a close call now. see if we can t get it through. try to get it done. senator markey, i don t know what kind of time frame you r
did you say fax someone a pair of shoes? yeah. absolutely. absolutely. the technology exists. it s there. i let me just say before you speak, vicky. i don t know if they have like the boy has a committee or subcommittee on innovation, but if you get confirmed, mr. bennett, i sure hope they put you on that committee. that would be good. thanks. miss kennedy. i understand there are athletic shoe manufacturers that are going to be taking orders for athletic shoes with your specifications and doing 3-d printing of your shoes in your exact size and with your specs and they re going to want to distribute them. the distribution network that exists right now for the united states postal service is an incredible asset. that s something that i believe we have to maintain to be able to take advantage of that kind of innovation, to be able to reach people. when you talk about doing what we do, that s what the postal service does. it knows how to deliver. it has an infrastructur
i m delighted to be here today to talk with all of you about the most critical issues we face as a nation. that is the battle for talent. governor fallin, thank you for your leadership on the nga s initiative on workforce and education and congratulations on the progress you will have made in oklahoma. with your dashboard, you are providing a powerful example of how states can address the disconnect between supply and demand. with ok job match come you re helping show states how to improve the way job seekers are matched to jobs based on skills and competency, not just on job descriptions and resumes. it is leading-edge. i would like to recognize colorado as well for doing a great job with the blueprint that ties together agencies businesses, education and workforce development. that kind of approach will be crucial to attacking the workforce challenges ahead and t is exciting to see the progress being made. i want to wish you a bit further today on the topic of talent and wo