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Fixing the U.S. Postal Service.(Economics and Regulation)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Fixing the U.S. Postal Service Rick Geddes, "Timid Steps Toward Postal Reform," AEI Postal Reform Paper, July 2004 (aei.org)
Under competition from e-mail, faxes, and private delivery companies, the nation's giant postal monopoly has lost billions of dollars over the last decade, leading many to the conclusion that the U.S. Postal Service needs some sort of reform. Two bills winding their way through Congress address this, but the steps they propose are too timid and minor to make a major difference, writes Presidential economic adviser and former AEI scholar Rick Geddes.
Geddes finds some things to like in the proposals before Congress. Most importantly, the proposals would chip away at the near-total monopoly of the Postal Service on first class mail and divide its products into two segments--areas where it has a monopoly and areas where it does not--which would face different standards of regulation.
A host of small changes ...
- U.S. Postal Service Key Reasons for Postal Reform.
- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony April 1, 2004 700+ words
...need for postal reform among diverse...include the Postal Service, postal...industry, and Postal Service competitors...need for postal reform. In light...Comprehensive postal reform is urgently needed. The Postal Service's financial...
- U.S. Postal Service: Despite Recent Progress, Postal Reform Legislation Is...
- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony May 1, 2005 700+ words
...that universal postal service is at risk and that comprehensive postal reform legislation is...comprehensive postal reform. This testimony...last year. The Postal Service has made significant...Key elements for postal reform include clarifying...focused on ...
- U.S. Postal Service: Improving Ratemaking Data Quality Through Postal Service...
- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony August 1, 2005 700+ words
...ratemaking data quality. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) agreed to make improvements...discuss possible implications of postal reform legislation for ratemaking data quality...criticized as inadequate. Proposed postal reform legislation (H.R. 22 and S. 662...
- U.S. Postal Service: Key Elements of Comprehensive Postal Reform.
- General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony March 1, 2004 700+ words
...Commission on the U.S. Postal Service and GAO's past work have reported that universal postal service is at risk and that reform...should enact comprehensive postal reform legislation that would clarify the Postal Service's (the Service) mission...
- ADVO Praises Work Of President's Commission On The United States Postal...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 31, 2003 700+ words
...on the United States Postal Service for making comprehensive...viability of the U.S. Postal Service," said ADVO Chairman...critical issues facing the Postal Service's future." "ADVO...need to enact landmark postal reform legislation that will...
- Postal reform moves closer.(Postal Service)
- Magazine article from: Traffic World Keane, Angela Greiling February 20, 2006 700+ words
...of a plan that the postal service says would trigger...might request from us" Postal Service spokesman Gerry McKiernan...another big step for postal reform--and twice in just...acted to overhaul the Postal Service and ensure its future...
- Postal Service has new priorities: USPS seeks to boost sagging Priority Mail;...
- Magazine article from: Traffic World Keane, Angela Greiling November 29, 2004 700+ words
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- Congress to Meet on Postal Reform; ABM Encouraged by Findings.(the magazine...
- Newspaper article from: Min's B to B August 25, 2003 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Graphic Arts Monthly Winn, Michael February 1, 2005 700+ words
...presentation of mail to the United States Postal Service for delivery. Developing the knowledge...direct mail and first-class mail. Postal Reform is aimed at modernizing and improving...is the year that Congress could pass Postal Reform. The mailing service environment will...
- RR Donnelley CEO Testifies Before Congress Today On Need For Immediate Postal...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 11, 2004 700+ words
...ensure the continued health and viability of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) well into the 21st Century, and to support the...administrative steps to ensure the long-term viability of the postal service in the United States. The official recommendations of the...
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