Download or read book Saving the Mail written by Rick Geddes and published by American Enterprise Institute. This book was released on 2003 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the U.S. Postal Service, its organization, and its performance since its creation by the 1970 Postal Reorganization Act.

Download or read book Problems of the U S Postal Service written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Monopoly Mail written by Douglas Adie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First class postage rates have risen from six cents in 1971 to 25 cents in 1988. This rapid increase might be justifiable if service had improved commen-surately, but in fact postal service has steadily deteriorated. The Postal Service concedes that it takes ten percent longer to deliver a first class letter than it did in the 1960s, and one recent postmaster general admits that delivery may have been more reliable in the 1920s. In this volume, Adie reviews the failures of the U.S. Postal Service - an inability to innovate, soaring labor costs, huge deficits, chronic inefficiency, and declining service standards. He blames most of these problems on the postal service's monopoly status. Competition produces efficiency and innovation; monopoly breeds inefficiency, high costs and stagnation. He also examines the experiences of other countries and other industries that may be valuable in prescribing reform for the postal service. The breakup of AT&T provides lessons that may be applied to postal reform. The long-run effects of deregulation on the airline industry are also examined. Since the postal service has serious union problems, Adie looks at the air traffic controllers' strike and other evidence on pay and labor relations in government unions. Finally, Adie examines the experiences of Canada and Great Britain with privatization of government companies. He then offers a comprehensive - and controversial - reform plan for the U.S. Postal Service, with no further monopoly privileges or taxpayer subsidies. He argues that private companies should be free to compete with the Postal Service, and it, in turn, should be free to compete in all phases of the communications business. Without privatization and deregulation, the Postal Service is doomed to continuing inefficiency, rising costs, worsening labor relations, and an increasing loss of customers to more innovative and efficient service providers. Competition would give the Postal Service a chance to enter the 21st ce

Download or read book The United States Postal Service written by United States Postal Service Staff and published by . This book was released on 2016-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Problems of the U S Postal Service written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The U S Postal Service and Postal Inspection Service written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on the Postal Service and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Major Management Challenges and Program Risks written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book U S Postal Service s Financial Condition written by Kevin R. Kosar and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of the U.S. Postal Service¿s (USPS) financial condition, recent legislation to alleviate the USPS¿s financial challenges, and issues for the 111th Congress. Since 1971, the USPS has been a self-supporting gov¿t. agency that covers its operating costs with revenues generated through the sales of postage and related products and services. Recently, the USPS has experienced significant financial challenges. Contents: (1) Background; (2) Financial Difficulties, FY 2006-09: (3) FY 2010 Financial Condition; (4) Issues for Congress: Increasing Revenues: Altering Postage Rates; Reducing Costs; Reducing Pension Costs; Reducing the USPS¿s Retail and Nonretail Facilities; Reducing Mail Delivery from 6 to 5 Days/Week. Illus.

Download or read book Neither Snow Nor Rain written by Devin Leonard and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[The] book makes you care what happens to its main protagonist, the U.S. Postal Service itself. And, as such, it leaves you at the end in suspense.” —USA Today Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the United States Postal Service was the information network that bound far-flung Americans together, and yet, it is slowly vanishing. Critics say it is slow and archaic. Mail volume is down. The workforce is shrinking. Post offices are closing. In Neither Snow Nor Rain, journalist Devin Leonard tackles the fascinating, centuries-long history of the USPS, from the first letter carriers through Franklin’s days, when postmasters worked out of their homes and post roads cut new paths through the wilderness. Under Andrew Jackson, the post office was molded into a vast patronage machine, and by the 1870s, over seventy percent of federal employees were postal workers. As the country boomed, USPS aggressively developed new technology, from mobile post offices on railroads and airmail service to mechanical sorting machines and optical character readers. Neither Snow Nor Rain is a rich, multifaceted history, full of remarkable characters, from the stamp-collecting FDR, to the revolutionaries who challenged USPS’s monopoly on mail, to the renegade union members who brought the system—and the country—to a halt in the 1970s. “Delectably readable . . . Leonard’s account offers surprises on almost every other page . . . [and] delivers both the triumphs and travails with clarity, wit and heart.” —Chicago Tribune

Download or read book U S Postal Service issues related to governance of the Postal Service report to the Chairman Subcommittee on the Postal Service Committee on Government Reform and Oversight House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book U S Postal Service little progress made in addressing persistent labormanagement problems report to the Chairman Subcommittee on the Postal Service Committee on Government Reform and Oversight House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book U S Postal Service written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1996-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports on the Postal Services's authority and responsibility for delivering and receiving international mail; the competition for international mail delivery, including any Postal Service plans and actions to increase its competitiveness; and legal or regulatory issues arising out of the competition for the delivery of international mail services. Charts, tables and graphs.