The High Cost of Low-Cost Mail
The past few years have been tumultuous for the U.S. Postal Service. Mail volume has dropped 20 percent to 171 billion pieces from its peak in 2006, and over the last four years experienced...
View ArticleWhat’s the Score?
If you pay any attention at all to legislative efforts to address the Postal Service’s financial crisis, you’ll soon hear the phrase, “budget score.” Someone will say that a bill has a high score or a...
View ArticleWhat should be done about overfunding, overpayment, and other unfunded...
This is the fifth topic in our “Five Elements of a Postal Solution” blog series. Link to last week’s topic. Link to the blog by Elmar Toime. Link to the blog by Jim Sauber. Link to the blog by Roger...
View ArticleSo How Much Is the FERS Surplus?
To borrow a saying often attributed to Yogi Berra, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Whenever people make estimates about liabilities for long- term expenses, such as...
View ArticleTop 10 Stories of 2012
The Postal Service faced its own fiscal cliff in 2012 while the larger mailing industry continued to press for reform and innovation. But don’t count mail out just yet. A strong election season...
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