The mission of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is to provide the American public with trusted, affordable, universal mail service. In order to ensure sufficient revenues to meet its obligations, the USPS was granted a monopoly on the delivery of letters and sole access to customer delivery boxes. Click here to...
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Postal Trendwatch -- April 2014 Executive Summary The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) lost $354 million in Q1 FY 2014 -- the 19th money-losing quarter of the prior 21. Still, the loss represents a significant improvement over the $1.3-billion loss posted in the same period last year. The Service's operating revenue grew $334 million,...
New Postal Service Offerings Raise Questions Issue Brief February 20, 2014 Summary A new U.S. Postal Service product offering and one recently proposed could generate new revenue via direct financial services to consumers and same-day metropolitan package delivery. But pertinent questions of regulatory, legal, privacy/data security and other implications merit timely consideration. A report...
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