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Government Publications

• U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service Modernization Enables Expanded Electric Vehicle Opportunities, Press Release and Federal Register Notice, (Washington, D.C.), July 20, 2022.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, PRC Releases Report Evaluating USPS FY 2021 Performance Report and FY 2022 Performance Plan, Press Release and Full Report, (Washington, D.C.), June 30, 2022.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, PRC Issues Financial Analysis Report on Postal Service Financial Position, Press Release and Full Report, (Washington, D.C.), May 18, 2022.
• U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal Service Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2022 Results, Press Release and 10-Q Quarterly Report, (Washington, D.C.), May 5, 2022.
• U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Spring 2022 Semiannual Report to Congress, Highlights and Full Report, (Washington, D.C.), April 29, 2022.
• U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, It’s Electric: Developing the Postal Service Fleet of the Future, Full Hearing Video, (Washington, D.C.), April 5, 2022.
• U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, Nominations of Hon. Derek T. Kan and Hon. Daniel M. Tangherlini to be Governors, U.S. Postal Service, Full Hearing Video, (Washington, D.C.), March 31, 2022.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, PRC Directs Postal Service to Address Compliance Issues with Pricing and Service: Flat-shaped mail and service performance continue to be major areas of concern, Press Release and FY 2021 Annual Compliance Determination Report, (Washington, D.C.), March 29, 2022.
• U.S. Postal Service,  U.S. Postal Service Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2022 Results, Press Release and 10-Q Quarterly Report, (Washington, D.C.), February 8, 2022.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, Postal Regulatory Commission Releases Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report to the President and Congress, Press Release and Full Report, (Washington, D.C.), January 25, 2022.
• U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal Service FY 2021 Annual Compliance Report, Report and Related Docket before the Postal Regulatory Commission, (Washington, D.C.), December 29, 2021 (report filing date).
• Postal Regulatory Commission, Michael M. Kubayanda Resumes Role as PRC Chairman, Press Release, (Washington, D.C.), December 9, 2021.
• U.S. Postal Service, 2021 Report on Form 10-K, Annual Financial Report, (Washington, D.C.), November 10, 2021.
• Universal Postal Union, UPU Highlights Posts’ Green Achievements as COP26 Continues in Glasgow, Scotland, Press Release (Bern, Switzerland), November 9, 2021.
• U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, How Does USPS Rate as An Employer?, Research Report, (Washington, D.C.), October 25, 2021.
• U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Peak Season Hiring, Research Report, (Washington, D.C.), September 23, 2021.
• U.S. Postal Service, Quarter III, 2021 Report on Form 10-Q, Financial Report, (Washington, D.C.), August 6, 2021.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, PRC Issues Advisory Opinion on Postal Service Plan to Implement Service Standards Changes Associated with First-Class Mail and Periodicals, Press Release and Advisory Opinion, (Washington, D.C.), July 20, 2021.
• U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, A Hearing to Review the FY 2022 Budget Request for the USPS Office of Inspector General and USPS Service Issues, Full Hearing Video, (Washington, D.C.), July 13, 2021.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, U.S. Postal Service: Customer Complaints Process, GAO-21-445, (Washington, D.C.), June 14, 2021.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, Postal Regulator Releases Report Evaluating USPS FY 2020 Performance Report and FY 2021 Performance Plan, Press Release, (Washington, D.C.), June 2, 2021.
• U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal Service Proceeds With Request for Postal Rate Change, Press Release and Accompanying Materials, (Washington, D.C.), May 28, 2021.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, U.S. Postal Service: Volume, Performance, and Financial Changes since the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic, GAO-21-261, (Washington, D.C.), April 29, 2021.
• U.S. Postal Service, United States Postal Service Unveils 10-Year Plan to Achieve Financial Stability and Service Excellence, Press Release and Accompanying Materials, (Washington, D.C.), March 23, 2021.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2021 High-Risk Report — USPS Financial Viability, Biannual Report to U.S. Congress on High-Risk Government Agencies, (Washington, D.C.), March 3, 2021.
• U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee, Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal Service on Sustainable Financial Footing, Committee Hearing, (Washington, D.C.), February 24, 2021.
• U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal Service Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 Results, Press Release, (Washington, D.C.), February 9, 2021.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, Annual Report to the President and Congress — Fiscal Year 2020, Annual Report, (Washington, D.C.), January 26, 2021.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, PRC Adopts Final Rules to Modify the Rate System for Classes of Market Dominant Products, Press Release and Final Rules’ Text, (Washington, D.C.), November 30, 2020.
• U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal Service Reports Fiscal Year 2020 Results, Press Release and Link to Form 10-K, (Washington, D.C.), November 13, 2020.
• U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, House Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on the Postal Service and the 2020 Elections, C-SPAN, (Washington, D.C.), September 14, 2020.
• U.S. House of Representatives, Floor Debate and Votes on $25 Billion in Assistance to U.S. Postal Service, C-SPAN, (Washington, D.C.), August 22, 2020.
• U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal Service Provides Recommendations for Successful 2020 Election Mail Season, Press Release and Accompanying Materials, (Washington, D.C.), May 29, 2020.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, U.S. Postal Service: Congressional Action Is Essential to Enable a Successful Business Model, GAO-20-385, (Washington, D.C.), May 7, 2020.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, International Mail: Stakeholders’ Views on Possible Changes to Inbound Mail Regarding Customs Fees and Opioid Detection Efforts, GAO-20-340R, (Washington, D.C.), February 27, 2020.
• U.S. Postal Service, The U.S. Postal Service Five-Year Strategic Plan FY2020-FY2024, (Washington, D.C.), January 17, 2020.
• U.S. Postal Service, FY2019 Annual Report to Congress, (Washington, D.C.), December 27, 2019.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, U.S. Postal Service: Offering Nonpostal Services Through Its Delivery Network Would Likely Present Benefits and Liabilities, GAO-20-190, (Washington, D.C.), December 17, 2019.
• U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal Service Reports Fiscal Year 2019 Results, Press Release (Washington, D.C.), November 14, 2019.
• U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General,  Costing Best Practices, Report Number: CP-AR-19-004, (Arlington, VA), September 17, 2019.
• U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Military and Diplomatic Mail Service, Report Number: MS-AR-19-003 (Arlington, VA), July 31, 2019.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, Analysis of the Postal Service’s Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Performance Report and FY 2019 Performance Plan, (Washington, D.C.), May 13, 2019.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, Financial Analysis of United States Postal Service Financial Results and 10-K Statement — Fiscal Year 2018, (Washington, D.C.), April 19, 2019.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, Addressing Policy Gaps Could Improve Pilot Design and Evaluation for Postal Innovations, GAO-19-293 (Washington, D.C.), March 14, 2019.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, PRC Approves Rate Changes for Market Dominant and Competitive Products, Press Release, (Washington, D.C.), November 13, 2018.
• White House, Statement on Universal Postal Union, Press Release, (Washington, D.C.), October 17, 2018.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, White House Announcement on Universal Postal Union: Statement of Chairman Robert G. Taub, Press Release, (Washington, D.C.), October 17, 2018.
• U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Postal Service Announces New Prices for 2019, Press Release, (Washington, D.C.), October 10, 2018.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, U.S. Postal Service: Enhancing Procedures Could Improve Product Scanning, GAO-18-638, (Washington, D.C.), September 28, 2018.
• U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Using Mail to Build Brands, Report Number: RARC-WP-18-013, (Arlington, VA), September 5, 2018.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, Presidential Memorandum on Universal Postal Union: Chairman Robert Taub’s Statement, Press Release, (Washington, D.C.), August 24, 2018.
• Donald J. Trump, Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Homeland Security, Postmaster General, and Chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission, Presidential Memoranda, (Washington, D.C.), August 23, 2018.
• U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Improving the Customer Experience with USPS Customer Care Centers, Report Number: RARC-WP-18-012, (Arlington, VA), August 20, 2018.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, U.S. Postal Service: Projected Capital Spending and Processes for Addressing Uncertainties and Risks, GAO-18-515, (Washington, D.C.), June 28, 2018.
• Postal Regulatory Commission, Statutory Review of the System for Regulating Rates and Classes for Market Dominant Products, Order No. 5247 (Washington, D.C.), December 1, 2017
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, Information on Changes and Alternatives to the Terminal Dues System, GAO-18-112 (Washington, D.C.), October 12, 2017.
• Office of Inspector General, United States Postal Service, Postal Service Retiree Funds Investment Strategies, Report Number FT-WP-17-001, (Arlington, VA), September 20, 2017.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, INTERNATIONAL MAIL SECURITY: Costs and Benefits of Using Electronic Data to Screen Mail Need to Be Assessed, GAO-17-606 (Washington, D.C.), September 7, 2017
• U.S. Government Accountability Office, Key Considerations for Potential Changes to USPS’s Monopolies, GAO-17-543 (Washington, D.C.), July 24, 2017
• U.S. Government Accountability Office,  Restructuring the U.S. Postal Service to Achieve Sustainable Financial Viability, GAO’s 2017 High Risk Report (Washington, D.C.) January 2017.

• Adie, Douglas K. The Mail Monopoly: Analysing Canadian Postal Service, (Vancouver, Canada: The Frasier Institute) 1990.
• Adie, Douglas K. Monopoly Mail: Privatizing the United States Postal Service, (Washington, D.C.: Transaction Publishers, The Cato Institute) 1989.
• Allam, David R. The Social and Economic Importance of Postal Reform in 1840, (Batley: Harry Hayes) 1976.
• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. Postal Reform Proposals, (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute) 1970.
• Bates, Barnabas. A Brief Statement of the Exertions of the Friends of Cheap Postage in the City of New York (New York, NY: W. C. Bryant & Co.) 1848.
• Campbell, James I. The Rise of Global Delivery Services: A Case Study in International Regulatory Reform, (Washington, DC: J Campbell Press) 2001.
• Cohen, Robert H. Comments to the President’s Commission on the United States Postal Service, 20 February 2003.
• Cohen, Robert H. et al. “Postal Regulation and Worksharing in the U.S.” 15 December 2004. Found in: Proceedings of Wissenschaftliches Institut fur Kommunikationsdienste GmbH (WIK) 8th Koenigswinter Seminar on “Regulating Postal Markets-Harmonsied Versus Country Specific Approaches,” (Dorint, Siebengebirge/Germany) 16-18 February 2004.
• Cohen, Robert H., William W. Ferguson, and Spyros S. Xenakis. “A Cost Comparison of Serving Rural and Urban Areas in the United States,” Office of Technical Analysis and Planning, Postal Rate Commission, (Washington, D.C.) 20 April 1993.
• Competing with the Government: Anticompetitive Behavior and Public Enterprises, edited by R. Richard Geddes, (Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press) 2004.
• Daniel, Edward G. United States Postal Service and Postal Policy, 1789-1860: A Thesis, 1941.
• Dreifuss, Shelley S. “Report of the Consumer Advocate on Quality of Services Provided by the Postal Service to the Public,” Before the Postal Rate Commission – Docket No. R2001-1, (Washington, DC) 06 March 2002.
• Entin, Stephen J. “The Postal Service: A Monopoly That Loses Money,” IRET Congressional Advisory #130, (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation) 03 June 2002.
• Esposito, Scott. “Time For The Mail Monopoly To Go,” The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, 52/2, 01 February 2002.
• Fleishman, Joel L. The Future of the Postal Service, (Praeger, CO: Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies) 1983.
• Free the Mail: Ending the Postal Monopoly, edited by Peter J. Ferrara, (Washington, D.C.: The Cato Institute) 1990.
• Fuller, Wayne E. The American Mail: Enlarger of the Common Life, (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press) 1972.
• Geddes, Richard R. “Bad Policy, Pure and Simple,” Hoover Institution Weekly Essays, (Palo Alto, CA: Hoover Institution), 22 March 2004.
• Geddes, Richard R. Competing with the U.S. Postal Service: Effects on Consumers, Competitors, and Virginia State and Local Government, (Springfield, VA: The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy) 01 March 2004.
• Geddes, Richard R. “Neither Snow nor Sleet…Can Dampen This Monopoly,” Hoover Digest, (Palo Alto, CA: The Hoover Institution), No. 2, 2000.
• Geddes, Richard R. “A Rare Opportunity for Postal Reform,” Hoover Institution Weekly Essays, (Palo Alto, CA: Hoover Institution), 07-14 July 2003.
• Geddes, Richard R. Saving the Mail: How to Solve the Problems of the U.S. Postal Service, (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute) 2003.
• Geddes, Richard R. “A Timely Proposal for Postal Reform,” Hoover Digest, (Palo Alto, CA:The Hoover Institution), 01 January 2004.
• Geddes, Richard R. “A Twenty-first-Century Postal Service,” Hoover Institution Weekly Essays, (Palo Alto, CA: Hoover Institution), 01-08 July 2002.
• Geddes, Richard R. “Uncle Sam, Unfair Competitor,” Hoover Digest, (Palo Alto, CA: The Hoover Institution) No. 1, 2002.
• Geddes, Richard R. “Why We Need Postal Reform and What It Should Entail,” Postal Reform Paper No. 1 (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute) March 2003.
• Geddes, Richard R. “Why We Need Serious Postal Reform,” The American Enterprise, (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute) July/August 2003.
• Goldway, Ruth Y. Comments to the President’s Commission on the United States Postal Service, 03 February 2003.
• Goldway, Ruth Y. “Concurring Opinion of Commissioner Goldway,” Before the Postal Rate Commission – Docket No. R2005-1, (Washington, D.C.) 01 November 2005.
• Goldway, Ruth Y. “Fly Like an Eagle, Sting Like a Bee?” USA Today, 08 December 1999, pg. 31A.
• Guy, Charles E. “The Postal Service Business Model: Broken or Poorly Managed?” Comments to the President’s Commission on the United States Postal Service, February 2003.
• Haldi, John. Postal Monopoly: An Assessment of the Private Express Statutes, (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research) 1974.
• Ham, Shane and Robert D. Atkinson, Opening the Mail: A Postal System for the New Economy, (Washington, D.C.: Progressive Policy Institute) November 2001.
• Heaton, J. Henniker. Postal Reform: Ocean Penny Postage and Cheap Imperial Telegraphs, (London, UK: Harrison) 1890.
• Hirsch, Barry T., Michael L. Wachter and James W. Gillula. Postal Service Compensation and the Comparability Standard, March 1998 [Revised, November 1998].
• Hudgins, Edward L. “Statement of Dr. Edward L. Hudgins On Postal Service Privatization,” (Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute) 30 April 1996.

• John, Richard R. Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse, (Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press) 1995.
• Knisbacher, Mitchell. Regulator, Overseer or Advisor? The Role of the Postal Rate Commission Under the Reorganization Act of 1970, (Cambridge, MA: Center for Information Policy Research, Harvard University) September 1983.
• The Last Monopoly: Privatizing the Postal Service for the Information Age, edited by Edward L. Hudgins, (Washington, D.C.: The Cato Institute) 1996.
• Leavitt, Joshua. Cheap Postage. Remarks and Statistics on the Subject of Cheap Postage and Postal Reform in Great Britain and the United States, (Boston, MA: Published for the Cheap Postage Association, by O. Clapp) 1848.
• Lochhead, Carolyn. “Now It’s Really Time to Free the Mails,” Consumers’ Research Magazine, 78/3, March 1995, pg. 19-22.
• Mail @ The Millennium: Will the Postal Service Go Private? edited by Edward L. Hudgins, (Washington, D.C.: The Cato Institute) 2000.
• Miles, Pliny. Postal Reform: Its Urgent Necessity and Practicability, (New York, NY: Stringer & Townsend) 1885.
• New York Postal Reform Committee. Postal Reform. Proceedings of a Public Meeting Held in the City of New York, March 24th, 1856, (New York, Published for the Committee) 1856.
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Promoting Competition in Postal Services, (OECD) October 1999.
• Pearsall, Edward S. “The Effects of Worksharing, Other Product Innovations and the 9/11-Anthrax Attack on U.S. Postal Volumes and Revenues,” presented June 2-5, 2004 at the Twelfth Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, Cork, Ireland. Published in Regulatory and Economic Changes in the Postal and Delivery Sector, Eds. Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer, (Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers) 2004.
• President’s Commission on the United States Postal Service. Embracing the Future: Making the Tough Choices to Preserve Universal Mail Service, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office) 31 July 2003.
• Rasmussen, Kristina. “First-Class to Nowhere: Congress’s Second Rate Postal Reform Bill,” NTU Issue Brief 156, (Washington, D.C.: National Taxpayers Union & National Taxpayers Union Foundation – Press) 05 Oct 2005.
• Ryan, Sarah F. “Understanding Postal Privatization: Corporations, Unions and ‘the Public Interest,'” (New Brunswick, NJ: Evergreen State College) January 1999.
• Schuyler, Michael and Stephen J. Entin. “The Postal Service’s Transformation Plan: One Good Idea for Reducing Losses and Two Bad Ones,” IRET Congressional Advisory #129, (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation), 20 May 2002. (ftp://ftp.iret.org/pub/ADVS-129.PDF)
• Schuyler, Michael. The Anti-Competitive Edge: Government Subsidies to Government Businesses, Case Studies of the Postal Service, TVA, And Amtrak, (Washington, D.C.: The Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation) 1999.
• Schuyler, Michael. “The Danger of Monopoly-Subsidized Pricing by The Postal Service in Competitive Markets,” IRET Congressional Advisory #170, (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation) 01 April 2004.
• Schuyler, Michael. “Good and Bad News in the January 8 Postal Rate Increase,” IRET Congressional Advisory #197, (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation) 20 December 2005.
• Schuyler, Michael. “Is The Postal Rate-Setting Process Broken?” IRET Congressional Advisory #182, (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation), 08 December 2004.
• Schuyler, Michael. “Limiting The Postal Service’s Interest Rate Subsidy; A Lesson From Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on What Would Work and What Would Not,” IRET Congressional Advisory #178, (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation), 10 August 2004.
• Schuyler, Michael. “Postal Service Cancels Some Electronic and Financial Services Products; Should Cancel More,” IRET Congressional Advisory #167, (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation), 19 March 2004.
• Schuyler, Michael. “The Postal Service’s Productivity Problem,” IRET Congressional Advisory #137, (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation), 07 October 2002.
• Schuyler, Michael. “Rate-Cap Regulation Will Not Deliver Real Postal Service Reform,” IRET Congressional Advisory #188, (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation) 20 June 2005.
• Schuyler, Michael. “Should The Postal Service Be Able To Withhold Some Of Its Financial Results From The Public?” IRET Congressional Advisory #184, (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation), 16 March 2005.
• Schuyler, Michael. Statement Submitted to President’s Commission on the United States Postal Service, (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation), 12 February 2003.
• Schuyler, Michael A. Wrong Delivery: The Postal Service in Competitive Markets, (Washington, D.C.: The Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation) 1998.
• Senior, Ian. Liberating the Letter: A Proposal to Privatise the Post Office, (London: Institute of Economic Affairs) 1983.
• Shaw, Christopher W. First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat, (San Francisco, CA: City Light Books) 2021.
• Sidak, Gregory J. and Daniel F. Spulber, Protecting Competition from the Postal Monopoly, (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute) 1996.
• Sorkin, Alan L. The Economics of the Postal System, (Lanham: Lexington Books) 1980.
• Stewart-Patterson, David. Post-Mortem: Why Canada’s Mail Won’t Move, (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada) 1987.