OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE US POSTAL SERVICE TO DELIVER NON-POSTAL SERVICES
A paper by IRET INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON THE ECONOMICS OF TAXATION looking at opportunities for the US Postal Service to deliver non-postal services.
November 30, 2010
The U.S. Postal Service currently provides a small number of nonpostal government services, such as
accepting passport applications, offering Selective Service registration forms, and renting excess space
to other government agencies. The Postal Service should work with other government agencies to offer more nonpostal government services. These activities will benefit the general public, other government entities, and the Postal Service itself if several important conditions are met.
Table 1 shows the Postal Service’s revenue from some of the nonpostal services it offers to government entities.
