Inflation-based US postal price cap "showing signs of strain"
The inflation-based price cap on US postal rates is “showing signs of strain”, the USPS Office of the Inspector General said yesterday.
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Posted by Ian Taylor | Jul 21, 2011 | News |
The inflation-based price cap on US postal rates is “showing signs of strain”, the USPS Office of the Inspector General said yesterday.
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US Postmaster General Pat Donahoe wrote to Congressional leaders today, once again urging them to allow the US Postal Service to make the biggest single action it could take to cut its operational expenses – cutting Saturday deliveries.
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Video game rental company GameFly has won a two-year regulatory battle against the US Postal Service regarding “discriminatory” mailing fees compared to rivals Netflix and Blockbuster.
Read MoreUS regulators have demanded that the US Postal Service correct its pricing imbalance, which currently sees 10 market dominant products failing to pay for themselves.
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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.
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