A drone manufacturer has been included on the shortlist of companies who are bidding to build the next generation of delivery vehicles for the financial troubled US Postal Service.
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United States Postal Service has announced that Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe will retire in February 2015 and that Megan Brennan has been appointed 74th Postmaster General and CEO.
Read MorePostmasters across the United States are set to hold a series of special events over the next few months, to attract small businesses into using a new simplified mail service for local advertising.
Read MoreThe USPS has confirmed that its vice presidents Linda Kingsley and Pranab Shah are to step down.
Read MoreA 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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