Opinion and Recommended Decision (February 19, 1981) PDF Download

Author: United States. Postal Rate Commission
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Category : Postal rates
Languages : en
Pages : 582

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Civil Service, Post Office, and General Services
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 1522

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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Author: Douglas Adie
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351504827
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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First class postage rates have risen from six cents in 1971 to 25 cents in 1988. This rapid increase might be justifiable if service had improved commen-surately, but in fact postal service has steadily deteriorated. The Postal Service concedes that it takes ten percent longer to deliver a first class letter than it did in the 1960s, and one recent postmaster general admits that delivery may have been more reliable in the 1920s. In this volume, Adie reviews the failures of the U.S. Postal Service - an inability to innovate, soaring labor costs, huge deficits, chronic inefficiency, and declining service standards. He blames most of these problems on the postal service's monopoly status. Competition produces efficiency and innovation; monopoly breeds inefficiency, high costs and stagnation. He also examines the experiences of other countries and other industries that may be valuable in prescribing reform for the postal service. The breakup of AT&T provides lessons that may be applied to postal reform. The long-run effects of deregulation on the airline industry are also examined. Since the postal service has serious union problems, Adie looks at the air traffic controllers' strike and other evidence on pay and labor relations in government unions. Finally, Adie examines the experiences of Canada and Great Britain with privatization of government companies. He then offers a comprehensive - and controversial - reform plan for the U.S. Postal Service, with no further monopoly privileges or taxpayer subsidies. He argues that private companies should be free to compete with the Postal Service, and it, in turn, should be free to compete in all phases of the communications business. Without privatization and deregulation, the Postal Service is doomed to continuing inefficiency, rising costs, worsening labor relations, and an increasing loss of customers to more innovative and efficient service providers. Competition would give the Postal Service a chance to enter the 21st ce

Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Economic Goals and Intergovernmental Policy
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Category : Electronic mail systems
Languages : en
Pages : 410

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations
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Languages : en
Pages : 884

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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1820

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Author: Kathleen Conkey
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 548

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Category : Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Languages : en
Pages : 1222

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