Postal Reform: The Saga Continues
USPS remains in an unsustainable financial position despite enactment of the Postal Reform Act of 2022. The volume of profitable First-Class Mail and Marketing Mail is declining, while USPS costs are rising and hard to control. USPS is working to improve its finances, but recognizes its efforts will be insufficient to remain financially self-supporting. Thus, Congress and the administration will eventually need to act. We can help you understand options for postal reform.
Postal Law and Regulations
We can familiarize you with aspects of postal law and regulations that are relevant to ongoing postal issues.
USPS Finances
We can keep you up to date on key developments that affect USPS finances, based on insights gleaned from reports, regulatory filings, and articles.
Postal Retiree Benefits
Postal retiree benefits are seriously underfunded--a situation that could come to a head within a decade if policymakers fail to act. We can explain proposals that have been made to address funding shortfalls for postal retiree health and pension benefits, including the complex tradeoffs they present
Other Postal Areas
We can help you get up to speed on a variety of postal subjects, such as the scope and cost of universal postal service, possible USPS expansion into non-postal products and services, and costing methods that determine the profitability of each type of mail.
Postal Politics
We can help you understand postal politics that involve Congress, the White House, postal unions, the mailing industry, competitors, and the Postal Service itself.