John Waller, the former John Waller, former director of the Office of Accountability and Compliance of the Postal Regulatory Commission discussed R. Richard Geddes paper, Reforms for a Failing Postal Service, at a November 4 seminar at the American Enterprise Institute. His slides identify sources of problemsrelated to costs and revenue. He presents solutions that could [...] Read more »
In a new working paper for the American Enterprise Institute, R. Richard Geddes presents his understanding of the challenges facing the Postal Service and his policy prescription. In his paper, Mr. Geddes reviews the current financial problems of the Postal Service and lays out a policy prescription significantly different from what is currently under consideration in [...] Read more »
As part of a class in Cost-Benefit Analysis, six students at the LaFollette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison examined the impact of closing one of the seven Post Offices in Marquette County, Wisconsin. The study was performed at the suggestion of the Center for the Study of the Postal Market as [...] Read more »
Swift Postal has launched its Swift Kiosk solution - a self-service option for postal customers. The self-service kiosk allows postal organizations to offer their services to customers from a variety of locations - with 24/7 availability. Read more »
With the release of the 2010 Billing Household Survey by Fiserv Corporation provides a significant update on how the availability of multiple web and mobile based payment and bill presentment delivery modes has changed consumer use of traditional and new modalities. The survey, conducted by The Marketing Workshop, showed that consumers that have online access [...] Read more »
NACHA, the Electronic Payments Association, has released an eBilling Benchmarking Study examining potential growth of electronic payment systems. Their study showed that 26.6% of all bills are now sent electronically with the largest percentage among customers of educational institutions and wireless telecommunications companies. The study also showed that on average firms surveyed had e-bill volumes grow [...] Read more »
By John White, Association of Alternate Postal Systems The elimination of Saturday delivery, the cutting of services and employees and more postal rate hikes in 2011, all are measures that the Postal Service keeps taking or considering as it tries to carve into an expected 238 billion dollar deficit over the next decade. A measure [...] Read more »
In a paper presented at the Center for Research in Regulated Industries Eastern Conference, William Miller and Margaret Cigno of the Postal Regulatory Commission examine the potential use of profit sharing at the Postal Service. They note that the United States Postal Service has experienced record-setting losses over the past few years.that were fueled by [...] Read more »
By Michael Gualtieri, President, Messenger Courier Association of America and ProCourier Inc. All across the country cash-strapped states are looking at companies that use independent contractors as their pots of gold at the end of the fiscal rainbow. Enthusiast attorneys general are winding themselves up for the good fight about the “misclassification†of ICs. After all, if a true employee is “misclassified†as an independent contractor, then the employer owes the state unpaid taxes as well as contributions to the state’s unemployment trust fund and workers compensation pool. Cue the leprechauns to retrieve all that gold. Read more »
Contractor classification task force legislation progresses in Connecticut House. Read more »
In his April 15, 2010 Transportation / Logistics Research Bulletin, Jon Langenfeld, the Associate Director of Research, Robert W. Baird Company provided one of the most detailed descriptions of FedEx’s SmartPost service currently available. The Postal Journal posts this description with the permission of Mr. Langenfeld. The entire bulletin, entitled “Takeaways from Recent Management [...] Read more »
John Waller, the former John Waller, former director of the Office of Accountability and Compliance of the Postal Regulatory Commission discussed R. Richard Geddes paper, Reforms for a Failing Postal Service, at a November 4 seminar at the American Enterprise Institute. His slides identify sources of problemsrelated to costs and revenue. He presents solutions that could [...] Read more »
