Author Archives: Charles Guy, Ph.D.

Postal Management to Receive Bonuses Despite the Inspector General Finding that the Formula is Inappropriate Issue Brief The USPS Board of Governors announced at their December 3rd meeting that the Postal Service lost $1.7 billion for the fiscal year just completed. The Service is also presently seeking a taxpayer bailout from Congress of more than [Read More...]
NSA’S DOA for USPS Issue Brief The United States Postal Service has been promoting the idea of Negotiated Service Agreements (NSA’s) for its biggest customers. Proponents suggest that NSA’s would provide variable pricing that would encourage greater volume and would reward the Service’s best [Read More...]
Alternatives to Taxpayer-Funded Postal Bailout Issue Brief The United States Postal Service and some of its biggest customers are calling for a taxpayer bailout of anywhere from $5-$20 billion dollars to finance security upgrades and to compensate the Service for lost revenues following the September [Read More...]
Beware a Taxpayer-Funded Postal Bailout Issue Brief Even before anthrax was discovered in the U.S. mails and the economy was socked by the events of September 11, the United States Postal Service was in financial distress. It expected to lose $1.35 billion in fiscal year [Read More...]
U.S. Postal Service Set Productivity Bar Low to Trigger Management Bonus Payouts This Year Issue Brief An examination of United States Postal Service data reveals that the Postal Service sets a much lower productivity target for its management bonus plan than would be needed for the Service to break even this year. In other [Read More...]
U.S. Postal Service Productivity: The Yo-Yo Effect Issue Brief The United States Postal Service is expected to announce strong productivity growth at the end of this fiscal year-2% or more-, but don’t pop the corks on the champagne just yet. We’ve been there before. In fact, the [Read More...]
U.S. Postal Service: The Only Safe Bet is Projecting Big Bonus Payouts Issue Brief What is wrong with this picture? After losing $199 million in fiscal year 2000, the United States Postal Service expected, as recently as last September, a surplus of $150 million for fiscal year 2001. By November, that became [Read More...]
Postal Service’s April Financial & Operating Statements Reveal Management’s Gross Failure to Control Costs Issue Brief The United States Postal Service Financial & Operating Statements for April are out, and they tell a story of missed opportunities. The Statements reveal that Postal Service management has watched revenues fall short of their internal “Budget” for [Read More...]
Top Postal Service Brass Should Have Foreseen Billions in Red Ink Issue Brief As recently as last September, the United States Postal Service projected a surplus of $150 million for fiscal year 2001. Just two months later, that became a projection of a $500 million loss, then a $1 billion loss, [Read More...]
Postal Service Board of Governors Playing Game of Chicken with Postal Rate Commission Issue Brief When someone forces a game of chicken-say, by driving directly towards an approaching car-it is often innocent bystanders who get hurt. The United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors seems to be forcing a game of chicken [Read More...]
1 2 3 4
Page of 4

Find Archived Articles: