Author Archives: Lexington Institute
Don Soifer, Interviewed On New York’s WOR710, By Host and Former New York State Governor David Paterson. Don Soifer is a guest on former New York Governor David Paterson’s afternoon talk show on one of New York City’s largest stations. They discuss the procedural obstacles to firing bad teachers in New York, teacher unions, charter schools and [Read More...]
Postal Trendwatch Q4 2011 – Quarterly Gain, Multibillion-Dollar Annual Loss Click here to download printer-friendly PDF.First Class Mail has contributed half the revenue it generates to the U.S. Postal Service’s institutional overhead for each of the past three years. In 2010, Standard Mail contributed one-third of its overall revenue [Read More...]
Postal Trendwatch Q3 FY 2011: USPS Looks to Congress to Avert Bankruptcy Click here to view full report in printer friendly pdf. Executive SummaryThe U.S. Postal Service suffered a net loss of $3.1 billion in the third quarter of FY 2011 — $398 million less than it lost in the [Read More...]
Capitol Hill Electronic Attack Conference Capitol Hill Electronic Attack Conference – 7/28/11 [Read More...]
Capitol Hill Insourcing/Outsourcing Forum Remarks The Lexington Institute organized a Capitol Hill forum on insourcing and outsourcing on May 26, 2011. The forum consisted of a series of back-to-back ten minute presentations by subject matter experts. The comments made by some of the speakers are [Read More...]
A Quick Refererence On The U.S. Postal Service Click here to download printer friendly PDF OverviewCreated in 1789 as the Department of the Post Office, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) commenced operations as an “independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States” [Read More...]
Postal TrendWatch Q1 2011 – USPS Improves Productivity As Cash Shortfall Nears Click here to download printer friendly PDF Executive SummaryThe U.S. Postal Service suffered a net loss of $329 million in the first quarter of FY 2011 — $32 million more than it lost in the same period last [Read More...]
Postal TrendWatch Q4 2010: USPS $8.5-Billion Loss Defines Future Strategies Executive SummaryIn FY 2010, the U.S. Postal Service lost $8.5 billion — more than its two previous annual losses combined. The Service has lost money in every quarter except one since the first quarter of 2008. Revenue for the [Read More...]
Postal TrendWatch — Q3 2010 Executive SummaryThe U.S. Postal Service lost $3.5 billion in the third quarter of FY 2010. USPS says that it has lost money in 14 of the last 16 quarters. Operating revenue declined by $294 million, or 1.8 percent, relative [Read More...]
Lexington’s Don Soifer Discusses Proposed Regulations On For-Profit Colleges Lexington’s Don Soifer interviewed on Fox News Network’s “Fox and Friends” about proposed Obama Administration regulations on for-profit colleges and universities. [Read More...]