Author Archives: Paul Steidler
Celebrate This Labor Day, And Thank A Techie (From RealClearMarkets) This year America should celebrate Labor Day with reckless abandon.While it is always appropriate to honor workers’ many contributions to America’s strength, prosperity, and well-being, it is imperative now. All honest work deserves recognition and respect. Yet, America’s work [Read More...]
Keep The FTC From Aiding And Abetting China (From InsideSources DC Journal) The work of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is not supposed to impact international affairs. Still, it is doing so today, empowering China in the race for technological supremacy and harming essential businesses in the U.S.It is time for [Read More...]
USPS Third Quarter: The Good, Bad, And The To-Be-Determined (From FEDweek) On August 8, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced another large, predictable financial loss of $1.7 billion for its third quarter ended June 30 and $5.2 billion for the year-to-date. This was supposed to be the year USPS broke even [Read More...]
The Biden Administration’s Twisted, Anti-Growth, M&A Policies (From RealClearMarkets) Every so often government agencies will release documents that provide candid insights into their thinking, and how they would unleash monumental change if unconstrained by law and financial resources. A case in point is the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. [Read More...]
The Enigma Of Measuring Postal Service Delivery Time Performance (Lexington Institute Report) Read the full study as a PDF here.In recent years, there has been immense public frustration with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), mail delivery times, and overall service performance. Much of this is within USPS’s control, though some of [Read More...]
The Enigma Of Measuring Postal Service Delivery Time Performance Read the full study as a PDF here.In recent years, there has been immense public frustration with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), mail delivery times, and overall service performance. Much of this is within USPS’s control, though some is [Read More...]
Keep the Postal Service Out Of The Alcohol Business (From InsideSources DC Journal) The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is facing formidable challenges these days and there are plenty of bad ideas on how to fix it. At the top of the list is H.R. 3721, legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that [Read More...]
Biden Administration Derelict On Postal Nominations (From FEDweek) It is important to have checks and balances on the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), one of America’s largest and highest-profile federal agencies, and whose work impacts most Americans, most days of the week.It is surprising that [Read More...]
Break The Biden Administration’s Ironclad Hold On The FTC (From RealClearMarkets) In his 1981 inaugural address President Reagan warned of those who “believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people.”Today, [Read More...]
Comments To Postal Regulatory Commission On U.S. Postal Service Cost Attribution Docket The Lexington Institute urges the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to adopt changes in analytical principles (i.e., costing methodologies or cost models) and related regulations pertaining to cost attribution at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).The requirement for this to be [Read More...]