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Letters: Independent System Operator Keeps Power On (From The Albany Times Union) A letter to the editor of The Albany Times Union by the Lexington Institute’s Paul Steidler addresses the paper’s April 1 editorial, “Isolated, Capital Region-based energy grid workers keep power on.” Steidler commends the heroism of highly-skilled, ha ...
Letters: The Postal Service Helps Define Our Nation. Losing It Would Be Devastating (From The Los Angeles Times) A letter to the editor published in The Los Angeles Times from the Lexington Institute’s Paul Steidler takes issue with the paper’s April 16 editorial “The Postal Service is America’s lifeline. Save it.” Steidler critiques the editorial for “omitting f ...
Appeals Court Tells USPS Regulator To Rethink ‘Incomprehensible’ Package Revenue Formula (From Federal News Network) The Lexington Institute’s Paul Steidler is quoted in a Federal News Network April 17 article about the need for a more modern pricing system at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The USPS Office of Inspector General concluded in a 2014 white paper that a ...
Letters: Congress Has Neglected Postal Reform For Years (From The Boston Globe) A letter to the editor of The Boston Globe penned by the Lexington Institute’s Paul Steidler addresses the Globe’s April 14 editorial “The postal service has never been more valuable — or more endangered.” It takes the editorial board to task for “lett ...
Seven Myths About The Postal Service And Its Finances Over the past few days there has been an explosion of news and editorial coverage about the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and its deteriorating financial condition. Some of the coverage states or implies that all was well with USPS before the COVID-19 cri ...
COVID-19 Assistance To The Postal Service: Three Things To Know At this writing, Congress seems poised to provide billions in financial assistance to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to ensure that it will be able to continue to operate amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The action needs to be taken and is not unexpected. U ...
COVID-19 And The U.S. Postal Service The COVID-19 pandemic is all but certain to have a severe, negative financial impact on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), significantly accelerating when it will face a liquidity crisis and be unable to provide basic services. Even if that liquidity cris ...
Capitol Hill Conference on Postal Reform – March 6, 2020 The Lexington Institute is hosting a Capitol Hill Forum about Postal Reform on Friday, March 6 at 12:00PM. We hope you will be able to join us. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS), though facing major challenges, remains vital to the American economy. USPS ...
Remarks Of Paul Steidler To U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors February 6, 2020 Meeting Governors, thank you for this opportunity. As Chairman Duncan and Postmaster General Brennan mentioned in their opening remarks, and as seen from the Integrated Financial Plan, it is clear that the Postal Service, and the Ameri ...
Crackdown On Counterfeiting For Public Safety (From InsideSources) Counterfeit products injure consumers, harm U.S. businesses and line the pockets of criminals. Through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the United States recently announced a major initiative to cra ...