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Postal Service Says It Needs Congress To Make Next Mail Truck Electric (From Trucks.com) A blog post by Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in a Trucks.com article on moves in Congress to require that all of the Postal Service’s new delivery vehicles be electric trucks. Some, like Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), would like to see the USPS fle ...
Workhorse Pursues Long-Shot Bid To Overturn Postal Truck Award (From American Journal Of Transportation) Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in an American Journal of Transportation story about Workhorse Group Inc.’s loss of a $6 billion contract with the Postal Service to Oshkosh Defense, and steps Workhorse is taking to challenge the loss. One avenue t ...
Lawmaker Seeks To Stop Postal Service Contract With Limited EVs (From Bloomberg Government) Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted by Bloomberg Government in a story about efforts by Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) to block a six billion-dollar, ten-year contract between the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and Oshkosh Defense. The Congressman wants USPS t ...
DeJoy’s Plan To Overhaul Postal Systems Draws Criticism (From NPR) Lexington’s Paul Steidler was quoted in a National Public Radio segment about Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year strategic plan for the U.S. Postal Service. The draft plan reportedly includes downgrading of first-class mail standards, which Steid ...
Raytheon To Challenge Lockheed’s Takeover Of Aerojet, CEO Says (From Defense News) A Forbes piece by Lexington COO Loren Thompson was quoted in a piece by Defense News on the recent Lockheed-Aerojet merger. The article, titled “Five Issues Washington Should Consider In Reviewing A Lockheed-Aerojet Merger,” opined that regulators shou ...
US Lawmakers Urge UK To Help End Complicity In Saudi Arabia’s War In Yemen (From The Guardian) Lexington COO Loren Thompson was asked by the Guardian to comment on the Biden administration’s pressure on the United Kingdom to end its support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, which the United States has already announced. The same week, officials i ...
Data Show Decline In USPS Mail Service (From Linn’s Stamp News) Lexington’s Paul Steidler was featured in a Linn’s Stamp News article about the sharp deterioration in mail service. The piece cited Steidler’s January 22 report on the Lexington Institute website, where he documented that mail service “is worse than i ...
What’s The Defense Production Act? Biden Plans To Use It For COVID Vaccine Production (From The Modesto Bee) Lexington COO Loren Thompson was quoted by the Modesto Bee of Modesto, California in an article explaining the Defense Production Act. Dr. Cecilia Gounder, a member of President-elect Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board, told CNBC that he planned invoke th ...
Lockheed’s Proposed Aerojet Rocketdyne Purchase Sets Early M&A Test for Biden (From Defense One) Lexington’s Loren Thompson was quoted in Defense One’s recent article discussing the potential consequences of the Biden administration’s approval or disapproval of the planned acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne by Lockheed Martin for $4.4 billion. Lock ...
We’ll Be Stuck With Trump’s Postmaster General For A While (From Slate) Lexington’s Paul Steidler is quoted in a Slate article about Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and why DeJoy will likely stay in his position during the Biden administration. “The system is somewhat designed for this. The Postal Service is supposed to be ...