Postal Penance
Thanks to U.S. laws banning more than two consecutive presidential terms, in November, there won’t be anyone outside the White House chanting: “Four more years!”. Instead, there is an exciting race for a new candidate to step into office, embodying hope and change.
For years, the USPS has held sovereign control over rate cases, without regulations in place, like the consecutive-term legislation, to protect public interest. “One of the big issues under the old laws was whether the then Postal Rate Commission (PRC) had the authority to look at the size of the piece of pie that the Postal Service was asking for and say, ‘You don’t need that size; you only need this much.’ But, basically, the Postal Service could get pretty much what it asked for,” said Ed Gleiman, consultant to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) on postal issues, and former chairman of the PRC.
- People:
- Ed Gleiman
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- U.S.