Misdiagnosis: A Review of the Report of the White House Task Force on the Postal Service

In April 2018, President Trump issued an executive order creating a task force to evaluate the operations and finances of the U.S. Postal Service and to make recommendations for policy changes to ensure a sustainable future for the agency. The White House Task Force, comprised of the Secretary of Treasury and the Directors of the…

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Senate Hearing on Postal Task Force – March 12, 2019

A Path to Sustainability: Recommendations from the President’s Task Force on the United States Postal Service Full Committee Hearing March 12, 2019 02:30 PM Location: SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building Witnesses Panel I Gary Grippo Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Finance U.S. Department of the Treasury The Honorable Robert G. Taub Chairman Postal Regulatory Commission…

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APWU WR Coordinator Gonzalez: Sticky Fingers Want USPS [podcast]

August 1, 2018 In April of 2018 an Executive Order was written to evaluate whether our US Postal Service should be handed over to business abandoning the Constitutionally mandated public postal system, which pays for it self and it NOT supported by taxpayer dollars. In today’s interview Omar Gonzalez describes what’s at stake and asks…

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Anti-Privatization Resolution Picks Up Support; Status of Postal Task Force Report Unknown

By Bob Levi – August 22, 2018 The legislative resolution that proclaims House of Representatives opposition to a White House proposal to privatize the U.S. Postal Service picked up significant support during the August recess. H.Res. 993 expresses “the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that…

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