Audio: PRC Chief Taub Talks About a Postal Service at the Crossroads

Robert Taub, Acting Chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission, chats with Senior Editor Al Urbanski about the exigent surcharge, postal reform, and the future of the PRC. URBANSKI: Hello, everyone, and welcome to DC Direct, where we talk to movers and shakers in Washington about issues facing direct marketers. I’m Al Urbanski, Senior Editor of…

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Postal Regulatory Commission Unveils Modernized Website – New features target intuitive user engagement

February 2, 2015 – Press Release Washington, DC – Today the Postal Regulatory Commission unveiled its new website designed to provide an engaging user experience and improve accessibility and transparency of Commission documents and activities. Among the key features of the new site are three selections prominently displayed on the homepage: Active Cases, Daily Listings,…

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Opinion: Trouble ahead for the Post Office

By Shawn McCoy – January 13, 2015 A new compliance report from the United States Postal Service (USPS), coupled with frank comments from outgoing Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, raise serious concerns about the direction the post office is headed. USPS has lost $26 billion over the past three years, and the rate of loss has…

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Commissioner says radical change needed for USPS to survive

WATERTOWN — Radical changes have to be made to the structure of the U.S. Postal Service for it to survive, according to Postal Regulatory Commissioner Robert G. Taub, the keynote speaker during a luncheon Thursday at the Black River Valley Club on Washington Street. Mr. Taub discussed the many hurdles facing the nation’s Postal Service…

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