USPS Upgrading Package Delivery Network

Lexington Institute – March 29, 2016 The U.S. Postal Service is investing heavily in major technology initiatives with a focus on improving delivery of its competitive package products. Over the past two years, it has replaced older Intelligent Mail Devices with more than 260,000 new handheld Mobile Delivery Devices (MDDs). The MDDs are single-device scanners…

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A Plan to Replace the Postal Service’s Truck Fleet

The Postal Service uses its aging fleet as an object of pity. Why not deploy it as a revenue-generating media vehicle instead? Surely you’ve seen those dog rescue ads on TV with the mangy Shit Tzus and the war-scarred pit bulls peering longingly out of crates with faces sadder than giftless children on Christmas morning….

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