The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security
The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security

Author: Lois M. Davis

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Published: 2008-11-19

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0833046608

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The United States Postal Service has long held a statutory monopoly to deliver mail to mailboxes (known as the Mailbox Rule). Critics have argued against the Mailbox Rule on anti-monopoly and property rights grounds. But relaxing the Mailbox Rule may affect public safety and security. This study assesses the public safety concerns of relaxing the Mailbox Rule and makes recommendations to address these concerns.

U. S. Postal Service
U. S. Postal Service

Author: Gerald P. Barnes

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1998-05

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 9780788148415

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Congress adopted the mailbox restriction in 1934 to protect postal revenue by preventing delivery of unstamped matter to mailboxes, which reportedly was having a considerable impact on postal revenues. Today, some major competitors of the Postal Service believe the law to be unfair and unnecessary, that it adversely affects their delivery operations, and should be repealed. This report provides information on the purpose and history of the restriction; current U.S. public attitudes; views of the Postal Service, major mailers, and others; and the experience of mail theft and the need for mailbox restriction.

All the Facts
All the Facts

Author: James W. Cortada

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 657

ISBN-13: 0190460679

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"A history of the role of information in the United States since 1870"--

Accounting for Laws That Apply Differently to the United States Postal Service and Its Private Competitors
Accounting for Laws That Apply Differently to the United States Postal Service and Its Private Competitors

Author: James C. Cooper

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1437916961

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The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) of 2006 required the FTC to submit a ¿comprehensive report identifying the fed. and State laws that apply differently to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) with respect to the competitive category of mail and to private co. providing similar products¿; and to include recommend. This report identifies, and quantifies to the extent possible, the USPS¿s economic burdens and advantages that exist by virtue of its status as a fed. gov¿t. entity and its postal and mailbox monopolies. It also accounts for the ¿net economic effect¿ of the relevant laws by examining the compounded marketplace impacts, or ¿distortions,¿ that they bring about. It also explores potential means for minimizing or eliminating these distortions.