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Course #: MK100 Title: Opening, Closing or Relocating a Mail Center Scheduled For: Thursday, 11:45 am-12:45 pm Presented By: Art Sackler, Executive Director National Postal Policy Council. TREMORS. Art Sackler Sackler Policy Services, LLC Executive Director
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Course #: MK100 Title: Opening, Closing or Relocating a Mail Center Scheduled For: Thursday, 11:45 am-12:45 pm Presented By: Art Sackler, Executive Director National Postal Policy Council
TREMORS Art Sackler Sackler Policy Services, LLC Executive Director National Postal Policy Council Aftershocks from the Postal Reform Earthquake
Aftershock No. 1: Pricing • Under the Cap, USPS Has Near Total Flexibility • Rates Now a Lobbying, No Longer a Litigation Game • Costs are Substantially Deemphasized • PRC Role Limited
Aftershock No. 2: May 12 Rates • Rules on Capped Rates Adopted Early • USPS Adhered to Caps • But – Winners and Losers • Complaints or Wait ‘Til Next Year?
Aftershock No. 3: Profits! • Break-even Shifts to “Retained Earnings” • Manifested in “Shipping Services” • NSAs – for now – are Dinosaurs
Aftershock No. 4: PRC • Major Transfer of Power and Responsibility to the Commission • Final Decisions, Role in Services • Subpoena Authority • Setting and, Perhaps, Resetting Rates Process
Aftershock No. 5: USO Study • Report on Universal Service and the Monopoly by the Commission This Year • Thoroughly Analyze and Recommend Changes – If Needed • Revisions – Perhaps Major – with USPS Not in Control
Aftershock No. 6: IMB • Encouraged by PAEA • Game Changing on Service, Tracking and Real Estate on the Envelope • Sky’s the Limit on Data Mining (but – privacy) and New Services
Dust Settles: System Ready for 21st Century Challenges • Flexibility and Speed in Price Changes • Certainty and Predictability, as well • Updated Service Standards • Modernized, Competitive Tracking • Turbo Boost to Technology • Profit Motive • System Rethought Top to Bottom