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U.S. Postal Service Reform: Issues and Strategies

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[Place of publication not identified] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc. : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2016.
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Preface; Chapter 1; Reforming the U.S. Postal Service: Background and Issues for Congress*; Summary; Overview; Financial Challenges Facing the U.S. Postal Service8; Financial Structure of the U.S. Postal Service; Financial Condition of the U.S. Postal Service; What Happens When USPS Ends the Year with a Net Loss?; Postal Services, Revenue, and Expenses; Postal Revenue; Mail Volume; Long-Term Trends; Exigent Price Increase; Expenses from Operations; Prefunding Requirement for Retiree Health Benefits64; Current Issues Facing the USPS Workforce71; Size and Cost of the USPS Workforce., Increased Use of Non-Career EmployeesImpact of USPS Workforce Initiatives on Costs; U.S. Postal Service's Current Strategies and Initiatives; U.S. Postal Service's Five-Year Business Plan95; Postal Service Delivery Standards99; Restructuring the Processing and Delivery Network105; Unanticipated Effects of the NRI on the USPS Workforce; Restructuring the Retail Business; Six- to Five-Day Delivery118; Retail Post Office Closures126; Impact of Postal Facility Closures on Postal Workforce; Possible Issues Facing the USPS Workforce132; Achievement of Workforce Reduction Goals., Limitations on Use of Non-Career EmployeesEmployee Morale; Further Postal Reform Issues for Congress; Updating the Postal Fleet153; Nonpostal Products and Servicesim; Postal Banking202; Arguments For and against Postal Banking; The U.S. Postal Savings System: 1911-1967; Select Postal Banking Legislation; Appendix A. USPS Revenue and Volume by Mail Category and Class; Appendix B. Postal Reform Legislation Introduced in the 113th and 114th Congresses; End Notes; Chapter 2; U.S. Postal Service Workforce Size and Employment Categories, FY1995-FY2014(; Summary; Background., USPS Workforce Size and CompositionWorkforce Size; Employment Trends: Career and Non-Career Employees; Changes in Career Employee Categories; Changes in Non-Career Employee Categories; Overarching Employment Trends; Efforts to Reduce the Size and Cost of the Workforce Between FY2007 and FY2014; Attrition and Separation Incentives; Increased Use of Non-Career Employees; Impact of USPS Initiatives to Reduce Workforce Size and Cost; Appendix. Brief Descriptions of USPS Employment Categories49; Career Employees; Non-Career Employees; End Notes; Chapter 3., and U.S. Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits and Pension Funding Issues(Summary; Background; Recent USPS Retiree Health Benefits Funding Issues10; The PAEA Prefunding Requirement; Disputes over Prefunding Future Retiree Health Benefits; USPS's Difficulties in Meeting the RHBF Payment Schedule; Disputes over the Size of USPS's RHBF Liability and Annual RHBF Payments; Recent Proposals for Changing the Prefunding Policy; Recent USPS Pension Funding Issues43; USPS CSRS Funding: Allocation of Costs; USPS FERS Funding: Overpayment; Proposals Related to USPS Pension Funding.
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9781536104646 (electronic bk.)
1536104647 (electronic bk.)
9781536104639
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