Postal Service

CAGW Releases Prime Cuts 2016, Which Would Balance the Federal Budget in One Year
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 June 28, 2016

CAGW Releases May 2016 WasteWatcher
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 May 12, 2016

United States Postal Service Fails Despite Advantages
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is one of the largest employers in the United States, with 625,113 employees. But the agency’s financial results are not quite as impressive. The USPS lost $5.1 billion in 2015 and the cost of labor has...

CAGW Reacts to USPS Second Quarter Losses
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 May 10, 2016

USPS Saves Less than Predicted from POStPlan
A recently released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) “Post Office Structure Plan” (POStPlan) has failed to achieve the savings first predicted by USPS in 2012. The POStPlan aspired...

For USPS Inspector General, Everything’s Always Coming Up Roses
On April 18, 2016 the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report positing a rosy future for the USPS. The report, “Peeling the Onion,” concluded that USPS is “doing better financially than sometimes...

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For: USPS Vehicle Procurement
In 1987, U2 released “The Joshua Tree,” which included the popular single, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” A gallon of gas cost 87 cents, Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister for the third time, and “Good Morning, Vietnam” was...

CAGW Reacts to Resignation of USPS Inspector General
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 January 28, 2016

CAGW Reacts to USPS Third Quarter Losses
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 August 10, 2015

CAGW Blasts New Ideas For USPS Expansion
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 July 27, 2015

CAGW Releases June 2015 WasteWatcher
For Immediate Release Contact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 June 11, 2015

Floundering USPS Needs Reform, Not Expansion
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is a government entity and has operated as such since 1775. It has a straightforward mandate: “To provide postal services to bind the Nation together.” And furthermore, “It shall provide prompt, reliable,...