The United States Postal Service (USPS) has been in the works for two centuries, and between 1790 and 1860, 28,000 post offices have expanded across the United States. Therefore, that statistic seems to show the USPS has been growing and doing better than ever, but has it really? In reality, over the past decade the USPS has declined rapidly and without drastic change, the USPS will face an even bigger loss. Some may say that the USPS does not need to change and may just need to improve certain things or fix their finances. People may also say that the true nature of the post office is to physically deliver mail, have many workers, and that it is important to write a real letter instead of emailing. But, the USPS does not have to follow what …show more content…
Also, they may say that if the USPS shut down or turned to online mail, it would make it hard for the people not connected to internet to get their mail, so the USPS needs vehicles to bring people mail. That example is used in source D when it says, “Even though the vast majority of people are connected to the internet, there are many people who aren’t.” (Hawkins) The true nature of the post office does not have to be driving vehicles, delivering mail to houses, and spending millions of dollars in fuel. That does not have to be the true nature of the USPS. A solution for that problem could be to put a post office building in every town or area, and having the citizens in the town go and get their mail. For example, in the village of Glendale, Rhode Island, they do not have mail delivery to their house on a daily basis, or ever. In Glendale, there is one post office building where residents go to get their mail in a PO box using a key that they get. If the USPS invested in that idea instead of investing in new vehicles that will put them in debt more, it could help their finances and put them on track to be better.
This case is about an experienced city postal carrier who has recently filled a position at a small town post office and has difficulty adjusting to a different way of life. The central characters include: Larry (the postmaster of Foster Creek), Jim (a senior carrier) and George (a senior carrier). The Foster Creek Post Office exists in a small town and the typical way of life is carried through at the post office. Harry has arrived at Foster from a fast-paced big city post office. Upon his arrival Harry is introduced to his new co-workers where he gives a shy hello and immediately begins his regular duties. Harry expresses no interest in becoming socially involved with Foster Creek and becomes further alienated from his co-workers. His remarkable efficiency and desire to complete his required work as well as any remaining incomplete work causes resentment towards his presence by the senior carriers. Larry is currently faced with the task of placing Harry with enough work to keep him occupied while maintaining harmony among the rest of the employees. His first suggestion is to lengthen Harry’s route, however the senior carriers disagree with Larry’s proposition.
In July 2009, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) listed the budget of the United States Postal Service as “high risk” and recommended oversight from Congress and the Executive Branch. Specifically, the GAO stated that “Amid challenging economic conditions and a changing business environment, USPS is facing a deteriorating financial situation in which it does not expect to cover its expenses and financial obligations in fiscal years 2009 and 2010” (“Restructuring”, 2009, pg. 1). The GAO claimed that the mail volume in 2009 would likely decrease by about 28 billion as compared to 2008 and that the USPS would likely see declining volumes for the next five years (“Restructuring”, 2009, pg. 1). Clearly, the USPS is currently facing a dire financial situation in which major reforms are needed to ensure the long term success of the agency. In this policy review, I will focus specific attention on the Private Express Statutes, which grant the Postal Service a monopoly on first class mail. As I will argue here, the Private Express Statutes should be repealed on economic and historical grounds.
The amount of letters commissioned in America has been steadily decreasing on a daily basis. The majority of citizens are now sending their letters via e-mail or other methods of technology. Postal service companies such as USPS are struggling to keep business thriving. To compete with the technological advances in modern America, USPS should restructure their postal systems by terminating unessential delivery days and strategically limiting postal branches in order to conserve government money.
World War II forced UPS to redefine itself. Retail stores encouraged customers to carry their packages home rather than have them delivered. The trend continued with the creation of suburban shopping centers or malls. UPS began looking for new "common carrier" rights to deliver packages between all addresses, including private or commercial. This put it into direct competition with the U.S. Postal Service. UPS was restricted from operating in many parts of the...
Throughout the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, the United States economy changed dramatically as the country transformed from a rural agricultural nation to an urban industrial gian, becoming the leading manufacturing country in the world. The vast expansion of the railroads in the late 1800s’ changed the early American economy by tying the country together into one national market. The railroads provided tremendous economic growth because it provided a massive market for transporting goods such as steel, lumber, and oil. Although the first railroads were extremely successful, the attempt to finance new railroads originally failed. Perhaps the greatest physical feat late 19th century America was the creation of the transcontinental railroad. The Central Pacific Company, starting in San Francisco, and the new competitor, Union Pacific, starting in Omaha. The two companies slaved away crossing mountains, digging tunnels, and laying track the entire way. Both railroads met at Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869, and drove one last golden spike into the completed railway. Of course the expansion of railroads wasn’t the only change being made. Another change in the economy was immigration.
While the pony express founded the postal system and played a significant role in communication, it was doomed for failure, due to Indian warfare; hazards on the trail; and the economics, politics, and corruption within the system.
Environment Destroyer “One of the things the government can 't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.” These are the words of Lee Iacocca, and although Iacocca was sarcastic about the power of the government, what about the post office (post office quotes)? Is the fine, dandy, and efficient post office we had back in the 1800s still apart of our world today? According to PSB.Org the Post office is on it’s way to complete deterioration (Lee).
The middle of Lamberts song states, "Doing it all by hand, cause when everything is handed to you It 's all only worth as much as the time you put in"(12-13). Lambert argues that the Internet hands people the information they want without causing them to put any hard work in. In the past society would of had to go the library or a bookstore and personally look for their information in a book instead of having a search engine do all the work for them. According to a study shown in Forbes, The amount of independent bookstores has declined over fifty percent in the last twenty years (par. 6). This decrease is an example that society no longer takes the time to personally put in the manual effort. Lambert also addresses this issue by stating, “"You 'd write it on a piece of paper then you put a stamp on it And they 'd get it three days later"(17-19). With new inventions such as cellphones people decide to send a quick text instead of taking the time to personally write a long letter to a friend. A chart released by the United States Postal Service shows that 212,000,000,000 letters were sent in 2007 as opposed to the 158,000,000,000 letters sent in 2013 (“Pieces of Mail Handled”, fig. 1). These figures show a dramatic decrease in letters mailed over the past six years. More people every year are falling into the lure of
Canada Post is one of the largest Crown Corporations. In this report, we have to determine the organization structure and objectives of the Canada Post followed by the audience and market segment being targeted by the organization along with identifying the key success factors and the type of dealings the organization has with the government. With the worldwide growth of Ecommerce Sales, the demand for residential delivery is also increasing thus, Canada Post is operating as primary postal operator all over Canada headquarter in Ontario offering a full range of delivery and fulfillment services to customers. This paper will emphasis on the current environment and capabilities of Canada Post necessary to evaluate its position
Immigration and Customs Enforcement often referred to as I.C.E is an elite agency under the branch of Homeland Security formed in 2003 in response to the attacks on 9/11. ICE has two major components, Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations. It is also the second largest law enforcement organization in the United States, second only to the FBI. ICE was created when merger of the investigative and interior enforcement elements of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. ICE has over twenty thousand employees in offices all over the U.S. and in forty seven foreign countries, about seven thousands of these employees are special agents. ICE has only one field office in New Jersey, located in Newark but it has nearby offices in Philadelphia and New York City. ICE has six detention facilities in New Jersey. A few of them are: Bergen County Jail, Monmouth County Correctional Institution, and Essex County Correctional Facility. Currently ICE doesn’t have a director, but the assistant director is Daniel Ragsdale and Chie...
...mpensation for transport is less severe on the consumer's budget. Consequently, Americans who save more money will also be able to better afford the costs of living, which reduces homelessness, a large problem in the U.S.
The first post office in the United States was established in seventeen seventy-five, which makes it the oldest most reliable post service in history. It is a well know fact that in the beginning, this business was called the Pony Express, which began in eighteen sixty. Years later the US Post office has become the largest company that we rely on to deliver our mail. This mailing institution delivers more mail to a larger area than any other delivery service in the world. They are rendering assistance to more than one million people in North America. There are over six hundred thousand employees and in excess of thirty four thousand facilities nationwide. This institution thrives to provide customer service, available products, transport of products, and accessibility to all consumers. The United States Postal Service is a reliable, excellent, and efficient delivery service. They supply a wide variety of convenient products to help with any shipping needs consumers may have.
Federal Express is an express transportation company, founded in 1973 by Frederick W. Smith. During his college years, he recognized that the United States was becoming a service-oriented economy and needed a reliable, overnight delivery service company. In 1965, as a undergraduate at Yale University, Smith wrote a term paper about the passenger route systems used by most airfreight shippers, which he viewed as economically inadequate. He wrote of the need for shippers to have a system designed specifically for airfreight that could accommodate time-sensitive shipments such as medicines, computer parts and electronics.
Over the course of the history of the United States of America, the country has had struggles with its own borders and the protection of those borders. Illegal immigration is a big problem and the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and cash over our borders into our country has evolved into a bigger problem. The United States has over seven-thousand miles of border to cover each day. That is quite a bit of land, but the only problem with this is there is a lack of manpower to cover every single mile of border. The US shares its borders with Canada and Mexico. All along these borders are small communities and cities that are occupied by US citizens. This means that these cities and communities require the protection of our Homeland Security Agency.
The ability to send electronic mail influenced American society in a variety of ways. Unlike the telephone, email made communication less personal, but more convenient. Both parties could now send and receive information whenever they desired. There was no longer a need for expensive, long distance phone calls to communicate with people around the world. It nearly supplanted postal mail. Email shrank the world even further; instantaneous worldwide communication became both simple and inexpensive.