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The Future of the U.S. Postal Service

Thursday, October 2, 2003
8:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (Luncheon to follow)

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F.A. Hayek Auditorium
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A report by the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service recently recognized that the government monopoly faced cost, quality, and competitiveness problems and that the status quo must change. With some $900 billion in commerce generated by companies that depend on the mail or that support postal networks, the fate of the USPS will have profound effects throughout the economy. Are the commission’s reforms enough? Are they politically feasible? What effects will they have on business and consumers? Should the USPS be privatized? Come hear experts in the field and affected parties examine the future of the U.S. Postal Service.

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks

Edward Hudgins
Objectivist Center/Cato Adjunct Scholar

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. The Commission Report

Dennis Shea
Executive Director, Presidential Commission on the USPS

  Panel 1: Evaluating the Report
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Michael Crew
Rutgers University

Rick Merritt
PostalWatch

Shane Ham
Progressive Policy Institute

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. A Business Perspective

Murray Martin,
Executive Vice President & Group President, Global Mailing Systems, Pitney Bowes

  Panel 2: Global, Consumer, and Labor Perspectives
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. James I. Campbell Jr.
author, The Rise of Global Delivery Services

Shelley Dreifuss
Director, Office of the Consumer Advocate, Postal Rate Commission

Robert Cohen
Director, Office of Rates, Analysis, and Planning, Postal Rate Commission

11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Thoughts from the Administration

Roger Kodat
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Government Financial Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury

12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Closing remarks

Edward Hudgins
Objectivist Center/Cato Adjunct Scholar

12:30 p.m. Luncheon—Wintergarden

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