The Universal Postal Union,established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874,is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations,in addition to the worldwide postal system. The UPU contains four bodies consisting of the Congress,the Council of Administration (CA),the Postal Operations Council (POC) and the International Bureau (IB). It also oversees the Telematics and Express Mail Service (EMS) cooperatives. Each member agrees to the same terms for conducting international postal duties. The UPU's headquarters are located in Bern,Switzerland.
The United States Postal Service (USPS),also known as the Post Office,U.S. Mail,or Postal Service,is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U.S.,including its insular areas and associated states. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the Constitution of the United States. The USPS,as of 2021,has 516,636 career employees and 136,531 non-career employees.
Canada Post Corporation,trading as Canada Post,is a Crown corporation that functions as the primary postal operator in Canada.
In the United States government,independent agencies are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments and the Executive Office of the President. In a narrower sense,the term refers only to those independent agencies that,while considered part of the executive branch,have regulatory or rulemaking authority and are insulated from presidential control,usually because the president's power to dismiss the agency head or a member is limited.
Royal Mail Group Limited,trading as Royal Mail,is a British postal service and courier company,originally established in 1516 as a government department. It is owned by International Distributions Services. It operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide (parcels). The group used the name Consignia for a brief period in the early 2000s.
Australia Post,also known as AusPost,is a government-owned corporation that provides postal services to Australia. Australia Post's head office is located on Bourke Street,Melbourne,above the Bourke Street Post Office.
India Post is a government-operated postal system in India,and is the trade name of the Department of Post under the Ministry of Communications. Generally known as the Post Office,it is the most widely distributed postal system in the world. Warren Hastings had taken initiative under East India Company to start the Postal Service in the country in 1766. It was initially established under the name "Company Mail". It was later modified into a service under the Crown in 1854 by Lord Dalhousie. Dalhousie introduced uniform postage rates and helped to pass the India Post Office Act 1854 which significantly improved upon 1837 Post Office act which had introduced regular post offices in India. It created the position Director General of Post for the whole country.
John E. "Jack" Potter is the president and CEO of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority since July 18,2011. He is the former United States Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service (USPS),having become the 72nd postmaster general on June 1,2001. Potter is the second longest-serving postmaster general,following Gideon Granger.
The system for mail delivery in the United States has developed with the nation. Rates were based on the distance between sender and receiver in the early years of the nation. In the middle of the 19th century,rates stabilized to one price regardless of distance. Rates were relatively unchanged until 1968,when the price was increased every few years by a small amount. Comparing the increases with a price index,the price of a first class stamp has been steady. The logo for the Post Office Department showed a man on a running horse,even as the railroads and then motorized trucks and airplanes moved mail. In 1971,the Post Office became the United States Postal Service,with rates set by the Postal Regulatory Commission,with some oversight by Congress. Air mail became standard in 1975. In the 21st century,prices were segmented to match the sorting machinery in use;non-standard letters required slightly higher postage.
Posti Group Oyj,trading internationally as Posti Group Corporation,is the main Finnish postal service delivering mail and parcels in Finland. The State of Finland is the sole shareholder of the company. Posti has a universal service obligation that entails weekday deliveries of letters in all of Finland's municipalities. Posti's head office is located in Pohjois-Pasila in Helsinki. Posti's history spans nearly 400 years.
A public utilities commission is a quasi-governmental body that provides oversight and/or regulation of public utilities in a particular area,especially in the United States and Canada.
The United States Postal Regulatory Commission,formerly called the Postal Rate Commission,is an independent regulatory agency created by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970. Like the Postal Service,it was defined in law as an independent establishment of the executive branch.
Robert Malcolm McDowell is a lawyer and lobbyist who served as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission from June 1,2006,to May 17,2013. He is currently a partner in the law firm Cooley LLP.
The Hellenic Post S.A. is the state-owned provider of postal services in Greece. It succeeded the former government Postal Service,founded in 1828. ELTA provides a universal postal service to all parts of Greece and is a member of the Universal Postal Union. Services provided include:letter post;parcel service;deposit accounts;Swiftpost,a nationwide next-day delivery service;and the EMS international express mail service.
Cream skimming is a pejorative conceptual metaphor used to refer to the perceived business practice of a company providing a product or a service to only the high-value or low-cost customers of that product or service,while disregarding clients that are less profitable for the company.
Dan Gregory Blair currently serves as an independent senior consultant to the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Formerly,Blair served in senior positions in the nonprofit sector. He served as a senior counselor examining and recommending reforms on the presidential appointments process for the Center on Presidential Transition. He also served as Fellow and Senior Counselor at the Bipartisan Policy Center and led a task force of government and private sector management experts charged with examining government oversight issues. He also advises private sector clients on a broad array of government management and postal issues.
Ministry of Communications is a Central ministry under the Government of India responsible for telecommunications and postal service. It was carved out of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 19 July 2016.
Steve Hutkins is a retired professor at the Gallatin School of New York University and a leading advocate for the United States Post Office. He runs the influential website "Save the Post Office".
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