{"id":3476,"date":"2016-10-25T08:18:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T12:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2016-10-25T08:18:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T12:18:56","slug":"the-postal-regulatory-commissions-50-billion-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/the-postal-regulatory-commissions-50-billion-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"The Postal Regulatory Commission&#8217;s $50 Billion Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/USPS-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3253\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/does-the-usps-even-need-a-board-of-governors\/usps-pic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/USPS-pic.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1140,500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 60D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;United States Post Office Building&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1403854353&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;(c) Wolterk&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;183&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;503203157&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USPS pic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;United States Post Office Building&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/USPS-pic-300x132.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/USPS-pic-1024x449.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3253\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/USPS-pic-1024x449.jpg\" alt=\"United States Post Office Building\" width=\"610\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/USPS-pic-1024x449.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/USPS-pic-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/USPS-pic-768x337.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/USPS-pic.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Postal Regulatory Commission is a small agency, little known in Washington, DC, let alone the rest of America. Its <a class=\"js-external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/testimonies\/CBJ_FY17_Final_02042016_OSA_SLR%20(2).pdf\">70 employees<\/a>toil in rented office space on New York Avenue, a couple floors above a Cajun restaurant. The agency\u2019s budget is $15 million\u2014an amount less than what it was 10 years ago. What PRC staff I have met are dutiful civil servants cut from wonky cloth.<\/p>\n<p>And come December, the diminutive Commission will begin making a decision that will directly affect $50 billion in commerce&#8230;.(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/fixgov\/2016\/10\/25\/postal-regulatory-commission\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Postal Regulatory Commission is a small agency, little known in Washington, DC, let alone the rest of America. Its 70 employeestoil in rented office space on New York Avenue, a couple floors above a Cajun restaurant. The agency\u2019s budget is $15 million\u2014an amount less than what it was 10 years ago. 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