United States Postal Service: Need for Reform Schooling

• Allowing more flexibility to institute pricing changes; and

• Providing more autonomy regarding the network configuration of the USPS, which will underscore a commitment to customer service and efficiency.

Help could be on the way. In January, the USPS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a study that shows the current system of funding the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension obligation is "inequitable" and, as a result, the USPS has overpaid the pension fund by $75 billion.