The agency is also considering whether to ask Congress to eliminate its regulatory agency — a move that would give USPS greater freedom to raise mail prices and strike deals with private-sector companies.
The oversight subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing with the commissioners of the Postal Regulatory Commission on Thursday. A PRC spokesperson declined to comment on the hearing.
Three individuals familiar with the internal document told Federal News Network that it sheds some light on USPS’s internal deliberations about its financial predicament. One individual said that Steiner, soon after taking office last year, called on USPS officials to lay out a “menu” of possible reform options. That broad array of proposals is likely to serve as the basis for a more refined list of proposals formally submitted to Congress.
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