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		<title>Postal Service as a National Asset</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no question that a country’s postal service is a valuable national asset. On one hand, it is a functional asset that supports commerce and binds the nation together. On the other, postal operations are capital assets, with distribution netwo...]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Price Right?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 (PAEA) ushered in a new regulatory structure for the U.S. Postal Service. One key element was a price cap on market dominant products. (Most of the Postal Service&#8217;s products are market dominan...]]></description>
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		<title>Give Customers What They Really Want</title>
		<link>http://blog.uspsoig.gov/?p=3548</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economy has changed dramatically over the last 12 months. The Postal Service’s financial situation has changed, as well as its target markets and the fortunes and requirements of its customers. If the Postal Service gathers appropriate data to fu...]]></description>
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		<title>Scaling Back Hours, Not Post Offices</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of media news articles in the last year have examined reductions in Post Office retail hours around the country. They report that some Post Offices are cutting back or eliminating Saturday hours, opening late in the morning or closing earlier ...]]></description>
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		<title>Looking at the Bigger Picture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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