GAO: Worst of the worst federal programs

By Aaron Mehta

The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Postal Service, already the butt of many bad jokes, are among the poster children on the GAO’s lis

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"… ’s infrastructure and transit needs. …"

"… ng into the Treasury that are currently lost, and the restructuring of the U.S. Postal Service, which faces a “deteriorating” financial situation.An overarching them …"

As USPS financial woes increase, it looks to foreign alternatives

By Laurel Adams

Faced with plummeting mail volume and record financial losses, the U.S. Postal Service is looking abroad for ideas. Foreign postal services

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"… OIG DHS) …"

Elk Hills: Private or public?

By Josey Ballenger, Nathaniel Heller and Knut Royce

WASHINGTON, October 27, 2000 — The political decision to sell the Elk Hills oil reserve was made from high in the Clinton administration nea

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"… into a government corporation, like the Tennessee Valley Authority or the U.S. Postal Service, and estimated its net present value under that scenario, citing an intern …"

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Wal-Mart’s mysterious missing exit signs: A tritium health risk?

By Marina Walker Guevara

What do Home Depot, the Mormon Church, and the U.S. Coast Guard have in common? Answer: Radioactivity. According to the Nuclear Regulatory

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"… etter include the Department of the Navy, the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Postal Service, and the West Point Military Academy, as well as several pharmaceutical, d …"

Consultants

By Kevin Bogardus

Profiles of the top consultants in 2003 and 2004

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"… icy Issues Institute, other political groups were able to save money under U.S. Postal Service discounts of up to 20 percent for non-profit organizations. By including m …"

The state money race

By Derek Willis

Democrats outraised GOP in the states, but have little to show for it

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"… ed $42 million during the same period, and the next leading recipient, the U.S. Postal Service, was nearly $17 million behind. Nine of the top ten non-party recipients w …"

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SMOKE2U

By Te-Ping Chen

Tobacco sales take off in cyberspace

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"… though common carriers have agreed to stop untaxed shipments, to date, the U.S. Postal Service has refused to accede to such an agreement. (Postal officials note that Pr …"

"… sales under the Jenkins Act a felony, ban mailings of tobacco through the U.S. Postal Service, and codify existing agreements with credit card companies and common carr …"

Methodology

What is the Media Tracker?

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"… ames of cable communities against the "names" assigned to ZIP codes by the U.S. Postal Service. In cases where both the name and the state match, the units are linked. A …"

IMPACT: Agency task force conducting ‘top-to-bottom review’ of ‘model workplaces’ program

By Chris Hamby

A federal task force is conducting a “top-to-bottom review” of a program that exempts “model workplaces” from regular safety inspections.

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"… withdraw. Weeks after receiving detailed questions from the Center about a U.S. Postal Service site in Philadelphia, OSHA booted the mail processing center from VPP. And …"

Government can't keep up with information requests

By The Associated Press

Obama administration responded to more requests than ever in 2011, but still lags behind

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"… Small Business Administration, the Social Security Administration and the U.S. Postal Service.By Associated Press writers Richard Lardner and Ted Bridis. …"

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