Read this excerpt from a passage.     The Post Office Department served Americans until 1970, when it was reorganized as the United States Postal Service. By federal law, the USPS must provide mail service to all Americans regardless of cost or location. For most of its 44-year history, the USPS turned a profit and was financially self-sufficient (Gattuso). Americans relied heavily on the USPS to send and receive invitations, birthday greetings, legal notices, bills, checks, and even love letters.     However, this all changed in 2007. Starting in 2007, a dramatic drop in demand sent the USPS over a financial cliff. Because of the rise of digital communication, Americans were simply no longer mailing cards, letters, flyers, invitations, announcements, bills, statements, and solicitations as they had in the past. The volume of U.S. mail peaked in 2006 at 213 billion pieces, but in 2007 the numbers quickly began to drop. Since 2007, the total volume of all mail has dropped 25 percent and since 2001 the volume of first-class mail has declined by nearly one-third ("Pieces of Mail"). What caused the rapid decline in the volume of first-class mail? In 2007, the economy went over a financial cliff and people stopped using the USPS. The ability to communicate digitally caused a change in people's behavior: they no longer had to send correspondence by mail. Americans decided that they relied too heavily on the USPS to send and receive correspondence, so they stopped using their services. The price of sending a piece of mail became too expensive for most Americans.

From the text "The Future of the USPS" What sentence from the passage shows the author's bias? a. As you drop the letter into the mailbox, you'll not only surprise a friend or relative, you'll also help keep an American tradition alive. (paragraph 11) b. By federal law, the USPS must provide mail service to all Americans regardless of cost or location. (paragraph 3) c. For example, in 2012, each of the 80 billion pieces of advertising brought 21 cents in revenue, compared to 42 cents for first-class mail. (paragraph 8) d. In an effort to solve the postal service's problems, the government has conducted numerous studies. (paragraph 9)

How did the U.S. postal system compare to the systems of France and Britain in the 1830s?Multiple choice question.It was more extensive.It was the only true postal system of the three.It was less efficient.It handled more mail.

A postman is a government employee who delivers the “post” or the mail. Their job also includes sorting and handing out mail letters and packages at post offices, selling postal products like stamps and specialised boxes, and taking in letters from customers. Postmen can be found in every part of the country, whether it is a village or a metro city. They go door to door to deliver parcels, couriers, letters, money orders, gifts, greeting cards etc. A postman is a familiar face in society.

Re: Discussion Assignment by Mizage Donatien - Sunday, 26 May 2024, 11:53 AM There are many forces for organizational changes. Most times is technology, poor performance and globalization. An organization can find itself far behind to such extend that it cannot compete with the rest of the organizations doing the similar activities. Let’s take the example of the post office which is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional services. Now, since the internet became a global technology of interconnected computer networks that uses the internet protocol suite to communicate between networks and devices able to link private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, with an array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies, the post office services have been found not so much needed and people use internet instead. Now since its introduction, the internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the interlinked documents, and file sharing; the post office found itself compelled to change the organizational system since the delivering of letters after buying postage stamps isn’t effective anymore, in this electronic world. It is easy to send a letter, images electronically in seconds with smart phones which are traditional mobile phones with advanced computing capabilities making people using the post office services no more. Now the post office has changed its working way by focusing mainly on the banking system and on other services which don’t require internet such as the delivering of parcels and more. There was no resistance to the change as it was a compulsory move due to the advancement of technology.

What is the main idea of the passage? a. Despite a successful history, the United States Postal Service is in trouble and requires changes to save it. b. Congress should allow the United States Postal Service to discontinue service on Saturdays. c. Starting in 2007, a drop in demand changed the United States Postal Service forever. d. The United States Postal Service began in 1775 and was headed by Benjamin Franklin