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Audit of the United States Mint’s Fiscal Years 2014 and 2013 Financial Statements
Throughout its history, the U.S. Postal Service has been part of the nation’s vital infrastructure, facilitating economic activity, improving quality of life, and benefiting wider society in a variety of ways. But the Postal Service is also mandated to operate like a business, which can pose challenges to its public service mission. The resulting tension between the two was easier to manage when postal revenues were sufficient to fully cover the agency’s costs and obligations. But today, the Digital Age is cutting into the volume of the product that contributes more than half of the funds to support the network. This white paper presents three broad options the Postal Service and its stakeholders could consider when deciding how to adapt the Postal Service’s role for the future.
