A (former) postmaster’s view: Articles by Mark Jamison

SteveJamison Articles

Mark Jamison is a retired postmaster who serves as an advisor, resident guru, and regular contributor to Save the Post Office.  He can be contacted at [email protected]

Stop girdling the Post Office

Stop girdling the Post Office

DeJoy's Fix for the Post Office: The Wrong Time, the Wrong Plan, the Wrong Man

DeJoy’s Fix for the Post Office: The Wrong Time, the Wrong Plan, the Wrong Man

Preserve the People's Post Office: Let Us Do Meaningful Postal Reform

Preserve the People’s Post Office: Let Us Do Meaningful Postal Reform

Asking the wrong questions: Reflections on Amazon, the Post Office, and the Greater Good

Asking the wrong questions: Reflections on Amazon, the Post Office, and the Greater Good

Measure to Measure: Data, management, and the reliability of the mail

Measure to Measure: Data, management, and the reliability of the mail

When Titans collide: UPS petitions the PRC to change USPS costing methodologies

When Titans collide: UPS petitions the PRC to change USPS costing methodologies

Epic Fail for the Postal Service: The wrong model and the wrong BOG

Epic Fail for the Postal Service: The wrong model and the wrong BOG

Who owns the Postal Service?

Who owns the Postal Service?

Why Congress should not get out of the way of the Postal Service

Why Congress should not get out of the way of the Postal Service

Jamison dishes on US Postal Management’s Dysfunctional and Failing Culture

Jamison dishes on US Postal Management’s Dysfunctional and Failing Culture

We don’t care, we don’t have to, we’re the Postal Service

We don’t care, we don’t have to, we’re the Postal Service

Giving Away the Store: The Postal Service discounts the mail

Giving Away the Store: The Postal Service discounts the mail

The masquerade continues: Playing politics with the Postal Service's unfunded liabilities

The masquerade continues: Playing politics with the Postal Service’s unfunded liabilities

Under same management: Some reservations about postal banking

Under same management: Some reservations about postal banking

Premature motion: PRC dismisses bid to view non-public Amazon docs

Premature motion: PRC dismisses bid to view non-public Amazon docs

The Senate puts the PRC in the backseat — or maybe not even in the car

The Senate puts the PRC in the backseat — or maybe not even in the car

Can it get much worse? The Senate tries postal reform, again

Can it get much worse? The Senate tries postal reform, again

The disappearing postal workforce: Counting up the losses

The disappearing postal workforce: Counting up the losses

The Privatization Ruse

The Privatization Ruse

Thinking inside the PO Box

Thinking inside the PO Box

A New Year’s Resolution: Support the People’s Post Office

A New Year’s Resolution: Support the People’s Post Office

Why I did it and what’s at stake: Shining the light on NSAs

Why I did it and what’s at stake: Shining the light on NSAs

What Would JFK Do? The Yale Commencement Address

What Would JFK Do? The Yale Commencement Address

The path to postal nirvana: An entitlement program for the mail industry

The path to postal nirvana: An entitlement program for the mail industry

Lady Justice turns a blind eye: The PRC dismisses the Freistatt appeal as "untimely"

Lady Justice turns a blind eye: The PRC dismisses the Freistatt appeal as “untimely”

A few modest proposals concerning the rules on post office closures and appeals

A few modest proposals concerning the rules on post office closures and appeals

Shades of deception: The PMG testifies to the Senate

Shades of deception: The PMG testifies to the Senate

What we have here is a failure to communicate: Learning from Jekyll Island

What we have here is a failure to communicate: Learning from Jekyll Island

Democracy rests finally upon us: Saving the Bronx General Post Office

Democracy rests finally upon us: Saving the Bronx General Post Office

The Postal Service has a brand new bag: A post office or mail delivery, but not both

The Postal Service has a brand new bag: A post office or mail delivery, but not both