The timeline shows how the plan was shared inside the Postal Service while it was kept secret from everyone else.
New book shows & tells the story of Wisconsin’s New Deal murals
During the 1930s and 40s, under the New Deal, the United States Government commissioned over 1,100 murals for the embellishment of post offices nationwide. Wisconsin received 35 of these murals. A new book, Wisconsin Post Office Murals, by David W. Gates Jr., shows and tells the elusive and often overlooked story of their existence. The book follows on Gates’ earlier guidebook … Read More
D.C. Circuit Court rejects UPS request for a rehearing on USPS costing case
In May a three-member panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal by the United Parcel Service challenging a ruling by the Postal Regulatory Commission concerning how the Postal Service determines the costs of its products. On July 6, UPS requested a rehearing en banc, meaning that it asked the full D.C. Circuit, which currently has eleven active judges, to … Read More