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> The Postal Service considers the contract proprietary and has declined to disclose its terms. Am I the only person that finds it crazy that this isn't public
by CogitoCogito 3y ago
> The Postal Service considers the contract proprietary and has declined to disclose its terms.
Am I the only person that finds it crazy that this isn't public information?
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> The Postal Reorganization Act (at 39 USC 410(c)(2)) exempts the USPS from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) disclosure of "information of a commercial nature, including trade secrets, whether or not obtained from a person outside the Postal Service, which under good business practice would not be publicly disclosed".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Reorganization_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Reorganization_Act
It seems to me prudent to remove that exemption.
- orwin 3y agoYes. I think natural monopolies should be exploited by government (or government adjacent), rather than by regulated companies, but that comes with the expectation of full disclosure/transparency so bad practice can be voted out. I'd rather have a publicly traded company own a natural monopoly (with some regulation) than an opaque government agency.
- dathinab 3y agoagreed but then the government also has the power to make any opaque government agency fully transparent and for cases like USPS the only reason they might want to not do so seems to me to be corruption and/or hidden subventions.