Rerouting The Mail

For example, while the transmission and distribution systems of electricity and gas are true natural monopolies, competition is feasible in the generation of electricity and the production of gas and the retailing thereof. [...] The strategy is thus likely to enhance competition in hitherto protected and unprotected segments of the sector, to the benefit of users of mail services in both classes. [...] Failure to rethink the role and mandate of Canada Post, given the dramatic technological transformation that is occurring in the communications sector, would be - in the words of Geddes (2003) commenting on the US Postal Service - to acquiesce in "a slow-motion train wreck." Lessons From Other Countries We turn to postal reform in other countries, under the following themes: the ownership effect; [...] The Ownership Effect In the international arena, the approaches to ownership include: maintaining the status quo, where the post office is a government department or has no commercial objectives; corporatization, where the post office becomes a government-owned corporation with commercial objectives; and privatization, where the post office is sold and no longer controlled by government. [...] Further, it is designated a limited liability company, to ensure that government does not underwrite the Post's performance and that the board of directors places the interests of the business first, ahead of the government's interest.

With its emphasis on the managerial aspects of information systems, this book identifies the role of a manager in the process of planning, designing and developing IT infrastructure. It highlights the latest information in business systems and guides the reader on the various potent issues, their implications and possible solutions.

Special edition of the Federal register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect as of July 1 ... with ancillaries.

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