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Cohen: Right. They're stating no , you just took a gander at one region. I think the one thing that they conceded, which was huge, was that they haven't taken a gander at the budgetary and operational ramifications of FSS since they began actualizing it in 2008. They didn't contend with the OIG on that. Folio: Does the USPS basically not have the assets to assess this kind of thing? Cohen: I think they have the assets. I don't have a clue about this to be valid, yet I trust that they might not have any desire to know the appropriate response. All that we see recommends that this framework isn't setting aside extra cash, and in actuality is costing cash. I believe it's hard for an association that put resources into a hundred machines—and this idea of arranging mail on machines before offering it to a bearer to convey in the city—they're so become tied up with that idea that I would prefer think they not to take a gander at the truth. To dispense with

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Folio: So the MPA' s take is that not exclusively is this framework not as proficient as it was imagined to be, there's no sign it's as effective as the framework that was set up previously? Cohen: It's deteriorated. Efficiency has gone down, and part of that is an element of lower volume, yet that is the thing that the Postal Service needs to acclimate to. By and large [according to the OIG study], FSS costs six pennies for every mail piece, contrasted with two pennies on the AFSM. We feel that drives the recognition that periodicals aren't taking care of their expense, on the grounds that the Postal Service's framework has debased through this speculation, which was intended to be an enhancement however has ended up being a negative. Folio: The undeniable effect for the magazine business being that the USPS is amidst inspecting its valuing framework.  Cohen: Right. We've contended that we ought not be the ones bearing the weight of changes the Pos