EDITORS PLEASE NOTE I m trying to add references and before I even finish typing the information that has already been removed Give the person who writes the addition chance to correct their reference mistake before you remove their entire entry Not everyone who contributes be it new and veteran know it all wants to take the time to research factual info so that someone can come in an instant and erase their work Please be considerate There was information about pivoting city carriers the distinction between the two the job posiitons of managers and supervisors and a list of postal killings attributed to the violent section that were ALL factual changes I am a USPS employee I am not much of an author nor am I a WP expert so this is probably in the wrong place and horridly formatted feel free to fix it but there have been a lot of changes since the sorting mail section was written For one the MLOCR s have almost been entirely phased out and their function is now done by DIOSS machines which are similar to DBCS machines but have the ability to perform OCR function as well as take images and spray ID tags on the back of pieces for mail with addresses that can not be read by the OCR software as well as spray barcodes on the front Also the article seems to give no mention of DPS which is a set of sort programs that take local mail letters only although the PO is evaluating machines that will do this with flats and put it in walking or driving order for carriers to deliver There are also lots of other changes as well as machinery and equipment about which there probably is nt much public information including the LCTS APPS RCS FSM 100 and FSM 100 AI There is also the entire PARS system which is is quite interesting Preceding unsigned comment added by 216 46 197 119 Sorry not to be of more help but There s a contradiction between the first section which says the USPS is the third largest employer and the employment section which claims it s the second largest I don t know which it is but someone should fix that Should be the third largest behind The Dept of Defense and Walmart I have changed that three times I will NOT do it again Preceding unsigned comment added by 24 3 50 168 Removal of Monopoly section While I removed the Monopoly section prior to reading the discussion pages I firmly stand behind its erasure The word monopoly is not an appropriate word to describe a quasi government enterprise While describing the USPS as a monopoly may be true in the strictest of terms the context of its usage is clearly biased Historically the term has been used to describe private entities whose capital power has eliminated all useful and healthy competition Furthermore the word is charged with political and economic implications inappropriate for an objective article By extension of the posters logic the police fire military the Fed PBS NPR and others are violators of anti trust laws as well While the USPS does not receive funds from public monies it s also not as far as I know legislated to make a profit Making the USPS the first monopoly in the history of capitalist economics to ignore profits and losses altogether Your understanding of capitalist economics is somewhat incomplete Please review anarcho capitalism in which the state is viewed as having a monopoly on social services There are no sources that deny that the USPS is a monopoly and numerous sources that say it is Of course it is Any good or service that has no competition is by definition a monopoly The government forbids competition in letter mail by law Being a monopoly doesn t require that you re violating anti trust laws The USPS is what s called a legal monopoly I m going to put the section back in 01 25 4 Septem