Postal Regulatory Commission
Madison Lichtenstein is an Applied Micro Economist and Econometrician at the Postal Regulatory Commission since December 2021. Prior roles include serving as an ECON 101 Instructor and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where responsibilities included teaching, developing lesson plans, managing a Graduate Teaching Assistant, and supporting a large number of students. Previous experience includes a Data Analyst position at the Southern HIV & Alcohol Research Consortium, applying R programming for statistical analyses, and dual roles as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant at the University of Florida, focusing on support in economics courses and data collection. Madison holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and multiple degrees from the University of Florida, including Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Language and Literature and Economics, alongside a Bachelor of Science in Statistics.
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Postal Regulatory Commission
The Commission is an independent agency that has exercised regulatory oversight over the Postal Service since its creation by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970. Initially, that oversight consisted primarily of conducting public, on-the-record hearings concerning proposed rate, mail classification or major service changes, and recommending decisions for action by the postal Governors. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) enacted on December 20, 2006, requires the Commission to develop and maintain regulations for a modern system of rate regulation, consult with the Postal Service on delivery service standards and performance measures, consult with the Department of State on international postal policies, prevent cross-subsidization or other anticompetitive postal practices, promote transparency and accountability, and adjudicate complaints. The law also assigns new and continuing oversight responsibilities to the PRC, including annual determinations of Postal Service compliance with applicable laws, development of accounting practices and procedures for the Postal Service, review of the Universal Service requirement, and assurance of transparency through periodic reports. New enforcement tools include subpoena power, authority to direct the Postal Service to adjust rates and to take other remedial actions, and levying fines in cases of deliberate noncompliance with applicable postal laws.