Editorial: Mobile Sensors on Postal Trucks Revisited
Last week I took a look at some ideas that Michael J. Ravnitzky, a lawyer at the US Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) who, acting as in his capacity as a private citizen and enquiring mind, set down in a paper outlining how the USPS might employ a variety of sensors and other data collection devices mounted on postal vehicles to generate new revenue. Some of my article was decidedly tongue-in-cheek and I even ribbed him a bit about how far out I thought some of his ideas might be. Well, my teasing notwithstanding, I got a very gracious note from him – probably more gracious than my snarky article deserved – thanking EPN for the exposure and offering a few corrections that I promised to pass along.
Mr. Ravnitzky is chief legal counsel to PRC chairwoman Ruth Goldway, a title I hastily summarized in my headline as “Top PRC Lawyer,” meaning that he’s a lawyer who works near the top of the organization. It might have been better if I had said, “A Top PRC Lawyer,” I guess. Anyway, Mr. Ravnitzky judiciously pointed out that he is not the PRC’s general counsel, as my headline implied. Fair enough and duly noted.
There was also a problem with the URL shrinker I used for the links to his research paper and presentation, which were sources for my article. As a result, the links we printed didn’t work. As I said in my article, the paper and presentation provide a painstakingly researched and presented proposition; and Mr. Ravnitzky certainly deserves to have his work widely viewed so that everyone can reach his or her own conclusions about its value and validity. So, here are the corrected links to the research paper and presentation from which my article was sourced.
http://www.prc.gov/prc-docs/library/refdesk/techpapers/Ravnitzky%20Postal%20Sensors%20Paper%20070910-MJR-1_1306.pdf
http://www.prc.gov/prc-docs/library/refdesk/techpapers/Ravnitzky%20Finland%202010%20Presentation_1305.pdf
I wish to thank Mr. Ravnitzky again for bringing these errors to my attention and to ensure that everyone gets a chance to examine his creative and thought-provoking proposal.
Tim Negris
ePostal News
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