Advocacy
The Alliance is as strong as its members. And over the past 30 plus years its members have been very strong and effective advocates for the cause of nonprofit mail that is cost-effective. From time-to-time the Alliance leadership will ask Alliance board members, regular members, and sponsors to take specific actions to support an initiative that is critical to the future of nonprofit mail. These can include sending a letter or email to members of Congress, to the Postmaster General and Board of Governors, or to the Postal Regulatory Commission. Alliance Board members also participate in face-to-face meetings with these officials and have on occasion testified before Congress. Whatever the action, Washington officials pay close attention to the voice of nonprofits that perform critically important missions throughout our nation. The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers is known as one of the most effective advocates on the postal community primarily because of its members.
Representation Before the Postal Regulatory Commission: The Alliance is the primary representative of nonprofits mailers in postal rate litigation before the Postal Regulatory Commission. Our success in prior proceedings is well-documented.
Representation on Capitol Hill: The Alliance is a highly-respected advocate that works with Congress, USPS and other agencies to protect nonprofit postal rates.
Representation Before the USPS: As a member of the USPS Mailers’ Technical Advisory Committee and other task force groups, the Alliance assists in developing new regulations and methods. Members of the Alliance learn of these developments in advance.
Alliance Alert – PRC to Phase Proposed Rate Rules
June 9, 2025 Alliance Members: The Postal Regulatory Commission just announced it will use phasing of proposed rules for rates. The first phase will consider limiting USPS to once-a-year increases and restricting USPS from reducing workshare discounts any further from the USPS avoided costs. Comments are due in 30 days from the […]
Alliance Alert – Time for the Regulator to Regulate
June 2, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: We at the Alliance and many other customers of the United States Postal Service have been saying for some time that the Postal Regulatory Commission erred when it assumed that the USPS sometimes would make judgment calls to use less than the full rate authority granted […]
Alliance Alert – PRC Approved USPS Rate Hikes for July 13, 2025
May 30, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: The Postal Regulatory Commission today approved the submission by the United States Postal Service to raise Market Dominant mail rates on July 13, 2025: https://prc.arkcase.com/portal/filings/136512 This was expected because the combination of the 2006 postal law and the regulations promulgated by the PRC led the […]
Alliance Alert – USPS April 2025 and YTD Financials
May 22, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: With the release today of its financial results through April, the U.S. Postal Service continues its poor performance. Here’s a link to the April 2025 USPS Preliminary Financials: https://prc.arkcase.com/portal/filings/136398 With an $850 million loss last month, the Postal Service’s April 2025 year-to-date (YTD) net loss was $4.0 billion […]
Alliance Report – May 13, 2025
We have a new PMG Yes, at long last, the five presidentially-appointed USPS Governors have selected a new Postmaster General, David Steiner. Part of the reason it took so long was that the Governors apparently couldn’t decide on a PMG from three finalists, so they took the unprecedented step of asking the president who he […]
Alliance Alert – ANM Rate Case Comments
May 9, 2025 Dear Alliance Members: Here are the comments that we filed with the PRC urging the regulator to reject the July 2025 rate increase proposal and put a moratorium on rate hikes until it finishes its rate review rule-making. We added information on the new PMG and the 2nd quarter loss […]