October 3, 2017

Alliance notes—articles worth reading

• Association TRENDS–Alliance represents all nonprofits in opposing USPS proposal to change preferred rates
• Veritiv Blog–USPS Nonprofit Proposal Eight Battle Continues
• USPS Inspector General–Autonomous Vehicles for the Postal Service
• Composites Manufacturing–K. Royal Mail Begins Trials of Autonomous, Electric Delivery Trucks
• Federal News Radio: Jake Soffronoff: Is driverless delivery coming to USPS?
• The New Yorker–Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr., the Longtime Owner of The New Yorker and Chairman of Condé Nast, Has Died at Eighty-Nine
• CBS News–Amazon takes new steps to deter porch pirates
• Krebs on Security–USPS ‘Informed Delivery’ Is Stalker’s Dream
• — The USPS Just Announced an Incredible Notification Service. Here’s What You Should Know.
• Volunteer Hub–4 Challenges that Large Nonprofit Organizations Often Face and How to Overcome Them
• DC Velocity–USPS testing next-day deliveries on Saturday pickups from retail stores
• Retail Touchpoints–Direct Mail Evolves With Analytics
• Communicate!– Fundraising Tuesday: Nice to Meet You. Please Give Now?
• The San Diego Union-Tribune–Postal Service to issue PTSD, Alzheimer’s stamps
• Chicago Sun-Times–Equifax says 2.5 million more Americans may be affected by hack
• COM–USPS Comments on Recent Washington Post Story
• The Washington Post–Probes estimate billions of delayed mail to facilities and point to Postal Service ‘manipulation’ by a few employees
• Times-Tribune—Shipping shift affects jobs
• Guidestar–Every Fundraising Appeal Should Include These Five Slants
• KIVITV–S. Postal Service preparing for record holiday season