Author: Steve Kearney
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The Alliance Report – January 10, 2022
USPS operating cash does not jibe with its stated need to raise rates, and it is a waste United States Postal Service operating cash was $23.373 billion on December 31, 2021. (U.S. Department of the Treasury Monthly Statement of the Public Debt.) Here it is compared with the same date going back to 1990. (Three…
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The Alliance Report – December 15, 2021
USPS Financials Not Good The Postal Service recently released its financial results for October, the first month of the 2022 fiscal year, and the second month after massive monopoly rate increases. They are not good: October 2021 vs. October 2020 Total monopoly mail volume was down 14.1%. With much higher rates, monopoly mail revenue was…
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Federal appeals court upholds USPS regulator’s decision to allow higher mail rates – Federal News Network
Agency Oversight Federal appeals court upholds USPS regulator’s decision to allow higher mail rates Jory Heckman@jheckmanWFED November 23, 2021 4:14 pm 6 min read A federal appeals court is upholding a Postal Service regulator’s decision that has led to higher mail prices. A three-judge panel with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.…
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Alliance Alert – Changes Coming to USPS Board – November 19, 2021
November 19, 2021 Alliance Members and Sponsors: The White House today indicated its intention to nominate two new USPS Governors. The replacement of two Governors, appointed by President Trump and involved in selecting Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, could lead to the PMG’s eventual departure. If the new Governors are confirmed by the Senate, President…
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The Alliance Report – November 10, 2021
Board of Governors Meeting Highlights Polarized Views of Louis DeJoy and His Ten-Year Plan Today’s USPS Board of Governors meeting illustrated the strong polarization of options about Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. On the one hand, we had the Trump-appointed majority Governors, senior postal officers, and DeJoy himself giving highly-scripted endorsements of the PMG and his…
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The Alliance Report – October 18, 2021
USPS Appropriations Bill: 2nd PRC Review The Senate Appropriations Committee should soon take up the annual appropriation for the Postal Service. We have heard of interest among some members of the committee to include language to require the Postal Regulatory Commission to perform a quick second review of USPS rate regulation. The Alliance…
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PRC again questions USPS mail delivery plan – Linn’s Stamp News
PRC again questions USPS mail delivery plan Oct 9, 2021, 11 AM By Bill McAllister, Washington Correspondent Two days before the United States Postal Service inaugurated a new, slower mail delivery plan, the Postal Regulatory Commission once again cast doubt on key elements in the plan. But the commission conceded in a Sept. 29 news…
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The Alliance Report – September 28, 2021
Alliance Report September 28, 2021 Issue 21/13 The leading voice for nonprofits on postal issues for over 40 years. © 2021 Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers—All rights reserved. A 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization established by nonprofits in 1980. Mail Slowing October 1 The United States Postal Service is instituting slower mail standards…
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Alliance Alert – Stay Denied by Court; No Reasons Given
21-8-24 Order Denying 2d Stay Motion August 24, 2021 Alliance Members and Sponsors, Sorry to report this news. Our request for a “stay” of the August 29 mailing rate increases allowed under new rules was denied by the U.S. Court of Appeals with a nonsubstantive order providing no reason or analysis. Please…