Author: Steve Kearney
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Alliance notes
Alliance notes October 21, 2020 Bloomberg City Lab, August 31, 2020 — Public Transit and the Postal Service Have the Same Problem Bloomberg, September 28, 2020 – DeJoy Says USPS Workers Could Abuse Election Overtime Order Fox News, September 28, 2020 — Pennsylvania judge halts USPS cuts ahead of 2020 election amid mail-in voting worries…
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Alliance Alert–Inspector General Report on USPS Operational Changes this Summer
October 20, 2020 The USPS Office of Inspector General released its anticipated report in response to Congressional questions about the operational changes implemented since Postmaster General DeJoy started in mid-June. It finds poor leadership, implementation, and communications, but not a deliberate attempt to slow down mail. An over-eager combination of three major Postmaster General…
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Alliance Alert–Postal Service Files Rate Increases for January 24, 2021
October 9, 2020 The Postal Service filed its rate case to increase postage on Market Dominant Mail in Sunday, January 24, 2020. Below is the announcement by USPS. U.S. Postal Service Announces New Prices for 2021 No Increase in Forever Stamp The United States Postal Service filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC)…
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Ten things you need to know about 2021 postage increases
September 28, 2020 Ten things you need to know about 2021 postage increases Next year will be a tale of two rate increases. One will happen as expected on schedule. The other is very likely to happen, but its amount and timing are very uncertain. The potential range for rate increases on Market Dominant…
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USPS delivery service continues decline
September 28, 2020 USPS delivery service continues decline We mailers know very well that USPS delivery service performance dropped substantially as a result of the pandemic. Using the third fiscal quarter of 2019 as a baseline, our table below shows that in the April-June 2020 quarter, roughly when the pandemic started its impact, First-Class Mail…
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Postal Service financial performance through August
September 28, 2020 Postal Service financial performance through August The Postal Service filed its 11-month fiscal results through August. The rotation out of mail and into packages is stark. Year-to-date, Market Dominant mail volume was down 11.5 percent, and revenue declined 8.8 percent. Competitive packages, on the other hand, were up 20.8 percent in volume…
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Alliance Notes
September 28, 2020 Alliance Notes – Click on the link for the full story. Each article includes comments by Alliance Executive Director Stephen Kearney. Federal News Network, July 15, 2020 – USPS warns staff of temporary mail delays as it cuts ‘soaring’ delivery costs Linn’s Stamp News, July 16, 2020 – U. S. postmaster general’s…
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A call for taxpayer funding of the U.S. Postal Service–Linn’s Stamp news
Postal Updates A call for taxpayer funding of the U.S. Postal Service Sep 16, 2020, 10 AM Taxpayer funding was something Congress abandoned with great joy 50 years ago during the Nixon administration. Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister In the midst of the controversies over Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, an astute postal observer in…
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Alliance Alert–PRC and House Demand USPS Service Data after it Provides Some
September 3, 2020 Dear Alliance Members and Sponsors, The Postal Regulatory Commission has demanded weekly service performance reports from USPS for June 1-September 4, by September 18, at the national, area, and district levels. Normally they only get quarterly data about a month after each quarter, the next in November 2020. The USPS objected…
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Postal Update
August 28, 2020 In case you haven’t noticed, the U.S. Postal Service has been at the center of attention in recent days. There is a mixture of fact and fiction, but we believe some things are pretty clear. Of course, surprises always happen, so there are no guarantees. The focus is on Postmaster General…