Author: Steve Kearney
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New PMG Louis DeJoy Starts with Employee Video
June 18, 2020 On his first official day in office, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy released an impressive video message to postal employees. The headline quote in the internal News Link is “Trajectory for success.” After praising postal employees and outlining the difficulties faced by the USPS, DeJoy explained why he took the job that many…
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USPS Results for May Likely Even Better
June 18, 2020 The month of April, the first full month under the coronavirus pandemic and associated shut-downs, proved to be much better than the USPS predicted. The boom in package shipping is offsetting much of the loss of monopoly-protected market-dominant mail. Here are the volumes and revenues the Postal Service reported for April: …
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Congressional Oversight Notices USPS Performance
June 18, 2020 Three senior Republicans responsible for House and Senate oversight of USPS wrote a letter June 8 to then-Postmaster General Megan Brennan requesting “…that the United States Postal Service (USPS) revise its projections for the direct impact of COVID-19. In the first eleven weeks of the crisis, USPS revenues were $330,414,152 higher than…
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PRC Approves USPS Ending of Customized Postage
June 18, 2020 In a ten-page order issued June 16, the Postal Regulatory Commission took no action to stop USPS from ending its Customized Postage program. As the Postal Service tightened the rules governing allowable content in recent years, the demand for custom stamps dropped, licensed providers dropped out, and lawsuits filed by those not…
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Alliance Notes
June 18, 2020 Linn’s Stamp News–Two USPS problems confront new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Publishing Executive–Will Pandemic and Politics Put Postal Service in Peril? Here Are the Facts. Government Executive— New Postmaster General Met With Tepid Response From Mailers, Employees NBC News–New Postal Service head is a top Trump donor. What does that mean for…
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Will Pandemic and Politics Put Postal Service in Peril? Here Are the Facts.
View From The Tree June 10, 2020 Will Pandemic and Politics Put Postal Service in Peril? Here Are the Facts. By D. Eadward Tree Facebook Facebook Twitter Twitter LinkedIn LinkedIn Email Email 0 Comments Comments Depending upon which experts you heed, the U.S. Postal Service is either just a few months away from insolvency or…
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Alliance Alert–USPS & Coronavirus, 6/1/20
June 1, 2020 Dear Members & Sponsors of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers: Hello, everyone! We hope you are doing well! Volume Improving Here are the latest weekly volume change numbers from USPS. As you can see, volumes are getting better in some important categories, notably Marketing Mail and Packages. USPS Weekly Volume Changes 2020…
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Two USPS problems confront new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy–Linn’s Stamp News
Postal Updates Two USPS problems confront new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy May 28, 2020, 1 PM DeJoy’s job will be not only to understand how the Postal Service sets prices, but also to convince President Trump that the Postal Service is doing it right. Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister When Postmaster General Louis DeJoy…
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USPS Financial Results for April
May 26, 2020 Large Bailout Not Needed For weeks since the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. Postal Service has been asking Congress for a bailout. After receiving much less than it asked for in the CARES Act of March 27, $10 billion in new borrowing authority, USPS asked for much more. The…
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Alliance Advocates in Favor of Custom Stamps
May 26, 2020 Last week, the Alliance filed comments at the Postal Regulatory Commission in favor of retaining the customized postage program. This allows customers to print their own custom stamps through an authorized USPS private sector partner. Some nonprofits have found the stamps a very effective tool to increase response rates and as a…