Author: Steve Kearney
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Trump 2021 budget calls for USPS pay cuts, greater use of private sector partners–Linn’s Stamp News
Postal Updates Trump 2021 budget calls for USPS pay cuts, greater use of private sector partners Feb 12, 2020, 11 AM The fiscal year 2021 budget calls for cutting pay for postal workers to a level “more closely aligning Postal Service employee wages with those of other federal employees.” Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister…
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USPS Issues a New Five-Year Plan for 2020-24
USPS Issues a New Five-Year Plan for 2020-24 For quite a while we have anticipated a new plan by the Postal Service. It was finally released this week without fanfare and covering five years rather than the ten previously promised. The gradual bringing on board of five new Governors has delayed the release as they…
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Five Brushes with Disaster in the Last Five Years
December 31, 2019 USPS attempt to make the exigent surcharge permanent From January 2014 to April 2016, the U.S. Postal Service collected an extra 4.3 percent above inflation on all postage rates. The surcharge was granted by the Postal Regulatory Commission under the exigency section of postal law in order to relieve…
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Five Key Determining Factors in the Next Five Years
December 31, 2019 The new USPS Governors After many months of either no or very few USPS Governors, we now have five of the nine slots filled with very qualified individuals. These men were appointed by the current administration and they have extensive relevant experience in government, unions, investment banking, business, and nonprofit…
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New Postal Pricing Proposal Will Threaten Nonprofit Mailers–Lexology
New Postal Pricing Proposal Will Threaten Nonprofit Mailers Venable LLP Link USA December 12 2019 On December 5, 2019, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) proposed changes to the system that regulates prices for so-called market-dominant mail, which includes much of the mail sent by nonprofit organizations. The PRC’s proposed revised rules and request for public…
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PRC proposes giving USPS greater freedom to raise stamp prices–Linn’s Stamp News
Postal Updates PRC proposes giving USPS greater freedom to raise stamp prices Dec 11, 2019, 8 AM In a Dec. 5 proposal, the Postal Regulatory Commission moved closer to Postmaster General Megan Brennan’s wish for annual increases greater than the rate of inflation. Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister The Postal Regulatory Commission has taken…
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Alliance Alert–PRC Issues New Proposal in Ten-Year Rate Review
December 5, 2019 The Postal Regulatory Commission this morning announced a new proposal and rulemaking process in its 10-year rate review that started December 6, 2016. A copy of the press release is attached. Comments on the proposal are due on February 3 2020, with reply comments due on March 4 2020. The Alliance will,…
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Postal Regulators Lay Out New Proposal to Enable Larger USPS Rate Hikes–Government Executive
Postal Regulators Lay Out New Proposal to Enable Larger USPS Rate Hikes Mailers say the new system could create uncertainty and drive customers away from the Postal Service. ERIC KATZ Senior Correspondant December 5, 2019 05:04 PM ET Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service could soon raise prices in a way that more closely follows…
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Regulators Revise Market Dominant Mail Proposal–The NonProfit Times
Thursday | December 5th, 2019 Regulators Revise Market Dominant Mail Proposal Paul Clolery News December 5, 2019 The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has issued a revised notice of proposed rulemaking aimed at modifying the system for regulating rates and classes for Market Dominant products, the organization announced. This revised rule-making takes into consideration comments received…
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Takeaways from USPS FY 2019 Results
December 4, 2019 Operating revenue increased by over half a billion. The $514 million increase to $71.1 billion in the agency’s operating revenue is somewhat impressive, given all the gloomy news about the Postal Service. An increase of $1.3 billion in the package segment offset losses in the mail monopoly part that continued its long,…