Author: Steve Kearney
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Nonprofit Mailers Expecting Major Rate Increase–The NonProfit Times
Nonprofit Mailers Expecting Major Rate Increase by Richard H. Levey on April 4th, 2024 An expected rate case filing by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) could include increases of nearly 10%. If the case is filed next week, as expected, and approved, the new rates would be implemented in July. The potential increase cited by…
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Alliance Report–April 3, 2024
Major rate increases likely to be filed early next week As we told you on March 25, we expect USPS to file major rate increases for July implementation. They will be driven mostly by the adders that the Postal Regulatory Commission began allowing in 2021. The largest adder is the “mail density” formula that grants…
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Alliance Alert–Study Confirms Deeply Flawed USPS Pricing Strategy
March 20, 2024 Dear Alliance Members and Sponsors: A recently released study demonstrates that the U.S. Postal Service is relying on outdated and deeply flawed modeling to justify its pricing strategy. A copy of the study report is attached. As all mailers know, USPS has combined three recent developments to enable record-high rate increases on…
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USPS mail price hikes driving away more customers than predicted, study finds–Federal News Network
USPS mail price hikes driving away more customers than predicted, study finds USPS is underestimating how much recent mail price hikes are driving away some of its biggest customers, an industry report finds. Jory Heckman@jheckmanWFED March 19, 2024 5:31 pm 9 min read The Postal Service has raised mail prices five times since December…
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Alliance Report–March 6, 2024
5 takeaways from Biden’s nomination of Walsh Last week we let you know that President Biden was planning to nominate Marty Walsh to be a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service. He is the Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players Association and former Secretary of Labor on President Biden’s cabinet. Biden appointees will…
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Alliance Alert–Pres. Biden Nominates Marty Walsh to be USPS Governor
February 29, 2024 Alliance Members & Sponsors: Today, President Biden nominated Marty Walsh, former labor secretary and Mayor of Boston and current Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players’ Association to be a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service. It’s not a stretch to say that Walsh will be a friend of…
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Alliance Report – February 9, 2024
February 9, 2024 Copyright 2024 Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Projecting rates through 2025 The Postal Service recently shared projections for upcoming average rate increases for “compensatory” products: Projected average USPS rate hikes for compensatory mail July 2024: +7.7% Jan 2025: +1.2% July 2025: +7.3% The January increases include only the effect of increases in the…
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Alliance Alert – 60 Percent Rule for Nonprofit Preferred Rates
January 29, 2023 Dear Members of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers: Today we speak up in support of the rule set by Congress for calculating nonprofit preferred postage rates. Background – USPS misdirection During its Annual Compliance Review, the Postal Regulatory Commission asks the Postal Service about what it will do to…
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Alliance Report – January 22, 2024
January 22, 2024 Supreme Court to strike down deference to agencies According to experts it now appears certain that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn the 1984 Chevron doctrine. As an article in Government Executive late yesterday says: “Supreme Court appears ready to end deference to federal agency expertise. The conservative majority is skeptical…
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Alliance Report – January 5, 2024
PRC rate add-ons will drive July increases upward In a December 29 filing at the Postal Regulatory Commission, the United States Postal Service expressed its intention to continue using its full rate authority to increase prices for Market Dominant mail every six months: Schedule for Regular and Predictable Rate Adjustments – Effective through Calendar Year…