Author: Steve Kearney
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USPS Hikes Price 23.8% For Some Nonprofit Mail–The NonProfit Times
USPS Hikes Price 23.8% For Some Nonprofit Mail The NonProfit Times News October 14, 2019 Postal rates would rise by an overall average 1.9 percent next year under a proposal filed by the United States Postal Service (USPS) but some classes of nonprofit mail might get double-digit hikes. The USPS filed notice with the Postal…
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The Elephant in the Room
October 1, 2019 Focusing on the Wrong Dichotomies There’s an elephant in the U.S. Postal Service policy room. We who follow USPS financial results have been focusing on two dichotomies that tell part of the story, but not the most important part as we look toward the future. The two favorite dichotomies…
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Alliance Notes
Alliance Notes October 1 ,2019 September 13 – Government Executive – Court Rules Postal Service’s Largest-Ever Stamp Price Increase Is Illegal September 17 – The NonProfit Times – Court Declares Postal Rate Increase Unlawful September 23 – Government Executive – Yet Another Impasse at the Postal Service as Two More Labor Contracts Expire September 25…
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Court Declares Postal Rate Increase Unlawful–The NonProfit Times
Court Declares Postal Rate Increase Unlawful The NonProfit Times News September 17, 2019 The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) failed to follow the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) when it allowed a 10-percent increase in First Class postage. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C.) Circuit ruled that that decision was unlawful and…
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Alliance Alert—2020 USPS Price Cap to be 1.9%
Alliance Alert—2020 USPS Price Cap to be 1.9% With today’s data released by the Postal Regulatory Commission, it is highly likely that the price cap on each class of mail will be 1.9 percent. We expect the USPS Governors to approve a pricing proposal soon, and to file it at the PRC before October 10.…
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Alliance Alert–Court Orders Review of 55 Cents Stamp Price
September 16, 2019 On Friday the 13th of September, before the rise of the full moon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that the decision by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to allow a record 10 percent increase in single-piece First Class stamp postage was unlawful and must be reviewed. (We…
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Court Rules Postal Service’s…–Government Executive
Management Court Rules Postal Service’s Largest-Ever Stamp Price Increase Is Illegal Decision sparks confusion as USPS says it is weighing its legal options. September 13, 2019 Postal Service Eric Katz Senior Correspondent A federal court dealt a major blow to the U.S. Postal Service on Friday, ruling that the mailing agency’s five-cent price increase for…
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USPS Loses 20-Year FFB Borrowing Deal; Retains Access
USPS Loses 20-Year FFB Borrowing Deal; Retains Access September 11, 2019 The Postal Service disclosed that it was unable to renew a very favorable borrowing agreement with the Federal Financing Bank of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Postal Service first signed the agreement on April 1, 1999 and had renewed it annually until…
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2020 Postage Rate Increase Now Trending Below 2%
2020 Postage Rate Increase Now Trending Below 2% September 11, 2019 The latest 12-month average CPI number published by the Postal Regulatory Commission is 1.978 percent, the lowest in the last two years. It incorporates the July CPI published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on August 14. The last and final component will be…
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Mailers Watch and Wait
Mailers Watch and Wait September 11, 2019 The wait continues. Who will act next in the quest to “reform” the Postal Service? We believe the next chapter will be written by the Postal Regulatory Commission. The regulator now has a slate that includes three new Commissioners—Vice Chairman Michael Kubayanda, Ann Fisher, and Ashley Poling. New…