Author: Steve Kearney
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Summary of Additional Rate Review Comments
Summary of Rate Review Comments (By parties other than Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, MPA—The Association of Magazine Media, and Postcom—The Association for Postal Commerce) Read the comments by clicking here. Lengthier comments American Catalog Mailers Association: Generally supportive of our position. American Bankers Association: Supports our position. American Forest & Paper Association: Supports our position.…
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Summary of Alliance Comments
Summary of Comments of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, MPA—The Association of Magazine Media, and Postcom—The Association for Postal Commerce (Comments were filed at the Postal Regulatory Commission on March 20, 2017) The Postal Service is a regulated monopoly. For this reason, the law requires the Commission to regulate the prices charged by the Postal…
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Alliance Notes
March 29, 2017 Click on the links below to read important stories. The Hill: Protect American consumers by retaining a balanced approach to Postal rates Folio: MPA Preps for USPS Showdown: The association calls on the Postal Regulatory Commission to “protect captive users of the Postal Service” by maintaining its inflation-based rate cap. ABA Journal:…
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USPS Pushing PRC to Lift 10-year Price Cap
March 24, 2017 – Linn’s Stamp News U.S. Postal Service pushing PRC to lift 10-year cap on stamp price increases If you think that Postmaster General Megan Brennan has a difficult job trying to convince Congress to help the financially struggling United States Postal Service, you’re right. But that’s only one of the fights…
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The Alliance in The Hill: “Protect American Consumers”
In an op-ed article published March 22 by The Hill, the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, along with MPA – the Association of Magazine Media, and PostCom, reiterated the importance of affordable pricing, as well as a healthy, efficient Postal Service. “A healthy U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is in everyone’s interests, especially those of us who…
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Alliance Featured in The Hill “Protect American Consumers”
March 23, 2017 In an op-ed article published March 22 by The Hill, the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, along with MPA – the Association of Magazine Media, and PostCom, reiterated the importance of affordable pricing, as well as a healthy, efficient Postal Service. The Hill is a hard copy and online newspaper that is read and respected…
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MPA Preps for USPS Showdown
March 20, 2017 – Folio The association calls on the Postal Regulatory Commission to “protect captive users of the Postal Service” by maintaining its inflation-based rate cap. As the Postal Regulatory Commission’s 10-year review of USPS postage rates moves forward, the MPA has teamed up with a pair of mailer organizations to argue the…
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Nonprofits Urge PRC to Protect Affordable Postage
Contact: Stephen Kearney Telephone: 202-462-5123 Email: alliance@nonprofitmailers.org Website: www.nonprofitmailers.org To download a PDF copy of this press release, click here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2017 NONPROFIT MAILERS ACROSS NATION URGE STABLE, AFFORDABLE POSTAGE RATES Comments submitted to PRC during the Ten Year Rate Review vividly describe the importance of the CPI cap on postage…
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The PRC Rate Case Comment Period Ends MONDAY
The comment period ends MONDAY, March 20. The time is now to tell the PRC just how valuable every cent is to those your mission serves. Just recognizing that the CPI cap on postage rate increases is critical to your mission isn’t enough – now is the time to defend it, or risk losing it.…
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Alliance Notes
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 Alliance Notes USA Today Letter to the Editor: Things aren’t that bad for the Postal Service: Your Say Trends in Print and Mail: Robots—Coming Soon to a Mailbox Near You The New Yorker: What Calling Congress Achieves Trucks: How Reforms Could Turn U.S. Postal Service Into Threat for UPS and FedEx…