Author: Steve Kearney
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It’s all about mail supporting good causes
January 24, 2017 It’s all about mail supporting good causes Here at the Alliance, we like to remind ourselves often of our main purpose: helping nonprofits achieve critical missions. We also know that our readers are already bombarded with too much information, so we try to share important messages without overloading our members and supporters.…
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Alliance motions
January 24, 2017 Alliance motions made on January 17, 2017 Alliance and MPA Request Changes to PRC Procedural Schedule RE: STATUTORY REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM FOR REGULATING RATES AND CLASSES FOR MARKET DOMINANT PRODUCTS The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, along with MPA, filed a motion to modify the procedural schedule that the Postal Regulatory Commission…
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Alliance notes
Alliance notes–January 24, 2017 USA Today: Forever stamps will cost more starting Sunday 24/7 Wall Street: Could a Privatized US Postal Service Follow on Cancelled Staples Contract? Transport Topics: FedEx, Amazon Lead Twin 33s Advocacy Group Techno Buffalo: USPS and Furrion deliver some of the surprises at CES 2017 McGill University: Exhibition: Every Stamp a…
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Nonprofit Mailers Seek More Data From Postal Service–The NonProfit Times
Nonprofit Mailers Seek More Data From Postal Service JANUARY 19, 2017 MARK HRYWNA The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers (ANM) has asked the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to request more information from the United States Postal Service (USPS) and also to change the procedures for its 10-year regulatory review of the rate-making system. ANM, along…
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Alliance and MPA Request Information
January 17, 2017 Necessary to Evaluate Achievement of Regulatory Objectives RE: STATUTORY REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM FOR REGULATING RATES AND CLASSES FOR MARKET DOMINANT PRODUCTS This afternoon, the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, along with MPA, filed a motion to ask that the Postal Regulatory Commission request information of the U.S. Postal Service. The requested information…
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Alliance and MPA Request Changes to PRC Procedural Schedule
January 17, 2017 RE: STATUTORY REVIEW OF THE SYSTEM FOR REGULATING RATES AND CLASSES FOR MARKET DOMINANT PRODUCTS This morning the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, along with MPA, filed a motion to modify the procedural schedule that the Postal Regulatory Commission has proposed. We respectfully request two changes: Allow a round of reply comments in…
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Postal Museum Features Maryknoll
Smithsonian National Postal Museum Features Ossining’s Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers and the Maryknoll Sisters in Virtual Exhibit that Celebrates U.S. Postal Service Partnerships Contact: Mike Virgintino, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, 914-941-7636 ext 2219 MARYKNOLL, N.Y., Jan. 10, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ — The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers and the Maryknoll Sisters are prominently featured in a new virtual…
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Buy Forever Stamps before Jan. 22!–Linn’s Stamp news
Selling stamps at post offices much more costly than retail sales January 07, 2017 12:00 PM A 2003 report of the President’s Commission on the United States Postal Service succinctly explains why so many postmasters are willing to challenge the powerful postal union that has vowed to fight efforts to divert counter sales. By Bill…
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USPS pricing regulatory review
January 6, 2017 Let the regulatory review begin–could have a big impact on nonprofit mailers We reported in our last issue that the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) began its review of how postage is regulated in the U.S. on December 20. Because postal mail is so critically important to the funding and missions of so…
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Marketing Mail
January 6, 2017 Marketing Mail change will be phased, have less impact After surprising mailers with the news that it intended to change the name of Standard Mail to Marketing Mail as a part of the 2017 rate change, the USPS has listened a bit to its customers. It issued the following announcement before Christmas:…