Author: Steve Kearney

USPS network has operated successfully at today’s volumes–April 19, 2016 The U.S. Postal Service Historian reports on our postal system since 1789, which is 226 years through 2015. Most of the recent discussion about mail volume has focused on the most recent seven years in which volume has fallen from over 200 billion pieces per…

Fraud Alert from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service–April 19, 2016 For several years one or more individuals in Canada have been contacting printing companies in the U.S. requesting their services in printing mailings that are sent to U.S. consumers. Once the print job is complete and the mailings are sent, the suspect/s mail the victim…

Alliance notes–April 19, 2016 Facebook.com: Postal executives present stamp art to Sr. Georgette Lehmuth, President and CEO of National Catholic Development Conference who hosted our latest Board meeting postalnews.com: APWU wraps up opening round in contract arbitration The Wall Street Journal: USPS promotes Kristin Seaver to CIO Fedscoop: Kristin Seaver named Postal Service CIO AARP…

March 30, 2016 Dispatches from MTAC at the Postal Forum in Nashville Alliance representatives on the Postmaster General’s Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) report the following important notes from Nashville last week: Surcharge removal – The exigent surcharge is set to roll back April 10. Historically in the week prior to rate increases the Postal…

            March 30, 2016 It ain’t over til it’s over: PRC approves April 10 return to CPI After almost six years of dealing with dockets and court cases driven by USPS requests to surcharge customers because of the 2007-09 recession, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued the final order in this…

            March 30, 2016 PRC reports much noncompliance by USPS on service and cost The 2015 Annual Compliance Determination (ACD) issued this week by the PRC illustrates in stark, detailed terms he main problems facing our postal system. For many of its products, the USPS is unable to deliver the…

Dennis Kaylor (center) of Our Sunday Visitor was honored by the US Postal Service at ‪the National Postal Forum. Congratulations, Dennis! Thanks for all your service to the Alliance, MTAC, and OSV! Enjoy retirement! Godspeed!                     Dennis has handed the Our Sunday Visitor MTAC Alliance torch to Trista Niswander (fourth from right). Trista…

    Alliance notes–March 30, 2016 Snopes.com: (Takes) Forever Stamps Chronicle of Philanthropy: Nonprofit Revenue Climbs but Slower Than Before the Recession The Washington Post: S. mail service to Cuba resumes Seeking Alpha: FedEx: It Would Take Amazon Way Too Much Money And Time To Compete With Us Accenture Consulting: Achieving high performance in the…

USPS faces tough labor contract decisions–March 16,2016 The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) recently opened negotiations with USPS leadership for a new labor contract to replace one that expires on May 20. NALC president Fredric Rolando emphasized in his opening remarks his optimistic outlook for the Postal Service: Once the recession ended, the Postal…

Postal rates returning to inflation cap on April 10–March 16, 2016 Our first Alliance Report of this year led with: Ten reasons to be optimistic about USPS in 2016. It was one of our most widely-read articles in some time. Reason #5 was: “This spring, USPS should get a first-ever volume boost from a general…