Author: Steve Kearney
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Nonprofit mail dropped during 2014-15 exigent surcharge
February 17, 2016 This chart shows Nonprofit Standard Mail volumes for the last ten years, Fiscal Years 2006-2015. There are three distinct phases. The first three years, FY 2006-2008, show an average of 14.738 billion pieces with an increasing trend. As the impact of the 2007-2009 recession took hold, nonprofits adjusted to a “new…
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Exigent surcharge removal notice coming soon
February 17, 2016 We expect that the Postal Service will announce the date of the exigent surcharge removal this week or next. Through Valentine’s Day, USPS exigent surcharge revenue was $4.347 billion. The cap is $4.634 billion, leaving $287 million left to collect. In the first half of its second quarter, the Postal Service collected…
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USPS reports large operating profit for Q1
February 17, 2016 Further solidifying its march back to strong finances, USPS made an operating profit of $1.3 billion in the three months ending December 31, 2015. The USPS delivered 42 billion pieces of mail during the quarter. It ended the quarter with $7.3 billion in cash and cash equivalents.
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Alliance notes
February 17, 2016 The New York Times: E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard Linn’s Stamp News: Obama 2017 budget plan for U.S. Postal Service likely dead on arrival The Motley Fool: Is This the Real Reason Why Amazon.com Wants Its Own Delivery Service? The Washington Post: Why USPS doesn’t celebrate rare net profit;…
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Postal Matters!–Association of Direct Response Fundraising Counsel
In Brief No. 111 February 14, 2016 Subjects: MTAC; New, lower rates; But wait! MTAC January Meeting Attached is the most recent edition of Notes from MTAC, this one authored by Mike DeFlavia. Thank you, Mike, for the thorough and attentive reporting. A couple highlights: PMG anticipates implementing rate roll-back in mid-April due to cessation…
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Obama 2017 budget plan–Linn’s Stamp News
POSTAL UPDATES Obama 2017 budget plan for U.S. Postal Service likely dead on arrival February 12, 2016 12:40 PM President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2017 federal budget, submitted Feb. 9, addresses the United States Postal Service’s continuing financial challenges. Influential mailing organizations give the president’s plan little chance of passing in Congress. Facebook Tweeter Google +…
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Postal Rates Set to Drop–The NonProfit Times
Postal Rates Set To Drop By The NonProfit Times – February 8, 2016 The United States Postal Service (USPS) released adjusted rates on Friday, highlighted by a decrease from 49 cents to 47 cents for first-class mail stamps, to kick in once a temporary exigent surcharge on postage runs out. Absent congressional or court…
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USPS Announces New Lower Spring Prices
The USPS just announced new lower spring prices for postage. The date had not yet been set but it expected to be around April 10, 2016 that all postage rates are reduced 4.3 percent. This results from a years’ long effort by the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers and its allies to ensure…
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End to emergency rate increase–Linn’s Stamp News
POSTAL UPDATES End to emergency rate increase could drop first-class stamp to 47¢ February 05, 2016 03:26 PM On Feb. 5, the Postal Service made public how it would cut stamp prices if Congress and the courts continue to reject its plea to retain all of the emergency rate increases that were approved in December…
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Mailers Rise Up Against iPOST–DM News
Direct Marketing News> Channels> Postal> Mailers Rise Up Against iPOST Al Urbanski, Senior Editor February 04, 2016 Mailers Rise Up Against iPOST Share this article: facebook twitter linkedin google 0 Email Print Thirty-two organizations—from RR Donnelley to Disabled American Veterans—unite in opposition to the first Congressionally mandated postal increase in 40 years.…