Author: Steve Kearney

  • USPS to provide post-exigent prices

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        February 4, 2016 USPS to provide post-exigent prices tomorrow, February 5 Date for removal of 4.3 percent surcharge not yet set We received the following notification from Erv Drewek, industry chair of the Postmaster General’s Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC): TO:  MTAC Association Executives & Representatives Yesterday evening I was informed the new…

  • There is no consensus for iPost postal reform

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    February 3, 2016 A January 21 hearing held by the Senate oversight committee left the impression that there is consensus support among customers of the Postal Service in favor of the iPost postal reform bill introduced by Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) on September 17, 2015. Indeed, Postmaster General Megan Brennan emphasized consensus in her testimony:…

  • Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers letter opposing iPost

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          January 28, 2016 The Honorable Ron Johnson Chairman Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate 328 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Fax: (202) 228-6965 Re: For the Record of the Hearing, Laying Out the Reality of the United States Postal Service, January 21, 2016 Dear Senator Johnson:…

  • Coalition letter opposing iPost

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    February 3, 2016   The Honorable Ron Johnson Chairman Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate 340 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Fax: (202) 224-9603 Re: For the Record of the Hearing, “Laying Out the Reality of the United States Postal Service”, January 21, 2016 Dear Senator Johnson: As representatives…

  • Countdown to exigent surcharge emancipation

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    February 3, 2016 In accordance with the recent order by the Postal Regulatory Commission, the USPS filed its first bi-weekly “countdown to exigent emancipation” report on February 1. The report gives us some indication of when to expect the removal. As of January 31, USPS had $377 million in surcharge revenue left to go ($4.634…

  • Alliance highlights errors in costing proposals

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    February 3, 2016 On January 25, the Alliance and several other associations representing market-dominant mailers filed comments with the PRC in opposition to two proposals made by UPS which we described as: “Proposal One would allocate to individual mail products all variable costs, whether or not those costs are caused by the particular product to…

  • Alliance notes

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    Alliance notes–February 3, 2016 USPS: Irresistible Mail Award. Bipartisan Policy Center: USPS: The Path to Profitability. PRC: Chairman’s Information Request No. 7. MailSmart Logistics: In Praise of the U.S. Postal Service. Jeff Bezos: Amazon testing drones in Canada, UK, and Denmark. San Francisco Chronicle: The Postal Service’s failing finances need answers, not delays. The Washington…

  • Letter to Sen. Johnson, 1/28/16

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            January 28, 2016 The Honorable Ron Johnson Chairman Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate 328 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Fax: (202) 228-6965 Re: For the Record of the Hearing, Laying Out the Reality of the United States Postal Service, January 21, 2016 Dear Senator Johnson:…

  • Historic postage reduction–Association TRENDS

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        Historic postage reduction should be coming soon But nonprofits believe they haven’t ‘won’ much By STEPHEN M. KEARNEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ALLIANCE OF NONPROFIT MAILERS | 01/21/2016 SHARE| Not since the July 1, 1885 two-cent postage reduction, and the July 1, 1919 removal of the World War I one-cent “exigent” surcharge, have we seen…

  • Historic postage reduction should be coming soon

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      January 20, 2016 Not since the July 1, 1885 two cent postage reduction, and the July 1, 1919 removal of the World War I one cent “exigent” surcharge, have we seen a general reduction in postage rates. We should experience one in April 2016, but only after postal customers will have paid $4.6 billion…