Author: Steve Kearney
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Regulatory review is about 23 objectives and factors
January 20, 2016 As we approach the December 2016 start of the review of USPS pricing regulation by the PRC, more and more of our attention will be on the task at hand. It is important to recall that the focus will be on the following 23 equally-weighted objectives and factors. `Sec. 3622. Modern rate…
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Report from Alliance MTAC representatives
January 20, 2016 Postmaster General Megan Brennan pledged at the January 12, 2016 Mailer’s Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) open session the following commitments to the mailing industry: service improvement, industry engagement, minimizing barriers to entry, and innovation. The pledge of service improvement included predictable delivery in order for business and nonprofit customers to grow their…
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Alliance notes
January 20, 2016 USPS Office of Inspector General: How was the Postal Service’s package processing performance this peak season? MultiChannel Merchant: USPS Rate Increases Not Expected to Materially Impact Volume, Share. Reuters: Wall Street in relentless selloff as oil prices sink. USA Today: Post Office, others raise shipping service rates. The NonProfit Times: A Guinness…
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Deja vu in the D.C. Circuit: Why is the Postal Service bothering?–Association TRENDS
Deja vu in the D.C. Circuit: Why is the Postal Service bothering? ‘Most observers have believed for some time that the Postal Service’s case is weak, if not frivolous.’ By STEPHEN M. KEARNEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ALLIANCE OF NONPROFIT MAILERS | 01/07/2016 SHARE| Readers of the brief that the U.S. Postal Service filed in the exigency…
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Ten reasons to be optimistic about USPS in 2016
January 6, 2016 Since United States Postal Service (USPS) volume peaked in 2006, we have been inundated with negative outlooks and pessimistic interpretations about its present state and its future. Sometimes it seems we cannot see the forest for the trees. It is time to take a look at reasons to be optimistic about one…
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Déjà vu in the D.C. Circuit
January 6, 2016 Readers of the brief that the USPS filed in the exigency case in the D.C. Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals on January 4 may wonder why the USPS bothered. The brief is the latest sally in the Postal Service’s five-year campaign to use the 2007-2009 recession to extract more money…
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Alliance Notes
January 6, 2016 Postal Regulatory Commission Press Release: Nanci E. Langley elected Vice Chairman of the PRC. Save the Post Office: The Postal Service opens Round 3 in the fight over the exigent rate increase. USPS: MTAC open session agenda for January 12, 2016. Forbes: Why Impact Investing is Hurting Nonprofits. Small Business Trends: FedEx…
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Jerry Mathis named to Alliance executive committee
President Meta Brophy announced that the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers board of directors elected Jerry Mathis of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to its executive committee in December 2015. Mr. Mathis also will serve as the secretary of the board. He previously was a member of the board and replaces Laura Grafeld of the American Management…
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Carper postal bill picks up three co-sponsors
December 9, 2015 About two-and-a-half months after it was introduced, Delaware Democratic Senator Tom Carper’s latest bid to reform postal law gained its first three co-sponsors in the Senate: Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Roy Blunt (R-MO). While it does represent progress, it is far less momentum than such a bill would…
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USPS describes difficulty of adjustment to lower volume
December 9, 2015 Make no mistake about it—the USPS faces a very difficult task in adjusting to lower mail volume without adversely affecting its business. Here is a sampling of several of the risks recently listed by USPS in its 2015 10-K: Current and future management actions to generate cash flows by increasing efficiency, reducing…