Author: Steve Kearney
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Postal Partners Fighting Each Other
TheNonprofitTimes By Stephen Kearney – March 24, 2015 It is a well-known fact within the nonprofit community that many, if not all, nonprofits depend on the United States Postal Service (USPS) for their very existence. For many, the mail is the lifeblood that funds the critical missions that nonprofits pursue. While other segments of our…
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Nonprofit Mailers Scramble
NEWS AND ANALYSIS MARCH 23, 2015 Nonprofit Mailers Scramble, Again, to Fight Postal-Rate Increases By Holly Hall Charity mailers are continuing their campaign to stave off big postage increases for many nonprofit periodicals following an unprecedented development that makes it impossible for the Postal Service to implement new rates by April 26 as scheduled. The…
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Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Notes
March 19, 2015 PRC remands rates back to USPS a second time. The second remand Order. President re-nominates 5 of 6 to Board of Governors. Proposed postage increases worry nonprofit magazine publishers. PMG Brennan wants to keep exigent surcharge permanent. Mailer groups are optimistic about new PMG. Sticker shock for nonprofit publications. Nonprofits jolted by…
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USPS Creating Winners and Losers in Periodicals
March 19, 2015– Price Changes Range from -8% to +16% Several Nonprofit Publications Are Threatened The current CPI-based rate increase case (R2015-4) has unexpectedly turned into a roadside bomb for Periodicals, with the mail class experiencing the widest range of price changes in years. Some of the largest increases will fall upon nonprofit publications, including…
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PRC Remands Again
ELSEWHERE ONLINE MARCH 19, 2015 Postal Panel Wants Review of Rate Hike Blasted by Nonprofits For the second time in less than two weeks, the Postal Regulatory Commission has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to review a planned rate increase on periodical mailings that has angered nonprofit magazine publishers, reports Postalnews.com, an industry news site.…
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PRC Rejects USPS a Second Time
April 26 Implementation Now Impossible The Postal Regulatory Commission today remanded the new rates submitted by the USPS just last Thursday, March 12. The April 26, 2015 implementation planned by the Postal Service will now not be met because we are now inside the 45 days notice required by law. The PRC news release: 3/18/2015…
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April Postal Increases Worry Nonprofit Magazine Publishers
NEWS AND ANALYSIS MARCH 16, 2015 By Holly Hall Some iconic publications by charities like Consumer Reports and Guideposts may decide to publish less frequently in print because of unexpectedly large postage increases due to take effect next month. Under the new rates, which will take effect April 26 if approved by the Postal Rate…
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Nonprofits Confused by USPS
March 13, 2015 Last Friday, March 6, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) remanded some of the 2015 Postal Service rate increase proposal back to the USPS with a deadline yesterday, March 12, in order to keep the April 26 implementation date. In its revised rate case for Standard Mail, Periodicals, and Package Services filed yesterday, the…
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PRC Returns Rates to USPS
Alliance Alert–Return to Sender March 6, 2015 Citing numerous errors, incomplete information, and failures to comply with the law, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) today remanded the current CPI-cap rate case back to the Postal Service for Periodicals, Standard Mail and Package Services. The full order can be read here. The PRC gave the USPS…
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PRC Rejects Rate Hikes
NEWS AND ANALYSIS MARCH 06, 2015 Postal Commission Rejects Rate Hikes That Angered Nonprofits By Holly Hall, Features Editor, Chronicle of Philanthropy The Postal Regulatory Commission today rejected a rate increase proposal that had angered many nonprofits that publish printed magazines like Consumer Reports andGuideposts. The nonprofits complained of big spikes in the cost of…